Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 25/08

Both Lakes fished exceptionally well at Town Parks Fishery as the settled weather kept the fish on the feed.

The Specimen Lake saw anglers taking Catfish and Carp from the surface and also along the deeper margins.

Once again Matt Skelly led the charge taking 19 fish during a 24hr session from peg 9!

Plenty of floaters offered towards the central bar proved fatal for the hungry Carp as fish after fish fell to the bait with the hook!! Best of the bunch around the 20lbs mark – excellent sport!!

Catfish also fell the anglers baits with many fish coming to the net.

Local Tris Smith offered his worm bait from peg 3 at Town Parks Fishery and was rewarded with this fine Catfish of 24lbs 5oz.

Tris Smith banked a good sized Cat of 24lbs 5oz from peg 3 fishing worm mid water whilst Jim McCourt took a great Cat, float fishing worm from peg 9. McCourt’s fish tipped the scales at  27lbs 5oz!   

Oliver Barnett netted a fine Common Carp from peg 1 which fell to a Cell boilie offered under the overhanging willow tree to the left of the peg.

Local rod Oliver Barnett fished form peg 1 at Town Parks Fishery and banked this fine condition Common Carp which fell for a Cell boilie offered in the margins.

 Andy Meredith fished from peg 16 with son Josh netting 3 good Carp. Josh took a nice Linear Mirror of just over 15lbs!

Josh Meredith fished from peg 16 with dad Andy at Town Parks Fishery. The pair took three Carp with Josh taking this fine Common of just under 16lbs!

The top Match Lake also fished well.

Rod Metcalf had some fantastic sessions taking up to 120lbs of Carp per visit!

Coarse pellet fished on the waggler from dam wall pegs did the trick!

Many other Carp came to the bank falling to various baits including maggot, meat and corn.

Silver continued to feed well. Large bags were taken from many pegs by juniors and seniors alike. A few Tench showed this week – mainly from the shallower pegs 5 to 10.  

Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 18/8

Catches continued from both Lakes at Town Parks Fishery this week.

The Specimen Lake saw anglers enjoying frantic action with several reporting double takes and two fish on the bank at the same time!

Matt Skelly continued to take fish during several short visits with best Carp in the mid to high twenty’s!

Local rod Dale Churchill fished overnight from peg 12 at Town Parks Fishery and banked this excellent Catfish which had seized his Halibut pellet bait in the early hours! 

Plymouth rod Phil Lamble banked 5 fish, after losing a good Catfish from peg 8, taking four in quick succession during the morning. Halibut pellet tipped off with pop up corn tempted all Lambles fish. Brother John banked a good 20lbs dead Common from peg 7 whilst Shaun Lamble netted a fine Catfish of 23lbs 4oz which also fell to Halibut pellet.

Gordon Batt took a good Cat from peg 6 of 26lbs 1oz which fell to Luncheon meat offered in the margins.

Town Parks Fishery regular Gordon Batt offered Luncheon meat in the margins of peg 6 and was rewarded with this fine Catfish of 26lbs 1oz!

On the Match Lake sport was also very good.

Rod Metcalfe got into the bigger Carp in the margins during a short visit to peg 17. Offering single worm over a bed of ground bait five Carp over 10lbs siezed the bait within a couple of minutes!

Fred Rowe took four Carp during a short session in peg 5 while Liverpool rod Steve Rogers banked over 70lbs of Bream from peg 3!

Roach fed well up in the water with some large bags reported from various pegs – maggot and castor still working well!

A couple of good Tench were reported by early morning anglers!

The Fishery is open as usual all over the Bank Holiday weekend with fresh and frozen baits available. 

Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 11/8

Catfish dominated the catches on the Specimen Lake at Town Parks Fishery this week.

Some cracking fish came to the net in the low to mid 30 pound bracket!

Exeter rod Lawrence Jones had a good session on peg 12 banking four Cats to 33lbs 2oz and three double figure Carp to 22lbs 4oz! All the fish fell to halibut pellet offered in the reeded margins.

Local 11 year old James Tippler also had a great session fishing with his dad from peg 9.

After losing a very large fish during the afternoon, (which he blamed his dad for!!!) Tippler fished through the night and, after plenty of bites hooked into his first Catfish.

After an extended battle with the fish, which took a Wild Berry boilie, it hit the scales at a fantastic 21lbs 2oz! Tippler was elated and vowed to return for something bigger!

Local regular Anthony Smith fished Halibut pellet from peg 10 and banked seven good doubles. Three Cats came to the net to 28lbs 3oz and four Carp to 19lbs 8oz also fell for the bait which was offered mid water!

Sid Trebell was going to fish from peg 5 but, at the last minute changed to peg 4 which was a wise move. During the night Trebell netted 5 Catfish to 23lbs 4oz and followed this by taking another three Cats during the day! Once again Halibut Pellet tipped with pop up sweetcorn proved effective!

Many other fish, too many to list individually, came to the net during the week that saw most pegs filled to capacity.

Several nice Tench to 7lbs 3oz were also reported from various pegs.

On the Match Lake Carp continued to fish well.

Regular Rod Metcalfe took 28 on a visit to peg 10 alternating between the waggler and bomb as the fish moved around! Coarse pellet tempted the fish.

Conor Nettleton lost count of how many Carp were netted during a 48hr stint with some very nice doubles reaching the net!

Silvers continued to take maggot and Castor.

A group of students for Paignton Sports and Community College enjoyed great sport taking Roach to the 2lbs mark as well as some decent Rudd and some very nice Perch.

The students offered maggot from 4 metre Whips around the 3 foot deep mark on size 16 hooks.

With ideal weather conditions great sport should be had from both lakes. 

Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 4/8

Catfish and Carp came to the net in numbers this week at Town Parks Fishery. The Specimen Lake saw anglers enjoying sport from most pegs with some fine personal bests and “firsts” reported!

A cracking Catfish of 32lbs 2oz fell to a halibut pellet offered in the margins of peg 12 by local rod Eddie Scott!

Dale Churchward banked another good Cat of 24lbs 1oz from peg 7 which also fell to halibut pellet.

Local rod Dale Churchward fished from peg 7 at Town Parks Fishery and was rewarded with this fine Catfish which tipped the scales at 24lbs dead!

Matt Skelly had a good short session from 1 taking three mid twenty’s in quick succession!

Matt Skelly made several short visits to Town Parks fishing various pegs around the Lake. Peg 1 fished very well and Skelly banked three good mid twenty’s including this stunning Common. 

Mark Groft celebrated his first Town Parks twenty banking a fine condition Common of 20lbs dead. The fish took Grofts Cell boilie from the bar in front of peg 8!

Mark Groft visited peg 9 at Town Parks Fishery and fished a Cell boilie towards the main bar. Grofts bait was taken by this lovely condition Common, his personal best at Town Parks.

Town Parks first timers Joe Dawson and Terry Small celebrated some excellent sport taking a dozen fish between them. Amongst Dawson’s haul was a fine Common of 23lbs 7oz and a Catfish of 20lbs 5oz. Small’s bag included Carp to 19lbs 8oz and Catfish to 17lbs.

Gary Newell fished from 14 banking a fine Cat of 25lbs 1oz and two Carp to 17lbs 8oz!

All Newell’s fish fell to halibut pellet.

Dan Cummings also had plenty of action from peg 2 banking two Catfish to 19lbs 2oz and three Carp to mid teens all which fell to monster squid boilies

Conor Nettleton celebrated his birthday netting 12 Carp to 19lbs 8oz during his 48hr session.

Cell boilies proving effective!

The top Match Lake also fished well with anglers reporting medium to large bags of Carp and Silvers.

Mitchell Steer had a great session from peg 10 bringing 21 Carp to the bank, best around the 11lbs mark!

Dam wall pegs also produced good sport with anglers taking 10 to 20 fish a session on with pellet. Silvers continued to fall to maggot and castor offered up in the water!