Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 27/10

The Specimen Lake at Town Parks Fishery continued to produce great sport for hardy anglers braving the changeable weather conditions.

Jim McCourt float fished worm form peg 14 aiming for the odd Catfish.

As McCourt started to pack up his reel screamed off and after an extended battle a fine Cat of 25lbs 1oz was on the bank!

Town Parks Fishery regular Jim McCourt float fished worm from peg 14 aiming for Catfish. As darkness fell his reel screamed off and, after an extended battle a fine Cat if 25lbs 0oz was on the bank!

David Bastian travelled up from the Lizard in Cornwall for his first trip to the Parks. Targeting the Catfish, as he had never caught one, Bastian was not disappointed after banking three good doubles on Halibut pellet. Best fish of the session a good 26lbs 1oz!

Once again Conor Nettleton had a great session netting 5 Carp to 19lbs 2oz all falling to Cell.

Local junior James Tippler fished another day session and chose peg 9. While Tipplers dad looked after the rods as he went to the shop his alarms sounded and dad hooked into a fish. After a quick sprint around the lake, Tippler took over and eventually banked a fine condition Common of 15lbs 10oz!

Town Parks newcomer Liam Tibbitt celebrated his first visit by banking 2 Carp in quick succession from peg 14!

Local rod Liam Tibbitt enjoyed his first visit to Town Parks Fishery banking two carp in quick succession. Tibbitt fished Cell boilies from peg 14.

Town Parks Fishery newcomer Liam Tibbitt enjoyed great sport from peg 14 banking two Carp in quick succession including this fine condition Common!

Regular Sue Young Banked a good Common from peg 16 after fishing an apple flavoured boilie mid water!

The top Match Lake also fished well with anglers reporting goods bags of Carp with up to 15 taken in a day session.

Pellet or worm fished into the margin has produced some good fish as the fish feed up ready for Winter.

Silvers are still showing strongly with some fine Bream and Roach which are falling to maggot, corn and luncheon meat! 

Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 20/10

The unsettled weather kept the fish on the move at Town Parks Fishery this week. Anglers fishing the Specimen Lake had great sport as the fish fed up for Winter.

Dave Grylls fished peg 14 after a long absence from the Parks and banked five fish including a personal best! Fishing Cell boilies mid water Grylls banked several good doubles topped off with a fine 22lbs dead Mirror – his Town Parks PB!

Local rod Dave Grylls had a good session from peg 14 at Town Parks Fishery banking five fish including this outstanding fully scaled Carp.

Local rod Dave Grylls celebrated his personal best Carp at Town Parks Fishery. The fish of 22lbs dead fell to a Cell boilie offered from peg 14.

Grylls fishing partner Gordon Batt also had a good session on peg 1 banking four high double Carp which fell to Starbaits Kelp and Spirolina Layerz boilies offered towards the main island.

Local rod John Connabeer fished from peg 10 and banked a beautiful fully scaled Mirror Carp. Connabeer also netted two Tench to 6lbs 1oz which took a bright yellow pop up offered 6 feet up a zig rig!!!

Town Parks Fishery regular John Connabeer netted this beautiful Fully Scaled Carp from peg 10 after it seized his Cell bait offered towards the central bar.

Town Parks regular Geoff Weller chose peg 5 for a 24hr session and was rewarded with a fine 23lbs  2oz Common which fell for a 15mm Cell boilie offered tight to the central bar.

Wellers alarm screamed off again a little while later and, after a 45 minute battle a huge Catfish, estimated in the thirtys, showed its head before shaking its head and breaking the line!!!  

This fine condition Fully Scaled Mirror Carp fell to a Cell boilie offered by Conor Nettleton form peg 6 at Town Parks Fishery.

Town Parks Fishery regular Conor Nettleton fished overnight from peg 6 and banked this beautiful Ghost Carp which fell to a Cell boilie.

Trevor Trebell netted a fine condition Common of 17lbs 2oz from peg 10 which fell to a 12mm C C Moore pop up.

Bream have also been feeding freely with fish to 7lbs reported this week!

The top Match Lake also saw anglers enjoying the action with Carp still taking food freely.

Rod Metcalf fished several pegs throughout the week and found fish feeding, especially tight in the margins.

Several very big Carp were taken in 18 inches of water with worm their favourite food!!

Carp also came to pellet as did Bream at most times of day! Silvers fell to maggot and castor offered at various depths with several anglers reporting bags in excess of 40lbs!

The unsettled weather has reduced the water temperature, although only by a couple of degrees, which is now holding around the 15 degree mark – high for the time of year!!

Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 13/10

Cooler unsettled weather produced testing angling conditions at Town Parks Fishery this week.

The Match Lake saw anglers braving wet and windy conditions although the fish still continued to feed.

Town Parks regular Conor Nettleton banked 29 Carp from various pegs during a day session! The fish fell to pellet and Cell boilies offered both in the margins and out in deeper water.

Bream were taken from most pegs with some anglers reporting 30 to 40lbs per session.

Silvers are still taking maggot although they have been feeding a little deeper than of late as the water temperature has dropped slightly – that said, the water is still around the 12.5 degree mark which is good for this time of year!

The Specimen Lake continues to produce good fish to those anglers doing their water craft!

One unnamed Grandfather fished with his grandson from 7 and 8 and was determined to catch anything but a Catfish. The gentleman had made his own boilies and flavoured them with plum and pineapple which he believed would only attract Carp! During the early hours his reel screamed off and, after a very extended battle a fine Catfish of 33lbs 2oz was on the bank!!!

Gordon Batt and Matty Feakes fished from pegs 1 and 16 and both enjoyed good sport.

Feakes took three Carp including a beautifully coloured Common of 16lbs 2oz.

Batt netted three fish including a lovely Fully Scaled Carp – one of the nicest he had seen.

Unfortunately Batt’s camera refused to reproduce any of the many pictures taken of the catches when he tried to download them!!!!

Cornwall rod Richard Simmonds fished overnight from peg 11 and netted five fish including three Catfish to 22lbs 3oz and two Carp of 19lbs 6oz and a fine Common of 23lbs 8oz! The Cats fell to luncheon meat offered mid water whilst the Carp took Cell boilies.

Plenty of Carp in the mid to high teens came to the bank, too many to list individually and smaller Cats to the same size produced some great sport for anglers!! 

Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 6/10

As unsettled weather came in the fish went on and off the feed at Town Parks Fishery this week. The top Match Lake still fished well with anglers enjoying frantic sport at times.

Conor Nettleton banked 19 Carp during a day session with the fish taken from deeper water pegs. Coarse Pellet offered over a small bed of feed pellet proved effective!

Six children enjoying a Birthday party had fun catching Roach and Perch. Fishing from peg 1 one of the youngsters hooked into something much bigger! After an extended battle a beautiful 6lbs Common Carp came to the net much to the delight of everybody there!!!

Silvers have continued to show in numbers particularly Bream which are still feeding up very well and taking pellet and double maggot freely.

Meanwhile, the Specimen Lake also produced some great sport.

Yeovil rod John Cherrington fished from peg 7 trying to avoid the Catfish by fishing Plum and Pineapple boilies! Cherringtons plan did not quite go as planned as he battled and netted a fine 33lbs 1oz Catfish – his best fish for several years!!

Ten year old James Tippler fished Cell boilies from peg 12 placing his bait near the outflow pipe. Tippler hooked into an excellent Carp which he managed to get to the net! The 20lbs 2oz Mirror was in excellent condition and was quickly returned to the water after a quick picture!!

Ten year old James Tippler fished Cell boilies from peg 12 at Town Parks Fishery and banked this fine Mirror Carp of 20lbs 2oz!!  

Paignton rod John Austin banked a couple of decent Carp of 16lbs 12oz and 14lbs 2oz from peg 9. Both fish fell to C C Moore Live System.

Paignton rod John Austin fished at Town Parks Fishery and chose peg 9. Fishing C C Moore Live System towards the central bar Austin banked a couple of good fish including this superb Common Carp.

This lovely condition Fully Scaled Mirror Carp fell to C C Moore Live System offered from peg 9 at Town Parks Fishery. The fish was banked during a session by local rod John Austin.

Plenty of Catfish and Carp continue to come to the bank mainly in the high teens or early twenties.