Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 11/11

 With colder weather moving in the fish at Town Parks Fishery have started to feed up for the long Winter months.

On the lower Specimen Lake Gordon Batt fished peg 1. Placing his baits beneath the overhanging willow tree, Batt laid a small bed of maggots and fished a Cell boilie over the top. After dropping several fish during the night Batt eventually banked a superb condition Common Carp which tipped the scales at 21lbs 2oz!

Torquay rod Gordon Batt fished a cell boilie over a bed of maggot on peg 1 at Town Parks Fishery. Batt was rewarded with this excellent condition common carp that tipped the scales at 21lbs 2oz!

 

Fishing partner Matt Feakes also lost a couple of fish, one straightening his hook, before banking a 17lbs 2oz Mirror. A Cell boilie offered over maggot proving effective!

Paignton rod Trevor Trebell banked a good Common of 18lbs 1oz from peg 15 having tempted the fish with a squid boilie.

Local rod Trevor Trebell fished a squid boilie form peg 14 at Town Parks Fishery and was rewarded with a 18lbs 1oz common carp.

On the top Match Lake Matt Kelly fished a mix of coarse and halibut pellet from peg 10 on the Match Lake. During his day session Kelly banked 18 good sized Carp, at one time banking a Ghostie, Mirror and Common in quick succession!

Paignton rod Mark Warren fished peg 15 at Town Parks Fishery and banked this fine condition common carp. the fish fell to a cell boilie offered mid water.

 

Junior Jack Mogg fished coarse pellet towards the island from peg 15. Mogg banked two Carp, a Mirror and a Ghostie both in the 3lbs to 4lbs range!

Silvers still fell to maggot or castor although the fish are much deeper near the bottom!

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Town Parks Fishery Catch Report w/e 4/11

 The Match Lake at Town Parks Fishery continued to produce good sport despite the colder weather. Carp fed freely taking pellet or luncheon meat offered at various depths.

Regular Rod Metcalf fished from peg 17 on the dam wall and banked 15 Carp of good size during a short morning session.

Once again Jim Morrissey took good quality Carp from the tip of the island immediately in front of peg 3. Coarse pellet on the hair with a light scattering around the bait proved effective!

Bream were still feeding with some good fish taken around the islands. Silvers fell to maggot and castor offered around the four foot mark!

On the lower Specimen Lake fishing was a little harder than of late but some good fish still came to the bank.

Regular Matt Feakes set up on peg 10 and took a good 19lbs 8oz Common almost immediately! Within twenty minutes Feakes had lost another good fish at the net.

Both fish fell to Tutti Frutti boilies offered close to the island.

Town Parks Fishery regular rod Matt Feakes banked this fine condition Common Carp within twenty minutes of setting up on peg 10. The fish tipped the scales at 19lbs 8oz and fell to a tutti fruitti boilie fished close to the island.

 Andrew Smart fished an overnighter from peg 6. After a screaming run Smart hooked into a very large fish, believed to be a big Catfish but, after a short battle the fish was lost!

On checking his rig it was discovered that the quick link had been pulled straight!

Chris Hulatt fished tutti frutti boilies from peg 16 and banked two Carp, the best around the 16lbs mark! Hulatt also lost two Carp at the net!

An eel of 4lbs was reported to have fallen to worm offered tight in the margin from peg 12.

Winner of the Halloween Ghost Carp competition was Brenda Morrissey with a good Ghostie of 9lbs 8oz taken on the Match Lake with pellet!