Jun - Manor Fisheries

NEWS: mid-May to mid-June 2014
All three lakes are producing many specimens and during the past 31 days, since the 14th May, 8 x
20lbs+ Carp and 82 x 30lbs+ Catfish including 19 x 40lbs+ up to 46lbs 12ozs have been landed
and safely returned – the latter caught by Tony Payne. Also see the 6 x 24 hour Moggie session
summary that resulted in approximately 4,787lbs for James and Jonathan Archer plus Tom
Jobling.
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2014 and 2015 Bookings
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Today you can book your 2014 (3, 4 or 7 night) and/or 2015 (7 night) dates for an
Apartment plus fishing on your preferred Lake(s). Present 2014 “Charges” will apply to
2015 Bookings until further notice.
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2014 Night Members can make Day Fishing bookings (with or without Night fishing) up to
6 months ahead (email to [email protected] preferred but not essential). All
bookings to include a valid 2014 Night Membership number for each angler in their group.
A “2014 Night Membership” application form is available via this web site.
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All anglers can make Day Fishing bookings up to 5 months ahead.
Report for mid-May to mid-June 2014
Lake 1 (Carp)
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Arriving on the 15th May Neil Murphy was amongst the Bream with seven to 4lbs plus a 10lbs
Mirror while Mark Huettinger had a 4lbs Bream plus a 22lbs Common.
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Returning on the 15th May for a 24 hour session Jon Butler landed Mirrors of 23lbs and 18lbs
plus a 17lbs Common.
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During difficult conditions on the 16th May Darren Sales and Andrew Jarvis had Commons of
13lbs and 9lbs.
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Visiting on the 17th May, Mick Austin landed Commons of 11lbs and 24lbs when luncheon
meat was the successful bait.
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Tyla Reeves-Vane smashed his PB with a 20lbs 1oz Common on the 17th May plus another of
15lbs 4ozs.
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On the 24th May Dee Patel used tutti frutti mini pop ups to lure a 20lbs 1oz Common plus
Bream of 5lbs 8ozs and 4lbs.
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Using a mesh bag and boilie bait on the 31st May resulted in a 12lbs Mirror and two sizeable
Bream for Jon Dighton.
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Arriving on the 2nd June for a 36 hour session Jason Tuckey had Carp of 11lbs, 14lbs and
21lbs (Mirror) using a PVA bag and breadcrumb/Cel boilie.
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During his visit on the 11th June George Stych increased his Mirror PB to 22lbs 8ozs and his
catch also included a 15lbs Common with both caught using 16mm halibut pellet.
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Arriving on the 13th June for a 24 hour session Ian Henderson and son Liam landed 6 x Carp
between 10 and 15lbs.
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Returning on the 14th June Mark Huettinger landed 5 x Carp to 19lbs 10ozs plus 5 x Bream
while Neil Murphy had a 13lbs 8ozs Carp and two Bream.
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Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish)
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Using luncheon meat on the 15th and 16th May produced 3 x Cats to a PB 36lbs plus a 13lbs
Common while son Shaun had 6 x Cats to 37lbs.
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Luke Walshaw, using halibut pellet, landed 3 x “20’s” Cats of 23lbs 8ozs, 22lbs 5ozs and 21lbs
8ozs on the 17th May.
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It was a double PB on the 17th May when Tracy Cox using worm caught a 21lbs 6ozs PB Cat
and Tony Payne using halibut pellet raised his Moggie PB to 46lbs 12ozs.
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Arriving on the 17th May for a 60 hour session produced new PB’s for both Tim Noble and
Robin Moyser:
Tim Noble
Robin Moyser
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40lbs 8ozs PB, 39lbs, 38lbs 8ozs, 25lbs, 22lbs,
18lbs, 15lbs
42lbs 8ozs PB, 41lbs, 35lbs 8ozs, 35lbs, 32lbs, 30lbs
8ozs, 26lbs, 22lbs, 20lbs, 18lbs
Graham Cheyne increased his Cat PB to 38lbs on the 19th May with a catch including
additional Moggies of 28lbs, 20lbs and 16lbs.
Using “Fish Paste” during a 24 hour session beginning the 19th May, Simon Cope raised his
Lake 2 Cat PB to 43lbs 12ozs with a catch of 9 x Moggies including others of 33lbs and 28lbs.
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Ted Mahoney returned on the 20th May and landed 9 x Cats to 36lbs when halibut pellet and
liver boilies were the successful baits.
Returning on the 21st May for a “Day” session produced a PB for Shane Bullen while his
colleagues were also finding the Cats feeding:
Shane Bullen
Paul
Hutchinson
Charlie
Cannings
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Dave Constantine and Dave Bristow collectively broke their PB’s three times on the 22nd May.
Luncheon meat secured Cats of 30lbs PB and then 33lbs PB together with Cats of 27lbs,
24lbs and 16lbs plus a 18lbs Mirror and 17lbs 12ozs Common for Bruce while Dave landed
Cats of 44lbs PB and 10lbs with halibut pellet being the successful bait.
PB’s were broken three times when Edward Vandome, Richard Winter and Jamie Collins
arrived on the 23rd May for a 36 hour session catching a total of 703lbs. At 4.30am on the
24th, Edward caught a 42lbs PB Cat on luncheon meat and halibut pellet:
Richard
Winter
Jamie
Collins
Edward
Vandome
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Catfish
41lbs 11ozs, 40lbs 6ozs, 2 x 30lbs+,
7 x 20lbs+ and 11 under 20lbs
44lbs, 11 x 30lbs+, 74 x 20lbs+ and
11 under 20lbs
42lbs 1oz, 10 x 30lbs+, 40 x 20lbs+
and 25 under 20lbs
Carp
3
Approx. Total Weight
426lbs
6
2,534lbs
4
1,827lbs
On the 31st May, Andy Harland raised his Cat PB to 29lbs using PVA bags and halibut pellet
plus a 14lbs Mirror and 5lbs Common on boilies while his son Ashley landed Cats of 31lbs, and
28lbs.
Mick Rogers raised his Cat PB to 41lbs on 1st June and added a 17lbs 1oz Mirror and 15lbs
Common to his catch while Alan Rogers had a 17lbs 8ozs Mirror and a 16lbs 2ozs Common.
Arriving on the 31st May for a 6 day/night session, Matt Phipps and Paul Harris landed 61 fish
weighing in total 1031lbs consisting of 44 x Cats (including a 39lbs PB for Paul and a 32lbs
PB for Matt together with an additional 4 x “30’s” ) plus 17 x Carp to 18lbs all on halibut
pellet and pop-ups.
Visiting for a 36 hour session starting 5th June produced 5 x Cats to 37lbs 5ozs plus 3 x
Commons to 16lbs 6ozs for Gary Vaughan and 2 x Cats to 23lbs 12ozs plus 2 x Commons to
11lbs for Gary Constable who gallantly also assisted a neighbouring angler to rescue a
tethered Moggie by wading to a depth of five feet – much appreciated by everyone including
the Moggie!!
Using halibut pellet it was PB’s all the way for Adrian Hodges (arriving 4th June for 3 days)
and Marc Lyphout (fishing from 2nd June for 5 days):
Adrian
Hodges
Marc
Lyphout
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33lbs PB, 31lbs (x3), 28lbs, 27lbs, 26lbs (x3), 25lbs
(x2), 24lbs, 20lbs, 17lbs, 15lbs 8ozs (385lbs 8ozs)
39lbs PB, 33lbs, 27lbs, 26lbs, 24lbs, 20lbs, 12lbs
(181lbs)
42lbs PB, 34lbs, 24lbs, 19lbs 8ozs, 17lbs
(136lbs 8ozs)
Travelling from Derby, James and Jonathan Archer together with Tom Jobling arrived on the
24th May for their annual 6 x 24 hour Moggie session with spectacular results. Using halibut
pellet and luncheon meat their total catch weighed approximately 4,787lbs.
Tom
Jobling
Jonathan
Archer
James
Archer
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42lbs 8ozs PB, 26lbs 6ozs, 23lbs 12ozs, 21lbs, 19lbs
4ozs, 18lbs 9ozs, 16lbs 5ozs
27lbs 2ozs, 26lbs 2ozs, 20lbs 8ozs, 18lbs 4ozs, 17lbs
12ozs, 12lbs 4ozs, 12lbs (x2)
31lbs, 29lbs 14ozs, 23lbs 6ozs, 21lbs, 16lbs
Catfish
16 to a PB 45lbs 7ozs including 4 x
30lbs+ and 5 x 20lbs+
14 to a PB 45lbs 6ozs including 3 more
at 40lbs+, 3 x 30lbs+ and 5 x 20lbs+
Carp
3 to 21lbs
Total catch weight was 358lbs
Commons of 19lbs and 17lbs
During his “first visit” on the 8th June Ben Tandy had a “first” with a 16lbs 10ozs Cat using
Mainline Cell boilies together with a 17lbs 4ozs Mirror and a 12lbs Common.
Beginning a six day session on the 8th June saw Judi Swatland and Steve Hyder amongst the
Cats and Carp when Judi raising her Cat PB to 40lbs 4ozs with a catch of 10 more Moggies to
23lbs 12ozs plus 6 x Commons to 14lbs 8ozs and 4 x Mirrors to 16lbs 8ozs. Steve landed 22 x
Cats including 37lbs 4ozs and 32lbs 12ozs plus 5 x Commons to 13lbs 8ozs and 2 x Mirrors to
12lbs.
Malcolm Phillips landed two Cats on the 14th June and raised his Carp PB to 18lbs.
On the 14th June Paul Hutchinson landed 8 x Cats including 4 x “20’s” to 23lbs 12ozs while
colleague Malcolm Phillips also landed 8 x Cats including a 30lbs 8ozs PB and 2 x “20’s” to
24lbs 4ozs.
Lake 3 (Mixed)
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Returning on the 18th May the Battle Maggot Drowners AC fished in glorious weather and the
winning weights were:
o 1st Graham Noble with 16lbs consisting of Bream and Carp
o 2nd Andy Ashcroft with 13lbs consisting of Carp
o 3rd Luke Marsh with 6lbs 4ozs consisting of Carp
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Returning on the 1st June the Lydd AC fished in glorious weather and the winning weights
were:
o 1st Shelly Knowles with 39lbs 12ozs consisting of Carp plus two Bream to 3lbs all
on double worm
o 2nd Bob Turner with 33lbs 15ozs consisting of Carp, Roach and small skimmers
o 3rd Dave ?? with 27lbs 9ozs consisting of Carp, Roach and small skimmers
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Visiting on the 6th June Peter Bennett and Tracey had 6 x Carp to 7lbs, 3 x Bream to 5lbs and
a 1lb 8ozs Roach.
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Using sweetcorn and prawns on the 9th June, Paul Wharton’s catch included 3 x Carp to 8lbs
and 2 x Tench to 4lbs plus numerous Perch.
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Fred Rosier had success with the Carp on the 10th June with 6 x Commons to 5lbs 2ozs and
two Mirrors to 5lbs.
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Returning on the 13th June saw Richard Read having a good mixed bag including 17 x Carp to
5lbs, 2 x Tench plus a Bream.
Left – On 17th
May Tony Payne
and his new PB
46lbs 12ozs Cat.
Right – A PB Cat
of 21lbs 6ozs for
Tracy Cox on the
17th May.
Left – A Lake 3
(Mixed) 8lbs 4ozs
Mirror and
Right – A 5lbs
5ozs Bream both
from Lake 3 for
Philip
Stringer
during a 4-day
break beginning
the 12th May.
Left – A Common
of 20lbs 1oz for
Tyla Reeves-Vane
to smash his PB
on the 17th May.
Right – Bruce
Constantine
on
the 22nd May with
a 18lbs Mirror.
Left
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Bruce
Constantine
on
the 22nd May with
his 33lbs PB Cat.
Right
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Dave
Bristow on the
22nd May with his
44lbs PB Cat.
Left – 24th May
and a 42lbs PB
Cat for Edward
Vandome.
Right
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Andy
Harland and his
29lbs PB Cat on
the 31st May.
Left
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Ashley
Harland and his
31lbs Cat on the
31st May.
Right – A 32lbs
PB Moggie for
Matt Phipps on
the 2nd June
Left – The 44lbs
Cat caught by
Jonathan Archer
on the 27th May.
Right – James
Archer and his
42lbs 13ozs Cat
caught on the
28th May.
Left
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Tom
Jobling and one
of
his
30lbs+
Cats caught on
the 29th May.
Right – A new PB
of 40lbs 4ozs for
Judi Swatland on
the 8th June.
Left
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Judi
Swatland landing
two Cats at once
(total weight is
47lbs 12ozs) now
only has 30lbs+
Cat photos taken.
Feedback
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2014 Leader Board
The 2014 Leader Board competition commenced on Saturday 8th March and prizes will be awarded
for the following specimens caught by Sunday 9th November 2014:
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£50.00 for the first verified 50lbs+ Catfish
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£50.00 for the first verified 30lbs+ Carp
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£50.00 for the first verified 8lbs+ Tench
In the event these “Target weights” are not met the prizes above will be awarded for the heaviest
verified Carp, Catfish and Tench specimens recorded in the Cabin Log Book by Sunday 9th
November 2014.
Catfish
Date
Name
Weight
26 March
Kevin Oxley
47lbs 8ozs
13 March
Peter Parsons
35lbs
Carp
Date
Name
Weight
16 April
John Musmeci
24lbs Common
8 March
Ben Rolfe
23lbs 4ozs Mirror
Tench
Date
Name
Weight
6 May
Peter Gardiner
5lbs 3ozs
29 March
Fred Graham
4lbs 14ozs
9 March
Kevin Bosher
3lbs 8ozs
The PIN qualifying weight during 2014 is:
Species
Bream
Carp (Common)
Carp (Mirror)
Catfish
Perch
Roach
Tench
Weight
6 lbs 8ozs
25 lbs
25 lbs
40 lbs
2 lbs
1 lb 8ozs
6 lbs 8ozs