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10th
May 2008
Paddock specimen lake Arron Fisher did 36 hours taking a total of 3 cats and 4 carp. The carp consisted of a 15lb mirror, 18lb mirror 20lb 8oz mirror and a 21lb 4oz mirror. The catfish weighed 9lb 4oz, 10lb and 37lb 4oz. Arron fished a mixture of Dynamite baits tiger nuts and Dynamite baits fresh squid boilies over 10kg of mixed pellet and matching boilie.
Paddock specimen lake Gary Buckland did a night taking a 23lb 10oz mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake Dave Pond stayed on catching a total of 12 doubles including another 20 in the shape of a 20lb 10oz mirror. Dave fished Todber Manor Red factor boilies over pva bags of pellet.
7th May 2007 Wadmill lake Geoff Warren did 48 hours for over 100 runs taking carp to mid doubles. Brian Preston did a day session taking 7 carp including a new personal best of 20lb 8oz. Brian fished a Kevin Nash scopex squid liver 10mm pop-up over a bed of 10mm scopex squid freebies. Big Hayes specimen lake Richard Buttler took a total of 5 carp out to 18lb. Dave Pond did 24 hours taking 7 carp including a new personal best 24lb 8oz mirror. Mat Dean did 24 hours taking 10 carp to 21lb 6oz. Adrian Meadon did an over nighter taking a 21lb 8oz common.
Big Hayes specimen lake Will Whitcher from Southampton did 48 hours taking 6 carp including a P.b mirror of 24lb 8oz and a P.b common of 21lb. Will caught all his carp on Todber Manor Red factor boilies tipped with fake yellow corn. Nick Leighfield from Malbrough took 9 doubles topped by a 30lb 15oz mirror. Matt Pitman did an over nighter for 2 carp including a new personal best 34lb 2oz mirror, Matt used a CC Moore xxx pop-up. Gregg Palmer gave the ever consistent Wes Brake a stuffing on the next peg taking a total of 9 doubles to Wes's 4! Greggs best fish of the session was a 19lb 7oz mirror. Paddock Specimen lake Malcom Ford from Gillingham took a 22lb 4oz mirror on an 18mm CC Moore xxx tipped with a 10mm pineapple pop-up over a bed of pellet.
2nd May 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Alan Magee and his son Andy did 2 nights on the lake taking a total of 10 carp topped by a 20lb 5oz mirror. Alan and Andy both used Todber Manor Red factor boilies over small beds of boilies and pva bags.
Big Hayes specimen lake Darren Bealing did an afternoon session taking 5 doubles topped by a 21lb 10oz mirror. Darren used enterprise flouro pink corn and Todber Manor Red factor boilies over pva bags of pellets. 30th April 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Ian Povey took a 8 doubles topped by a 22lb 4oz mirror. Ian used Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over pva bags of crushed red factor and pellets. Paddock specimen lake Ashley Commander had a 20lb and a 23lb 2oz mirror. Ian Oxenham took a 15lb, 22lb and a 12lb mirror which he poached from his mates swim! Tony Latter had a new personal best 33lb catfish. Jason Lazzel had a 20lb 3oz mirror and his mate Paul Bennet had his first ever cat at 19lb along with a 21lb 9oz mirror. 28th April 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake This weekend saw the lake host an eliminator round for the British Carp Champs. 12 pairs battled out over 48 hours for top 3 spot and a place in the semi finals. Over the 48 hours a total of 86 carp were landed, with notable catches going to Karl Palmer and Rob Sparrow with 19 carp to 31lb 8oz. Lewis Swift and Kris Hillier with 19 carp to 24lb 2oz. Rob Marsh and Lee Merrit with 14 carp to 21lb. Paddock Specimen lake Terry Lampard and Paul Williamson did an over nighter for the catfish. Terry had a 16lb cat and Paul Williamson had a new personal best at 37lb 14oz. They both fished popped up livebait rudd. Wadmill Lake Luke Howe did 24 hours taking a total of 16 fish and in doing so broke 2 personal bests with a 16lb 5oz mirror carp and a 7lb 6oz bream.
Big Hayes specimen lake Martin Richards took 7 doubles to 19lb 14oz and his mate Chris Powell took a total of 17 carp to 22lb 1oz. Dave Pond took 3 mid doubles in an over night session. 22nd April 2008 Wadmill lake Shaun Chick did a day session on the lake taking a new personal best 22lb 4oz mirror. Shaun fished Cotswold baits monster crab pellets over pva bags of pellets. Big Hayes specimen lake Jack Stamp and his partner Russ have been down the lake practising for the British carp champs. They did a 48 hour session taking a total of 29 carp to 25lb. Darren Berry did an afternoon session taking a 22lb mirror. Wes Brake did a day session taking a total of 9 doubles to 20lb 1oz. Adrian Meadon did a day session taking 5 doubles topped by mirrors of 22lb and 24lb. 14th April 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Jack Stamp did a day session taking 6 doubles topped by a 20lb 8oz mirror. Ricky Searle did 24 hours taking 5 doubles topped by a 20lb 14oz mirror. Ian Palmer and his mate fished the same swim for 48 hours taking a total of 21 doubles between them.
Big Hayes specimen lake Andy Parker did 48 hours taking a total of 20 carp to 31lb 7oz.
9th April 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake James Godfrey took a new personal best 23lb 8oz mirror. Chris Willis braved the cold to take 3 carp to 21lb. 7th April 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Peter Deerlove took 12 carp including a 24lb mirror and a new personal best 24lb 10oz mirror. Pete used double 12mm Todber Manor Red factor boilies over pva bags of boilie an pellet. Jon Deer took 3 doubles including a new personal best 20lb 5oz mirror. Steve Withers did 24 hours taking 10 carp to 21lb 10oz. Ross Starkey did 24 hours for 6 doubles.
Paddock specimen lake Dave Cochran took a 19lb 14oz mirror on a pineapple pop-up. Mr Howe had a 20lb 15oz mirror also on a pineapple pop-up. With the warm weather this week Oisin Riley from Devon decided to have ago for the catfish, this proved to be a good move as he managed to bank an absolute brute bottoming out 60lb Reuben Heaton scales! Oisin tamed the beast using a live bait rudd on an up-tide rod and 20lb Berkley big game mainline.
Big Hayes specimen lake Charlie Blackley did a day taking 2 carp to 20lb 8oz. Dan Rigden took a new personal best 15lb common on a cut down pink pop-up over a mixed bag of pellet. Barrie Jones did an over nighter taking 3 doubles to 16lb 8oz on CC Moore Meteor and Live System boilies. Wadmill Lake After banking one 20lb'er on Big Hayes Charlie Blackley went on to bank another one of 21lb on Wadmill lake.
Big Hayes specimen lake Alan Magee took 3 doubles topped by a 24lb 8oz mirror, Alan used Todber Manor Red factor boilies over pva bags of pellets. Clive Wallis had a 22lb mirror. Alec 'A rod' Murphy took 3 carp topped by a 23lb 14oz mirror on orange plastic sweetcorn over pva bags of mixed pellets.
24th March 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Craig Jon McEvoy from Birmingham took 5 doubles topped by a 25lb mirror, Craig used A1 baits Squid and Nectar boilies over squid and nectar boilie sticks.
Wadmill lake Sean Chick had a pretty hectic weekend on the lake taking a whopping 43 carp to mid doubles. 17th March 2008 Big Hayes Carp Challenge 2007/08 THE FINAL The wood chipped swims were flooded out, anglers were soaked to the bone after over 20 hours of non stop rain, but despite all this they got their heads down and managed to bank 1 or 2 of the Big Hayes residents. In fact 45 carp were banked over the 27 hour period. 1st on the day with 10 carp for 145lb 3oz was Ian Povey, 2nd went to the ever consistent Jack Stamp with 10 carp for 117lb 4oz and 3rd on the day was Kia Sanger with 7 carp for 98lb. We at Todber would like to thank Colin Bright and Roger Smith for staying up all night weighing fish. A few of the better fish caught during the final
15th March 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Paul from Devon did 48 hours taking a total of 12 carp topped by mirrors of 23lb 12oz, 22lb and a ghost common of 21lb 12oz. The good old plastic fantastic (Enterprise fake corn) did the business for Paul.
Park lake open match 25 anglers took part in the first of the spring opens. 1st on the day was A. Power (Preston Innovations Thatchers) with 151lb 4oz, 2nd went to P. Neate (Wiltshire Angling) with 141lb 8oz, 3rd was M. Brennen (Preston Innovations Thatchers) with 118lb 5oz, 4th was T. Gilbert (Wiltshire Angling) with 112lb 6oz and 5th on the day was G. O'Shea (Preston Innovations Thatchers) with 103lb 5oz. Big Hayes specimen lake Alec 'A ROD' Murphy did a short afternoon session taking a total of 4 doubles to 16lb 8oz, Alec used 12mm Todber Manor Red Factor boilies tipped with Enterprise plastic corn. Simon Tarrent is half way through his 48 hour session and has so far taken 6 doubles to 16lb. 12th March 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Darren 'Pikey' Berry did a day session taking 6 carp topped by 16lb common, Darren fished a single grain of pink plastic corn over small pva bags of mixed pellet. Darren Bealing did a 24 hour session taking 4 carp topped by mirrors of 20lb 1oz and 27lb 10oz, Darren used Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over pva bags of mixed pellets and crushed boilies.
Big Hayes specimen lake Kris Hillier took 7 doubles topped by 22lb 8oz mirror. Wes Brake did two 6 hour sessions taking a total of 6 carp topped by 23lb mirror. Pete Deerlove took carp to 17lb.
Big Hayes specimen lake With the weather changing for the better I took the opportunity to do a quick overnighter on the lake. It proved worth while as I managed to land 4 carp in total topped by a 21lb 10oz mirror. I used HBS Pukka Pineapple pop-ups and 12mm Red Factor boilies tipped with Plastic corn over pva bags of mixed pellets.
Big Hayes specimen lake Wes Brake took 2 carp topped by a 19lb 5oz common, Wes used Todber Manor Red Factor boilies. Mark Brown took a day off to test some new hooks and bait from Kevin Nash banking 2 mid doubles topped by a stunning 15lb 5oz mirror. Ian Povey had 4 doubles to 14lb and Lee Price took 2 carp topped by a 16lb ghost common.
Big Hayes specimen lake Alan Magee took 5 doubles to 16lb on Todber Manor Red Factor boilies. Dave Bowden has done it yet again taking one of the lakes largest residents at 30lb 12oz. Dave used CC Moore live system boilies to tempt the big mirror. Mr Barfoot and son took a total of 7 carp to just over 20lb.
Dan Williams did 48 hours on the lake for a total of 7 doubles to 15lb, Dan used 14mm Solar Jacko Pops over pva bags of pellets. Alec Murphy did 24 hours for 6 carp to 14lb. 28th February 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Oisin Riley did 48 hours taking a total of 5 doubles topped by a 24lb 10oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Mic Santonas did a day session on the lake, and it was well worth as he had a cracking 31lb mirror. Mic used a banana pellet tipped with 2 pieces of plastic sweetcorn. Roger Smith did a day session taking 5 carp including a 20lb 3oz mirror and a 20lb 13oz mirror. Roger used Todber Manor Red Factor boilies tipped with plastic corn.
Big Hayes specimen lake With the lake fishing so well over the weekend (it must have been if Rosco could catch that many!!), I decided to do a quick overnighter taking 7 doubles topped by a 25lb 2oz mirror. Jack Stamp did a day session taking 7 carp topped by mirrors of 18lb and 25lb, Jack fished 12mm HBS pukka pineapple pop-ups over pva bags of mixed pellet. Lee Price did 24 hours for 6 carp to mid doubles and Darren 'Pikey' Berry did 36 hours for 10 doubles topped by an 18lb common.
Big Hayes specimen lake Spencer Churchill did 48 hours taking a total of 11 carp topped by mirrors of 20lb and 22lb 4oz. Rosco Starkey also did a 48 hour session taking 18 carp to 18lb, Ross used Todber Manor Red Factor boilies and Pepperami tipped with plastic corn fished over pva bags of mixed sized pellets.
Big Hayes specimen lake Mat Hunt did an overnighter on Big Hayes and took a 20lb 4oz ghost common. Mat fished a Cotswold Baits tutti-frutti fire fly pop up over 6 big spods of mixed pellets and particles at 40 yards range.
Paddock specimen lake The first catfish of the year came out today and it fell to the rods of Kevin Griffiths from Longload. The cat weighed in at 17lb 8oz and fell to a DD baits Kiwi & Crustacean boilie.
Wadmill lake Gary Jones did his 1st ever days pike fishing on Wadmill and he was glad he did. Gary took 7 pike in total, 5 of which were double figured to 18lb.
Big Hayes Carp Challenge 2007/08 Despite -6 temperatures at night, easterly winds and bright sun shine during the day (worst fishing conditions you could wish for!), one or two of the Big Hayes carp decided to put in an appearance for the 4th qualifying round. 1st on the day and looking pretty unstoppable from the the off was Todber Manors own Mark Brown with 6 carp for 72lb 11oz. 2nd went to Gregg Palmer with 4 carp for 51lb 7oz, Greggs catch included his 1st ever 20lb'er in the shape of a 20lb 7oz ghost mirror. 3rd on the day went to Rosco '3rd time lucky' Starkey, who has fished 3 out of the 4 qualifying rounds! Ross managed to scrape through with a 14lb 8oz mirror Well done mate, as the famous old saying goes: if at first you don't succeed try try again!! The Final will take place on the the 15th and 16th March. Finalists 1st round- Kia Sanger, Lee Price and Alec Murphy 2nd round- Jack Stamp, Chris Pagget and Tom Boughton. 3rd round- Wes Brake, Darren Berry and Ian Povey 4th round- Mark Brown, Gregg Palmer and Ross Starkey
Big Hayes specimen lake Scott Johnson did a day session taking a cracking 23lb 14oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Lee Price has taken 4 carp topped by mirrors of 19lb and 26lb 5oz.
Paddock specimen lake Danny Hardwick took 3 carp including a 20lb 6oz common and mirrors of 17lb & 23lb 2oz. Danny used Mainline Pulse boilies over pva bags of pellets and boilies. Big Hayes specimen lake A group of lads from the Navy fished the lake this weekend taking a total of 14 carp. The biggest of the weekend went to Callum Watkins with a 22lb 10oz mirror caught on Todber Manor Red Factor and Si Gay with a 23lb 15oz mirror caught on a single Pineapple pop-up. Mark Brown did a short afternoon session taking 4 carp to 13lb.
Wadmill lake Spencer Churchill took a 20lb 10oz mirror and Martin Seward had carp to 16lb.
Big Hayes specimen lake Jason Lazzel from Wincanton took 6 doubles topped by ab 18lb mirror. Dan Vallis took 7 carp to mid doubles on pepperami over pva bags of pellets. 7th February 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Aaron Card from Yeovil took 6 doubles topped by a 22lb 8oz mirror, Aaron used Solar Top Banana 10mm pop-ups over pva bags of bait tech mixed sized halibut pellet and Solar 6mm Top Banana boilies. Guy James from Blandford took 3 carp topped by a 21lb mirror, Guy used the recently relaunched Solar Quench in 10mm over small pva bags of crushed and whole boilie. Geoff Warren finished his session with a total 7 carp to 20llb 8oz and Alan Burgess also finished up with 7 carp to 18lb.
Big Hayes specimen lake Wes Brake finished up with a total of 8 carp topped by a 25lb 12oz mirror. Geoff Warren has added to his catch taking a further 4 carp to 15lb.
Big Hayes specimen lake Geoff Warren has taken mirrors of 19lb 4oz and 20lb 8oz, Geoff used Mainline baits fusion 12mm boilies. Wes Brake has had two doubles to just under 16lb, Lee Price has taken 2 doubles to 13lb and Alan Burgess from Basingstoke has taken 2 mid doubles. Paddock specimen lake Simon Bendall took a 17lb 6oz mirror on double 12mm Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over a small pva bag of pellet and crushed boilies.
31st January 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Gary Rendall braved the extreme weather taking a 17lb 8oz mirror and 16lb common. 29th January 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Wes Brake took 3 doubles topped by an 18lb 8oz mirror, Ian Povey took 3 doubles to 19lb 2oz and Peter Deerlove had 2 mid double mirrors. 26th January 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Darren 'Pikey' Berry took a 22lb 4oz mirror on fluro pink corn over a small pva bag of pellet and cotswold pva friendly particles.
Big Hayes specimen lake Ian Povey stayed on for a night after the match and notched up a further 7 carp to 17lb. Lee Price took a total 7 carp including mirrors of 17lb 8oz, 19lb 8oz and 21lb 7oz. Neil Glass had 2 carp including a new personal best 21lb 2oz mirror.
20th January 2008 Big Hayes Carp Challenge 2007/08 The weather conditions fell spot on for the 3rd Big Hayes Carp challenge qualifier making for a very interesting and close match. A total of 72 carp were banked in the 27 hour period by 12 anglers. 1st on the day was the in form Wes Brake with 14 carp for 162lb 3oz, 2nd place went to Darren 'Pikey' Berry with 13 carp for 151lb 15oz and 3rd was Ian Povey with 10 carp for 112lb 4oz. Other notable catches over the weekend was Steve Withers who fell just short of 3rd place with 7 carp for 107lb 3oz topped by mirrors of 21lb 7oz & 22lb 5oz, and Glen Knight who took 5 carp including mirrors of 23lb 12oz & 22lb 10oz. Thank you to Rosco, Alec and Colin for helping out with the marshalling, it was pretty hectic!!!
Big Hayes specimen lake Lee Price had 2 doubles to 14lb 8oz. Andy Mcconnachie did 24 hours for 9 carp to 17lb 2oz, Andy fished Dynamite baits 10mm marine halibut boilies over pva bags of pellets. 14th January 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Dave Bowden did 24 hours for a total of 9 carp including mirrors of 24lb and 28lb, Dave fished CC Moore Pineapple dumbell pop-ups. While Dave was hauling his good friend Alan Magee was also getting amongst em taking 8 carp to 21lb 8oz, Alan was using fluro pop-ups over pva bags. Kris Hillier took 4 carp to 20lb 2oz, Paul Williams took 3 doubles to 18lb, Toby Coulter took 4 doubles to 14lb, Rich Coles took 2 carp to 22lb, Mat Dryer had an 18lb mirror and Wes Brake did a day session taking a total of 6 doubles including mirrors of 19lb 2oz & 21lb and a common of 18lb.
Big Hayes specimen lake Ross Starkey did an over nighter for 3 doubles topped by a 19lb 12oz mirror, Ross used Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over pva bags of CC Moore mini ultra mix pellets.
Big Hayes specimen lake Alec Murphy is continuing his good run taking 8 doubles including a brace of 16lb mirrors, Lee Price took 2 doubles of 14lb and 15lb, Kia Sanger had 3 doubles to 14lb and Paul Knowlden took 3 fish to 18lb 8oz. Paddock specimen lake Dan Yeatman had a 21lb 12oz common on a pop-up pineapple single hookbait.
Big Hayes specimen lake With the mild spell between Christmas and the new year the carp in Big Hayes really got their heads down and went on a feed. Gary Coleman had 2 carp to 16lb, Dave Passoni had 5 fish to 14lb 14oz, Paul Amos had 2 fish to 15lb, Keith Attfield had a carp of 11lb, Paul Hobbs had 1 carp of 17lb, Lewis Bowly had 3 fish to 14lb, Mark Brown had 4 fish to 15lb, Kia Sanger had 4 fish to 13lb 4oz, Alec Murphy had 2 carp to 18lb 4oz, and the best catch of this period went to Jerry Banting with 10 carp including 3 20's to 28lb. Wadmill Lake Judith Potts took 2 pike of 13lb and 18lb, with the big one falling to float fished lamprey.
Wadmill lake Mat Candy did a few hours pike fishing Christmas day and it was well worth it as he had 3 fish including a new personal best at 11lb 4oz.
Wadmill lake Ross Starkey did 2 day sessions lure fishing and took total of 8 pike to 14lb 9oz.
Wadmill lake Todber Manor christmas match: 1st on the day was Jason Mills with 43lb, 2nd was Haydon Mayo with 39lb 4oz and 3rd on the day was Mic 'the scouse' Earl with 25lb. Big Hayes specimen lake The qualifiers of the 2nd Big Hayes carp challenge qualifier was. Jack Stamp, Chris Pagget and Tom Boughton. 11th December 2007 Wadmill lake The pike have started showing really well in Wadmill, taking advantage of this was Jay Gasson from Yeovil. Jay took 2 doubles of 12lb and 14lb 8oz on dead bait roach and trout.
Big Hayes specimen lake Wes Brake did a another 2 short day sessions on the lake taking a further 7 double figured carp to just over 16lb. Wes tactics consisted of Todber Manor red factor boilies and flouro pop-ups. Jack Stamp did a day session taking a total of 5 doubles to just under 20lb. 3rd December 2007 Big Hayes specimen lake Alec Murphy took a new personal best 24lb 10oz mirror on Todber Manor red factor boilies with a small pva bag over 50 red factor freebies. Roy Vassie did a day session and took a 20lb 12oz mirror on Todber Manor red factor boilies with a small pva bag. Wes Brake did a day session and took 2 doubles including a cracking 20lb 4oz fully scaled mirror carp.
Big Hayes Carp Challenge 2007/08 3 hard frosts followed by a wet and windy weekend didn't make for ideal carp fishing conditions in the 1st qualifying round of the Big Hayes Carp Challenge. Despite this, one or two fish decided to make an appearance and anyone come the end was in with a chance of qualifying. 1st on the day was Kia Sanger with 2 fish for 32lb 2oz, 2nd was Lee Price with 2 fish for 26lb 2oz, 3rd on the day and final qualifier for this round was Alec Murphy with 1 carp for 15lb 8oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake Rosco 'blanko' Starkey hasn't been living up to his name lately and has actually been catching 1 or 2. Ross took 4 carp including a cracking 19lb 6oz linear mirror, Ross used Todber Manor Red Factor boilies and heathrow baits pukka pineapple pop-ups. Alec Murphy had another eventful day session taking 3 doubles including a common just under 18lb, Alec used Red Factor boilies cut down over small bags of pellets. Roy Vassie has done 5 afternoons on Big Hayes for a total of 9 carp to just over 15lb, Roys winning tactic is CC Moore xxx boilies fished over pva bags of crushed xxx and a few freebies catapulted over the top.
Big Hayes specimen lake Tony Talbot took 5 doubles including a personal best 21lb ghost mirror. Tony used 14mm Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over pva bags of trout pellets. 31st October 2007 Big Hayes specimen lake Paul Andrews has taken 10 doubles to 17lb 8oz. Paul has used HBS Red Indian boilies over pva bags of pellet. Mr Boggust took a 23lb mirror on a 12mm Todber Manor Red Factor single hook bait. 29th October 2007 Wadmill lake Daniel Fuller-Smith took a 24lb mirror and an 8lb 8oz common on bloodworm boilies over pellet. Jamie Lang took pike to 10lb on deadbait Joey Mackerel. Big Hayes specimen lake Roy Powell took a 16lb 2oz mirror on Todber Manor red factor boilies over a bag of crushed red factor. Alec Murphy did a day session for a 17lb mirror, Alec used Todber Manor red factor boilies over pva bags of pellets. I did a day session and took 3 doubles topped by a 20lb 5oz mirror on small pva bags with pellet and 12mm red factor hook baits. Paddock Lake Benji Edmonds had a 19lb 12oz mirror on tigernuts.
Wadmill lake Ian Whiting did an 8 hour session on wadmill for 7 carp including 2 doubles and a 24lb mirror. Ian took all his fish using the method feeder. 7th October 2007 Wadmill lake Roy Vassie from gillingham broke his personal best with a 21lb mirror.
29th September 2007 Paddock specimen lake Kevin Dunnett took 6 fish including carp of 19lb 12oz, 21lb 4oz and a catfish of 20lb 6oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake I Povey finished his session on Big Hayes, notching up a total of 29 doubles to just over 20lb. M Preston did a day session taking 2 mid doubles on Todber Manor Red Factor and trout pellet hookbaits. 15th September 2007 Big Hayes specimen lake Colin Smith had 13 doubles to just under 20lb on 18mm Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over pellet. S Martin from Ipswich took 6 doubles from 15lb to 24lb 7oz. I Povey has taken 10 doubles to just under 16lb on fake corn over hemp, trout pellet and groundbait.
Wadmill lake Ian Osman had his new personal best in the shape of a 22lb 8oz mirror, Ian fished dynamite baits tiger nut boilies over trout pellets. Ben Bently took over 100lb of carp on the method feeder, Bens best fish of the day was a 15lb mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake Ken Faggetter had 6 carp in 48 hours topped by a cracking 26lb 9oz mirror, Ken fished Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over pva bags of trout pellet. 3rd September 2007 Wadmill lake Mr Saunders had anew pb and lake record in the shape of a 27lb 8oz mirror. Mr Saunders fished a halibut pellet on a method feeder. Mr Banting fished 24 hours taking 26 carp to 22lb. Jamie Trevor broke his personal best with a 20lb 8oz mirror. Sean Chick and Spencer Churchill did 24 hours taking over 50 fish between the to mid doubles.
26th August 2007 Paddock specimen lake John Coyer fished the Paddock lake for the catfish, John managed to bank 2 cats including a cracking 21lb'er. John fished live bait rudd on a catfish pro dumbell rig. Graham Pollard staying here on holiday also fished for the cats and banked his 1st ever weighing in at 12lb.
10th August 2007 Big Hayes specimen lake George Osbourne did 24 hours for 6 carp including 2 18lb'ers. Mark Osbourne did 24 hours for 3 carp to 21lb. Paddock specimen lake Steve Long did 24 hours for a 23lb mirror. Wadmill lake Nigel long did a day session taking 9 carp including 2 at over 20lb. Aaron Card did 24 hours taking over 60 carp and bream. 3rd August 2007 Big Hayes specimen lake Andy Morgan from Southampton did a day session for 5 doubles including a 17lb mirror and 21lb 4oz mirror. Andy fished small boilies over pva bags of mixed pellet. 2nd August 2007 Paddock specimen lake Daryl Holmes did 48 hours taking 4 carp including a 16lb, 17lb, 18lb and new lake record 28lb 3oz mirror. His son Gareth took 2 catfish and a 15lb grass carp. Dominic Beaumont had a 19lb mirror. Mat Peters from Wincanton had carp to 21lb 3oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake Rob Smith did 24 hours for 2 carp including an 18lb 8oz mirror and an 18lb ghostie. 29th July 2007 Big Hayes specimen lake Ross Starkey did 24 hours for 6 doubles topped by a 21lb 7oz mirror. Ross fished Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over pva bags of pellets.
24th July 2007 Paddock specimen lake Mr Conner did 24 hours for a 20lb carp and a 36lb 8oz catfish, both fish were caught on Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over pellet. Big Hayes specimen lake Martin Preston did a day session for 8 carp including an 18lb common. Martin fished a pellet hookbait over a couple of pouches of pellet. Lee Dunn has started his 48 hour session well taking 2 carp to 17lb 8oz.
20th July 2007 Paddock specimen lake Ken Faggetter banked an 18lb 6oz mirror on Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over pellet. Peter Salgado did a stint on the lake banking 3 catfish to 36lb and 2 carp to 22lb 4oz.
14th July 2007 Big Hayes specimen lake Andy Morgan from Southampton did a session on the lake landing a total of 7 doubles including a pb ghost carp of 18lb 12oz. Andy fished flouro pop ups over bags of mixed pellets. 13th July 2007 Paddock specimen lake Bailiff Mark Brown managed to get a couple of hours in on the Paddock lake. It proved to be a good move with Mark banking a 21lb 14oz mirror on Todber Manors pellet purrfection tipped with fake sweetcorn over a 2kg bed of mixed sized trout pellet.
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