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29th
July 2010
Big Hayes specimen lake Debbie and Lyndon Saunders did a week taking a total of 35 carp, five of which were over 20lb to 21lb 8oz. They also banked 9 catfish to 12lb, the couple used a mixture of Mainline Cell boilies and halibut pellets. Ben and Lee Murphy took 7 doubles between them to 19lb 8oz. Dave Harper banked a 22lb 13oz mirror. Lewis from Bristol banked did 3 nights banking 14 doubles topped by a 22lb mirror. Ashley Drew took a new personal best 17lb 8oz common. Simon Fennel did 2 nights taking 12 doubles topped by an 18lb 6oz mirror. Little Hayes specimen lake Toby Coulter did a night taking 9 carp to mid doubles. Paddock specimen lake Dave Lancaster banked a 19lb 12oz mirror. Logan Argent had his first cat at 12lb 11oz and his pb carp going 23lb 12oz. Wadmill lake Clive Lamb banked 30 carp and 5 bream topped by 21lb 8oz common. Robert Hobbs banked 35 carp topped by a 16lb mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Gary Taylor banked 12 doubles topped by a 20lb 12oz mirror. Doug Moon took 10 carp to mid doubles. Jeff Gibson took 5 doubles topped by a 17lb 1oz ghost mirror. Paddock specimen lake Nigel Moore banked a 30lb cat fish. Rodney Parsons took 2 cats to 22lb 8oz and a 17lb common. Dave Harris banked cats of 18lb 8oz and 13lb.
19th July 2010 Big Hayes specimen lake Jamie Bird from Bristol woke up to a bit of a shock friday morning finding no line at all left on one his his reels!!! What had happened here you may ask??? Jamie could only put it down to one thing, a massive catfish must have stripped all of his line off in the night!! He later on found out that he had slept through a run during the night and the fish he had hooked (a mid double carp not a monster catfish) had managed to get tangled up with his mate Clives rod to his left. Clive played the fish in, landed it and returned the fish unharmed, Clive then went on to do the right thing and handline in the remainder of the trailing line, which unknown to him was attached to Jamies rod and reel! The moral of this story Jamie is to either turn your bite alarms up at night or lay off of the blow up dolls, but that's another story!! Now getting onto some anglers who managed to get up in the night when the alarms went off! Bob Sheppard did 2 nights taking a total of 16 carp topped by a 17lb 12oz mirror, Bob fished Mainline cell boilies over 4kg of matching freebies. Vincent Champion took 10 carp to 15lb while his mate Colin Osbourne took 7 to 16lb. Gary Shackler had over 30 runs banking 20 carp to 18lb. Mark Trippett did a day session taking 9 doubles to 19lb 8oz, Mark fished Mainline Cell dumbell hookers over 2kg of 14mm Cell freebies. Seb Hadley Did 3 nights taking a 16 carp to 16lb 7oz. Chris Porter did a night taking 5 doubles to 18lb 8oz, Chris's winning tactic was fish Mainline Cell over a spodded area of particle, pellet and boilie. Colin Bright did an afternoon/evening session taking 5 doubles to 16lb. Little Hayes specimen lake Pete Williamson took 7 doubles. Darren Styles banked 7 carp topped off by a 19lb 12oz common. Mat Morris banked 11 carp to mid doubles. Paddock Specimen lake Steve Masterman took 3 cats to 22lb, Rob Masterman took 3 cats to 15lb and Shaun Masterman took 5 cats to 38lb. 16th July 2010 Big Hayes specimen lake Kevin Wigglesworth did a day session taking 11 doubles topped by a 25lb 10oz mirror, Kevin also banked commons to 21lb 8oz. Paul Shopland took 9 carp to 17lb. Pete Ayling took 9 carp to mid doubles. Richard Patt took 16 doubles topped by a 19lb 6oz mirror. Richards catch also consisted of 2 more 19lb'ers 2 x 18lb'ers and 2 x 17lb'ers. Richard fished 18mm Mainline Cell boilies over 3kg of matching freebies fed little and often. Cliff Dunston did 36 hours taking a total of 21 doubles topped by a 24lb mirror, Cliff fished Mainline Cell boilies and dumbell hookers over 2kg of matching freebies. Little Hayes specimen lake David Smyth and Ian Lucas did 2 nights taking a total of 20 carp between them to 21lb 6oz, the pairs successful bait was Mainline Cell. Steve Hazzell banked a 23lb mirror. 14th July 2010 Big Hayes specimen lake Phil French took 5 fish topped by a 21lb 8oz mirror. Richard Back did 2 nights taking 13 carp to 18lb 9oz. Little Hayes specimen lake Jack Witcombe took 3 fish topped by a new personal best 28lb mirror.
8th July 2010 Big Hayes specimen lake Lee Hayler and Phil Eagle took 15 double figured carp a 6 catfish between them. Chris Furnell took 5 carp topped by a 19lb 12oz common and a 21lb 3oz mirror. Mark Anderson took 6 carp topped by two 20lb mirrors. Ashley Prince took 5 doubles topped by a new personal best 19lb 2oz mirror. Little Hayes specimen lake Neil Houlihan took 3 doubles topped by a 22lb 10oz mirror. Kevin Wilson took 14 carp to mid doubles. Mike Williams took mirrors of 24lb 6oz and 26lb 10oz. Steve Tait took 6 doubles to 19lb. Wendy Atherden banked an 18lb ghost mirror. Paddock Specimen lake Dean Farrington took 2 cats including a new personal best at 16lb. Dave Haines took 2 catfish with the best going 38lb. Dan Webb took a 19lb catfish.
30th June 2010 Paddock specimen lake Joe Miller did a night taking cats of 19lb 8oz, 27lb and 33lb. Lawrence Wood took 2 cats with the biggest going 21lb. Wadmill lake Calum and Mark Kletta did a day taking 12 carp to 14lb. Little Hayes specimen lake Rob Dodge took 9 carp topped by mirrors of 20lb and 21lb 7oz. Dave Bousfield took 2 doubles to 18lb. Aaron Card took a new lake record bream 11lb 4oz. Big Hayes specimen lake Gareth Holmes did an over nighter taking a 22lb mirror.
21st June 2010 Paddock specimen lake Richard Jessy caught his first ever catfish weighing in at 28lb 10oz. Big Hayes specimen lake Dan Naish and Joe Balldock did 2 nights taking 30 doubles between them topped by a 19lb 8oz mirror. James Winter did 4 nights taking 23 doubles to 17lb, his mate Paul Hill took 19 carp topped by a new personal best 20lb mirror. James an Paul caught using Mainline Cell, Todber Manor Red Factor and Shellfish B5 boilies, over 15kg of matching freebies and pellet. Little Hayes specimen lake Dan Mckenzie did a night taking 6 doubles to 17lb. Colin Bright did another evening session taking 4 to 17lb. Stuart Killops did a night taking 9 doubles including 3 20's to 28lb. Stuart fished Todber Manor Red Factor boilies.
18th June 2010 Big Hayes specimen lake Colin Mould took 11 doubles topped by a 22lb 2oz mirror.
Paddock specimen lake Roger Pitman took 1 cat and 2 carp topped by a personal best 20lb 12oz mirror. Adg Howarth took 2 carp topped by a personal best 23lb mirror. Nick O'Reilly took 4 catfish topped by a ne personal best at 34lb 12oz. Andy Warr took 3 cats topped by a new personal best weighing in at 68lb. Little Hayes specimen lake Colin Bright did an evening session taking 8 doubles to 15lb.
15th June 2010 Little Hayes specimen lake Danny Pedley and his mate Ashley Brown did 48 hours taking 16 carp to mid doubles. Mike Partman took 4 doubles to 14lb. John Dunn took 12 doubles topped by a 22lb mirror. Dave Watts took a 25lb 8oz mirror while his brother Chris Watts took a 22lb 2oz mirror. Dave Coogan took a 23lb mirror. Wadmill lake Jack Chandler did a 24 hour session taking over 50 carp topped by an 18lb 8oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Chris Westley took 6 doubles topped by a personal best 20lb 3oz mirror using Mainline Cell. Ross Inman took 9 carp topped by a 21lb 2oz mirror. Wadmill lake Julian Laver and Wayne Adams did 3 nights on the lake, Julian banked 68 carp using CC Moore N-gage and Wayne took 42 carp on Todber Manor Red Factor. Paddock specimen lake Jamie and Martin Harvey took 3 carp to 18lb and cats of 18lb, 28lb, 35lb and 45lb. Martin Moore took a 26lb catfish. The legendary Mark 'simmo' Simmonds took a break from the carp farming to try his hand at cat fishing. This was Mark's first attempt at cats and he banked a fine specimen weighing in at 30lb 1oz. Little Hayes specimen lake Kelly Drake did a 24 hour session taking 9 fish topped by a 23lb 13oz mirror and a new Pb 25lb 15oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Mark Tether did a week long session taking a total of 30 carp to 20lb 6oz, Marks winning tactics were Mainline Cell boilies over a bed of boilies and zig rigs. Stuart Inman did an evening taking a 20lb 12oz mirror. Wadmill lake Dan Rigden took a 20lb 2oz mirror on CC Moore N-gage.
Big Hayes specimen lake Tim Koch took 10 doubles topped by an 18lb 8oz mirror, Tim fished the new Nash Bait IC-1 boilies over 3.5kg of matching freebies fed throughout the session. Craig Knight took 2 carp topped by a 19lb 8oz mirror, Craig fished with mainline Cell boilies over 1kg of matching freebies. Graham Symons banked 2 20lb plus carp topped by a new personal best 20lb 7oz mirror.
Little Hayes specimen lake The Back Of The Landing Net boys had another 24 hour session on the lake taking a load more carp including Jays first twenty. Check out the Youtube video or follow the link to the BOTLN website www.backofthelandingnet.co.uk.
Big Hayes specimen lake Lloyd Bridges took 9 doubles topped by commons of 20lb 3oz and 21lb 14oz. Pete Saunders took 7 carp topped by an 18lb 12oz mirror. Cliff Dunston did a 48 hour session banking a total of 23 doubles topped by mirrors of 21lb and 21lb 8oz, Cliff fished Mainline Cell boilies over 3.5 kg of freebies. Kelly Drake took 5 doubles topped by mirrors of 18lb 4oz and 18lb 5oz. Dave Budgell took 9 carp to mid doubles. Peter Weight took 13 doubles topped by a 23lb 12oz mirror. Graham Plant took 3 carp to mid doubles. Rob Garrad took 20 doubles topped by a 22lb 4oz common, Rob fished CC Moore Live System over a kilo of matching freebies and 6kg of hemp & spod mix. I did a 24 hour session taking 10 doubles topped by a 23lb 1oz ghost common using Mainline Cell boilies over 2kg of matching freebies. Paddock specimen lake Phil Jones took catfish of 25lb, 31lb and 35lb. Paul Woodget took 2 cats with the biggest going 25lb. Tony Milton banked his first ever cat weighing 70lb 8oz, Tony also banked a 24lb catfish.
Big Hayes specimen lake Jimmy Flanagan took 8 doubles topped by mirrors of 21lb and 21lb 10oz, Jimmy used Mainline Cell boilies. Sean Boyle took 7 carp topped by a 19lb 4oz mirror. Ross Slam took 6 to mid doubles. Paul Richardson took 18 carp topped by a 19lb 4oz mirror. Jack Royle took 18 carp topped by a 20lb 5oz mirror and a 22lb 8oz ghost common, Jacks winning baits were Todber Manor Red Factor dumbells and Mainline Cell boilies. Lee Crossley took 11 doubles topped by a 19lb common. Alan Boucher took 24 carp topped by a 23lb mirror, Alan caught all his fish using Mainline Cell and Todber Manor Red Factor dumbells. Ayrton Kelly took 4 doubles topped by an 18lb 14oz mirror.
Little Hayes specimen lake The Back Of The Landing Net boys did a 24 hour session on the lake taking 18 doubles to 17lb 10oz. For more of the boys antics check them out on Youtube or take a look at their website www.backofthelandingnet.co.uk. Wadmill lake Rob Mudge took 45 carp topped by a 19lb mirror, Rob used Mainline Cell boilies. Steve Tait Took 19 carp topped by a 21lb 1oz mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake Ben and Lee Murphy took 7 doubles between them topped by a 25lb mirror. Jayne Owen took 8 doubles topped by a 21lb 7oz mirror. Colin Mould did a 24 hour session and then a day session taking a total of 13 doubles topped by a 22lb 12oz mirror. Steve Meyer did a 24 hour session taking a 20lb 3oz mirror and a 23lb 6oz mirror. Mr Davison took 4 doubles including 2 over 20lb. Tim Koch took 7 doubles topped by a 19lb 7oz common. Danny Harwick took 9 carp including 3 20's topped by 25lb 4oz mirror. Paddock specimen lake Pete Williamson took 4 carp topped by a 22lb mirror and 4 cats topped by a new personal best at 28lb 2oz.
Paddock specimen lake Ashley Commander took 5 cats to 21lb. Tony Latter banked a 21lb 8oz catfish. Ian Oxley took 2 cats to 21lb 8oz and a 19lb carp. Darren Styles banked a 67lb 4oz catfish. Big Hayes specimen lake Adrian Lazarus did two nights taking 15 carp including two 20's to 25lb 4oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake Scotty Withall did 24 hours taking 20 carp topped by a 20lb 4oz mirror. Lee Price banked 7 doubles topped by a 20lb 8oz mirror. Stuart Inman took 12 doubles topped by a 22lb mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake BCAC Round 2 qualifier: Big Hayes once again chucked up a close fought contest producing a total of 105 carp between the 12 pairs over the 48 hour match.1st on the day and last out of the draw bag was Sonu Baits pairing Kevin Grout and Matthew Wyld with 17 carp for 252lb 6oz. 2nd and qualifying for the fourth consecutive time at Todber Manor was Mainlines very own Rob Marsh and Lee Merritt with 15 carp for 186lb 3oz. 3rd and taking their place in the semis was Scott Fry and Andy Chappell with 14 fish for 180lb 4oz.
Paddock specimen lake Terry Lampard did another overnigher on the Paddock lake for the catfish taking 3 cats topped by a 72lb 4oz brute. Dean Adams took a 31lb 7oz catfish. Paul Ellis took a 27lb 4oz catfish.
Big Hayes specimen lake Cliff Dunston did 36 hours taking a total 13 doubles topped by mirrors of 20lb 12oz and 21lb. Rob Marsh and Lee Merritt have been down for one last practice before the BCAC. The pair did 2 nights taking 28 carp between them topped by mirrors of 20lb 14oz, 21lb 4oz and 25lb 8oz. Rob has this year started doing carp angling tuition and using Todber Manor as one of his venues. For more information check out Rob's web site www.robmarshtutorials.co.uk. Wadmill lake Jim Davis did 48 hours taking 51 carp, half of which were double figures topped by a 17lb 4oz mirror. Jim's successful bait was Mainline Cell.
Paddock specimen lake Sam Barron took a new personal best 28lb 8oz catfish. The legend Terry Lampard did a night on Paddock lake for the cats. Terry took two fish, one of 26lb 12oz and another at 28lb.
Big Hayes specimen lake Joe Richards took 2 carp topped by a 21lb mirror. Matt Eaton took 3 doubles to 15lb 5oz. Peter Lambert took 3 doubles topped by a 20lb 4oz mirror. Tony Talbot did an afternoon taking 3 doubles topped by mirrors of 19lb 8oz and 21lb. Matt Llewellyn and Sam Buckley took 8 doubles between them including a new personal best for Matt at 19lb 13oz.
Paddock specimen lake Dave Clarke took 2 carp topped by a personal best 22lb 12oz mirror and 4 cats with the biggest going 33lb 12oz. Robbie Shearn took a 23lb 8oz mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake Jim Davis took 10 doubles topped by a 20lb 5oz mirror. Lee Freckelton took 12 doubles topped by 19lb common. Scotty Withall did an over nighter taking 11 doubles. Wayne Meech took a new personal best 24lb mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Rob Marsh did 36 hours on the lake taking 28 doubles including 3 20's topped by a 22lb 4oz mirror. Ash Yates took a new personal best 21lb mirror.
9th April 2010 Paddock specimen lake James Elson took 9 double figured carp topped by a 21lb mirror and a 32lb catfish. Scotty Withall did an overnighter taking a 21lb 12oz mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake Jake Eyles took 4 doubles topped by a 21lb 12oz mirror, Jake caught his fish on Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over 30 matching freebies after each fish. Liam Hodges and Rob Fletcher were down practising for the BCAC taking 21 doubles to 18lb between them. Wayne Bowden took 5 upper doubles topped by a mirrors of 18lb 2oz and 19lb 2oz, Wayne fished Mainline Cell over a spodded area of boilie, pellet and particle. Lee Hussey took 10 doubles topped by a 19lb 12oz mirror. Jamie Parrish did 2 nights taking 15 doubles to 19lb 8oz, Jamie fished Mainline Cell and CC Moore N-Gage feeding over 5kg of boilie throughout the session.
8th April 2010 Big Hayes specimen lake Lee Price did 24 hours taking 11 doubles topped by a 20lb mirror. Lee caught all his carp on Todber Manor Red Factor and Mainline cell.
Little Hayes specimen lake update Jamie Londors and Billy Flowers of Nash Tackle and Diem clothing fished a 36 hour session on the lake for a feature. The dynamic duo banked over 80 carp during this time, with the average size of the fish being between 12lb & 16lb with the the odd bigger one topped by a 24lb 8oz mirror. Keep an eye on the web site for the opening dates of Little Hayes specimen lake.
Paddock specimen lake Thomas Cook had a 29lb catfish. Darren Ford took a 16lb catfish, 26lb catfish and a 16lb carp. Joe Miller had a new personal best 33lb 8oz catfish, Joe used a live bait rudd caught from the lake.
Big Hayes specimen lake Cliff Dunston did a 36 hour session taking 11 doubles topped by a 22lb mirror. Karl Palmer took 15 doubles with 7 of them being over 20lb topped by a 23lb 8oz mirror. Lee Merrit was down again practising for the BCAC, Lee took over 10 doubles topped by a 25lb mirror.
Paddock specimen lake Scotty Withall did 24 hours taking three carp including two scraper 20lb mirrors to 20lb 3oz. Scotty fished a combo of CC Moore N-Gage, CC Moore XXX and halibut pellets. Big Hayes specimen lake Geoff Warren took 17 fish topped by a 20lb 4oz mirror. Richard Burrows took a new personal best 25lb 6oz mirror. Alan "Tacklebury" Burgess took 6 doubles toped by a 24lb 8oz mirror. Simon Nash did 24 hours taking 7 doubles to 16lb, Simon used Mainline Fusion. Matt Parker took 6 doubles. Derek Green took 20 doubles topped by mirrors of 18lb 8oz and 20lb.
24th March 2010 Paddock specimen lake Pete Williamson took 7 carp topped by two mirrors at 23lb 8oz and one at 22lb, Pete fished with CC Moore XXX boilies. Darren Styles took a 21lb mirror and a 30lb catfish. Toni Elbrow caught her first ever catfish at just over 10lb. Big Hayes specimen lake Colin Mould did a day session taking 4 doubles, Colin fished Baitcraft T1 boilies over 200 matching free offerings. Lee Price did 24 hours taking 5 doubles to 16lb 8oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake Lee Price did 2 nights taking 9 doubles topped by a 17lb 10oz mirror. Colin Mould fished a day session taking 3 upper doubles to 19lb 8oz. Kelly Drake did a night taking 4 carp including a personal best common at 10lb 12oz and a personal best mirror at 15lb. I did a night taking 8 carp to mid doubles.
16th March 2010 Big Hayes specimen lake Wayne Addams did 2 nights taking 7 doubles topped by a 16lb 4oz mirror. Wadmill lake Emily O'Neill did a day session taking a new personal best mirror at 14lb 6oz, Emily caught her new p.b on a float fished worm.
Big Hayes carp challenge 2009/10 Final: Big Hayes once again was on top form for the annual Big Hayes carp challenge final, throwing up a total of 53 carp over 27 hours between the 12 finalists. 1st place, taking home a cool £1000 and crowned the Big Hayes Carp Challenge champion 2010 was Jack Stamp with an impressive 19 carp haul for a total of 243lb 13oz. 2nd was Dan Mckenzie with 9 carp for 134lb 3oz winning £750. 3rd place and taking home £400 was Roger Smith with 7 carp 100lb 6oz. The prizes for the biggest mirror and common carp went to Dan Mckenzie with a 25lb 2oz mirror and Lewis Swift with an 18lb 7oz common, both anglers won the brand new Kevin Nash Indulgence Air-lite sleep system bedchair worth £300. Todber Manor would like to thank Kevin Nash for supplying the biggest fish prizes and the goodie bags for all of the qualifiers.
13th March 2010 Big Hayes specimen lake Scotty Withall did a day session on the lake for carp and perch. Scotty banked over 30 perch with 6 over 2lb topped by a 2lb 8oz specimen, he also managed to land 3 carp topped by a 23lb 9oz ghost mirror.
Wadmill lake Dave Coogan fished a day session on the lake taking a 19lb 12oz mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake Dave Coogan moved on to Big Hayes for 36 hours taking 8 doubles topped by a 19lb 2oz common and a 20lb 12oz mirror, Dave fished the new CC Moore N-Gage boilies with small groundbait sticks. Shane Higgins did the day taking 3 doubles topped by 19lb 14oz mirror. Kev Robus also did the day taking 6 doubles to 15lb 10oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake Lee Price took 6 doubles to 15lb. Dave Bowden continued his good form on the lake taking a further 10 fish to 16lb 7oz. Paddock specimen lake Scotty Withall has carried on taking advantage of the early catfish banking a 19lb 15oz moggie, Scotty fished a popped up livebait rudd caught from the lake.
Big Hayes specimen lake Nick Smith took 7 doubles topped by a 17lb mirror. Dan Vallis finished his session on 13 doubles to 18lb. Jack Stamp did 24 hours taking 6 double figured carp, Jack banked commons of 17lb and 18lb 4oz, he also banked mirrors of 18lb and 19lb 6oz. Dave Bowden took 6 doubles topped by a 17lb 4oz mirror, Dave Used the new N-Gage boilies from CC Moore. I did a day session taking 6 doubles to 15lb. Paddock specimen lake Darren Bealing did an overnighter taking a 19lb mirror. Jay Gasson fished with him also taking one mirror at just over 20lb.
Big Hayes specimen lake Dan Vallis did 3 nights taking 8 doubles topped by an 18lb mirror. 1st March 2010 Big Hayes specimen lake Lee Price did a 24 hour session taking 8 doubles topped by a 24lb 7oz mirror. Colin Mould did a day session taking mirrors of 15lb 6oz, 16lb 10oz, 17lb 2oz and 17lb 8oz. Dave Bowden did 36 hours taking 17 doubles topped by a 19lb 6oz mirror. Big Hayes carp challenge 2009/10 6th qualifier: Due to the lake freezing on the original date, we had no option but to move the 6th qualifier on to the yet to be opened Little Hayes the following week. Making the most of this opportunity was Yeovil based angler Dan McKenzie taking 20 carp for a weight of 227lb, Dan's haul was topped by a cracking 25lb 2oz mirror. 2nd and taking that final qualifying spot was Roger Smith who had 3 carp for 35lb 2oz beating 3rd place Micky Trew by only 3oz!!
Big Hayes specimen lake Colin Bright did a day session taking 4 doubles topped by a 16lb 4oz mirror. In recent weeks there has been a lot of decent perch to over 2lb being caught. I had a go for these myself taking well over 20 perch with a lot being between 1lb-1lb8oz topped by a 2lb 4oz stripy.
Big Hayes specimen lake Colin Mould did a day session taking a 17lb 2oz mirror and a 20lb 12oz mirror. Craig Snell took a 21lb 4oz mirror. Cliff Dunston took mirrors of 17lb and 19lb 12oz. Paddock specimen lake Brian Preston has done 2 short day sessions on the lake taking 3 carp topped by a 19lb mirror, Brian caught the fish using the new CC Moore N-Gage and CC Moore xxx. Scotty Withall did a night taking a 29lb catfish.
Big Hayes specimen lake Shane 'Hauler' Higgins did a day session taking 8 doubles topped by a 17lb 10oz mirror. Ian Hentschel took a 21lb 7oz mirror. Micky Trew did a day taking 3 doubles topped by a 15lb mirror. Mark Kletta had a new personal best in the shape of a 19lb 8oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Ricky Moody took 10 doubles including two 20's topped by a 24lb mirror. 8th February 2010 Big Hayes specimen lake Kris Hillier did 24 hours taking 3 carp topped by a 21lb 3oz mirror. Shane 'Hauler' Higgins did a day session taking 4 doubles topped by a 15lb mirror. Lee Price took 3 doubles topped by an 18lb 3oz mirror. Paddock specimen lake John Groves did a day session on the lake taking a 24lb mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Shane Higgins did a day session taking 6 doubles topped by a 19lb 12oz mirror. Terry Chalke did an overnighter taking 5 doubles topped by an 18lb mirror. Ian Hentschel did a day taking a 14lb mirror and an 18lb mirror. 31st January 2010 Big Hayes carp challenge 2009/10 5th qualifier: The 5th qualifier saw -6 temperatures at night and by 8pm on the first day the lake was virtually completely frozen. Knowing this was probably going to be the case the 12 anglers had to get a wiggle on and make the most of the first afternoon, doing this was local ace Colin Bright taking 2 doubles for 24lb 8oz, he then went on to take another mirror weighing 12lb 6oz from under the ice at 1.30am sealing the victory. Three other anglers managed to bank single fish on the saturday afternoon with the biggest going to Darren 'Denzi' Berry weighing 13lb 8oz. This was enough for Darren to take the other qualifying spot beating Scott Johnson by just 1lb!!
25th January 2010 Big Hayes carp challenge 2009/10 4th qualifier: Due to freezing conditions the 4th qualifier was put back two weeks. After this extreme weather no one expected many fish to be landed let alone see Jack Stamp go on to not only win, but smash the Big Hayes Carp Challenge match record with 16 carp for a total of 193lb 8oz. 2nd on the day, also with an impressive haul for the time of year was the 2008/09 over all winner Shane Higgins with 8 carp for 97lb 7oz. 3rd place and just missing out on a qualifying spot was young gun Dan Davies with 3 carp for 43lb 10oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake Darren Finlay did a session on Big Hayes taking 4 carp topped by a 19lb mirror. Darren has asked me to write Dave Bowden a message on the web site, Darren 4 David 0!!! Wadmill Lake 7 year old Finn Pike took 18 carp and bream topped by a 10lb 8oz common, not bad for his first ever fishing trip!!
Big Hayes carp challenge 2009/10 3rd qualifier: 1st on the day with and impressive 12 fish haul was Karl Palmer with 138lb 6oz. 2nd went to Martin Noble, who went on a late run taking 5 fish in the last 4 hours for 53lb 1oz. 3rd and narrowly missing out on a qualifying spot was Calum Kletta taking 3 carp for 49lb 9oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake Ian "Big Man" Hentschel did a day session taking 3 doubles topped by a 24lb 9oz mirror. Terry Chalke did 24 hours taking 3 carp, an 18lb common and mirrors of 19lb and 22lb 6oz.
Wadmill lake Tom Butler and Henry Cooper did a day session on the lake taking 1 pike each. Henry's went 17lb and Tom's went 18lb, both pike were caught deadbaiting. Big Hayes specimen lake Scotty "the wonderboy" Withall braved the weather and did an overnight session on the lake taking 9 doubles topped by a 20lb 2oz common and a 20lb 3oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Steve Humby did 48 hours taking 4 doubles topped by a 22lb 4oz mirror. Terry Chalke did an overnighter taking 3 doubles topped by a 19lb common. 20th November 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Terry Chalke did an over nighter taking 6 doubles topped by mirrors of 19lb and 26lb. Terry fished with Dynamite baits spicy tuna and sweet chilli boilies over 2kg of pellet and boilie. 16th November 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Darren Berry fished on a for a further 24 hours after the match taking a total of 9 doubles topped by a 20lb mirror. 15th November 2009 Big Hayes carp challenge 2009/10 2nd qualifier: 1st on the day was Dan Newman with a total of 7 carp weighing in at 80lb 2oz, Dan took all of his fish on Todber Manor Red Factor boilies. 2nd and taking the other qualifying spot was Kris Hillier taking 5 carp for 74lb 14oz topped by a 20lb 7oz mirror. 3rd and just missing out on a place in the final was Nick Davis taking 4 carp for 60lb 8oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake Darren Berry did two day sessions on the lake taking a total of 5 doubles topped by a stunning 23lb mirror. Cliff Dunston took 4 doubles topped by a 16lb mirror. Park lake Rob Turner decided it was time to take his 12 year old son Lewis for a fishing lesson on Park lake, although it didn't quite go to plan for Rob as the only one giving the lesson that day was Lewis taking a total of 11 carp topped by a 7lb common. Rob went on to blank!!!!
Big Hayes specimen lake Colin Smith took 6 carp topped by mirrors of 17lb 12oz and 20lb 4oz. 3rd November 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Lee Price did a night taking a 15lb mirror and a 24lb 11oz mirror. Stuart Neave took 5 doubles topped by a new personal best at 20lb 8oz. Steve Blachford took 4 carp to mid doubles. Paddock specimen lake Ian Gruncell took a 19lb 8oz mirror. Geoff Warren took 2 carp topped by a 20lb 8oz mirror.
Wadmill lake Simon, Thomas and Mike Ellsmore did 3 day sessions on Wadmill taking 55 fish between them including 16 doubles topped by mirrors of 21lb 10oz and 21lb 12oz. 29th October 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Colin Delaney took 5 doubles topped by a 16lb mirror. Shane 'Hauler' Higgins has been at it again taking 8 doubles to 19lb 9oz. Paddock specimen lake Scotty Withall did 36 hours taking 17 carp topped by a 19lb 4oz.
28th October 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Mark Jago took 7 doubles topped by a new personal best in the shape of a 24lb 8oz mirror. Mark caught all his fish using CC Moore XXX boilies and pva bags. Dave Chitson took 2 doubles topped by a 17lb common. Ross Inman took 3 doubles topped by a 19lb mirror, Ross used Todber Manor Red Factor boilies. 25th October 2009 Big Hayes carp challenge 2009/10 1st qualifier: 1st on the day was David Bowden with 4 carp for 71lb 7oz topped by mirrors of 19lb and 21lb. 2nd went to Lewis Swift with 4 carp for 59lb 2oz, with Lewis's biggest going 17lb 11oz. 3rd and just missing out on a qualifying spot was Joel Parry with 4 carp for 55lb 5oz topped by a 19lb 12oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Tony Milton did a couple of day sessions on the lake taking a total of 9 carp topped by a 21lb 8oz mirror. Tony's winning tactic was big solid bags of mixed sized pellet and corn with fake corn as a hook bait. Wadmill lake While his dad was catching well from Big Hayes, 8 year old Oliver Milton wasn't doing a bad job on Wadmill lake taking a new personal best mirror at 10lb 4oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake Colin 'Donger' Bright did and afternoon session taking a 24lb 15oz mirror. He followed this up with a day session taking 4 carp topped by a 17lb 3oz mirror. Andy Amato took 5 doubles topped by a 16lb mirror. Matt Maynard took 2 fish including a new personal best 16lb 8oz mirror. Mark Harris also had a new personal best in the shape of a 17lb 10oz mirror. Shane Higgins took 3 doubles topped by a 16lb 2oz mirror. Antony Henley did 24 hours taking 5 doubles topped by mirrors of 18lb 13oz and 20lb 10oz.
Paddock specimen lake Steve Blower took 3 doubles topped by an 18lb 5oz mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake Paul Blake had 5 carp to 18lb 3oz. Spike the eyes took 6 carp topped by 2 mirrors at just over 20lb David Sisswick took 6 carp topped by a 23lb 4oz common. Darren Featherstone took 4 doubles topped by a 21lb 14oz mirror. Jason Lloyd took 5 topped by a 19lb 4oz mirror. 7th October 2009 Paddock specimen lake Gary Coleman took a 21lb 8oz mirror.
Paddock specimen lake Neil Willisson had a 20lb 1oz mirror while his mate Barry McNulty took a 19lb 4oz mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake Alan Tackleberry took 6 doubles to 15lb. Geoff Warren took 14 carp topped by a 19lb mirror. Luke 'Minty' Webb took a 23lb 12oz mirror. Simon and Roland Pacey took 9 doubles between them to 20lb.
23rd September 2009 Paddock specimen lake Danny Hardwick and Spencer Churchill have been banging 'em' out of the Paddock lake. The dynamic duo have done a night so far taking 4 carp including mirrors of 15lb 14oz, 17lb 5oz, 19lb and 20lb 8oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake Kevin Williams did 3 day sessions taking 13 carp to 16lb. Steve Shelly took 12 doubles topped by a 20lb 8oz mirror. Keith Joslin took 7 doubles topped by a 19lb mirror. Matt Ellis did a day taking a new personal best 17lb 6oz mirror. Adrian Lazarus did 48 hours taking 3 mid doubles. Paddock specimen lake Nathan Darch took mirrors of 18lb 3oz, 22lb 11oz and a 21lb 9oz catfish.
17th September 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Michael Crossthwaite and son Alex did 2 nights on the lake taking 16 doubles between them topped by mirrors of 19lb, 21lb 6oz and 22lb 4oz. Mike Cobb did 24 hours taking 3 including mirrors of 17lb, 18lb 4oz and 18lb 15oz. Richard Heath took 2 carp topped by a personal best 19lb mirror. Wadmill lake Tom Butler took 10 carp topped by mirrors of 18lb and 22lb.
Big Hayes specimen lake Darren Jones took 11 carp topped by a personal best mirror weighing in at 24lb 8oz. Mat 'the fish whisperer' Hunt did 48 hours on the lake taking 26 doubles to 16lb 7oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake Brothers Sam and Joe Balchin took 5 carp between them topped by a 20lb mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Dominic Trew did a session on the lake taking a total of 4 carp topped by a new personal best at 17lb 8oz mirror. Dom fished CC Moore Meteor boilies.
Big Hayes specimen lake Steve Clark took 8 doubles to 16lb 3oz. Roger Smith did two nights taking 12 carp topped by a 22lb mirror. Dave Bousfield did a day taking a 20lb 8oz mirror. Joel Parry did two nights taking 6 carp topped by a personal best 22lb 8oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Samuel Barron took 11 doubles topped by a new personal best 22lb 8oz mirror. Steve Mitchell took 13 doubles topped by a 20lb 2oz mirror. Barrie Jones did 2 nights taking 11 carp topped by an 18lb 12oz mirror and an 18lb 12oz common. Shane 'Hauler' Higgins did two nights taking 13 carp topped by 22lb 5oz mirror, Shane used Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over 4kg of matching freebies. Darren 'Denzi' Berry took a 21lb 10oz ghost common. Paddock specimen lake Roger Pitman took 5 carp and 1 cat topped by a 17lb 11oz mirror. Dave Guy from Southampton took 10 carp topped by a 23lb 10oz mirror. Anff O'Reilly took 2 mirrors at 18lb and 1 at 19lb 8oz.
20th August 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Harry Tudball did two nights taking 9 carp topped by an 18lb common. Steele Clarke took 3 carp to mid doubles.
Big Hayes specimen lake Matt Candy and Tom Christopher did another stint on the lake taking a total of 8 carp between them topped by a 20lb 14oz mirror. Paddock specimen lake Mr Calienda took a 28lb catfish. Wadmill lake Elizabeth Timms fished the lake while staying in the holiday cottages for the week. Elizabeth took multiple catches of carp including a stunning 8lb mirror.
Wadmill lake Steve Massey did a day session taking a 20lb 8oz mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake Mike Faulkner took 5 carp topped by mirrors of 19lb 12oz and 20lb 8oz. Mic Bollands took 4 carp topped by 19lb 8oz mirror. Luke Davies took 7 carp to mid doubles. 12th August 2009 Wadmill Lake Rich Whittaker did an overnighter taking 25 carp to double figures. Max Oliver took a new personal best at 20lb 1oz. Dave Harris took over 50 carp topped by a 15lb 9oz mirror. Paddock specimen lake Our very own Mark Brown managed to get clearance from the wife to an overnighter on the lake!! Mark took 2 cats and 4 carp topped by a 21lb 6oz mirror. Scotty Withall did 2 nights taking 4 carp topped by a 17lb 2oz common and a personal best 28lb catfish. Dave Watkins took a 23lb linear.
Big Hayes specimen lake Nigel Bevis took 4 carp topped by a new personal best 23lb common. Steve Mitchell fished 2 nights taking 13 carp topped by a 19lb 12oz mirror, Steve used his bait boat and fed around 30kg of mixed pellet and boilie over the 48 hours. Dave Harper took 4 carp topped by mirrors of 18lb 8oz and 21lb. Nick Webb did 48 hours taking 22 doubles topped by a 19lb 8oz mirror and a 19lb common.
Big Hayes specimen lake James Wolff added another 4 doubles taking his catch to 14 in two nights. Dean Partridge took 4 doubles topped by a 21lb mirror and a 22lb 3oz common. 24th July 2009 Wadmill lake Jonathan Hill smashed his personal best in the shape of a 23lb 6oz mirror whilst on a fishing trip with Blandford school. Big Hayes lake Graham Lawrence and Geoff Stevens took 65 carp between them to 21lb over 5 days. James Wolff took 10 doubles topped by a 22lb 4oz mirror. Tim 'Bruno' Koch did 24 hours taking 15 carp topped by a 19lb common.
17th July 2009 Paddock specimen lake Carl Lloyd Jones took 3 carp topped by a 19lb 8oz mirror, Carl also landed a new personal best catfish going 17lb 8oz. Mark Pitcher took 3 carp topped by a 23lb mirror and an 18lb common. Ben Sheen took a new personal best mirror at 25lb 4oz and a 19lb 8oz common. Cliff Turner took 2 carp topped by an 18lb 4oz mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake Jason Jacques did 48 hours taking 16 doubles topped by a 19lb 6oz mirror, Dynamite baits spicy tuna & sweet chilli boilies did the damage for Jason.
Wadmill lake Steve Orton took 6 carp topped by an 18lb mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake Paul Makin took 7 carp topped by a personal best 22lb 8oz mirror. Matt Morris took 6 doubles topped by a 20lb 6oz mirror. Wayne Pullen did 48 hours taking 11 carp to just over 16lb. Andy Magee took 6 carp to mid doubles. Mark and Jane Owen took 6 doubles between them. Kevin Goodey took 16 carp to 14lb.
Paddock specimen lake Malcom Humberstone and Bob Adams from Sheffield fished a week on the lake, Malcom took 10 carp topped by mirrors of 18lb 1oz & 19lb 6oz and a lake record grass carp at 17lb 8oz, Bob took 6 carp to 20lb 1oz. The pair also managed 11 cats between the to mid doubles.
Big Hayes specimen lake Gary Maidment took 5 carp topped by mirrors of 22lb and 23lb. Paddock specimen lake Neil Routledge did 2 nights taking 5 cats to double figures and 10 carp topped by a 19lb common. Eric Middleton did 2 day sessions taking 2 catfish to 16lb 8oz and an 18lb 2oz mirror. 9th July 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Anthony Henley did 24 hours taking 11 carp to just over 16lb. Steve Nieman took 10 carp to mid doubles. 8th July 2009 Paddock specimen lake Robert Adams took 3 cats and 3 carp with the biggest carp going 20lb 2oz. Trevor Barker did a day session taking a 17lb mirror. Scotty Withall did an evening session taking a 17lb 8oz common. Dan Powell, John Hurst, Chris Szakacs and Shaun hired the whole lake for the night taking 2 carp to 16lb and 11 cats with the biggest going 27lb. Big Hayes specimen lake Ben Ollivier took 7 doubles to 20lb 1oz on Carp company Icelandic red boilies. Richard Hiles took 2 carp to 17lb. Craig Ingham and Adam Sheppard took 13 doubles between them topped by an 18lb 8oz mirror. Neil Routledge took 11 doubles topped by a 19lb 4oz mirror. Eric Middleton took 8 carp topped by an 18lb 8oz common. Simon Fennell took 11 carp topped by mirrors of 20lb and 22lb.
Paddock specimen lake The Ingram family hired the whole lake taking 6 cats to 13lb 8oz and 5 carp to 18lb. Big Hayes specimen lake Mike Cobb did a session on the lake taking a 20lb mirror.
Paddock specimen lake Jack White had a 20lb mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake Billy Brickell took 24 carp topped by a 21lb mirror, Billy fished Todber Manor Red Factor tipped with plastic corn fished over a spodded area of particle and pellet. Whitepost bottom lake 6 year old Lilly Jones took a new personal best 6lb mirror, Lilly took her new Pb on a floating dog biscuit.
Paddock specimen lake Chris Ridley took 9 cat fish with the biggest going 17lb and 8 carp topped by mirrors of 20lb 8oz and 21lb. His dad Mark Ridley took 2 carp and 4 cats topped by one of 29lb 4oz. Big Hayes specimen lake Joel Parry took 11 doubles in 36 hours, Joel used CC Moore Live System and Todber Manor Red Factor boilies tipped with plastic corn. Matt Dryer did 24 hours taking 10 doubles topped by a 25lb 8oz mirror, Matt's winning tactic was Todber Manor Red Factor boilies tipped with SBS corn poppers with pva bags.
Paddock specimen lake Colin Smith took 2 cats one just over 20lb and the other at 30lb. His son Aaron had a 16lb mirror. Mike Cobb had his first catfish at just over 10lb. Martin Moscrop took a 24lb 8oz cat. Big Hayes specimen lake Steve Nieman took 5 carp to just over 15lb.
Big Hayes specimen lake John Bush took 7 doubles topped by a 19lb 2oz mirror. Paul Rogers from Thornbury took 5 doubles topped by a 17lb 1oz mirror. Stuart Bushall took 4 carp topped by a 21lb mirror. Kevin Knight took 6 carp topped by a 23lb 2oz mirror. Jason Jacques did 2 nights taking 14 doubles to just over 16lb, Jason used Todber Manor Red Factor and Dynamite baits Spicy Tuna & Chilli boilies. Paddock specimen lake Nathan Darch took 2 carp to 20lb and 2 catfish to 16lb 4oz. Pete Symons took 3 cats with the biggest going 23lb. Park lake 30 anglers from the Army Angling Federation fished a match on the Park lake, 1st on the day was Greg Victor with 201lb 6oz, 2nd went to Ben Bentley with 195lb 8oz and 3rd place went to Brian Shutler with 101lb.
Big Hayes specimen lake Rodney Parsons took 5 doubles topped by mirrors of 18lb 4oz and 20lb 1oz. Dan Mckenzie took 3 doubles topped by a 22lb 8oz mirror. Mat Cryton did a night taking 4 carp topped by a 22lb 6oz common. Paddock specimen lake Rosco Starkey took 3 cats with the biggest going 23lb. Alan Gaylard took 3 cats to 29lb 14oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake Joel Parry took 5 doubles topped by a 17lb 2oz mirror. Robert Dodge took 6 doubles topped by a 21lb 2oz mirror and a Pb 17lb common. Mat Parker took 6 carp topped by 21lb mirror. Mark Bonner took 7 doubles topped by a 17lb common. Geoff Warren took 11 doubles topped by 21lb 6oz mirror. Wadmill lake Matt Candy and Tom Christopher did a night on the lake taking 17 carp topped by a 17lb mirror. The winning tactic was Nashbait pineapple and Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over a bed of mixed sized trout pellet.
Big Hayes specimen lake Tony Baldock and his son Hemmy took 5 doubles between them both having personal bests, Hemmys being a 16lb mirror and Tonys an 18lb common. Debbie Stevens did 48 hours taking 10 carp to mid doubles while her son Slade had a new personal best at 15lb 6oz.
Paddock specimen lake Ross Starkey had a 14lb 6oz cat and a personal best cat at 22lb 14oz. Jamie Harvey Took 2 cats topped by a personal best 31lb. Peter Salgado took a 22lb 8oz cat and a 19lb mirror. Neil Williams took a 20lb 8oz mirror, a 17lb common and a Pb 28lb 4oz cat fish. Phil Scriven managed to bank his first cat after 3 times of trying, the moggie went 77lb 8oz (third time lucky springs to mind!!!!)
Big Hayes specimen lake BCAC qualifying round 2009: 69 carp were banked by 12 pairs on a very wet and windy weekend. The fish were very spread out and everyone was in with a chance of qualifying come the end. 1st on the day was Korda B team Neil Spooner and Garth Elthleston with 13 carp for 147lb 1oz, 2nd was brothers Jordan and Paul Allen with 11 carp for 146lb 6oz and taking 3rd was team Mainline's Rob Marsh and Lee Merrit with 12 carp for 141lb 7oz.
19th May 2009 Park lake 21 anglers turned out for the open match on Park lake. 1st on the day was Chris Higgins with 146lb 4oz, 2nd went to Timmy Rowe with 119lb 3oz, 3rd was Pete Neate with 105lb 8oz, 4th was Jason Mills with 100lb 6oz, 5th was Steve Tucker with 96lb 5oz and 6th was Mark Brennan with 94lb. 15th May 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Carl McGuiness and his partner Claire McCarthy took 6 doubles, both anglers banked new personal bests in the process.
Big Hayes specimen lake Anthony Henley did a night taking 12 doubles topped by a 19lb 2oz mirror. Brett Jacobs took 5 carp topped by a 25lb mirror. Stuart Garwood took 5 to 17lb 8oz. Richard O'Brian took 6 doubles topped by a 20lb 4oz mirror. Rick Harwood took 6 doubles topped by a 19lb 2oz mirror. Paddock specimen lake Luke Pritchard did a night taking 3 carp topped by a 20lb 4oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Craig Lappin took 8 carp to 16lb. Mark Lamude did a night taking 2 carp topped by a 20lb 2oz mirror. Gavin Davies too 2 doubles topped by a 19lb 10oz mirror. Jason Jaques did 48 hours taking 7 doubles topped by a 17lb 8oz mirror. Ashley Stockwell did 5 nights taking 11 doubles to 16lb while his mate Peter Marshall took 13 topped by a 23lb 4oz mirror. Big Davey Bowden took 8 doubles topped by mirrors of 20lb 8oz and 24lb, Dave used CC Moore XXX and Live system. Lee Merrit and Rob Marsh came down to do some practising for the BCAC in 2 weeks time. Lee did 72 hours taking 46 carp to 25lb and Rob did 36 hours taking 19 carp to 21lb. Paddock specimen lake Roger Smith did a quick over nighter taking 2 cats at 16lb and 27lb. Dave Harris and Rodney Parsons did 2 nights taking 1 carp and 5 cats between them, with the biggest cat going to Dave at 22lb. Dave Bousfield did a day taking a 22lb 15oz mirror. Wadmill Lake Mike Cobb and Richard Whittaker did a night taking 46 carp to low doubles. They used a mixture of Nashbait classic Scopex and Todber Manor Red Factor.
Wadmill lake Jake Eyles from Bath age 16 caught 25 fish on Wadmill lake topped by an 18lb 6oz mirror carp caught on Red Factor dumbell's topped with a fake corn stop. Lauren Morton aged 13 fished a 48 hour session on Wadmill lake with her dad, in total they had over 80 carp to double figures. All the carp fell to Tails Up boilies over PVA bags and scolded pellet around a method feeder.
Paddock specimen lake Six times Drennan cup winner Terry Lampard put time aside this spring to try and bank the awesome big cat from the Paddock specimen lake. His first trip resulted in a 22lb cat and on his second trip he managed to tame the beast weighing in at just over 80lb. Terry fished a popped up live bait rudd caught from the lake.
Big Hayes specimen lake John Adkin took a 20lb mirror. Mat Rhodes took 12 doubles topped by mirrors of 21lb and 26lb 8oz. Adam Smith took 12 doubles topped by 24lb mirror. 24th April 2009 Paddock specimen lake Rosco Starkey continues his awesome run on the Paddock specimen lake taking 5 carp topped by a 28lb mirror and 8 more cats with the biggest going 22lb 1oz. In 48 hours Rosco went through 10kg of mixed sized trout pellet and 2kg of Todber Manor Red Factor.
Paddock specimen lake Steve Harding took mirrors of 24lb 6oz and 19lb 1oz. Mark Crew had a 20lb mirror, both anglers were using HBS Red Indian boilies. Wadmill Lake Ian Whiting and his son Peter did a day on the lake taking a total of 27 carp topped by an 18lb 9oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake In form Shane Higgins took 16 doubles topped by a 18lb 12oz mirror. Lee Price took 5 doubles topped by a 20lb 2oz common. After taking the Paddock apart in the last 2 weeks Rosco Starkey concentrated his efforts on Big Hayes taking 5 doubles topped by a 20lb 8oz mirror. Joe and Claire Romsey doubled up taking 17 carp topped by a 21lb 8oz mirror.
16th April 2009 Paddock specimen lake Rosco Starkey has been at it again doing another 3 night sessions taking a further 12 cat fish, this brings his total up to 15 catfish to 22lb in the last 10 days. Rosco has also been amongst the carp taking 4 doubles topped by mirrors of 20lb 6oz and 22lb 2oz, Rosco's winning tactics have been live baits and Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over large beds of mixed sized trout pellet. Darren 'Denzi' Berry took 2 cat fish topped by a new personal best at 27lb.
Big Hayes specimen lake Shane Higgins did 24 hours taking 12 doubles topped by mirrors of 23lb 3oz and 24lb 12oz. Calum Kletta took a 20lb 4oz common. Steve Perou took 4 doubles topped by a 20lb 5oz mirror. Paddock specimen lake Geoff Bevis had a personal best cat fish weighing 22lb 8oz. Steve Withers did 48 hours taking 2 carp topped by a 22lb mirror and 2 cats with the biggest going 27lb.
Big Hayes specimen lake Toby Guest took 2 carp topped by a 22lb 8oz mirror. John Bush did 48 hours taking 7 carp topped by a 15lb 3oz. Graham Bousfield took 3 carp to 22lb. James Dernier did 24 hours taking 3 carp topped by a 21lb mirror. Gary Joyce did 3 nights taking 20 carp to 19lb, Gary fished Todber Manor Red Factor over a spodded area of the new CC Moore instant spod mix. Wadmill lake Paul Bennam did a day session taking an 18lb mirror. Paddock specimen lake Colin Bright did an overnighter taking a 9lb cat fish and 4 carp topped by a 24lb 6oz mirror. Colin used Tails Up OCM over a bed of 8mm trout pellet.
Big Hayes specimen lake Lewis Swift did 24 hours taking 7 doubles topped by a 20lb 4oz mirror, Lewis fished bright pop-ups over big solid pva bags of trout pellets. Jack Meyer did 24 hours taking 5 doubles to 16lb. Shane Higgins did an overnighter taking 3 doubles topped by a 20lb 4oz common. Paddock specimen lake Colin Bright did 24 hours taking 4 carp topped by a 20lb mirror. Rosco ' The lion tamer' Starkey did a night for the cats taking 3 at 15lb, 21lb and 21lb 12oz. Rosco took the two biggest on live bait rudd caught from the lake and the smaller one on an 18mm Red Factor over a big bed of boilie. I did a night taking a 21lb 15oz mirror on the new Nash Bait Mach-1 boilies over a 50 free offerings.
Big Hayes specimen lake Steve Mitchell did another 24 hours taking a further 16 carp topped by a 22lb 7oz mirror. Steve finished with a total of 24 carp over 48 hours. Steve fished Todber Manor Red Factor boilies feeding 5kg of pellet and 5kg of boilies over the 48 hour period. 4th April 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Steve Mitchell did 24 hours taking 8 carp topped by a 21lb 15oz ghost mirror. Danny Hills took 2 doubles topped by a 24lb mirror. Paddock specimen lake Chris Bugler did 24 hours taking catfish of 22lb and 14lb 10oz. Chris caught both the cats on Todber Manor Red Factor boilies snowman style with a 10mm pineapple pop-up.
Paddock specimen lake Danny Hardwick did 24 hours taking mirrors of 21lb 8oz and 17lb 8oz, Danny used Todber Manor Red Factor boilies. Spencer Churchill took a 19lb 8oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Joel Parry did 24 hours taking 6 doubles topped by a 17lb 8oz mirror. Lee Price did 48 hours taking 5 doubles topped by a 20lb 11oz mirror, Lee used Todber Manor Red Factor and CC Moore Live System. Antony Henley did an overnighter taking 7 doubles topped by an 18lb linear, Antony fished 14mm Todber Manor Red Factor. Wadmill lake Mat Dimmer did a day session taking a new personal best in the shape of a 16lb mirror.
Whitepost lakes 16 anglers took part in the open match which was held on Whitepost top and bottom lake. 1st on the day went to the in form Mark Brennan (Preston Innovations Thatchers) who had 84lb from the bottom lake. 2nd went to Steve Tucker (Preston Innovations Thatchers) with 51lb 8oz from the top lake and 3rd went to M.Cardwell with 39lb 14oz. For a full list of the open matches check out the latest news page. 28th March 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Kris Hillier did 48 hours taking 9 doubles topped by a 20lb 10oz common. Kris used Mainline Baits Activ-8 dumbell hookers tipped with a pink Edge Baits pop-up. Paddock specimen lake Josh Baker took the first catfish of the year weighing in at 16lb. Josh fished triple halibut pellet over a bed of halibut pellets.
Paddock specimen lake Gareth Smith did 24 hours taking 5 doubles topped by a 21lb 8oz mirror. Ross Starkey did 24 hours taking 7 carp topped by a 17lb 8oz mirror. I did 24 hours taking 2 doubles topped by an 18lb mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake R Mitchell did 24 hours taking 7 doubles topped by an 18lb 8oz mirror. Craig Lappin took 6 doubles topped by mirrors of 21lb and 25lb 1oz.
Park Lake 24 anglers turned out for the open match on Park lake. 1st on the day was Mark Brennan (Preston Innovations Thatchers) with 176lb 2oz, 2nd went to Fred Roberts (Maver Veals) with 140lb 6oz, 3rd went to Mark Harper (Preston Innovations Thatchers) with 135lb 10oz, 4th place was Pete Neate (Wiltshire Angling) with 130lb 2oz, 5th went to Kev Rowles (Devizes) with 117lb 4oz and 6th on the day was Dave Roper (Reids Tackle) with 108lb 6oz. In total that match there was 9 bags over 100lb and 17 over 70lb. For a full list of the open matches check out the latest news page. Wadmill Lake Dan Crockett did 48 hours taking 21 carp topped by a new personal best 21lb 4oz mirror. Dan used Nash Bait Scopex Squid with robin red.
Big Hayes specimen lake Danny Hardwick did 48 hours taking a total of 16 doubles topped by an 18lb mirror, Danny had all his fish on the new Nash Bait Amber Strawberry fished in pva bags of crushed boilies and mixed sized pellets. Steve Rawlings took 5 doubles topped by a 21lb 12oz mirror. Mat Rowlinson took 8 doubles topped by a 17lb 2oz mirror. Steve Wardell did an overnighter taking 2 doubles topped by a 17lb 10oz mirror. Anthony Henley did 24 hours taking 5 doubles topped by a 17lb 12oz mirror. Paddock specimen lake Vic Milverton did a day session taking an 18lb common.
Paddock specimen lake Colin Bright did an overnighter taking 3 doubles topped by an 18lb 4oz mirror. Matt Joyce from Yeovil did 48 hours taking 5 carp topped by a 19lb 10oz mirror. Chris Buggler did a day session taking a 22lb 8oz mirror. 16th March 2009 Big Hayes carp challenge 2008/09 Final With the anglers buzzing at the draw and the weather looking promising the scene was set for another great Big Hayes Carp Challenge final, and we weren't disappointed!! In total 42 carp were banked between 12 anglers during the 27 hour event and was a close fought contest for the top 3 money spots. The hooter went for the start of the match at 12 o'clock midday on the Saturday, and it wasn't long before Alec 'A-rod' Murphy in peg 1 banked the first carp of the match. He then went on to bank another two low doubles before anyone else had troubled the scorers. One or two more fish had been banked around the lake when Shane Higgins went on a run taking 4 carp in an hour pushing his way into 1st place. The two then went fish for fish battling it out for the top two spots, and slowly creeping away from the rest of the field looking set to be 1st and 2nd come the end. Then as darkness fell another contender emerged from nowhere, young star Lewis Swift on peg 9 went on a staggering run taking 6 carp including mirrors of 19lb 12oz, 20lb 11oz and 21lb 9oz putting himself into to 2nd spot just 8lb in front of Alec. Shane Higgins also banked a few more that night putting himself into a very strong position come day break. With bright sunshine and no wind on the Sunday the fishing took a turn for the worst and anglers where left scratching for odd bites, (much to the delight of the top three!!) Come the end despite one or two scares the top three stayed the same, with 1st place and £1000 going to Shane Higgins with 11 carp for 143lb 7oz. 2nd place and £750 going to Lewis Swift with 6 carp for 100lb 4oz. 3rd place and £400 going to Alec Murphy with 8 carp for 92lb 7oz. There was also prizes for the biggest mirror and common over the whole competition. They went to Alan Magee with a 23lb 2oz mirror and Jack Stamp with a 17lb 4oz common, who both took home the awesome new Kevin Nash indulgence bedchair. All anglers who competed in the final took home a Kevin Nash goodie bag worth over £50. Todber Manor would like to thank Nash tackle for supplying over £1000 worth of prizes for the competition. We would also like to thank Rosco Starkey and Colin Bright for marshalling the matches and insuring the whole thing ran smoothly.
Big Hayes specimen lake Ben Carter did 24 hours taking 10 doubles to just over 15lb, Ben fished Todber Manor Red Factor tipped an Edge Baits pop-up and Mainline Activ-8 tipped with a Mainline Pineapple juice pop-up. Darren Styles and his mate Peter Williamson took 4 doubles topped by an 18lb 8oz mirror, The pair fished CC Moore XXX and Todber Manor Red Factor. 11th March 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Shane Higgins from Yeovil did a day session taking 6 doubles topped by a 16lb 10oz common and a 17lb 4oz mirror. Simon Fennell took 6 doubles topped by a 17lb 5oz. John McCusker took 7 doubles topped by a 17lb common. Jamie Evans took 2 doubles topped by a 17lb 1oz mirror. I did 24 hours taking 6 carp topped by a 19lb 4oz mirror. Paddock specimen lake Mr Wolff did a session taking a 16lb mirror and a 19lb common. 8th March 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Alec Murphy did 24 hours taking 7 doubles topped by a 16lb 7oz common. Martin Lewis an his mate Jason Coxson did 24 hours taking 6 carp between them topped by a mirror of 16lb 7oz and a common of 15lb 2oz. Paddock specimen lake Colin Bright did a day session taking a 19lb 4oz mirror, Colin fished a tutti frutti dumbell cast to a rolling fish.
7th March 2009 Wadmill lake Shaun Chick did 24 hours taking a 15lb 8oz mirror, 19lb 4oz mirror and a 21lb mirror. Shaun used Edge baits Plum pop-ups. Big Hayes specimen lake Shane Higgins did a day taking 4 carp to mid doubles. Anthony Henley did 24 hours taking 3 doubles topped by an 18lb common.
2nd March 2009 Paddock specimen lake Steve Blower did 24 hours taking 3 doubles topped by a 19lb 10oz mirror, Steve used 15mm Nash Bait Scopex Squid Liver boilies. Colin Bright did an over nighter taking a 17lb 6oz mirror, Colin caught the fish using DT Baits Coldwater mix with Greenbeast. Darren Berry did 24 hours taking 3 doubles to 15lb. I did a night taking 3 carp topped by a 19lb 6oz mirror which fell to a Nashbait Scopex Squid boilie tipped with plastic corn over a bed of whole and crushed boilies.
Wadmill lake Brian Preston did a day session on the lake taking 3 carp topped by a 20lb mirror. Big Hayes specimen lake Richard Buttler did a 48 hour session taking 3 doubles topped a 22lb 8oz mirrror. 24th February 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake After seeing how well the match went I decided to stay on for a 24 hour session. It proved to be a good move as I managed to bank 12 doubles topped by mirrors of 22lb 10oz and 20lb 10oz. I switched between Edge baits plum pop-ups and Todber Manor Red Factor pop-ups throughout the session.
Big Hayes carp challenge 2008/09 (6th qualifier) 1st on the day was Darren Bealing with 9 carp for 110lb 14oz. 2nd spot went Alec Murphy who took 4 carp for 53lb 12oz. 3rd and just missing out on a qualifying spot was Jay Gasson with 5 carp for 50lb 12oz. Paddock specimen lake Spencer Churchill did 24 hours on the lake taking a 20lb 2oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Paul Wright did two day sessions taking a total of 8 doubles topped by a 26lb mirror. Anthony Henley did an overnighter taking 3 doubles topped by a 17lb 2oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake I did 24 hours taking 6 doubles topped by a 16lb mirror. Rosco Starkey did 24 hours taking 2 doubles.
Big Hayes specimen lake Darren Berry did 2 nights taking 7 doubles topped by an 18lb 10oz mirror. Shane Higgins did a day session taking 3 doubles topped by a 20lb 14oz mirror.
Wadmill lake Spencer Churchill did a day session taking 5 pike, 4 of which were doubles topped by a new personal best weighing in at 18lb. Spencer caught his new Pb on a storm rubber pike.
Big Hayes carp challenge 2008/09 (5th qualifier) Extremely cold winds from the east didn't make for good fishing on the 5th qualifier of the Big Hayes carp challenge. I managed to sneak in 1st on the day with 3 carp for 40lb 8oz and Rob Oram took the other qualifying spot wit 2 carp for 23lb 15oz. Big Hayes specimen lake Oisin Riley finished his 48 hour session on the lake with 9 doubles topped by a 24lb 8oz mirror. Wadmill lake Shaun Chick did a night taking 13 carp to double figures, Shaun used the brand new Nash bait Mach-1 boilies. Chris Whyatt did 24 hours taking 22 carp topped by a 14lb mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Shane Higgins did another day session taking 4 doubles to 14lb 5oz. Simon White did 2 nights taking 5 doubles. Dave Bousfield did a short afternoon session taking a new personal best 23lb 9oz mirror. Oisin Riley did 24 hours taking 4 carp topped by a 24lb 8oz mirrror.
28th January 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Yeovil angler Shane Higgins did a day session taking 7 doubles topped by a 16lb 7oz mirror.
27th January 2009 Big Hayes specimen lake Darren Berry did 24 hours taking 3 carp to mid doubles. Wes Brake did 24 hours taking 3 carp to 15lb 10oz. Lee Price did 24 hours taking 3 carp to mid doubles. Colin Bright did the day taking 6 carp topped by a 16lb 10oz mirror, Colin used 10mm Todber Manor Red Factor boilies tipped with Bright 1's 8mm pop-ups. I did 24 hours taking a total of six doubles topped by a 19lb 10oz ghost mirror.
Big Hayes carp challenge 2008/09 (4th qualifier) 1st on the day and a clear winner was Jack Stamp with 12 carp for 151lb 4oz. Jacks catch was topped by an 18lb 10oz mirror and also included the biggest common of the competition so far at 17lb 4oz. 2nd on the day and taking the other qualifying spot was Toby Coulter with 5 carp for 51lb 15oz. 3rd place went to Dave Bowden with 3 carp for 31lb 15oz and 4th went Alec Murphy with 2 carp for 20lb 1oz.
Wadmill lake Gary Jones did a days pike fishing on the lake taking 5 pike, 3 of which were doubles topped by a 17lb'er. Gary fished lamprey dead baits.
Big Hayes specimen lake Shane Higgins ended his session with 5 doubles topped by an 18lb 1oz mirror. Jack Stamp did a day on the lake taking 6 doubles topped by a 16lb mirror. I did a 36 hour session taking 5 carp topped by a 21lb 3oz mirror.
Big Hayes specimen lake Darren Berry did the day taking 6 doubles topped by a new personal best of 26lb 2oz, Darren's catch also included a 20lb common. Colin Bright has been doing day sessions on the lake recently, Colin has had a total of 6 doubles in his last 3 sessions. Shane Higgins from Yeovil did a night taking 3 doubles topped by a 16lb 10oz common.
Wadmill lake Spencer Churchill had a good day on the pike taking one of 14lb and a new personal best at 16lb 2oz.
Big Hayes carp challenge 2008/09 (3rd qualifier) With night time temperatures of -5 forecast, no one expected this round to fish as well as the previous two. As it turned out they were all proved right and by midnight the lake was completely frozen over! With only one angler catching before the lake had frozen over it was put to the vote on what to do next. As the lake didn't look like ever thawing out, the majority of the field went with finishing the match early and going to the draw bag for the other qualifying spot. Shane Higgins from Yeovil took top spot with a 12lb 4oz mirror and the other place went to Billy Richards who travelled all the way down from Manchester.
Big Hayes specimen lake I did 24 hours on the lake taking 4 doubles topped by a 16lb 8oz mirror, I had all my fish on Todber Manor Red Factor pop-ups.
Big Hayes specimen lake Alan Magee did 36 hours taking 7 doubles, Alan fished Todber Manor Red Factor tipped Pink corn over small pva bags. Alec 'A-rod' Murphy did a day taking 5 doubles topped by a 19lb 4oz mirror.Craig Lawrence did 24 hours taking 3 carp topped by mirrors of 21lb and 21lb2oz. Wadmill lake Darren Bealing did the afternoon taking 10 carp topped by a 25lb mirror, Darren fished Edge baits 10mm pineapple snowmen.
Wadmill lake Spencer Churchill did a day on the lake taking a 21lb mirror.
Big Hayes carp challenge 2008/09 (2nd qualifier) 1st on the day was Lewis Swift with 9 carp for 94lb 15oz, 2nd went to Dave Greenland with 4 carp for 50lb 13oz. Dave's catch was topped by a last gasp 20lb mirror which put him 11lb ahead of 3rd place and 15lb ahead of 4th come the final hooter.
Big Hayes specimen lake Alec 'A-rod' Murphy did 48 hours taking a total of 9 carp topped by a 22lb 12oz mirror. Alec caught on a combination of bright baits and Todber Manor Red Factor boilies, the big one fell to an Edge Baits plum snow man.
Big Hayes specimen lake Kris Hillier did 48 hours taking 8 doubles topped by a 21lb mirror. Kris fished Todber Manor Red Factor and tutti frutti boilies. Neil Chappell took 7 carp topped by an 18lb 7oz mirror. Harry Alner did 48 hours taking 4 carp including mirrors of 20lb, 20lb 10oz and 23lb 9oz.
Big Hayes specimen lake Dan Hoskin did 48 hours taking 7 doubles topped by a 19lb mirror. Darren Palmer did 48 hours taking 9 doubles to 16lb. Mark Brown did the day taking a 17lb 1oz mirror, Mark used a single Richworth Pineapple Hawiian pop-up cast to a showing fish.
Big Hayes specimen lake Darren Bealing did an afternoon session taking 5 doubles to 19lb, Darren used Todber Manor Red Factor tipped with plastic corn and Heathrow baits 12mm pukka pineapple pop-ups. Danny Pedley from Weymouth took a 19lb mirror. I did a night taking 3 doubles topped by a 16lb linear, I used Todber Manor Factor pop-ups and fake corn.
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October 2008
Paddock specimen lake Chris Fry took mirrors of 15lb and 15lb 8oz. Adam Fricker had a new personal best 25lb mirror. Danny Windust did 48 hours taking a 27lb mirrror, Danny fished a Todber Manor Red Factor boilie topped with a Heathrow baits 12mm Indian spice pop-up in a pva bag of pellets and crushed boilies.
Big Hayes carp challenge 2008/09 (1st Qualifier) 1st on the day was Colin Bright with 10 carp for 121lb 10oz, 2nd on the day and taking the other qualifying spot was Darren Berry with 6 carp for 80lb 15oz. 3rd spot went to Wes Brake with 3 carp for 41lb 15oz and 4th was Gregg Palmer with 2 carp for 23lb 12oz. Alan Magee took a 23lb 2oz mirror and Andy McConnarchie landed a 20lb 12oz mirror.
Paddock specimen lake Tom Cook took a new personal best in the shape of a 26lb 14oz mirror, Tom used halibut pellets to catch his new pb. Dave Clarke took 3 carp topped by mirrors of 22lb and 22lb 4oz. Big Hayes specimen lake Mat Price took 6 doubles topped by a 22lb 8oz mirror. Mat Dyer did a night taking 2 carp topped by a 21lb common. Shane Higgins took 6 doubles topped by an 18lb mirror, Shane used Todber Manor Red Factor and Richworth KG-1 bottom baits. Sam Bousfield took a 19lb 8oz mirror and a 20lb 1oz common.
Big Hayes specimen lake Will Whitcher had a 21lb 8oz mirror. Nick Sharpe took 4 doubles topped by a 19lb 8oz mirror. Carl Battrum took 2 carp topped by 20lb 2oz common. Alan Magee took 3 doubles topped by a 20lb mirror. Mark Netherwood took 3 mirrors weighing 18lb, 18lb 8oz and 19lb 8oz. Andy McConnachie did a day taking 3 carp topped by a 21lb 15oz mirror. Joel Parry did 24 hours taking 6 carp to mid doubles. Lee Price took 11 doubles to 17lb 1oz, Lee fished 12mm Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over a bed of hemp, mixed pellet, maize and boilie. Darren Berry did 3 nights taking 18 doubles topped by a 20lb 7oz mirror, over the 3 nights Darren put in 5kg of Todber Manor Red Factor boilies and fished matching hook baits tipped with plastic corn over the top.
10th October 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Simon Kilshaw took 7 doubles topped by a 25lb 12oz mirror. Emma Cook took 3 carp topped by mirrors of 22lb 8oz and 25lb. Mark Netherwood did 36 hours taking mirrors of 18lb, 18lb 8oz and 19lb 8oz.
7th October 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Chris Roberts did 36 hours taking 7 doubles topped by a new personal best 20lb 4oz mirror, Chris used Todber Manor Red Factor boilies tipped with a CC Moore Hell raiser flouro pop-up. Josh Jones broke his personal best twice with a 15lb mirror and then 20 minutes later took an 18lb 7oz mirror. Oisin Riley took 13 carp to just over 19lb.
Big Hayes specimen lake Lee Price did 24 hours taking 4 carp topped by mirrors of 20lb 5oz and 23lb 7oz. Lee fished Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over a mixture of boilies, hemp and mixed pellet.
Big Hayes specimen lake Dan Kingdon did 48 hours taking 4 carp to 21lb 5oz. Dan fished Todber Manor Red Factor dumbells over a bed of matching freebies. Mat Rowlinson took 7 carp topped by a 20lb 8oz ghost common, all Mats fish fell to 12mm Todber Manor Red Factor boilies tipped with fake tutti fruity corn over a bed of pellet, chilli hemp, boilies and betaine ground bait.
Big Hayes specimen lake Alan Pearce and Dan smith took 8 doubles to 18lb between them. Lee Price took 8 doubles topped by a 19lb mirror. 23rd September 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Phil Bond took 4 doubles topped by 22lb 8oz mirror, Phil fished Mainline Cell boilies over a bed of matching freebies. Judith Potts did a day session taking 2 carp topped by a 17lb common, Judith used Mainline Fusion boilies. Lee Price took 6 carp to upper doubles, Lee fished 12mm Red Factor boilies over a bed of mixed sized pellets and CC Moore ready prepared particles. Dave Bowden had 5 carp to mid doubles. Colin Bright and Darren Berry did a quick over nighter taking 6 carp to upper doubles between them. Mr Ellam did a day taking a 21lb 7oz mirror. I did 24 hours on lake taking a total of 9 carp topped by a 20lb 6oz mirror. Wadmill Lake Mark and Linda Netherwood from Shepton Mallet took a total of 44 carp to double figures using CC Moore Live System and Todber Manor Red Factor boilies.
17th September 2008 Big Hayes specimen lake Joel Parry from Bournemouth kept his recent run of form up taking 9 doubles topped by a 21lb 8oz mirror. Joel used Todber Manor Red Factor boilies over a bed of matching freebies. Wes Brake did 24 hours taking 5 carp to 22lb 6oz. I did 24 hours taking 6 carp topped by mirrors of 19lb and 21lb.
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