Gweryd Lakes Fishery Review: L Mac, August 2011

Please don't refer to this venue as one of the leading carp venues in Wales. This just plain and simply isn't true.

There are over 30 pegs with sometimes up to 3 anglers on one peg, having 3 rods each. On one occasion I counted 80 rods in at the same time. We have used this lake for nearly 3 years and have only ever had 2 reasonably sized carp of 18 & 14lb. During a 2 week period there last summer we fished 3 days whilst another gentleman had booked for 2 weeks. All he caught was very small silver fish. He had both the experience and time to try every trick in the book, change bait, tactics, pegs etc and he was a carping guy who had spent 30 years at the game.

The facilities are horrendous as far as fishing goes for using bivvys. The pegs are not up to a good standard, are too close together and very uneven. I have yet to find the 'disabled' pegs - none of the pegs I have seen (and I have checked them all) could be safely used for disabled anglers. On the side of the lake which is reserved for serious anglers and where children are not allowed, there are no toilet facilities whatsoever, unless you can count the 'earth toilet' which is basically a hole in the ground with 3 pieces of wood around it. How is that a problem I hear you ask? Well as a woman, no door can be quite an issue. The reason I have to drive round to the other side of the lake every time I need to use the loo, even after all the hassle of doing that, you can guarantee that the toilets on the car park side are utterly disgusting.

None of the pegs are up to scratch, it's certainly a case of charging as much as you can but not actually giving a flying toot about the fish, lake, or the paying public who for me, have to shell out a lot more than most other places and for what? Very little as far as more than a few people have indicated. Talking to others at the lake it's clear that everyone knows that the owners are simply just not interested. Removing large carp and selling them has been a rumour which has been denied, obviously. Even if it's untrue, surely after 3 years would the 'at least 25lb plus' not have grown even slightly in 3 years?

There is it seems yet another peg being built.....maybe 2. I would have thought expansion would be the last thing on their minds. Probably best to reduce the amount of pegs for additional space? I can't tell you how many times I've heard arguments about one person crossing over onto others swims. The owners are clearly not carp fisherman and just want to take your £27 for 24 hours, oh and an extra £6 for anyone who's just spectating? If you have a dog, get your extra £2 out a night!

Gweryd is close to where we live. Yes we keep returning, we shouldn't, but until the place is either sold or is closed due to brazen health & safety concerns, disability issues or lack of customers through rubbish reviews not giving a true picture, then we will still go. We don't have the time to travel any further. Put up and shut up some might say! Buts it's our choice and we think that anything that can save a family money for extortionate rates or groups of anglers being forever paranoid that they've lost their touch .... then we're happy to fill you in on exactly what goes on. We don't either benefit or lose from this kind of review. People should just read around the reviews before parting with their very hard earned cash!

Score:

Results:
Overall: 1st Dan Warman - Kingfisher Lake 43lb of carp 0n pole and paste
2nd: John Warman - Damson Lake 28lb 10oz - carp and Bream on feeder and pole
3rd Bob Atkinson - Damson lake 27lb 6oz  - carp on the pole.

Section winners:
Damson lake - Tony Eversfield 26lb 6oz carp and bream  on pole and feeder
Victoria lake - Mick Powell 10lb 2oz skimmers
Berry lake - Dee Reed 4lb 14oz Roach and Rudd
Kingfisher lake - James Young 14lb 6oz carp

1st overall - Dan Warman

2nd overall - John Warman

Thanks to middy tackle, Cathedral bait, premier bait and south east water gardens for raffle prizes. And everyone who contributed on the day including my team and the musketeers angling club

Luton Angling Club Weekly Report 8th August 2011

The club requires reliable afternoon and/or evening bailiffs to patrol various stretches on the Grand Union Canal. Any person (members or non members) who carries out these checks will be entitled to half of the day ticket money collected to cover expenses, contact the club office on 01582-603466 for more information.

Roger Reeves visited Beckerings Reservoir for the first time catching a good bag of roach to 1lb on method fished mini tutti frutti boilies along with bream of 8lb 4oz and 7lb plus a 9lb pike. As you can see from the pictures supplied by Roger the water levels remain well below the platforms.

Matt Lloyd has been enjoying his short evening sessions on Woodlands & The Mere with a succession of carp and tench. Alec Sharp has also been getting amongst the carp, tench and bream with tench around the 5lb mark falling to meat baits. Tony Sessions fished the same venue and had some good bream on the pole.

Three generations of the Smith family fished the complex on Tuesday. Venue Bailiff Damon Smith fished with his son Peter (11) at Woodlands Lake and were rewarded with some fine tench, plus a number of commons all fish falling to pellet and corn. Grandfather Peter Smith Snr. fished the Mere and lost count of the number of roach and rudd he caught on pellet and meat.
Other anglers on the Mere have had similar bumper catches, one angler recorded over 170 fish in a 4 hour session! These aren't just small roach and rudd either with some of last years stock approaching 1lb 4oz a big weight can be expected in the right conditions.

Venue regular Reg Blyth from Flitwick has been giving his master class sessions at the Mere resulting in some fine rudd and crucians coming to meat fished close to marginal plants.
Would anglers please remember to take any litter home with them, and also remember that tin cans (sweetcorn, luncheon meat etc) are banned from all club waters - please open them at home and bring to the venue in a baitbox.

Peter Studwick fished a Luton AC canal stretch again this week. He was targeting the carp, but kept catching some decent bream to legered baits instead. A day angler had a little more success just 30 yards down the towpath, landing a 5lb common to legered boilie. His fishing companion also lost a carp and was catching quality roach and skimmers to 6m pole fished maggot.
Another large carp was lost during a match last Sunday after first breaking the anglers pole and then leading him a merry dance for 40 mins. before breaking the line!
The skimmers and roach were feeding very well all week, with plenty of 15lb+ bags reported with both pole and waggler fished maggots or corn scoring well.

Brett Herdman & Joanne Edwards did a 3.5 hour morning session on the canal catching four carp to low doubles and losing two others. Small boilies with light leads proved a successful combination for the duo.

Rupert Ash had a nice 2lb+ perch in his keepnet when I saw him along with roach and skimmers and another angler was catching roach on hemp plus skimmers on pellet although two carp had made light work of his pole rig.

On the South Lagoon Paul Williams had a hectic 24 hours with commons of 28lb 6oz, 21lb 3oz and 14lb 2oz plus a 25lb 3oz mirror, tench of 7lb 12oz and 5lb 3oz and also 23 bream to 7lb 12oz. The South Lagoon can be fished on a 24 hour ticket which costs £16 so its worth taking a non member along there at the moment.

On the adjacent North House Lake Chris Fannin tempted a 20lb 6oz common, Connor Fannin had Popeye at 25lb 6oz, Craig Stevenson banked Pecs at 30lb 7oz, Lawrence Taylor commons of 25lb 4oz and 19lb plus a mirror of 22lb, Matt Butler commons of 19lb 9oz and 18lb 1oz, Steve McInnes a 24lb 3oz mirror and Roger Perkiss a 13lb 3oz common.

Dave Murdoch snr visited one of the Barnet water share stretches of the Ouse and was rewarded with tench, bream and a nice rudd.

Set Lines have been found at one of the clubs fisheries. These lines are used with the sole intention of stealing fish and usually involve the use of a length of strong line attached to a stake hammered into the ground but can also be attached to such things as bottles. Please keep an eye out and if possible check the swims near you with a landing net handle or similar and report any lines found immediately to the club office.

Match Results

Luton AC fished an Inter Club match against Tring Anglers on Sunday 7th August on Section 1 of the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Hammond.

1st Pat Mills (Luton AC) 24lb 12oz skimmers to pellet
2nd David Moss (Luton AC) 7lb 2oz
3rd Dean Moore (Tring Anglers) 6lb 2oz
Beacon AC fished the South Lagoon on Sunday 7th August
1st Steve Gibbs 12lb 6oz
2nd Austin Maddock 9lb 10oz
3rd Les Smith 7lb 8oz

All the weights were made up of mostly skimmers.

A correction to last weeks report, I'm informed that the bulrushes and flowers were in fact Great Reedmace and Great Willowherb while the snake was an Adder and not a Grass Snake. Thanks to David Edwards and Alec Sharp for the correct information.

Mark Merola was the winner of the July photo competition with his picture of a swan taken underwater. Congratulations to Mark!

The winner of our August photo competition which closes on 31st August 2011 will receive 10kg of Starmer Baits Coconut Fish boilies. It is open to anyone (members and non members) submitting a digital photo taken on any Luton AC controlled water and it can be of absolutely anything eg a sunset on the canal, a nice fish, wildlife etc. The photos submitted cannot be over a month old, the judges decision is final and no correspondance will be entered into regarding the result. So get snapping and forward your pictures to our usual email address catchreports@lutonac.org or send from your mobile to 07704462635.

Source: Luton Angling Club

This is a unique opportunity to spend a day fishing with an angler of your choice for two people.

Commencing on Friday 19th August 2011  you can bid on Ebay for you and a friend, or you and a family member to fish and ask as many questions as you like of your chosen angler. The day will also include, meeting your coach, having breakfast (if available on site) talking about and discussing the venue, signing autographs, taking photographs, and discussing tackle etc.

The Angling Trust have secured a promise from some of the best anglers in England to spend a day with Ebay winners to help fund three of our International coarse angling teams, the Ladies, Veterans and Anglers with Disabilities teams in 2011.

All the proceeds from these auctions will go towards helping support these teams as they go for gold in the World Angling Games in Italy from 28th August – 4th September 2011.
The Auction will take place over a two week period on Ebay.

Each Star angler will stipulate a venue and the highest bidder will then be contacted by the angler to make arrangements and mutually decide on a date for the outing to take place.

The Ebay auction to commence at 9.00am on Friday 19th August 2011 will have a number of top anmgling stars. For more information and details of how to bid in this auction, please vsisit: http://www.anglingtrust.net/news.asp?section=29&sectionTitle=News&itemid=925

Source: Angling Trust Fishing News

Drennan Team England consisted of; Mark Downes and Mark Addy (Joint Managers), Alan Scotthorne, Steve Gardener, Will Raison, Sean Ashby, Darren Cox and Steve Hemmingray.

Drennan Team England averaged around 250gm per angler per day on practice with some perch to be caught so the team targeted them and the bleak that averaged around 180 to the kilo. There were tiny fish to be caught around 0.07gm to 1.5gm (20 to the ounce) but the team thought with a target weight of 400gms these would not be big enough.

Day 1
The wind was horrendous and severely cutting England’s chances of a decent perch or two on the 6-7m and the 13m line, and the bleak were closer than the team expected at 4-5m but few in numbers. Spain ran out clear winners on 11pts fishing 4m for small fish, and catching a few small perch, France came in second with 16.5pts and England finished in 7th position with 27 Pts.

Day 2
A much calmer day, Drennan Team England were able to present their bait. The bleak completely disappeared, and the team all caught bonus fish (perch of 3oz to 8oz ), with six being caught between them. Spain and France maintained a tiny fish approach and consolidated their positions with France just taking the Gold medal for 2011.  Individually Steve's late bream on A section for 3rd in his section added to his end peg 2 chub, which gave him 4 points just out of the medals.

Mark Downes, Drennan Team England Manager said “Tactically France did it right, we underestimated the strength of these "bits", but we had 4 pegs over the two days with zero "inside" cover that meant we would not have caught bits as inside cover was essential. I expected Italy to do well but their similar tactics to the England team saw them amass 35 pts on day one.
Controversy reigned as the Polish officials said they would stock, then they weren't , and this continued , but evidently they did stock it on the Friday evening. We knew nothing about it and Italian angler, Jacopo Falsini caught 4 tench, plus other odd second day fish which confirmed some stocking had taken place.”

Angling Trust and Drennan Team England would like to offer their appreciation and thanks to Peter Drennan of Drennan International for his continued sponsorship and support of Drennan Team England.

Final team classification Total Points:

1st - France 35,5 points
2nd - Spain 38,5 points
3rd - Belgium 41,0 points
4th - England 49,0 points
5th - Italy 50,0 points

Final Individual classification Points:

Source: Angling Trust Fishing News

Commencing on 1st July 2011 you can bid on Ebay for you and a friend, or a family member to fish with and ask as many questions as you like of your chosen angler.
The day will also include, meeting your coach, having breakfast (if available on site) talking about and discussing the venue, signing autographs, taking photographs, and discussing tackle etc.

Over the next few weeks the Angling Trust have secured a promise from 12 of the best anglers in England to spend a day with Ebay winners to help fund three of our International coarse angling teams. The Ladies, Veterans and Anglers with Disabilities teams have been unable to find a sponsor this year, and have had to contribute themselves or to raise funds elsewhere.

All the proceeds from these auctions will go towards helping support these teams as they go for gold in the World Angling Games in Italy from 28th August – 4th September 2011.

Four top anglers will be offered each time coming from different parts of the country. Each Star angler will stipulate a venue and the highest bidder will then be contacted to make arrangements and mutually decide on a date for the outing to take place.

The auction will be in three separate stages with the first of these auctions taking place starting on 1st July followed by 15th July and finally 29th July.

The first Ebay auction will start with;

• Tom Pickering fishing at Lindholme
• Steve Gardener fishing at Willinghurst or Sumners
• Stu Conroy fishing at Brookside
• Des Shipp fishing at Ivy House Lakes Near Swindon

Further details of star anglers being offered for the next auctions will be published on the Angling Trust website and other media publications shortly.

Please take this opportunity to HAVE A GREAT DAY’S fishing and remember all the proceeds will go towards helping fund our International coarse teams.
EBAY LISTINGS.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL AUCTIONS ARE DUE TO START ON JULY 1ST AT AROUND 9.00AM AND ARE ACTIVE FOR 10 DAYS.

A Day's Fishing With Tom Pickering - click here >>

A Day's Fishing With Steve Gardener - click here >>

A Day's Fishing With Stu Conroy - click here >>

A Day's Fishing With Des Shipp - click here >>

Source: Angling Trust Fishing News

It was all go on the morning for Nathan as his return holiday flight was delayed by four hours which meant he only made it from the airport to the draw with just minutes to spare.

Nathan said after the match “It was great to qualify yet again and I hope I can take the title to add to my previous win as well as my Champion of Champion’s win of last year.”

The conditions on the day were warm and light wind and expectations were high for the 130 anglers that made their way to Woodlands Lakes for the penultimate round of this year’s Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifying match. With the likes of two time’s Fish ‘O’ Mania Champion Matt Hall and a whole host of former winners such as Steve Ringer, Steve Cooke, Nathan Watson, Marc Jones, and Geoff Ringer, and many more well known names were all vying for one of the last two places in this year’s grand final.

Narrowly pushed into second place was Paul McIntyre from Leeds from peg 16 on Skylark who fished corn over a bed of ground bait. He took carp up to 10lb to finish with 117lb 13oz. Third place fell to Steve Ringer pegged directly opposite Nathan on Partridge 17, he fished banded pellet shallow on long pole to finish with 17 carp for 110lb 6oz. Steve said after the match the only thing he was short of was “that one extra big fish”. To keep it in the family Steve’s dad Geoff who fished peg 19 on Skylark had a very slow match, until everything turned round in the last hour with him putting 80lb of carp in his net in the last hour to give him a final weight of 90lb 12oz, to give him the fourth spot. In fifth place was Steve Forster from peg 5 on Partridge with a weight of 89lb 6oz.

Source: Angling Trust Fishing News

This fantastic event, organised by Angling Publications, the publishers of Crafty Carper monthly carp-fishing magazine, which is now in its eighth year, will commence on Monday 8th August until Sunday 14th August 2011 with a series of four day-only eliminators, which will see in excess of 130 junior anglers battle it out for a place in the 48-hour final.

Junior Fishing Competition Eliminators bycac 2011

Approximately 35 anglers will be entered into each of the four day-only eliminators taking place on Monday 8th August, Tuesday 9th August, Wednesday 10th August and Thursday 11th August. The top eight anglers who catch the highest weight of fish from each eliminator will qualify into the 48-hour final, which begins on Friday 12th August from 12 noon through until 12 midnight on Sunday 14th August.

The 2010 British Young Carpers’ Angling Championship

Jake Taylor Takes The Title!

What an end to the 2010 BYCAC event with Jake Taylor taking the event lead once again with less than two hours of the match remaining. Calum Kletta was still catching but Jake Taylor was catching more frequently, although he was still losing fish. 3rd placed Mark Palmer’s swim seemed to die and his chance to stay in contention was slowly fading away, The pressure was really getting to all the lads – the combination of sleep deprivation, physical exhaustion and stress was reaching a climax in the closing stages and the tension was almost unbearable.

With less than an hour of the event remaining some daylight was opening up between Taylor and Kletta but disaster struck for Taylor when he lost decent sized carp that wiped out his other line. Kletta then promptly landed a carp weighing 10lb 13oz and Jake was furious with himself. He pulled himself together, continued spodding and managed to hook another carp moments before the event ending hooter sounded. Jake knew he was still in the lead by the narrowest of margins and jumped with joy straight into the lake – incidentally the fish he’d hooked fell off, but he didn’t care, he’d done it! Calum Kletta was devastated that Jake had beaten him by only 27lb and his family could do little to console him. Congratulations to all the competitors for what was an amazing final and a brilliant week for everyone involved.

More information: BYAC 2011

National Finals

Boat Poole Thursday 7 July 2011

Coarse Tunnel Farm Barn Fishery Thursday 8 September 2011

Game Eyebrook Reservoir Thursday 29 September 2011

Shore Orford Island Thursday 10 November 2011

To take part in CSSC national finals, members win through via a series of regional events. Click here to view regional events and to find the qualifier near to where you live or work. These local events are incredibly friendly and welcoming, so come along and try your hand; you're sure to have a good day.

National Open Competitions

Pike Pitsford Reservoir Thursday 3 November 2011

Shore TBC November 2011 TBC

Entry in CSSC Open Competitions are open to all members and all standards are welcome; no qualification is necessary.

For more information on CSSC angling events, contact either:

Thom Thompsett 01494 888 434 thomas.thompsett@cssc.co.uk

CSSC Event Team

Jim North 01702 218098 or 01702 367644 jim.north@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk

Secretary, CSSC Angling Council

More information: CSSC Angling

Week 13 saw the arrival of Ross Clarke from Lincolnshire for a week & also a French angler (Johan Bonnefond) for 2 nights

Ross arrived with his wife Carrie and didn’t fish hard for the whole week, taking time out to spend with Carrie over the week. As Ross had the lake to himself he decided on moving around, he started in Kestrel, moved to Falcon and decided to move back to Kestrel at the end of the week.

Towards the end of the week Ross followed Lewis’ example from the previous week and experimented with big beds of bait (Hemp, Pellet & Boilie).
This method seems to be working as it resulted in 3 rods going off in quick succession on Ross’ last afternoon.

Ross managed to bag himself 15 Fish for the week, 1 of which was a 31.6lb.

His total catch weight for the week was 347 lb & 8 oz and his catches were: 17.5lb, 3 x 20lb, 20.8lb, 2 x 22lb, 22.2lb, 23.3lb, 24lb, 24.2lb, 26.8lb, 26.10lb, 27.2lb & 31.6lb.

Ross enjoyed his week and was happy that he managed to walk away with having caught 15 Carp including a 30lber.

Johan Bonnefond from Limoges stayed for 2 nights and managed to bag himself 2 fish, they were: 26.5lb & 30.5lb.

Johan was happy to have beaten his PB with the 30lb fish and wants to return regularly for short sessions.

Check out the full catch report here: www.carp-fishinginfrance.com/catch.htm

Check out all the photos here: www.carp-fishinginfrance.com/gallery_catch.htm

Source: Etang De Planchon