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 2008 CATCH REPORT

14th-21st June Firs Lake The Morris Family (4) had a slow week,but they still managed 10 fish of 20-30lbs,topped by a 37lber. 

7th-21st June Willow Lake Suzanne Cains Party (6) had another very sucessful couple of weeks, banking 94 fish doing days only! inc 2 x low 40's to 41lbs 30x30lbs, 31x 20lbs, 29x doubles, and a couple of Catfish to 30lbs. The weather was mainly warm, windy, overcast days.The favoured tatics were Trigga Boilies fished over Willow lake pellet,and a mixture of particles.

7th-14th June Firs Lake Mr Fords party (6) had a tough week, the fishing was slow, but they all beat there PB's and caught a total of 10 fish, 4 of which were 30's to 32lbs. The fishing picked up a little at the end of the week as Mr Ford caught 4 fish on the last day. 

31st may-7th June Willow Lake-Mr James (6) managed 45 fish too 31lbs including a 28lb grass Carp, the other fish averaged 20lbs+The magic bait was Trigga, fished over large "method mix" balls of pellet/ hemp, fished to the far bank.Again they only fished from 12noon until 12 midnight.. 

31stMay-7th June Firs Lake-Mr Roberts Party (6) managed 44 fish too 37lbs,(new lake Record)  including 13x30lbs, the rest averaged 25lbs ! This included 3 Cats too 28lbs. These fish fell to Solar club mix boilies fished over beds of pellet or PVA bags fished to the margins.They only did 2 nights. 

24th-31st May Willow Lake-Mr Woolgar, bailiff at the famous Horseshoe lake, in Gloucestershire, and family, had cool,damp,wet weather, (low pressure) and an excellent weeks fishing ! He and his 13 year old son managed to bank in excess of 55 carp, including two low 40's, and the rest were mainly 20's and 30's. not bad as they only fished days!!   

24th-31st May Firs Lake-Mr Scotts party(4) Had a real mixture of weather,wet,drizly and sun, but fishing days only, they still managed to catch 25 fish 24 of which were 20lbs+, including five thirties too 36-5ozs , one 17lber and two cats to 29lbs. The magic bait was tuti fruiti boilies and halibut pellets over Firs lake pellets. 

17th-24th May Willow lake- Mr Days Party (4) the weather was rather cool, and as the sun  went down, it got rather chilly, but fishing days only they still managed 10+ 20lb carp, plus a few doubles, topped by a 32lb Mirror. Sharron Mitchell managed to coax a 48lb catfish onto the bank in between doing the cooking ! (photo to follow) She was using double 15mm halibut pellets from "The Armchair" swim. Mr Day fished "The Style" swim, most of his fish came from open water at 50mtrs, again using hallibut pellets. 

10th-17th May Willow Lake-Mr Rudolfs party (T.B.C.) 

3rd May-10th May Willow Lake-Mr Jamiesons party (4) one fishing, had an exceptional weeks fishing, netting a total of 24 fish including 6x30lbs, largest mirror 35.1lbs, largest Common 34lbs12ozs. He also managed 13 x 20's and 4 doubles,and a 15lb Catfish. During his stay, Paul also had a lovely brace of mirrors 29lbs, and 34lbs. The sucessful tactics were fishing from "The Armchair" to the far bank, and with the use of a Bait boat he could pin point his baits.The sucessful bait was Tiger-nut boilies over Hemp and Maise.     

26th April-3rd May Willow lake- Mr Springetts party (3) had a mixture of weather, one min. it was lovely sunshine then the heavens opened and they had heavy sleet,5 mins. later sunshine again ! This did not stop them fishing, and catching...23 fish toped by a stunning 37lber  and many mid twenties, also two Cats too 49lbs The sucessful bait used was Trigga, Scopex and Tiger nut Pop-ups.   

26th April-3rd May Firs Lake- Mr Thorpes party (2) had a great week,fishing from 7am -11am then lunch...( when in France do as the French do) then fishing from 3pm -10pm then telly... he still managed 30 fish, inc. 5 x 30's to 34lbs, and 25 x mid / high twenties and two Cats to 29lbs. Most of these fish came from the margins. The weather was warmer, but still quite wet, and for a couple of days the fish switched off.

30th March-5th April Firs Lake- Tylers party (4) had a great start to the week with 2 thirties being banked with-in as many hours of arriving ! The weather was mainly wet and overcast all week, but it did brighten up towards the end of the week, There tally for the week was 8 x 30's to 33lbs, 14 x 20's and 9 high doubles. They also had a couple of Cats to 28lbs.

5th April-12th April Firs Lake- Mr Worsleys party (3) had a real battle with the weather, suffering from rain, wind, sleet and even a day of snow !  He still managed a couple of Thirties to 35lbs, and three mid 20's.

FIRS LAKE STOCKING COMPLETE On Sunday 20th January 2008 we took delivery of an additional twenty one carp, the largest being 41.2 lbs the rest included fourteen other thirties and seven high twenties.  This now brings the amount of fish to over twenty 30 - 40 lbs and fifty plus 20s with backup fish of thirty high doubles. Bookings are going fast for this fantastic new family holiday venue.

FIRS LAKE STOCKING On Wednesday 28th November we took delivery of fifty six carp to mid thirties they included fifteen high doubles (16 - 20 lbs), thirty one twenties and ten thirties to thirty four and a half pound, these fish were all in excellent condition and were suppied by Simon Horton, of France Peche Services. We will be recieving the remaining stock of ten high thirties / low fouties in January 2008 this will compliment the existing stock of carp which will bring the amount of fish to in excess of an estimated eighty to ninety fish averaging well into the twenty pounds mark.

Fish Survy at Firs Lake  We have just got back from doing a fish suvey at firs lake, and the results were very pleasing. We spent three days draining the lake down to a depth of two feet in the shallow end by the house and five feet at the deep end, having an island in the middle of the lake, it is not that easy to net but we still managed to catch 10 carp to high twenties, the smallest being fourteen pounds, six twenties and largest being twenty nine pound 12 ounces, they where big plated mirrors, linears and commons and all in mint condition with no sign of ever having a hook in there mouths. We also caught small four to six inch roach, rudd and perch as well as six to ten pound zander, two cats to thirty eight pounds and tench to four pounds. We think we have probably only skimmed the surface of what surprises are lurking in the depths of this stunning new venue as we saw a large koi around twenty pound which mannaged to evade the net. An additional stock of fifty fish have been ordered to low fourties which should be arriving at the end of october early november which will suplement the existing stock.