Match Reports Horseshoe Lake 23/12/12 1st    Matt Dorey (peg 8)  20lb 10oz of carp 2nd   Mac Collett  (peg 16) 20lb 4oz all quality roach 3rd    Deanna Goddard (peg 6) 17lb 8oz of carp The match was fished in gale force winds, which made fishing almost impossible for most of the match. Willow Lake  29/1/12 1st     Darren "Drippy" Sparrow (peg 34)  26lb 2oz of carp 2nd    Darren Clarke (peg 42) 15lb 40z of carp and roach 3rd     Craig Abblitt   (peg 29)  15lb of roach Q. Why is Darren drippy? A.  Cos he forgot his waterproofs and left his umbrella at home to save carrying it! Honestly this person is dangerous..............to himself!   Due to the good attendances at all our matches in January - I have decided to carry on with weekly matches throughout February (weather permitting), Jon. Match reports Willow Lake   8/1/12 (14 fished) Nathan   peg 32  21lb 10oz of carp to 8lb (bread) Peter Mason  peg 24  16lb 6oz  of small carp and roach Pat Denny  peg 37  14lb 6oz 0f small carp (bread) Horseshoe Lake   15/1/12 (14 fished) Chris Johnson  peg 6  77lb 8oz of carp to double figures (expander pellet) Monty    peg 4  23lb  of carp (inc. a "munta" of 15lb) Darren Sparrow peg 12 (this is a crap peg and I am going home) 20lb 10oz of skimmers to 2lb plus (oh dear, please can I borrow some bait - never mind I still have last weeks in the bottom of my bag...............and on, and on)   Lake report. 07/01/2012 At last a nice mild winter (at least this far) and the fish are taking advantage by continuing to feed well on most days. The Gipping Valley Club held a silver only match on Horseshoe on December 6th and were rewarded with a day on which the roach fed well and double figure bags were the norm - caster and worm proving to be the best baits. The open matches have been well attended with around 14 anglers for most  matches, the fish seem to be well spread out and weights tend to be close - with the winner only known at the weigh in! As normal at Bromeswell there are always a number of contestants who should have won............tales of 7-8 carp lost are not uncommon. Although carp still provide the bulk of the catch for most anglers, the roach, skimmers and tench cannot be ignored - one angler in particular seems to be able to conjure up 30lb of silver fish in each match he fishes........ Advice - despite the mild weather remember that it is winter, scale down (0.12-0.14 hook lengths with an 16 or 18 hook will do) and cut back on the feed. The most successful anglers seem to feed a small amount, catch all the fish that come onto that feed and then feed again - as a general rule little and often is not the way to go. Baits - pellet, corn, casters and worm will catch everything that swims. Remember in winter the carp are often not on the bottom anything from a few inches off bottom to half depth is where they are to be found. Tight Lines Jon      Match Results   2/10/11 Willow Lake (very bright and hot day!) Martin (peg 35)    29lb 8oz - all roach Matt                     17lb 2oz - all roach Colin Probins    13lb 8oz - all roach   13/11/11 Horseshoe Lake Deana Goddard (peg 4)       45lb 8oz - Carp to 9lbs Martin (peg 22)       30lb - Quality roach and skimmers Chris Johnson (peg 20)     18lb 4oz - Carp and skimmers   20/11/11 Willow Lake Pat Denny (peg 24)   29lb 4oz - Carp and quality roach Jon Hudson (peg 42)  15lb 8oz - Carp, Skimmers and Roach Martin (peg 26)  13lb 4oz - All roach   11/12/11 Horseshoe Lake (through holes in the ice!) Gary Ambrose   6lb 4oz (peg 20) - carp Jon Hudson   1lb 12oz - Roach Darren Sparrow   1lb 8oz - Roach   28/12/11 Willow Lake Deanna Goddard (peg 24)   25lb 14oz - carp to 9lbs Ian Thorne  (peg 28)   25lb - Carp and roach Jon Hudson (peg 37)  21lb 10oz - Carp and roach   1/1/12 Horseshoe Lake Peter Mason  (peg 23)  32lb 12oz - carp to 12lb and skimmers Jon Hudson (peg 6)  32lb 8oz - small carp, skimmers and tench! Gary Horlick (peg 19)  23lb 12oz - quality roach and skimmers   COLIN BOOKER  03/08/2011     Groups of 12 youngsters enjoyed the sun for the first two days of this years courses. The carp may have been playing hard to get for a change at this venue, but the silver fish were anything but. All of the youngsters caught a good number of roach and rudd, with a few good dace thrown in for good measure. a few tench and bream also made a welcome appearance and a great time was had by all. Also included is a picture of a beautiful six and a half pound common carp, landed by Chris Nash on a whip! It took a while but was the best to date from this venue on a whip. (On a SCDC fishing course) Well done to everyone. Colin Booker.

Cliff's summer report 02/08/2011

Young Rees caught a 16.5 common on his own , he had to have help from Paul to land it as it was so big for a young lad. I know Rhys and like his dad he is so enthusiastic about his fishing and is fast becoming a good junior angler. (See picture page)

Andy who started fishing the
lakes this year had one hell of a morning on the right hand arm of Horseshoe; resu47 Bream and skimmers,4 Roach,2 Carp, and 23 Tench. He was fishing on the Pole with his own made up paste. These where all caught from 7 am-to3pm  a result in anybody's book.

Andy moved from the Midlands where he used to match fish to take up a job in Melton, he is married to a local lady from Ipswich and has a son. This was his third visit to the lakes, he fished the swim on my recommendation as there had been fish moving there when I did one of my early morning sessions. I also had a good morning taking 6 Carp into doublefigure’s using his my own Concept baits. I also had some nice tench up to 3lbs on the float rod,+ some good roach and Rudd, but not a skimmer in sight,probably because Andy had them all in his swim.

Kesgrave High School fished there annual outing on Willow and Horseshoe, and all the students caught fish, including the four teachers and Neil the Head Master also catching. We hope they all enjoyed there trip, and we look forward to seeing them next year for there annual visit and thank them all for there continued support of the Fisheries.

Fish catches have improved over the weeks as the summer has progressed and the fish seem to be feeding more.

Luke from Otley College was catching Carp,Roach and Rudd on the Fly Rod after getting them going on small pellet, he used a imitation small feathered dog biscuit and had a great time catching with light gear. Maurice who helps me out managed to catch Patch the silver Ghost Carp who has gained in weight yet again. Jon has also had two of the Grass Carp out from willow on the Pole at 16lbs again this fish has put on weight I reckon about 2lbs,its still a lovely fish and especially satisfying, as caught on the Pole.

Andy has also done it again with another good session,this time he had more tench and Carp than before,(sorry folks I lost the actual figures,) another result me thinks!!!!!

We are getting a lot of new faces, including families coming to the lakes and we thank you all for your support, including husband and wife teams with both fishing, nice to see the ladies getting in on the act and sometimes catching more than there husbands.

You will notice that Jon has cut a lot of Reeds out in different  areas to allow more open water,and we will be cutting out some of the lily pads at the end of Horseshoe as they taking over the bay and getting out of hand.

I would like to thank everybody who has given me a hand with odd things especially Sid Watling (alias Father Smurf) Mo,Nigel,and Alan,thank you all.

To end this I would like to say, to those that knew him we have Lost one of our much loved Labrador's BEN the golden one, last Friday. We still have our lively one OSCAR but Ben has left a big hole in my life as he was a wonderful laid back dog, I shall scatter some of his ashes in front of my swim,as he will be sadly missed,again my thanks to Mandy and Jon and Mo for being so understanding. I know I am a silly old man but he was a large part of my life.

P.S. Please do not use the shooting Hide at the end of Willow as a dustbin for your rubbish.PLEASE, PLEASE take it home with you surely that is not to much to ask.

Tight Lines.

Capt. Cliff (Head Bailiff)

 

Bank holiday Monday 30th May

1st   Jon Hudson 70lb 10oz (all carp to 4lb)
2nd  Deana Ramsey 39lb (including 15lb of quality roach)
3rd   Gissi   34lb 8oz
Everybody who fished had more than 20lb to weigh in.

Pleasure fishing update 19/4/11

We have decided to use Hazel and Birch for growing on fish for the two main lakes, so they will not be available for fishing until further notice. 
The lakes have been fishing extremely well in the past few weeks, wandering around talking to anglers it is evident that a lot of fish are being caught. One very pleasing aspect to the fishing is the number of tench being caught. Matt Dorey (remember him, used to fish a lot?) had an afternoon pass recently and caught over 40 tench in four hours, along with six carp and numerous bream.
The top baits for all species are as ever corn and pellet (hard or soft.........) - but its getting close to the time to switch to paste, I gave it a quick try last Sunday on peg 23 (11/4) and caught carp to 12lb and bream to 3lb from the margins.
Willow has yielded multiple catches of carp to over 12lb in the warmer weather, the top tip on this lake is to only fish about a foot deep and as close to the island as you can get. A hard bait such as pellet in a band also helps. I fished peg 40 today (18/4) exactly as described and landed 23 carp to 6lb in an afternoon session. 
A number of anglers have deliberately targeted the silver with very good results, it is possible to catch 30 to 40lb weights of roach and skimmers/bream. The top tactic seeming to be a small amount of a sweet groundbait (like F1) and micro pellets fishing small soft pellets or caster over the top.

Jon.  

Jon's report 24/01/2011
Pleasure Angling

Our regulars have continued to catch good mixed bags of all species. Those who have targeted silverfish specifically have found that by not using pellet good catches of roach to over a 1lb can be made. Willow Lake in particular has been very consistent for continual action from roach, rudd and dace.
Those targeting the carp have found that like in the matches, the later in the day the better for carp, with even quiet days improving dramatically in the later afternoon. The best baits have been soft pellet and sweetcorn.
              
24th January 2011
Match Results
The winter match programme has been decimated by the awful weather, which resulted in the lakes being frozen over for nearly six weeks – however when we have been able to fish, it’s been pretty good. It has been noticeable that the fish are coming onto the feed later in the day, so as soon as light permits, the finish time for the matches will move to 4pm. The most successful method this winter has been pole fished soft pellet, fished over small amounts of a fishmeal based ground bait, regularly topped up with a few pellets.

November 28th Horseshoe Lake

First   
Jon Hudson   55lb 6oz   40lb carp to 10lb and 15lb skimmers  peg 22
Second
Gary Ambrose   39lb 4oz  Mainly small carp  peg 16
Third
Chris Johnson   22lb   Skimmers and carp  peg 20

January 2nd, 2011  Willow Lake

First
Craig Ablitt  42lb  All carp up to 6lb  peg 29
Second
Gary Ambrose  38lb 6oz  Mainly small carp  peg 40
Third
Jon Hudson  21lb 8oz  Roach and small carp  peg 27

January 9th, 2011 Horseshoe Lake

First
Darren Sparrow  46lb  Carp up to 8lb and bream to 3lb  peg 5
Second
Matt Dorey  10lb 14oz Mainly skimmers  peg 10
Third
Nathan and Pat  4lb 2oz  One carp and all roach  peg 27
Chris Johnson had a 1lb 14oz roach from peg 14.

January 16th, 2011 Horseshoe Lake

First
Chris Johnson  38lb 6oz  Carp up to 8lb and bream  peg 6
Second
Jon Hudson  26lb  Skimmers and two small carp  peg 21
Third
Matt Dorey  18lb 8oz Skimmers, roach and carp  peg 12
Every angler had double figures and included one or two tench in their catch.

January, 23rd, 2011  Horseshoe
First
Jon Hudson  24lb 10oz  Carp up to 6lb  peg 6
Second
Deana Goddard  20lb 8oz  Skimmers to 1 1/2lb  peg 22
Third
Matt Dorey  17lb 8oz  Skimmers, roach and carp  peg 19