Catch Reports
28th Jan No fish out today, but two fish seen rolling so there is always a chance. The lake started to freeze, but has thawed out this morning.
21st Jan Anglers back on for the first time, after freezing over this week. I walked around last night and it was lovely and still. What a difference a night makes, it was back to force gale winds today without letting up at any time. Steve Shaw fished a day only session in the Boathouse swim about 30 yards out, and despite having his brolly smashed in the wind early on, decided to stay, and was rewarded with a new PB when he caught Arthur at 28.00 so well done Steve great result. He caught the fish on a white pop up. One of the other anlgers also broke his bivvy in the wind and had to leave early. Lets hope the wind drops off tonight.
13th Jan Two anglers on overnight had a 12.08 Carp plus a tench and some roach all on maggots despite it going down to minus degrees last night. Another cold one tonight, it was -2 when I got back at 9.30pm tonight. One angler on tonight so I'll let oyu know how he got on tomorrow.
8th Jan Gary Denmade fished Herons view overnight and had a mirror of 14.08 fishing maggots. Steve Adcock added another tench of 5.04 today but couldn't get the carp to feed. Steve was also fishing over a bed of maggots at about 40 yards, however the tench came to the rod he had a red plum pop up on.
7th Jan James Patrick had his 1st fish of 2012 with a pristine mirror of 12lb from the Snags swim. James was extremely happy as it has been a long time since he had a fish on the bank ( I wont disclose exactly how long !). Steve Adcock is in the channel and has just had a tench of 7.08 and also lost a carp at the same time (2.30pm ). The winds are not letting up as we had thought, but the fish are obviously still catchable. The water is going down, but still over many of the swims. You can bivvy up behind the, if you want on the grass.
5th Jan Andy Todorvic from Rugeley had an 11.5lb mirror from the Boathouse swim, despite the horrendous gale force winds and rain. Thankfully the winds have stopped today, but the water is very high and over many of the swims.
1st Jan. Happy New Year Stewart Wareham had the 1st fish of 2012 at 3am with one of the smallest fish in the lake at 7lb ! Steve Adcocks tally has risen to 4 Tench, 1 pike (on maggots) and still only one carp, although he has lost a good fish today.
31st Dec Neil Beeforth has just had a 15lb mirror from the Boathouse swim, fishing both rods about 40 yards out. Well done Neil, happpy New Year to you and the 5 other anglers out tonight. Here's hoping for a big fish in the morning to kick 2012 off with.
30th Dec My good friend and long term fishing mate Steve Adcock lost his bivvy yesterday, as we were struck with a mini hurricane for around 5 minutes last night. The rain belted down and the wind changed direction completely ripping his bivvy out of the ground and flinging it across the field, smashing the poles in doing so. He was sitting in it at the time but just couldnt hold onto it. He came up to the house and I lent him mine for the night so he could continue his session. He spodded some more maggots out at 2am and at 7.30 this morning his alarm went into meltdown. The result was a mirror of 31.06 I will post the photos tonight once I get his camera off him, but I think it is a fish known as Lily's fish which has not been out for a while. He still has 24 hours to go and conditions looking much more favourable today.
29th Dec My 9 year old son James and I enjoyed an couple of hours piking in the wind today , catching 2 pike and losing two others despite the rough conditions. Two other pike anglers on this morning, had had 3 runs by the time I went round at 8.30 am ! Steve Adcock is on for 48 armed with a gallon of maggots and has just had a 5lb tench ! Good encouragement to see tench still feeding late into December. Two anglers up in the pads for a 24 hour session, not had any fish bt said they had seen one crash early, so fingers crossed for them too.
26th Dec STEVE Adcock from shrewsbury had a very welcome mirror of 15lb on boxing day. Andy Jackson came down later on and had a 16 lb mirror at 2 am and lost a mid 20 right at the net at 4am. He was fishing on the back of the wind in the pads swim. Stewart Carr from Manchester has just landed 'Gail' at 28.04 from the Reeds swim, so is very happy indeed- 6.30pm.
18th Dec No anglers on midweek, and I was away last weekend, so not sure if anyone caught. We had a few brave anglers on this weekend and Michael Baynham from Cheshire had a double figure mirror at 11pm on Sat night, despite the wind chill being -5 degrees. Part of the westerly end by the house froze, but the breeze kept the remainder of the lake ice free. We still have free fishing over Christmas on all days if anyone fancies a few hours out please let me know. Thank you all for your business this year, we wish you and all your families a wonderful Christmas and prosperous New Year for 2012.
4th Dec Neil Beeforth from Stafford was the only angler on yesterday fro a quick 24 hours. He had a fantastic 29.00 mirror last night at midnight from the Moat swim fishing at around 40 yards out. This may be a new named fish, will confirm once I get the photo's later. He fished a snowman rig with a birght pink pop-up on top and used a pva bag of pellets. He has also just had another mirror of 15lb at 8.30 this morning. So they are still biting for those anglers that make the effort.
30th Nov John Ellison ended up with one more fish of 18lb at a very unsocail time of 4am !
29th Nov John Ellison and his friend Chris Whitehead from Burton on Trent are doing a 48 hour session currently, and despite sleet and high winds today have managed to catch. Chris is fishing the Channel and has had 2 mirrors of 12lb and 9lb plus a late season tench of around 3lb - one we stocked at around 6 inches 3 years ago. John is in the Boathouse swim and has a common of 12lb so far. The fish all came during the night last night, but the temp seems to have dropped quite a bit this evening, so we shall see how they get on tonight.
27th Nov Daniel Newton from Winsford had a lovely mirror of 22.08 from the Channel about 2.30 this afternoon. A few fish started showing late on once the wind dropped. Craig Jones from Denbigh lost a fish from the snags also during the day time. We are going to close the car park 2 as it is getting waterlogged and vehicles getting stuck. sorry for any inconvenience, it is not our land but we will do all we can to get it operational as soon as possible. Also the farmer let the cows down into the field here before putting up his electric fence so they have ruined the path and made it very difficult to get a barrow down this end due to the ruts and holes from the cows. Please accept our aoplogies here too.
26th Nov Only 3 anglers on yesterday as 2 had to pull out due to work commitments (either that or they saw the weather forecast !) No fish caught, in one of windiest nights we have had in 5 years. I hope it dies down a little today as itsd still very mild so the chance of catching should still be good.
24th Nov Steve Shaw came for the day and had a small but stunning common of 11lb at 8.30am.
23rd Nov Ben Davies and Bobby Baynham from Cheshire fished overnight in the Channel swim and had 4 mirrors of 18, 15, 15 and 12 between them. Stuart Brewster is fishing in the 30Boathouseth Decswim and has put out a gallon of dead maggots. He has fished maggots over the top, without success but has had 4 fish of 15, 13, 13 and 10lb taken on fluro pop ups about 5 rod lenghts away from the baited area. 3 of the fish came witih 1 hour around 3pm this afternoon, the last one around 7.30 pm tonight. Stewart told me that there we plenty of fish showing all morning so they are still quite active for the time of year.
20th Nov Steve Hall did a short day session today for one bite - a mint 30.04 Common- a fish known as Ivy, and a NEW 30 for Blakemere, so well done Steve. He fished the Moat swim . Gary denmade fished the Channel swim over the weekend and ended up catching a small mirror of 13lb at 2am on sunday Morning.
19TH Nov Only a couple of snglers on midweek for thurs and Fri and no fish reported. 6 anglers on today, but only one fish lost by 2pm this afternoon. Still a few moving when the wind had dropped.
14th Nov Daniel Newton is fishing the lake on his own today and tonight and has had 2 mirrors around 2pm this afternoon, one of 11lb and a 27.02 fish. He is in the Boathouse swim. There are a few fish crashing and it is still quite mild so fingers crossed for a couple more. Wind is blowing strongly towards the pads tonight.
12th Nov Rich Newell fished the channel swim and had a lovely mirror of 18lb.
6th Nov Herons view which is not one of the most popular swims for some reason, saw 'Nic' caught at a pb weight of 30.04 on Thursday to Gordon Williams, on a day only session, a pb mirror of 25 on Friday to a guy called Rob and another pb 26lb mirror last night to Ben Davies who also fished a 12 hour overnight session. Jason Gregory also emailed me to say he had fish of 14.06, 11.02 and 10.09 last week.
Just had an email from Nathan Tew who fished here on the 21st, he had 3 fish of 8, 10 and 15lb during his 24 hours using mainline grange and bottom baits, so well done Nathan, and thanks for letting me know.
26th Oct Just on my way back to another trip to China. I will try and find out what has been caught this week and update the catches in the next 24 hours -just been round the lake, Callum Trow fished in the Channel swim for 36 hours and had 6 runs but lost three inlcuding one he recons was a very good fish. The others weighed between 8 and 12lbs. None of the other anglers had caught, and I have had no emails from anglers whilst I was away so not really sure how it has been fishing.
18th Oct Just 3 anglers on last night. Steve Shaw was the only one to catch, fishing the boathouse he had a mirror of 21.08 at around 2am and then lost another later.
17th Oct Chris Deakin and his friend Peter Nicosia fished the channel swim. Chris had fish of 10lb and a lovely mirror of 24.08 that I have put on the gallery, and Peter had one of 16lb too.
16th Oct Steve Hall just text to say he had 8 fish in total up to 25.08 so
15th 16th Oct Steve Adcock from Shrewsbury had a 21.08 mirror and 14lb mirror using 12mm Graze boilies as bottom baits. Steve Hall fished the Boathouse and had mirrors of 17lb and 15lb fishing 3/4 of the way across in front of the swim. Karl De Silva and his friend Dave fished the Stump swim and had two small fish between them of 7.07 and 14.00 Loads of fosh rolling last night at dusk all over the lake, but a quietish night all round considering the amount of fish moving. Low pressure coming in today so perhaps there will be a few out in the next 24 hours.
14th Oct Ian Porter fished the Boathouse swim and had a 17.5lb mirror.
13th Oct This is a copy of the email I recieved from the group that came for Mon - Wed.
''Hi dave and nic,
all the lads would like to thank you for a great few days,the lake was truly stunning in a great setting.at last a fishery owner who we could clearly see is passionate about the lake and fish in it,you can tell your an angler yourself dave and its not all just about money. 6 anglers great stock of fish and a stunning lake what more could you ask for and only 1 hour away,happy dayz.
our catch was:
channel - fished by twiggy not been carping since the last time i dragged him out the house 2 years ago,1 x 28.8 common new pb by over 10lb and 2 x doubles
boathouse- fished by my brother graham showing me how its done,1 x 28.7 mirror and 4 doubles of 11,14,14 and 18 with 2 fish lost
herons view-fished by bri landing 1 x 11 common 1 x 15 new pb common and a 17 mirror
the pads-fished by paul landing mirrors of 17.8 and a new pb 22.10 mirror
the stumps- fished by pee landing mirrors of 18.8,21.7 and 23.6
the moat-fished by crissy landing a 21.6 mirror
the snags- fished by lee landing mirrors of 14.6,15,4,16.5 and 17.1 loosing 4 fish one of which went like a train a heavy train !!!! ill be back.
so 21 fish in 3 days is a good result for our first visit.next time we come hopefully all the lads will have bought themselves a descent camera, as you will see by the pics mobile phones dont take good pictures.
thanks for having us guys,tight lines ... Lee Neild.
11th Oct I have also just recieved an email from James Whalley who came to Blakemere on the 5th -6th October with his friend Chris Donnelly from Buxton. Chris fished the Snags and James went in next door to the Moat. Chris lost a fish within an hour, but then caught a small fish around 10lb half an hour afterwards. Soon after that James had a good mirror of 24lb followed by a double, and Chris had 2 more doubles as well. Then it was quiet in the night until 3am when Chris had a 17lb mirror, and at 6am James had a fish of 15lb. Chris finished with one more double before they both left.
10th Oct Stephen Crawley came down last night at 8pm for a quick 12 hour overnight session. Despite massive winds he managed to keep his bivvy down to the ground and ended up with a 17lb mirror early this morning. He fished the boathouse swim about 40 yards out over a spodded area.
7th -9th Oct Steve Shaw had a 25.01 common from the Boathouse swim on Friday and followed it up with a smaller fish of 14 lb before leaving. Callum Trow did a quick overnighter and went round to the Stream swim, which has not been fished for ages. He had a lovely mirror of 25.01 which he has named Sadow Scale. Well done callum. Steve Adcock fished the Channel swim for a day only session and had a 14 lb mirror despite having 2 or 3 very big fish roll over his bait he couldn't get one of them to pick it up.
James Byrne emailed me to say it was him that had caught the 27.03 mirror on Monday, a fish know as Scar fihshing out of the Channel swim.
End Sept / Early Oct all I can tell you that is we had reports of a 27lb fish in the last few days. Regular Steve Shaw had a 25.03 common from the Boathouse swim on Thursday night followed by a 14lb fish this morning (07/10). I heard the guy fishing the snags swim had 10 runs, landing 5 and losing 5 but I do not know what the weights were, so please let us know if it was you ! I believe his friend fishing the reeds swim also had 2 fish. The wind has been blowing down here for a couple of days now.
26th Sept Stephens Pugh's friend had fish of 26lb and 18lb
25th Sept Steve Adcock from Shrewsbury fished for 24 hours and was having a mare of a session losing all the the first 4 runs he had, including two very big fish. Just as he was packing up, he noticed his rod tip knocking and ended up landing 'Gale' at a weight of 28.07 so was more than happy. Could have been a red letter session if the others had come in too. He fished the moat swim, 3/4 of the way across, and used white baits on chod rigs, fished over a large bed of 12mm Graze boilies from Total Angling. Liam Stenson came down at 8pm on Sat night with two mates, on only his second ever carp fishing outing. He outfished them both, having two carp of around 12lb, then a mirror of 26.08 from the pads swim, and went passed his two friends pb's in doing so ! Well done Liam.
22nd Sept Alan Williams came for a short session and had a 10lb mirror and a common of 30.02 his picture is now on the gallery.
21st Sept I have been away working again since Sunday and have not had any emails from anglers regarding catches so I'm not sure what has been caught. We are full at the weekend and I will be around to make sure the catches are up to date by Sunday night.
17th Sept Thomas Quigley fished a 24 hour session and had a 4.04 tench followed up with an 18.08 mirror.
16th Sept Jason Welch fished in the Moat swim and had a 19.08 lb mirror. His friend Kevin fished along side him and had 5 runs, landing to fish of 14lb and 14.08. Rob Smith had fished the Boathouse earlier in the week and emailed me to say that he ended up with 8 fish plus two tench in 24 hours.
14th Sept I took a stroll around the mere tonight just before 8pm. The sky was clear and it was almost a full moon, and no anglers on the lake. Once ruby (the dog) and I got to Herons view we spotted a barn owl just behind us. Its only the 2nd time I have seen it this year although the anglers last week had seen it. Then suddenly, 50 yards behind it, we noticed another barn owl flying around and going over towards the road. Thats amazing, seeing two at once. Then Ruby took off having seen something in the grass about 30 yards ahead. To my astonishment , up got a third barn owl ! Now I have lived ruraly all my life and seen many barn owls, but only ever seen one at a time. I don't know much about them, but I would love to hear if anyone else has seen more than one together. I'll post this on the forum if anyone wants to let me know . Keep your eyes peeled until its really dark, you may be lucky enough to see them togehter too.
13th Sept Just heard from Rob smith to say he ended up with one more small carp (total of 7) and a 4lb tench. Not a bad 24 hours Rob , as well as loosing 2 carp. Nick Parkes fished the moat over the wekend and has just e-mailed me to say he had a mirror of 15lb and a lovely common of 25lb early in the morning. No anglers on till end of the week if anyone fancies the lake to themselves !
12th Sept Rob Smith had six fish from the Boathouse today including mirrors of 15.02 and four between 7 and 10lb pus a common of 13lb and he lost 2, so the fish seem quite active now, especially the small ones. Hopefully the big girls will folow suit shortly. His friend James Hunt fished the channel and had a small mirror about 10lb and lost another one too. One other fish lost up in the pads. The wind has been making waves high enough to surf on today, so should be plenty of oxygen in the water now.
12th Sept Howling gales this morning, but the anglers on last night were still in one piece . One fish caught overnight, a small fish of about 11lbs from the boathouse, just off the pads, and a better fish lost from the pads swim.
11th Sept I was away over the weekend and only managed to see one angler on Sunday evening. He had lost a fish. He told me that the guy fisihng in the moat had a couple, but I havent heard from anyone yet to confirm what was caught. Its really important if you catch to drop us a text or email, as unfortunately we ccant alway get round, even though we would like to every day !
09th Sept Phil Bull ended up with two fish from the reeds and lost one also. They were both mirrors of 21lb and 22lb, his son Wayne fished in the snags next door and had commons of 18lb & 24lb and a mirror of 18lb. James night fished a 12 hour session overnight and had 3 fish of 9, 11 and 12lb. His friend Tom Huckenhull fished Herons view and had 2 fish of 12lb and 14lb again just on aquick overnighter.
08th Sept Phil Bull is midway through a session with his son and has had a lovely mirror of 22lb. There were plenty of fish showing tonight as I talked to him, so hopefully he wont get much sleep.
05th Sept Michael Crisp has mirrors of 18lb, 24.08 and 27.02 . Geoff Nicoll had a fish about 10lb.
Lee Allen had a 10.09 tench- new lake record tench, plus a small common of about 10lb but lost a good fish around the twenty pound mark, right at the platform. His friend had a pb mirror of 14lb.Tom Quigley had a 28.08 mirror on Thursday. Andy Buckingham had a 15lb linear pb followed by another pb of 27lb the same afternoon. We have had a few twenties to 26lb fish out and quite a lot of fish in the 10lb - 16lb bracket, but things seem to be picking up a little as expected.