On Damsel Craig Daniels bagged 5 to 18lb, fishing with Lee Turner who caught 3 to 21-08 and Tom Large 5 to 13lb. Jamie Pullen caught 5 to 21lb, Glem Barrable had 2 to an 18-10 common, Ben Bowler 5 to 18-04. Matthew Lucas beat his dad into second place taking 8 to 21-04 his dad Michael with 5 to 16-04. The most notable catch was Paul Goldsmith, aged 15, who snared his PB and one of the biggest in the lake at 25-10.
This weekend was bit slower with some fish spawning but even so a few PB's were smashedOn Damsel Nathan Richards caught a 12lb, Mark Williams two 13lb commons, Doug Ashley a 16lb and Laurie Gregory a 12lb and an 18lb. On Carp Lake Duane Richardson over 2 nights bagged 9 to 25lb including 3 other 20's on Thripster Baits and Thripster Pearl pop ups. Milosz Jedraszewski caught an 18-08 common. Ryan Hatton caught 7 to 19-08 on @Mainline Cell and Hybrid and pop ups on a Ronnie Rig.
The weather this weekend was a marked contrast to last with a return to the cold and wet, as a result catches were down. Those that did catch include:
On Damsel Colin Bryant with 22-08, 21lb and 15-01 to Essential Cell and Chris Bell 2 to 11-04 on Sticky Baits Krill.
On Carp Lake a group of nine booked for an annual social, Ricky Guegon caught a 24lb in the margin and a 17-08, Wayne bagged 12 to 22lb on Monster Squid, Stuart a 17lb common, Harry 4 to 21lb, Cole 12 to 22lb with a 10mm pop up over Sticky Krill boilies, Nicky 16 to 21-12 and Dean a 20lb on Scopex Squid and Citrus and Strawberry Crush and Hi Vis pop ups.
On Becks Dave Hatch landed 2 just under 20lb to a solid bag and a Manilla wafter.
With Spring finally here Manor Farm has seen some big catches this weekend. On Damsel Lee Turner took 4 to 18lb, Craig Daniels 5 to 20lb, and Ben Pearson 4 to 19lb. David Briars fished for 24 hours and bagged up with 24 carp from the margins including 2 twenties. Luke Robins landed two mid doubles.
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Damsel is starting to pick up with a mid double common falling to John Angell, Josh Wiles bagged a 20+ mirror, Craig Robertson fishing the feeder picked up a 7lb bream and Rob Sullivan a 16lb and a twenty. Piotr Wojdalowecz bagged two twenties and a 16-08. Lewis Huntley a 17lb Jack Gabbitas a 16-08On Carp Lake Glen Barrable landed a 19-04 within half an hour of setting up. Matthew Lucas caught a 23-03, Nicky Creswell a 16lb, Stuart Shepherd a 14-12 and a 20-14.
Longer daylight hours have triggered the fish into moving but with the water temperature still low big catches are still elusive. At last, however, the forecast is good with double figure daytime temperatures and 6 or 7 overnight. Damsel has been hard fishing lately but Alex managed a low double common and a 19-08 mirror. Steve Hallett bagged 2 commons at 11-08 and 12-04.