Jun 2016

Catch Round-ups May, 1st Jun

7th-14th - 48 carp landed to 48.7 lbs. Carp spawned at start of the week. Mainly male fish were landed as bigger ladies were in a mood. Excellent week and well done to all

14th-21st - 93 carp landed to 47.12. Excellent week, weather up and down. Well done to peg 3 landing over 60 carp, the gents fished there socks off

21st-28th - 116 carp landed. Biggest carp this week 48.12 lbs. Biggest grass carp 47.9 lbs. Nice week all work hard for their fish, some excellent angling

Mar 2016

The Fishing So Far, 28th Mar

26/3/16 to 28/3/16

Lads on peg four this week are having a busy time, only two nights in and 14 fish on the bank.

19/3/16 to 26/3/16

Strong north wind but fish switched on towards end of the week and 34 carp landed to 47lbs. 
Wind has changed now and on the first day 12 fish had been out already.

12/3/16 to 19/3/16

Cold week with -4 over night and cold north east wind. Fishing was a little so but had a nice week. 14 fish landed to 56lb. The new peg five was opened and the gents fishing there had two stunning 50lbs commons.

Mar 2016

Nick Burrage's Session on Jonchery, 10th Mar

'Starting our week with a breakdown on the M25, then four frosty nights and freezing winds, wasn't the start we were after to be honest.

Little did I know that after a very quick bite, resulting in a 49lb plus mirror; that this as going to be the last of the action for 4 days lol!!

After moving swims time and time again, it seemed the cold was to much for them, and me if the truth was known! A final move onto a few showing carp as the rains came saw my fortune change dramatically carp wise anyway... The day before I had the long drive back to Shropshire, I started to get some life out of my alarms (yeah there were batteries after all) Picking carp off two at a time from each end of their patrol routes soon saw my camera filling up with pictures.

Retro Baits Meaty Garlic was the bait of choice for the trip and in these very hard conditions it really came into its own, getting me bites from 30's and 40's at long range. I fished at around 130 yards with my 13' Gravity X rods, along with a 3oz lead and 15lb GT HD mainline (this setup handled it with ease and with the odd 160 yard cast to an empty swim across the way; it showed how well the gear I chose married up to each other)

A big thanks to Mark Slade and he better half Anita for another great trip; a little more sun next time please fella. Nick Cotterill great camera work as always buddy, thank you matey.'