8 October 2022

Hi Guys. This week we have returning anglers Dale, Dean and Ollie.

Fishing Swims 5, 9 and 11.

The guys are using mainline baits, homemade bait and some Archiepeachy red/white and some pellet.

Dale got off the mark with a 37lb 8oz off swim 9 using a wafter, rest of the lake has been very quiet, hopefully with the pressure dropping it will shake them up.

Weather this week is going to be a mixed bag of sunshine and showers, mid-twenties, pressure today is 1017. Water temperature is around 18 degrees and winds will be changeable next week.

1st October 2022

Hi Guys, this week 3 guys on a lake exclusive booking.

Chris,Steve and Ryan.

Fishing swims 4,9 and 10.

Guys are using Archiepeachy white/red and some mainline baits !

Steve on swim 4 tripped up a 45 lb 4 oz just after brekkie on a white Archiepeachy bottom bait quiet on the other side last night !

Weather yesterday was awful rained all night and right through change over the lads leaving were soaked luckily the new lads were able to get set up without any rain which has now cleared we are in for a good dry sunny week, winds from south west pressure is up 1020 water temperature around 20 ish !

24th September 2022

Hi Guys this week a group we have not seen for 5 years nice to see them returning

Cam, Brian (chappie), Steve, and Tony.

Fished swims 4,5,9 and of course 10 !

Hard going this week again swim 10 37 lb and 28 lb stockie, Steve on swim 4 2 pbs in 45 minutes China Plate 50lb and Katie tripped up again @ 55 lb 4 oz also a 31 common earlier in the week, Steve has complete set now white tip common @ 53 lb new PB common, swim 5 done nothing so on last night Chappie was
on swim 2 boom 5 am alarm call first 50 new PP mirror small scar tripped up @ 55 lb boom, swim 9 nothing for Cam amazing how hard is it fishing ! The fish must deffo be in the shallows.

Weather was alot cooler in mornings, winds from the south mainly but were changeable over the week pressure 1012 water temperature is around 22 ish, 4 degrees Friday morning thick fog boy these guys have had it all !

17 September 2022

Hi guys, this week we had Andy and Gareth on a lake exclusive booking.

They fished swims 3,4,6/7,10 and 11 .

Guys used baitworks Atlantic heat boilies, our pellet Our Archiepeachy White and Red boilies.

Very hard going at the start swim 11 Gareth banking fish first a stockie 29 lb and a 38 lb 8 oz, early hours Tuesday Gareth who moved to swim 10 new PB with Solar @ 51 lb !
Things kicked off for Gareth banking 2 more PBs Katie tripped up @ 55 lb 13 oz PB mirror The Barrel @ 52 lb 4 oz PB common we also see blondie @ 48 lb 10 oz and others at 41 lb 8 oz Small Tail and 40 lb 10 oz, Andy moved to swim 6/7 and got amongst some fish a 38 lb at night followed by Jayden @ 55 lb 2 oz best weight for this fish one to watch !
Andy moved to swim 4 for last night 45 lb 12 oz and Gareth over on swim 10 another PB 4 th 50 Amy @ 56 lb 12 oz boom 💥finishing on a mid 40 making his total to 10 for the week !

weather cooled down a lot Friday night was only 6 degrees wow winds from the northeast so chilly, water temperature around 23 degrees pressure 1020 !

10TH SEPTEMBER 2022

Hi Guys, this week we have returning anglers brothers Dave and Keith fishing on a lake exclusive booking.

Will they top last years session of 6 X 50s ?

Guys are fishing swims 9/10 and are fishing with Archiepeachy white and pellet.

Weathers going to be stormy with sunshine in between high 20s into the 30s, winds all over the place and pressure is good, water temperature around 25 ish!

3rd September 2022

Hi guys this week we had Adz, Danny, Mark and Nathan whos retuning after a trip here in June!

Fishing swims 3, 4, 9, and 10 good choices i thought but every week is different.

Guys used Archiepeachy white/Red and pellet.

Danny started well new PB mirror swim 10 tripping up Sid well spawned out @ 54 lb 10 oz on Archiepeachy white bottom bait he followed it up with another 50 Amy @ 53 lb what a session he had, Nathan on swim 4 tripped up Stretch @ 48 lb 8 oz the guys also had several other fish mainly stockies but overall it was very quiet week swim 3 produced well last week but this week nothing.

Weather; stormy all week as temperatures went back up to the 30s winds from the south mainly.

27th August 2022

Hi Guys! We have individuals this week, all have been to us more than once before.

Neil, Peter, Simon, George & Pete.

Fishing Swims 3, 5, 9, 10 & 11.

Guys are using Archiepeachy red/white and some mainline baits.

The weather today is sun/cloud with a northerly wind, temperature is mid to late twenties.

George is off to a good start with 3 runs and 2 fish, The Barrel 49lb 2oz and China Plate 45lb 8oz.

20th August 2022

Hi Guys, a few weeks break before its busy again me and a friend Tony with able to do 72 hour session.

Fishing swims 9 and 10
using pellet and Archipeachy Red / White

So it was a productive week as follows
Tony 9 runs 7 fish
Me 7 runs 6 fish
3 x 50s
3 x 40s
4 x 30s the rest were stockies.

Weather was warm winds were changable a couple of summer showers.

30 July 2022

We are back after a 2 week break.

We welcomed Chris and his family sons Jake, Harry and Lauren.

Chris fished swim 5 using Pellet/Archiepeachy boilies.

Wow Wow and Wow double Boom !! Daisy @ 66 lb Small Scar @ 50 lb 12 oz Stretch the common @ 46 lb 8 oz, Rumble @ 45 lb 10 oz, Chunk the common @ 41 lb 5 oz, Hulk @ 39 lb 4 oz, China Plate @ 44 lb 8 oz, Castle Al @ 48 lb 12 oz, chunky lumpy @ 36 lb 10 oz, the barrel @ 50 lb, Broken Tail 46 lb 10 oz and several other fish taking his total for main lake to 22 Boom !!!

Jake / Harry caught fish from Blue Lagoon.

Weather for the week was red hot mid to high 30s with Wednesday reaching 40 degrees changeable winds and pressure from 1017 – 1021!

16 July 2022

Hi Guys, after a 2 week break we are back with a new group of 4, Linden, Matt, Lee and Gavin aka (Coffee) Fishing swims 3, 5, 9 and 10. Guys are using some pellet Archiepeachy White/Red and mainline boilie baits various pop ups/wafters. Numerous fish have been out on all swims fished and we had some moves throughout the week Tash being the biggest @ 46 lb which came of swim 5 ! Weather on set up was hot it got hotter monday reaching 42 degrees over night storms made it feel fresher.

25 June 2022

We welcomed Bob, Andy, Ian and John on this week, returning to the lake after many years away when the last owners had it what a lot has changed since then lets hope they liked it! Fishing swims 4, 5, 9 and 10. Guys are using Archiepeachy white/Red boilies pellet, Cell and various other boilies.

When the guys arrived it was torrential rain and a nightmare to setup in but as the rain stopped it looked ace and i thought they would have it off how wrong was we all very hard fishing not much showing it was a disaster but as the week went on we started getting a few good ones starting with Bob on swim 10 he had several nice fish topped by a new PB The Mole @ 62 lb 8 oz made up with his 60s club hoodie we awarded him, Son Andy on swim 9 a 30 lb stockie plus Shoulder Scale @ 46 lb and Scar the common @ 47 lb new PB common for him, John on other side swim 4 a couple of mid 30s and a PB for him as well Stallone @ 55 lb, Ian on swim 5 couldnt get amongst the fish but landed a lovely common to save the blank, then in the early hours of Saturday the big girls started spawning again just as i thought not all spawned back in May hopefully thats it now, all things considered the guys had a good week !
Thanks guys for sticking it out !

Weather was shocking on set up as i mentioned above torrential rain which carried into Sunday, sunshine/showers throughout with the rain returning Thursday finishing up with hot sunshine Saturday !

18 June 2022

We Welcomed Nathan, Mel, Wendy and Ron.

Fishing swims 10 and 11.

Everyone used Archiepeachy red/white and pellet.

Weather was red hot Saturday a mega 42.2 degrees finishing in thunderstorms with heavy rain !

Considering how hard the lake is fishing the guys ended up with 14 fish upto 50 lb which come off swim 10.

4 June 2022

We welcomed James (Jimmy) Oliver and Mark.

Fished swims 5,9 and 11.

Guys used Archiepeachy white/Red and pellet everyone used a bait boat.

The lakes fished very hard no big girls this week but, Oliver on swim 5 tripped up The Pug his first catfish and a new lake catfish record @ 113 lb 51.2 kgs, then 4 hours later Boom ! He only caught the Pug again different rod @ another lake record @ 114 lb 8 oz 52 kgs crazy stuff that only the one 30 lb stockie off swim 9 and thats how it finished up !

Weather cooled down over the week with showers around.

28 May 2022

We welcomed Pete this week who jumped on after a late group cancellation.

He fished one of his favourite swims number 3, Pete used Archiepeachy White/Red mixed with pellet !

Boom ! what a start he had tripping up Conky @ 54 lb 2 oz on a white bottom bait.
Monday morning 2 more bites he lost one other was a 20 lber stockie common.

Thats how he finished up but as always he was pleased with his result !

Weather was very hot a few days hitting the mid 30s which brought some very heavy rain with thunder and lighting not forgetting the strong winds.

21 May 2022

We welcomed Darren, Jay, Joe and John.

Fishing swims 5,9,10 and 11.

Guys used Archiepeachy red/white and pellet.

Darren swim 10 tripped up a partly spawned out Adrien @ 46 lb 14 oz on the Archiepeachy white, Jay banked a PB on Swim 9 Broken Tail @ 52 lb, Joe caught clover on swim 5 also a PB @ 39 lb 6 oz both on the Archiepeachy Red !
Joe finished up with another PB Tash tripped up @ 47 lb 15 oz off swim 5 !
To sum this week up lots of spawning first part with lots of moody fish after very hard fishing but they still managed a few lumbs.

Massive lighting display throughout the evening of Sunday which brought in fresher cooler weather and lower pressure gone for now the mid 30s mid 20s for the guys sunshine cloud with a few heavy thundery downpours

14 May 2022

We welcomed this weeks group back again from our home town in Essex Shut Up.

Grant and son Archie, Chris, Dan, Martin and Gary fishing swims 2,3,5,9 and 11.

Guys used mainline baits with some Archiepeachy Red/White and pellet.

Hard conditions for the lads mid 30s for most of it, first off was Martin swim 5 tripping up Sir Bob ll @ 55 lb 4 oz, Gary tripped up one of the Koi which were stocked in 2016 a new PB and Target fish ! Dan tripped up Broken Tail on swim 3 Boom !

Wednesday lunch Dan had another on swim 3 @ 40 lb strong male fish which he named Fred !
Thursday lunchtime Dan tripped up another PB this time common white tip @ 57 lb 10 oz new lake common record knocking smudge off boom !

Last fish of the week was Saturday morning while packing up Grant on swim 9 tripped up Abby @ 49 lb both him and son Archie had some wicked water shots done together #fatherson

Weather; Saturdays changeover was 31 degrees hot, high pressure was dominating, no storms we missed them, mid 30s for most the week !

There was still no signs of spawning on main lake.

7 May 2022

We welcomed Mark, Dave, Jason and another Dave.

Guys are fishing swims 2,5,9 and 11 Dave also fished 12 and 3 all using there own various boilie baits and some of our pellet.

It was a Gorgeous day to set up the rods blue skies sunshine 25 degrees much the same for the coming weeks with temperatures hitting high 20s.

Mark on swim 5 was the first off tripped up small tail @ 42 lb a bit down on weight so have they had a cheeky go in the night ? Dave on swim 11 got amongst the fish tripping up 2 stockies upto just under 30 lb !

Cheeky few hours on swim 12 for Dave rewarded him his first 50lb er blondies out again a few scratches over her since last time maybe shes been having a go !

Mark on swim 5 then did a 37 lb 8 oz common, Dave on swim 11 another PB with a 57 lb grass Dave on swim 2 moved to 12 tripping up a 41 lb mirror, 30 common !

Dave went back to the sunny side fishing swim 3 this time tripping up coup @ 46 lb it was back to other side Dave tripped up H @ 48 lb 12 but was still fishing hard.

It was Over 30 degrees Tuesday/Wednesday and red hot Friday phew !

Jason fishing swim 9 moved for a short while to swim 8 and was rewarded with The Barrels @ 53 lb new PB.

Last fish out was Ambler @ 45 lb 8 oz falling for Mark on swim 5.

The blue lagoon are all done for now so daily feeding has started again still no signs of any spawning in the main lake.