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06-01-04 ~ Snowy Sessions On The Sow
Society member Alan Price has just taken proud possession of a digital camera and has put it to good use taking pictures on the Sow. Alan feels that the Sow is a cracking river, which apart from the Mill Pool area, many members seem to miss out on. All the fish pictured below were taken during pretty miserable conditions through December and just after Christmas
Alan goes on to explain that during winter the water actually tends to shallow up without the weed to hold it back and is crystal clear, only colouring up after heavy rain and if you spend time will be amazed at the size of some of the fish that drift past.
Pictures show; 2lb 3oz perch caught by Allan Fyer, and also in the snow with a nice chub. The 3lb 12oz chub on the net was banked by Alan Price just after Christmas in Snowy conditions.
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06-01-04 ~ ‘Method’ Gives Winter Stock Pond Success
Oliver Cleaver and Edward Wood have been having great success on Capesthorne Stock Pond of late; they recently spent a day on the water and caught a tremendous weight of mixed carp weighing in at 34lb 10oz.
Most of the fish fell to method feeder and pellets although they tell me that fishing the pole with sweetcorn also proves extremely effective.
12-02-04 ~ Stock Pond
Keith Nicholl made contact to tell me about the continuing popularity of Capesthorne Stock Pond; Keith made several visits during January catching well on each occasion. The picture below shows a catch of small carp Keith took during the last weekend of January on the Stock Pond; all the fish were taken in 14 inches of water on corn fished over pellet. Keith also informed me that the week previous the water was iced over but he still managed to bag six small carp!
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04-03-04 ~ Catch Reports
The following catches were reported at the February meeting.
John Stanier informed the meeting that he had taken a fantastic pike at Rudyard Lake on legered mackerel dead bait. John started his session at around 7am and after a lack of action decided to call it a day at 11am. After retrieving and packing up his first rod, he then reeled in his second rod which had been cast into the margin about 12 feet from the bank. On reeling in, there was a massive ‘thump’ and the rod arched over - At first John thought he’d hit a big snag, but then the ‘snag’ tore off down the margin and he realised it was a good fish! After a brief tussle John finally netted the fish, and with the help of a nearby witness, weighed it at 27lb 4oz – a cracking result.
Another fine pike of 26lb 2oz was taken at Rudyard a couple of weeks ago, which, on the back of the 4lb plus perch taken late last year, proves the venue is on top form for predator anglers.
Pike are also showing on Redesmere, with one member reporting fish of 10lb 8oz and 13lb 8oz.
Two barbel over 9lb were reported on the Society’s stretch of the Dove at Fauld.
Specimen carp catches have slowed during the colder weather, but catches of smaller carp on Ellenhall and Capesthorne Stock Pond have remained constant.
10-03-04 ~ More Pike at Rudyard!
Society member Kevin Hobson has had a number of successful sessions pike fishing on Rudyard Lake and has emailed a few photos for the website. The picture below left shows Kevin with a nice pike taken during January 2004, fishing a deadbait to a spot adjacent to the old boat house. The picture below right shows Kevin’s angling partner (also Kevin) with a fish taken last November from the same spot on a small Mepps.
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10-03-04 ~ Fifty Years On!
SOTAS Trustee Liz Hays passed on a fifty year old day ticket for Redesmere, kindly lent by Chris Yeardsley. The ticket was issued on July 25th 1954 and shows the fishable areas in red. The bit that interested us was the position of the floating Island!
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10-03-04 ~ Dynamite Dove!
SOTAS Fishery Manager Geoff Hayes reports several good sessions on the Dove of late; both at Scropton and Fauld. Over three sessions, Geoff and a guest took over forty fish from the Society’s prolific stretches of the Dove; the vast majority were chub, all of which were over 3lb, with several over 4lb, topped by a cracking 5lb 2oz specimen. Geoff also reports brownies to 3lb.
08-04-04 ~ Top Pool ‘pike-fest’
With carp action being slow during the late part February, some of the regulars decided to have a go at the pike. Whilst only taking small Jack’s, the action was non stop on small dead-baits and lures with countless fish between the 2lb-7lb mark being banked over several sessions.
Pictured are Chris Knapper (above) and Joe Staniforth (below) with Top Pool pike.
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05-05-04 ~ May Catch Reports
I’ve had reports of good pike from Knypersley Reservoir; one member fished there for the first time a few days ago and took five pike topped by an 18lb 3oz specimen! Whilst on the subject of specimens, I’ve also had an email of Steven Byrom who has been doing a few sessions on the Society’s Fanshawe Lane Pool of late. Steven sent in the picture below of a 19lb mirror taken one of his recent sessions – a cracking fish.
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04-06-04 – Capesthorne Hall off to a flier!
The Capesthorne Estate got of to a flying start for carp anglers during the opening few days. Seven carp over twenty pounds were reported with two anglers taking three twenty pound fish each! Society Member Andrew Freeman took five fish including three twenties, and is pictured below with a fine 20lb+ mirror; all his fish were taken on Shellfish B5.
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Website manager Julian Grattidge also took five fish including three twenties at; 26lb 12oz, 25lb 4oz, 21lb 4oz, 19lb 8oz, and 11lb 4oz. Most of these fish were stalked from the margins. Julian is pictured below with his 26lb 12oz capture.
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12-06-04 ~ 25lb+ Common form Astbury
Brain Banks forwarded this picture of an angler on Astbury with a fine 25lb+ common (below). This fish is one of a number taken from the water and a mirror of over 28lb was also taken recently. I’m expecting photos of that one shortly.
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20-07-04 ~ July Catch Reports
There is only one word to describe how Society waters are fishing at the moment; Fantastic! I have had reports of some absolutely stunning catches from nearly every water in the Society’s portfolio. As such, I’ve done a bit of a round up below to keep members up to date with current catches.
Capesthorne Hall; carp fishing remains productive on both the Main Lake and Top Pool. The big result over the last couple of weeks has to be the capture of ‘Two Tone’ at a new best weight of 32lb 8oz, by Mike Baines on the Garden Pool (picture below).
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More good fish have been banked from the Top Pool by many of the venue regulars. Chris Knapper has taken several good fish during recent visits, including one session where he took three good doubles including ‘Crinkle Tail’ (common) at just under 20lb. Chris is pictured below with a fine Top Pool upper double. New Society member Pete Moore has also been getting amongst the fish on the Top Pool, taking his first twenty from the water at 21lb 8oz.
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Redesmere; carp fishing has been fruitful and many have been taken over recent weeks, best reported fish was 35lbs 4oz. Bream fishing on the water has also been in excellent form with fish of 14lb & 13lb 4oz reported. Another member also had two at 9lb+, one at 10lb+, and one at 11lb - in just one session! Another session brought similar results with a fish of 7lbs 8oz, three over 8lb, two over 9lb, and one at 9lb 15oz!
Gary Knowles fished the water recently for an article to be published in Coarse Fisherman, both he and his fishing partner took double figure bream within twenty minutes of setting up!
Astbury; carp fishing on Astbury has been prolific over recent weeks with a number of 20lb+ fish being taken by venue regulars backed up with a good number of high doubles, best reported over the last week or two is 29lb.
Bolesworth; one member reported an excellent catch of nine double figure Carp with the largest at 15lbs 8oz. More spectacular still was the capture of a cracking 26lb mirror! The stunning fish was taken by a Juvenile member and is one of a number of 20lb+ fish the venue has produced so far this season. Several good catches of bream have also been reported in recent weeks.
R Dove Fauld & Scropton; barbel to 9lb 4oz, brown trout 3lb 8oz; and chub to 4lb 10oz have been reported. One member also reports a catch of 12 fish; barbel to 7lb 8oz and Chub to 4lb 8oz.
Rudyard; fishing has been patchy, however, five large Bream were caught from peg 138 and a Carp of 11lb 12oz was caught during a match. – another Carp twice this size was also seen in the same swim.
Knypersley; John Salt has taken another fine carp from Knypersley, this one slightly heavier than his previous 19lb 8oz fish, pictured below at 20lb 4 oz.
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06-09-04 ~ B5 Bags Another Top Pool Biggie
Essential Baits Shellfish B5 produced the goods recently for new Society member Keith Duke, Keith had spent a fair amount of time on the Top Pool looking to get amongst some of its inhabitants and finally bagged his first fish in the shape of this lovely 25lb 12oz whacker (pictured below).
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Kev Duke with his impressive 25lb 12oz Top Pool specimen
09-09-04 ~ More Top Pool Twenties!
After an eight week absence from SOTAS waters, website officer Julian Grattidge got back into the swing of things this week on the Top Pool, taking carp on two successive trips. Julian banked the infamous wildie ‘Mental the Common’ at the weekend and this morning took a fine 24lb 12oz heavily scaled mirror fishing in just 18 inches of water!
10-09-04 ~ Catch Reports From September Meeting
Capesthorne Main Lake
Carp of 24lb, 26lb, and 29lb have been reported along with a large number of low twenties. Coarse fishing has also been productive, with one member reporting non stop action whilst tip-fishing; small skimmers, roach and perch making up the catch.
Capesthorne Top Pool
Several twenties to 28lb+ were reported and a few tench to 6lb.
Bolesworth Castle
Several carp, best to 19lb were reported with good bags of bream averaging 3lb.
Redesmere
Redesmere is on good form at the moment, with 35 carp being reported in just one week, with several over 30lb amongst them. Several double figure bream were reported along with tench to 7lb.
River Dove
Several good catches of barbel and chub were reported, with one lady angler taking an 8lb 14oz barbel.
Rudyard Lake
A recent flurry of carp anglers on the water has produced a good number of quality doubles, with fish of 24lb and 26lb also reported (photos to follow).
Knypersley Reservoir
Good catches of large roach were reported from both the car park side and the dam.
22-09-04 ~ Rudyard Lake 26+
A few weeks ago I reported the capture of a 26lb+ common from Rudyard lake by Andy Pickering, well whilst awaiting the photos of that fish I was handed another picture of the same fish by Mick Ball at MB Baits, The fish came out to Gareth Jones and is pictured below.
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Gareth Jones with the cracking Rudyard 26lb+ common
22-09-04 ~ Astbury on good form
John Banks sent in the picture below of a cracking mid-twenty common from Astbury. The venue has been on good form over the past six to eight weeks with several 20lb plus fish reported.
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John Banks with a nice Astbury Mere mid-twenty
05-11-04 ~ Have you seen these fish!?
SOTAS Fisheries Manager, Geoff Hayes passed me these photos last night at the AGM of some cracking carp which were stocked into Redesmere back in 1997. As you can see from the pictures below they are all absolute stunners and will be easily recognisable on the bank. It always helps when we receive feedback on growth rates and fish stocks, so if you have seen any of these fish on the bank, or you are lucky enough to spot them in the future, please do let us know!
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