chris(white dog man)caught 21lb.common early sat.morning..swim 11 he must have been sober..

MY MATE NICEY HAD 2 PIKE OUT OF PEG 3 BIGGEST WAS 12lb 4oz DEADBAIT 11/11/09 I LOST ONE AT THE NET PEG 4 DOH!!

grant smith(member this year) caught 11lb.pike, sprat deadbait, swim 4. 15.11.09

9 lb PIKE OUT OF PEG 4 ............ 13/10/09

Hi all,
I done 24hr session on front lake had a nice 22lb2oz common about 04.30 sunday 30/08/09 witnessed by Dan Winston.

keith allaway caught lovely tench in 5 ,thought it would beat record,weighed using my digiscales,weight 7lb.15ozs unfortunately weighing net weighed 15ozs. maybe next year if caught in spawn should go well over 8 lb.
witnessed by memsec and headbailiff

me ryan, gary maskall went for the night friday gary had 1 tench, ryan had a carp and plenty of stuff on the float, i had 3 bream smallest 5lb to 6lb 7onz 2 tench and a nice mirror
but got a call from jack elliot and his mate curtis had a 25lb common in swim 15 just of the island.

same swim, same tactics, same bait... not a sniff. i dont understand LOL

Oi splish splash (lol), sorry i mean ryan how did u get on sunday over back lake

well done ryan,pity we could not be there,to see you fall in ,i mean,not to see you fish

Got over back lake at 4:30am, fished peg 14, i had tench after tench after tench! i caught 15 tench, the majority just under a pound, biggest was 2lb 3oz. I also had lots of perch and some decent rudd and roach. I put all the fish i caught in my keepnet and when i weighed in, my total was 16lb 4oz! briliant day!!! Just a shame i fell in the lake when i was packing up :( LOL

where are all the catch reports..are there no fish being caught..
ok this is wot ive heard..neil ward(friday) 18,20 23 lb carp. back lake.....
andrew english(friday/saturday) 10 tench,biggest 7lb.8 ozs,2 carp... greg hamshire..15lb.pike on pellet,23lb.carp+ another, also tench..there were 11 members fishing overnight on friday/sat.most seem to have caught something.

Fank god for that Bern, otherwise i wouldnt bover turning up for the matches in couple weeks time

to keep members up to date on catches..saturday pike caught approx.8lb swim 21...sunday pike 14lb..swim 24...swim 4..small tench....swim 6..20lb carp+small tench....very quiet on back lake.ps i'm NOT catching these fish

nicky morby n gary(wheelchair) fished alnite,nick caught nice 15 common,saw them photoing it this morning..nick will tell u about it at comm meeting if he comes

So youre the one who had the pike, heard rumours didnt believe it, didnt no there was anyfing that big left in the lakes LOL!

fished for pike sunday 8th march only had the one but a nice 20lb 2oz pike she was. day was ok till 3 car loads of foreign fish nickers arrived..

HEAVY WEIGHT

what sort of weight was your cold dan? LOL

caught a cold lol.

A FEW PIKE CAME OUT AT THE PIKE MATCH BUT EVEN FEWER PARTICIPANTS. WHERES THE HARDY FISHERMAN GONE.

FISHED DARENTH TREE LAKE LAST THUR N FRI, HAS CHANGED THERE BIG TIME NEGLECTED A BIT. AFTER THE PIKE STARTED DIFFICULT BUT FINAL RESULT WAS 3 PIKE A 21lb, 13lb 3oz, AND A 6lb. NOT BAD SESH.

does anyone know anywhere or anyone that can get piece of hardwood 12x10 inches to back memorial plaque, have tried few place on internet even paid for one only to be let down, most wood places dont do off cuts and want £70+. askin for help if anyone has some hard wood or in the know or got someone that can do a favour.
cheers DAN

fished back lake swim 16 today sunday 21st sept, had good mixed bag (about 5lb) of rudd, roach and perch, fishing to lillies in front of me and to the left hand side of the swim

Managed get couple of hours in Tue evening, fished front lake swim 21 again on pole 8m out with pellet as bait and had couple good roach out, loads of bites as well

Fished front lake swim 21 with my son Mitchell, had nice mixed bag of roach, perch, skimmers, rudd

has anyone fished the back lake this week anything half decent been caught if so what swims.

me and a friend done 2 nights over the lake the 1st night jst a tench but day two picked up another 2 tench and 2 bream for me and a tench and a nice 12lb carp for ryan nothing during the 2nd night day 3 only a tench for me and a bream for ryan. alltogether a good time.

Edited by author 05-20-2008 03:48 PM
just got back from fishing back lake swim 15 (tue 20th may) - couple of bream out on carp rod biggest was 4lb 6oz

Jack, an F1 is a cross between a common carp and a crucian carp, the way to tell is they have 2 stunted barbules where a carp has 4 and a crucian has none, i think they dont grow no more than 5-6lb

can ane 1 tell me wat an f1 is plz

fished back lake peg 16 (friday 16th may) - 13lb mix bag of rudd, roach, perch, tench and F1's

fished peg 16 on tuesday (yesterday) and had loads of perch,roach,rudd,skimmers,tench and a couple of F1's nothing over a pound but a good day

fished peg 16 thursday 1st may, approx 10lb mix bag of 1xtench 4lb and rest mix bag of perch and roach

jack next time your over the lake give me a ring and i will come over to see you. 07917194473

well let me no wen u r able to go ova the lake let me know wat i should bring and ill see if i can get ova there (.Y.)

Jack no secret just need to think a little. would be happy to show you.

jim is there ane chance of tellin me ya secret coz i mite be goin ova tomoz

fish weights 20lb 8oz common a new one for me.
19lb common, 17lb mirror, 16lb common, 16lb mirror, 8lb mirror, 7lb common and i lost two and had two tench. all over 3 nights total of 12 hours fishing. now thats not bad !

fished peg 17 thursday 4O'clock till 7 O'clock caught 7lb of roach and disabled gary was fishing in peg 11 and he was catching some nice bream and tench on the method.
Also jimmy price was over there agian and ha had another carp before i left.
It's really picking up now,shame that the cold weathers gonna probly put a stop to it for the weekend though

Jim, what sort of weight were youre carp?

the back lake carp are on the feed had 4 out tue.

fished backlake swim 16 over night on saturday.After a snowy start at around 9:30 my left hand rod which was being fished by the branch to my left on 10mm pellet on a bed of mixed sized pellet stormed off.By the time i hit into it the fish had moved infront of me, unfortunately the hook popped out of its mouth.Back to bed we went.No more action untill around 2:00am when my friend went out for a toilet and found both sets of our rods on the floor and one of his missing.Pulling the rods in slowly luckaly his missing rod was attached to the line of one of my rods (BLOODY SWANS!!!!)As it was so cold we left the rods out till morning.No more action throughout the next day so we packed up and went home.Maybe next time ill take back leads.

Fished back lake today had 2 x carp to 5lb and a roach all on swimfeeder with maggot and sweetcorn hookbait

27/2/2008
fished the back lake today peg 8 didn't get a bite and it's still quite weedy,moved round to peg 5 agin at 1 oclock and had 4 tench

20 on the front to start with and then i fished peg 5 on the back

what peg did u fish on both lakes scott?

fished the front lake today up to 2o'clock didnt catch a thing so i went over to the back lake and got snapped twice snagged twice and caught 2 tench and a 7.5 pound commom carp all on caster.

I fished peg 6 (back lake) again yesterday 11am to 8:30pm. Ledgered a hair rigged luncheon meat cube to the edge of the lily pads close in (15 feet out). I used very little ground bait just some 3mm pellets. I started catching around 3pm and caught nine tench in all; the biggest was 5lb 4oz the smallest was about 3lbs. I discovered that perch don't eat 1cm cubes of luncheon meat but they will happily take a shot at anything smaller.

What is with all the perch in the back lake this year?

FISHED back lake swim 13 on 24th after 1 hour had a screemer on the carp rod using lunchion meat over the back lots of perch in between that and a bream of about 5lb after falling on my carp rod and snapping my bite alarm in two DOH! then lots of perch after that.

Rod thanks, i take it your not a gooner

Edited by author 07-20-2007 04:30 PM
I've been fishing peg 6? (second swim down after the bridge) on my last couple of visits. I fished from 11am until 9pm on Thursday (19th July) I caught two nice tench both about 3lbs. I lost 5 or 6 and was snapped up 3 times. I've dragged the right hand side around the perimeter of the lily pads (but only on the right) so it's nice and clean. There was loads of activity at the top end of the lake all day but it's weedy on the bottom and you pretty much have to drag where ever you want to fish to get any sort of bait presentation. I caught on pretty much everything in my bag (maggots casters corn) but they didn't fancy my home made vanilla and maple syrup bollies. Philistines! I also caught a bag full of perch. Brave the showers this weekend and benefit my hard work and let us all know what you catch. I might take a shot at peg 5 on Sunday.

Terry,
Nice crucian, shame about the shirt though mate Lol

front lake july 15th
4 1/2 lb tench (corn)
dozen roach op to 8oz (Corn)
loads of little perch(maggot)
and a cracking 3lb 1oz crucian a new PB well chuffed,never had one over a 1 lb before.

fished saturday 14th july on the back lake 4pm-7pm swim 13 using a carp rod with a cage feeder attached and a bunch of maggots on the hook had a few knocks on it but no bites.My second rod was a quiver tip using a small cage feeder and a size 14 hook full of maggot after 10 minuets of the rod being out i got a rod bending take hooking a 4lb 8oz dustbin lid.1 hour later and it bent round again hooking another bream of about 5lb after releasing the second bream and casting the rod back out i put it on the rest and off it went again landing a 5lb 8oz bream unfortunatly i had to help my lil cuz after that.

Fished back lake (peg 10) Thursday 4pm - 6.30pm. Fished with my son Mitchell (5 yrs old) and between us we had 8lb mixed bag of perch and roach all on pole / whip between 2-6m out on double red maggot on hook and a few freebies put in every 2-3mins

Fished back lake (peg 13) Sunday 8th July 10am - 3pm. Pole fished next to some lilly pads about 4m out using double red maggot as hook bait over groundbait mixed with micro pelletts. Good bag of perch topped of with a PB for me of a 6lb bream :-)

Scott,fishing 6 metre whip on the bottom 5lb main 4lb hook link,few free-bees and a little bit of strawberry flavoured groundbait

what method was you using terry?

all my fish are caught somewhere else and quickly transported to the fishery for a quick photo by one of our swims

all scott,s fish are caught by some one else lol

excellent day on sunday 1st july on the back lake,weather was poor but the fishing was great,50lb of bream and a stunning 6lb tench on the back lake.Biggest bream was 6lb 10oz a new PB for me all fell to corn+pellet cocktail between 12.30pm-7.30pm went home smelly and covered in slime(nothing unusual for me)but it was worth it.Scott that carp did you really catch that or was you holding for someone.

Saturday 23rd June 2007. With no ticket for Glastonbury this year I decided to brave the weather and go fishing. I should not have bothered. I fished Peg 10 from 4pm until 10pm. The weather was shocking! There were some fish around but they were not interested in my corn, bread or luncheon meat. Maybe I should have bought some worms with me after all the rain we've been having. I missed a couple of bites and landed a couple if nice rudd about 1/2 lb each but it was s lot of hard work of very little return.
I'm sea fishing this weekend as the carp match will take over the back lake all weekend.
If I'm free I might nip down on Sunday lunch time (around 12) and see where all the hard feeding carp fisherman have been putting their baits and see if I can catch some nice tench from a pre baited swim on Sunday evening. Sometimes it not about working hard, it's about working smart.

I spent a few hours at the back lake yesterday evening from 5pm until 10pm(Sunday 17th June). It was a nice evening and I had a bunch of baits to use up from various sessions over the last few weeks. There was nothing much moving when I arrived and it stayed that way. I fished peg 17 straight out (about 20 feet)to the left of the lilly pads using corn and feeding brown crumb and generic pellets. I caught a nice bream of about 5lb but nothing else all evening.

I had a couple of takes on a floating crust on my carp rod as it started to get dark but nothing very positive.

Fresh baits and rethink for Saturday I think.

fished front lake saturday night my m8 (curtis robinson) had a tench by 9 30pm broke up on my rod at about 12am curtis lost a tench close in missed a run at 3am curtis missed a run at 4am i missed a drop bck at 9 30am caught a tench at 10 30am and left hfor home at 12 cant wait to go again.

Edited by author 06-12-2007 03:54 AM
After a terrible match result i decided to go again on monday.I fished peg ten about 9 meters out next to the lillys and i caught a nice 16lb mirror.The bugga snaped the number 4 section of me pole and i had to go for a swim to get it back and land the fish.
here's a picture
http://www.luarybot.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/1181634161_thumb.jpg

ok so i fished the back lake for the first time today(because im unable to fish the match tonight) i wasn't expecting much to be honest but as it turned out i had a great day.i caught at least 40lb worth of tench and bream with the biggest tench hitting the 7lb mark and if i didn't lose so many i probely would have doubled what i caught.Even gary the bayliff stuck around and watched for while.
cant wait for the match on sunday.

i'll be fishing the back lake tomorow so any tips would be good.
sounds like maggots is the way to go.
I woyuld like to know what sort of distance out you usually fish for the bream? to the far bank or somewhere in between?
im gona be using the pole i'll let you know how i get on tomorow

I fished the back lake on Saturday 2nd June 3pm until 10pm. There were several shoals of carp high in the water between pegs 11 & 15. I spent the first hour or so stalking them. The carp were not interested in surface baits at all.
I returned to my favourite peg 10. I fished a waggler float left of centre using a size 10 hook and five red maggots to deter the smaller fish. I fed "Super G" Green groundbait with brown crumb mixed in. It was very quiet until 6pm. Then it all kicked off. I caught two good bream (3lbs & 6lbs) and three tench (between 2lbs & 3lbs)plus a number of 1/2lb rudd and a few small perch. By 9pm everything went very quiet again. It was a very warm day and a cool evening and I think the quick drop in air temperature stopped the fish from feeding once the sun was set. I'll try again Sunday evening.

i fished on wednesday and caught loads of perch 3 rudd gettin on a pound a couple of scimmers and some roach all on maggots i also had a carp rod out and had a nice 5 lb tench on scopex boilie.

lol i will be fishing the back lake tuesday wednesday thursday and probs friday so any bait tips would be great im carp fishing.

I took my chances with the weather this afternoon and returned to my favourite peg 10 on the back lake from 4 to 10 pm this evening (Sunday 27th May). I fished a method feeder out right to the lilly pads and caught two tench. 3 1/2lbs and a cracking 5 pounder which ran me all over the place on 4lb line. Both fell to 8mm white seafood boilies and a halibut pellet method mix. A huge thank you to the young lads in pegs 8 & 9 who helped me land it. I later moved to maggot feeder and caught five nice rudd all about 12oz to 1lb and a couple of decent perch. It didn't stop raining the whole time and the weather was getting worse when I whimped out at 10 pm. I left six brave souls down at the lake determined to fish all night. Let us know what you caught fellas. For future reference the lads fishing next to me discovered that "Pizza Go-Go" in Upminster will deliver to the lake. (c'mon!)

I fished peg 10 on the back lake on Saturday 19th. 3pm to 9:30. Red maggot feeder out to the right and a waggler about 15 feet out in front by a lilly. I caught one tench, a small perch and lost one decent fish (tench most likely) on the feeder. I had two tench both about 3 1/2lbs on corn fished on the bottom with a small bit of red rig/boilie foam to critically balance the bait so that it was easily sucked up by nearby fish. I fed brown crumb with small 4mm halibut pellets and some frozen corn (not tinned) mixed in. It was pretty chilly down there on Saturday and the bites were very fussy. I probably would not have caught what I did if it wasn't for the rig foam.

Edited by author 05-18-2007 05:36 PM
Just got back from fishing back lake swim 16 4pm - 8pm May 18th. Nothing on carp rod but plenty of perch (biggest just under 2lb)on the float using single red maggot fishing in the margins

carp fishing on the back lake again with my lil bro his first time i missed 1 fish that took a boilie on the drop and my lil bro loosing a double figure carp and missing 2 runs with me finishing off catching an awsum 8 lb tench wich im sure is the lake record (YERSH)

yet another good day on the back lake I had two nice tench one on method feeder one on scpex boilie both over 5 lb and a nice 3.12lb chub also on scopex boilie.
john pryor(my grandad) had a good day also with a cage feeder and sweetcorn having tree nice tench all over 5lb a small rudd and a bream waighing 6.8lb.
(swim 14 and 15)

Fished back lake Tue 1st May 10am - 4pm swim 11 2 carp rods. Had tutti frutti boilies on one rod (far bank) sweetcorn on the other (middle of lake) with no joy. Changed to pellet on both rods and started to get a few runs and had a few tench out to 3lb on rod far bank, had couple of knocks on rod in middle but no more than that.

i fished the back lake on swim 12 on 21/4/07 and had a great day fishing with two carp rods.I fish for 8 hours and had 15 runs in total catchin 7 in total all tench and loosing at least two carp.

I'd better kick things off then.
I fished peg 10 on the back lake on Sunday 3pm until 8pm. I had a maggot feeder just over half way across the lake near two new lilly pad leaves that are just surfacing. My second rod was a canal float in the right margin near the tree branches using a corn and maggots cocktail on the bottom. All was quiet until about 5pm, then things started to get going. I was snapped up on my feeder three times before finally landing a 6lb bream. I lost another four fish on the feeder even after changing my hook length to 8lb braid and five maggots on a size 10 hook. My margin float did quite well. A little and often steady feed of corn and maggot and a small ball of silver fish fishmeal ground bait every 20 mins kept some great tench and bream feeding. I caught four bream all over 5lbs and three tench around 2 1/2lbs. I missed lots of bites on the float rod I keep telling myself that they were tiddlers but on packing up I realised that my size 18 hook had been blunted. I learned a valuable lesson right there.

Welcome to the latest forum which is at the request of Adam Raynham. Submitting catch reports and pictures for inclusion into the gallery is fine, but discussing how the lake is fishing on a day to day basis, what baits, swims and tactics to use etc, will be of far more use to everyone fishing the lakes. Thanks to Adam and I hope everyone enjoys using the new forum. Dave Haydon.