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Catch Reports 2008

Club Notices  Bailiffs

Catch Reports from 2000 to the present date are kept on file, please contact the webmaster for copies

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12 May 2008
Steve & Verity Ludlow made a welcome return to the bank on the 12th May, the pair elected to fish Deep Lake and despite a slow start, Steve was soon into the lakes population of small Carp and good sized Rudd, all fish were caught on meat presented under a light waggler set up.

 

10 May 2008

Bradley Fuller-Smith fished the Bottom Lake at Moor Farm on the 10th of May, Bradley reports catching a 14-0-0 Mirror Carp, beating his P B, he was floating bread on the surface. He also reports catching a 2-0-0 Common Carp.

 

5 May 2008
Steve Gray fished the bottom lake at Moor Farm on Monday 5th May, along with his brother Simon, the duo had 70lb of Carp ranging from 7-0-0 to 12-0-0 the pair also had 3 tench and a few silvers.

 

5 May 2008
Pulborough Pixie, Paul Cripps, fished an over night session on Heron Lake on the night of 4th May, Paul fishing from peg 19 along side friends Richard & Kenny, caught an amazing number of fish on his new "secret" bait, the ingredient of which are known to only himself, Paul had 15 Carp in one night ranging from small 4-0-0 fish to low doubles, Richard & Kenny did not fare as well with only three fish between them, needless to say Paul is not overly popular with his friends at the moment.

 

4 May 2008

Goose Green proved to be a very popular venue on Sunday 4th May, a number of anglers were to found fishing all of the lakes, Heron Lake saw Barry & Karen Ginnaw, Barry fishing peg six with Karen on Peg 7 saw a reversal of the norm with Karen being beaten by hubby Barry (makes a change eh Barry?), Karen fishing the short pole with maggot hook baits, saw a steady flow of small Skimmers, Roach & Rudd, Barry on the other hand was forging ahead, with Carp to 5-0-0, Bream & Skimmers, although Barry could not compete with Mick Both, Mick fishing with the pole & pellet, caught ten Carp into double figures, Bream, Rudd & Skimmers for a complete red letter day, also on on Heron was Dudley Chandler, who unfortunately could not match Mick, and only managed to land one Carp, despite hooking three.

Heron lake also saw Mark Emery, Mark perched on peg 16, fished the short pole with maggot and caught Skimmers, Perch & Rudd.

Canada Lake, saw Jamie Douglas, (who we hasten to add recently placed in the frame at Whiteacres, nice one Jamie), Jamie alternated between the pole & pellet waggler and caught Bream, Carp & Skimmers, newshound Tom Brunning was also on Canada and was witnessed to catch good sized Carp on the waggler.

Graham Knight was also to be found on Canada lake, Graham electing to wring the changes and fished a small maggot feeder and proved the method to be a success with a fine capture of Carp & Bream.

Dave Laker fished new Pond, and although details are at the moment sketchy, we believe he caught Crucians, Roach & Perch on the pole.

 

3 May 2008

Bradley Fuller-Smith fished the first lake at Moor Farm on the 3rd of May, Bradley reports catching an 8.5lb Mirror carp and a 7lb Mirror carp along with some medium sized Rudd.

 

3 May 2008
Paul Mitchell fished the bottom lake at Moor Farm on the 3rd May, Paul fishing the feeder and alternating corn & pellet on the hook caught, five Common Carp ranging in weight from 3-0-0 to 7-0-0, a Mirror carp of  17-0-0 and a Tench of 2-0-0.

Also at Moor Farm on the 3rd were Colin, Josh & Will Steer along with family friend Bradley, Colin & Will opted to fish the middle lake, whilst Josh fished the bottom lake with his friend Bradley. Colin and Will caught carp to 7-0-0, and when it went quiet switched to catching silvers. It was a peaceful, sunny afternoon, until Bradley reported that Josh was into something a little bigger, and it was, with a  Mirror Carp weighing in at 18LB and smashing Josh's PB, a picture of Josh & his PB is shown above, Bradley also got into the doubles with a common Carp around 10-0-0.

 

1 May 2008

Ray & Sandy Emery made a welcome return to the bank on Thursday 1st May after their Winter lay off, the duo electing to fish their favourite venue (Goose Green) returned in some style, both Ray & Sandy caught, but true to form Sandy beat husband Ray with a good catch of Bream, Carp, Skimmer plus small silvers

 

30 April 2008

Paul Mitchell fished Moor Farm Top Lake on the 29th April, fishing worm under a delicate pole float at five meters, Paul reports catching a 40lb bag of Tench & Crucians.

 

29 April 2008
Steve & Simon Gray fished the Top Lake at Moor Farm on Saturday 26th April, fishing towards the island the brothers caught six Tench each and a few Crucians, the largest Tench swung the needle on Steve's scales round to 2-8-0.

Having enjoyed their fishing on Saturday, the brothers returned to the Top Lake on Sunday 27th April, this time enjoying greater success, Simon fished towards the island and caught six Tench & twelve Crucians, the biggest Tench again being in the region of 2-8-0, Steve elected to fish the deeper water and caught twelve Tench to 2-12-0 and a solitary Crucian, Steve also reports that one of the Tench was same fish he had caught the previous day and was easily recognisable as it only had one eye.

 

27 April 2008
Paul "Pulborough Pixie" Cripps fished Tench Lake at Goose Green on Sunday 27th April, fishing the pole with maggot on the hook, Paul reports catching Perch, Rudd and some nice Roach to 0-12-0.

 

26 April 2008
Mark Emery fished the bottom lake at Moor Farm on Saturday 26th April, mark alternating between the pole & feeder caught Roach to 0-8-0, plus half a dozen Carp, the majority of these being small Commons, with one a exception in the form of a 10-5-0 Mirror Carp, all fish fell to soft pellet.

 

25 April 2008

Paul Mitchell fished the bottom lake at Moor Farm, Paul fishing the waggler caught three small Common Carp to 3-0-0 and a single Mirror carp of 12-0-0, all fish fell to pellet.

 

19 April 2008
David & Ben fished the bottom lake at Moor Farm on the 19th April, David caught four nice Common Carp, the biggest being 3-8-0 and at least eight very good sized roach, the biggest of which went to just over 1lb and a couple of nice Rudd., Ben caught two nice Common Carp the largest being 4-8-0 and six good sized Roach, the best all topping the scales at just under the 1-0-0 mark, in addition Ben caught fifteen very good Rudd to 1-0-0.

 

17 April 2008
Jon Taylor took a well deserved afternoon off work on the 17th April and made the most of it by fishing Kingfisher Lake at Goose Green, Jon who was fishing the short pole with 4mm pellet on the hook, caught Skimmers, Bream, Roach & Rudd

 

16 April 2008
Bradley Fuller-Smith fished the Middle Lake at Moor Farm on the 16 April, Bradley reports catching Carp of 10lb, 8lb and 6lb along with a number of smaller fish, while his father, who was also on the Middle Lake caught a single Mirror Carp of  18lb.

 

2 April 2008
Antony Tester along with son Adam fished the final two pegs on the car park bank at Moor Farm on Sunday 30th March, Anthony fished the pole and was pleased with his catch of quality Roach and a couple of bonus Tench.  Adam fished the short pole but  didn't catch consistently on that method, a switch to the feeder brought 12 Carp in the last two hours.

 

24 March 2008
Adam Tester made a visit to Goose Green on Bank Holiday Monday, Adam who decided to fish on Canada Lake, caught two Bream and a handful of bits, also at Goose was Adams father Anthony Tester, Anthony fishing Kingfisher Lake, caught four Bream, two other members of the Clan Tester, Gavin & Mark fished Heron and unusually struggled to get a fish.

 

15 March 2008
Trevor Mordle was to be found at his usual haunt of Goose Green over the weekend, Trevor fishing on Kingfisher Lake, with the short pole and pinkie, caught numerous Skimmers, 10 Bream, Gudgeon, Roach, Rudd & a single Crucian during his short afternoon session.

 

14 March 2008
Mark Dibble fished his last session of the river season on the River Adur at Church Hole. Mark was hoping to end the season in style, but had to settle for five Eels for about a pound and a half before packing up shortly before midnight, not quite the grand finale he was looking for.

 

13 March 2008
John Wiseman fished the bottom lake at Moor Farm on the 13th March, fishing with bread, John caught six Common Carp which ranged from  5-0-0 to 7.8-0. 

 

9 March 2008
Mark Dibble returned to the Arun on the 9th March, this time electing to fish the river at Hardam. Mark advises the  was running out quite fast & he never had a bite until the tide turned to flow in at a much steadier pace. In the end he managed 28 fish (Roach, Dace, Bleak, Gudgeon & a Skimmer) on the incoming tide, but got only two more Roach after it turned to run out properly again. All were caught using stick float & maggot on a long rod. Mark also met fellow members Paul Deacon & Graham Stubbs on the bank. Graham had a similar catch to Marks but Paul managed a 20lb+ bag which included three proper Bream, some good Skimmers, Chublets, Roach, Dace, etc.

 

8 March 2008
Steve Gray fished the Top Lake at Moor Farm on Saturday the 8th March, Steve caught 3 nice Crucians on the feeder using worm as bait.

 

8 March 2008
Mark Dibble fished the River Arun at Greatham on the 8th March but it was a bit of a challenge. Mark had just two bites all day! The first came on the turn to run in which only resulted in a smashed maggot &, the second half way through the run in which resulted in a 1lb 3oz Roach, both bites were on feeder fished maggot. Mark advises the river looked quite good but the weather was awful & may have had a negative affect on the fishing. It definitely had a negative affect on him by the end of the day, by all accounts!.

 

3 March 2008

Anthony Tester fished Heron Lake at Goose Green on the 2 March, fishing the waggler and maggot, Anthony caught a Roach, Skimmers & Gudgeon, Anthony's son Adam was also to be found on Heron, also fishing the waggler, it did look as if Adam was going to have a red letter day when his first cast resulted in a fine Carp of 8-0-0, however that was to be his only fish for some time, electing to move out of the wind was Adams choice, having relocated on the opposite bank of the lake, Adam was soon into Roach, Rudd & Skimmers.

Mark Emery was to be found on Heron as well on Sunday, Mark fishing the waggler with maggot hook baits, caught from the off with Skimmers, Roach, Rudd and Bream coming to his waiting net.

 

24 February 2008
Mark & Mick Dibble fished the River Arun at Parham on the 24th February,
 
On the outgoing tide during the morning, Mark  managed just three bites & one Roach fishing waggler & maggot, all coming whilst the river stopped flowing to turn & run back in. A switch to maggot feeder with worm hook bait caught Mark a 2lb 4oz Chub during the run in, but when it turned again to run out things improved. Fishing maggot hook bait on the feeder Mark managed five more Roach in the last hour before dark & dropped another when he tried to swing it in.
 
Mick stuck it out for Pike on dead baits, despite Mick's recent run of good luck, this time he failed to catch, despite having a bait followed in on one occasion.  

 

24 February 2008
Gavin & Mark Tester fished the Arun at Hardam on the 24th Feb and had 6 chub between them biggest being in the region of 5lb.

 

24 February 2008
Adam & Anthony Tester fished Heron Lake at Goose Green on the 24 Feb, Adams advises a catch of silvers for 6lb on the waggler from peg 17, Anthony fished peg 16 on the pole and had 7-8-0 of silvers. 

 

21 February 2008
Webmaster Spike fished a short session on peg 35, Kingfisher Lake on the 21st February, fishing the pole & punch coupled to .06 bottom & a 24 fine wire hook, he managed but one fish the entire day, a tiny little Perch that weighed no more than a few ounces.

 

10 February 2008
Mark West fished a short session on Peg 27 on Canada Lake at Goose Green on the 10th February, Mark tells us that the fishing was hard due to a frost, but h did manage to tempt a 11lb ghost carp using sweetcorn as bait, fishing tight against the reeds with his pole.

 

3 February 2008

Mick Booth fished Kingfisher Lake at Goose Green on the 3rd Feb, Mick states that the fishing was very hard but he did have 2 big skimmers of about 2lb each and a dozen or so bits. New member Alan Chandler had 4 bream for about 10lb also from Kingfisher. Mick also reports that Sean Groves had a 1-8-0 roach from New Pond.

 

27 January 2008

Mark Dibble sends the following report after his day out with Dad Mike on the Arun at Parham on the 27th January,  

The river looked a really nice colour & pace, but I think a ground frost last night put the mockers on the fishing a bit. I managed seven Roach (best about 6oz), a Rudd & a Dace. All were taken on float fished maggot using a long rod & Avon style float. Bites were sporadic all day but the two & a half hours before the tide turned to run in were totally dead, not a touch. Improved a bit on the run in after feeding some groundbait. Nice weather though! 

My Dad faired better taking a Pike that weighed 20lb exactly after only half an hours fishing!,  legered Mackerel was too good for it to resist. It was his only fish of the day but the fight it gave made it well worth while. A particularly strong fish this one!

A picture of Mike and his Pike can be viewed here.

 

25 January 2008
Jon Taylor enjoyed a days sport on the newly opened Deep Lake at Goose Green, fishing fairly light pole gear, 1lb 7oz straight through to a 20 hook, coupled with a light float and a 4 elastic, Jon advised that he fed a pot of  liquidised bread, but also mixed in some small pellets and a few maggots to his feed, the result, well Jon caught a fish a chuck, mostly Roach, but he also added 3 small Carp, in Jon's own words " loads of fish".

 

20 January 2008

Anthony Tester enjoyed being amongst the first anglers to fish the newly open Deep Lake at Goose Green on the 20th January, fishing the short pole with maggot/worm on the hook, Anthony caught four Chub ranging between 1-0-0 and 1-14-0 and a solitary Roach, also on the lake was Mark Emery, Mark fishing the long pole towards the sunken island, caught a solitary Chub of 1-8-0 on white maggot.

Match Secretary Barry Ginnaw, was to found on the recently renamed Kingfisher Lake, Barry fishing the pole towards the island, caught in his own words, 10 Roach for three ounces, Glen Riley was also to be found on the Lake, Glen also fishing the pole caught Bream & Roach, to Glens right was Trevor Mordle (do you not have a home to go to Trev?), Trevor fishing the short pole with maggot/pinkie on the hook caught Roach, Rudd & Perch from his swim.

 

19 January 2008

Ron Short fished Canada Lake on Saturday 19th January, fishing the pole and maggot, Ron reports the capture of a couple of nice bream and a few Roach, he also lost a nice Carp.

 

16 January 2008

Jon Taylor fished a short afternoon session on the newly renamed Canada Lake at Goose Green on the 16th January, fishing the pole with a six elastic, 2.9lb line through to a size 18 hook, he reports catching lots of small Roach on maggot and a Carp of 8-8-0 on sweetcorn, which by all accounts took some getting in.

Trevor Mordle was also to be found on Canada Lake, Trev also fishing the pole caught Roach & Bream.

 

13 January 2008
Trevor Mordle was to found at his usual haunt of Goose Green on Sunday 13th Jan, Trevor fishing the pole on Lake 4 with white maggot on the hook enjoyed a steady session, with plenty of bites during his session, with Roach, Rudd, Perch & Skimmers coming to his waiting net.

 

12 January 2008
Steve Gray sends the following report

Fished the Rother today, Sat 12 Jan, the River was very high and the nearby fields were flooded in about 2 foot of water, and there was a strong current with lots of debris flowing through, I fished double white maggot with maggot feeder filled with mix maggot and hemp, I had lots of bites during the afternoon, and caught a roach, a small dace, and a large dace and also an eel, I did hook into something that felt fairly big, but it slipped the hook.

 

2 January 2008
Mark Dibble certainly enjoyed his Christmas break, fishing the Arun at  Greatham on the 31st December he states in his email that he was surprised by how heavily coloured he found the river. Mark opted to fish a feeder containing hemp/maggot with maggot hook bait beside near bank trees and he enjoyed plenty of bites with many of them being quite tentative, Mark did however catch three Roach, but the bites dried up & apparently it was dead by the bottom of the tide, Mark advised that there were also six other anglers on the river and he heard some of them had a few fish (see below report), additionally there was also a Pike angler on the River who met with success, unfortunately the weight of the Pike is as yet unknown.

 

2 January 2008
Thanks to Adam Tester for the following report on the Clan that is Tester and their trips over the Christmas & New Year break,

23rd December, we fished the Arun at Hardam, Adam, Mark and Gavin all blanked, but Anthony saved the day by catching a Solitary Chub. 

30th December, Mark and Gavin fished Moor Farm bottom lake, the duo caught a couple of Carp between them, despite the chilly weather. 

31st December, Adam, Anthony and Gavin fished the Arun at Greatham, Adam caught a dace on the feeder with Anthony on this occasion failing to catch.  Gavin walked to the top of the stretch and fishing the feeder caught two Bream, the biggest being 5lb and several Roach.

 2nd January, Adam fished peg 24 at Goose Green, despite a slow start with very little if anything happening,  sport eventually picked up, and several Roach came to pinkie and bread punch, plus two Skimmers from across to the island.

 

1 January 2008
Barry Ginnaw fished fished peg 37 at Goose Green on the 1-1-08, fishing the pole with pinkie on the hook, Barry put together a net of fish which included, four Skimmers to 1 lb plus 32 Roach, Gudgeon, Rudd and Perch.

 

29 December 2007
James King fished Lake 2 at Goose Green along side Graham Knight, Steve Moulding and Jacky King,  the quartet of anglers caught a mixed bag of Skimmers, Roach & Gudgeon to single white maggot.

 

28 December 2007
Mark Dibble fished the Arun at Parham on the 28th December and by all accounts had a good day, but in Mark's own words " potentially it could have been a real red-letter day". The river was perfect with good colour & pace, but unfortunately the weather which has been nice & mild for the last couple of days let Mark down. It was blowing a hooly which made float fishing virtually impossible & forced him to fish a heavy maggot feeder, he also shot myself in the foot by only taking small barbless hooks which cost Mark a lot of fish in those conditions!
 
It was an hour before Mark's first fish, but after that he had bites all day long, the bites only slowing when the tide turned to run in. Mark caught 37 Roach, a couple of Skimmers & a chunky Dace. Most of the Roach were between 3-6oz & he weighed the best one at 1lb 4oz. I managed ten Roach on the float before being blown onto the feeder with single/double maggot the hook baits.
 
Mark said in his email that he honestly thought with less wind & better hook patterns he would have caught 20lb plus as he never had so many bites on the Arun in Winter, unfortunately he has also never missed so many bites, bumped so many fish off the strike or had so many come off on the retrieve! Despite that Mark still enjoyed a good day winter river fishing. No mistakes there. 
 
Mark also met three Pike anglers on the bank during his stint. One was fishing a lure & the other two were dead-baiting but they all blanked. The lure angler did land a traffic cone though! Happy new year!!

 

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