Martin Sutton fished Moor Farm on the 7th November and send us the following

I fished the Bottom Lake at Moor Farm yesterday (Saturday 7^th Nov) and was pleased to see several other anglers already there.  I set up of the south side fishing in the corner nearest to the Middle Lake.  A keen wind was blowing and the water was quite cool, however, fish were seen moving on the surface at the other end of the lake, nearest the car park, but not where I was.  Both rods were set up with feeders and over a 3 hour period I tried a number of different baits.  There were one or two knocks but that was all. Just before 1200 one of the rods made contact and after a good fight I landed a lovely Mirror Carp weighing in at 14lbs 0ozs.  Some 50 minutes later on the same rod, and still using a hair rigged small halibut pellet, the rod leapt into action again.  This time the fight lasted for quite a while with the fish slowly coming to the bank before heading off towards the middle again which it did on several occasions.  As the main line was only 6lbs breaking strain there was no alternative but to let the fish have its way.  Eventually it tired and a good condition Common Carp came to the net.  This one tipped the scales at 8lbs 4ozs.  These were the only two fish I caught in the session but they were certainly worth waiting for.

Martin Sutton fished Moor Farm bottom lake on the 3rd October and sends the following report;

The change in the weather at the end of last week certainly had its effect on the fish.

Arriving at Moor Farm’s Bottom Lake on Saturday morning I joined several other anglers to set up in very windy conditions.  There were fish moving around but they were difficult to spot given the chop on the surface of the water. 

I set up both rods with feeders and fished one close in and one about 40 yards out, this being the one that saw action first.  In a 3 hour session I landed a total of 9 Common carp with a total weight of 33lbs 12ozs (15.3kgs in new money!) with the best being a Common of exactly 8lbs 0ozs which was caught on the rod fishing close into the bank. 

These succumbed to either bacon grill paste pellets or small tutti fruitti boilies.  Other anglers were catching well and a good morning was had by all.

Martin Sutton fished Moor Farm bottom lake on the 26th September and sends the following report;

I set off on Saturday morning to fish the Bottom Lake at Moor Farm.  The sky was clear and there was no wind.  The overnight dew made the air feel cool but with the promise of sunshine it looked to be the start of a good day.  Setting up on peg 1, I fished both rods with feeders, as there seemed to be little if any surface activity.  I had a number of ‘line bites’ and a few knocks but nothing to which I could connect to.  The morning continued and a number of fellow anglers arrived and set up at various locations on the complex.  With still no activity, I decided to set up one rod with a controller float and a trimmed down pop-up boilie, as there were some fish moving on the surface.  A gentle north easterly breeze started and I thought that this might start the fish feeding.  Soon after changing to fishing on the top I had a strong bite and a 10 minute fight commenced – caused in part to the fact that I was only using 6lb line on the rod.  Eventually a lovely yellow colour Mirror carp came to the net and weighed in at 10lbs 10ozs.  This had taken some 4 hours to catch but the wait was worthwhile.  Nothing was taking on the other rod, still using a Method feeder, and so I changed that over to a controller float and surface bait.  Some 45 minutes later a 4lb 8oz Common was in the net.  Once again Moor Farm shows its quality even if you do have to wait for the fish!

Martin Sutton fished Moor Farm bottom lake on the 12th September and sends the following report;

Arriving at Moor Farm I was pleasantly surprised to see another angler had already arrived, as the past few weeks have been very quiet.  During the morning several more cars came and around 10 anglers were fishing during the time I was there.  The morning was fine but a little breezy and so there was no sign of movement on the surface.  I decided to fish the Bottom Lake on peg 6 and set one rod up with a controller float and floating dog biscuit.  This wasn’t touched and, as it kept drifting back to the bank, I changed it over to a small feeder and fished close in.  The other rod was set up with a Method feeder and a variety of soft paste pellets including bacon grill, halibut and meat flavours. 

The bites came quickly and then there were periods of complete inactivity.  At the end of a 4 hour session I had landed 6 Common carp, largest being 3lb 8ozs, all of which fought hard, as Moor Farm carp do, and a equally hard fighting Tench of 1lb 12ozs.  Another very pleasant way to spend a morning and infinitely preferable to the gardening tasks which I reluctantly had to return home to complete.

Martin Sutton fished Moor Farm bottom lake on the 4th September and sends the following report;

The day started with a very autumnal feel.  The sky was clear and the wind was quite light, but the temperature was down several degrees on previous morning.  Setting up on the bank I could see several fish moving close to the surface.  I set one rod up with a controller float and the other with a Method feeder.  It was slow to begin with and then the north westerly wind became blustery and as the cloud bubbled up so the temperature was rising and falling.

The top rod arched around and I connected with a lovely Common carp, taken off the surface and weighing in at 4lbs 15ozs.  It went quiet again and then bites came on both rods, so clearly the fish were feeding on the surface and the bottom.  From around 1130 onwards it was a fish every 10 minutes or so.  Unfortunately, I had to stop at 1230 but the end result was 6 Commons and a Tench.  Once again, Moor Farm has shown what it can deliver.

Martin Sutton fished Moor Farm on the 1st August and send us the below report.;

Arriving at the car park at 7.30am I was surprised to find that I was the only one there.  I set up on the first peg and could already see fish cruising around on the surface.  I rigged one rod with a Method Feeder and initially halibut pellet bait, whilst the other rod had a controller float and dog biscuit.  Although the fish were active on the surface it was the Method that brought the first result – a Common weighing in at 3lbs 12ozs.  This was soon followed by another two others weighting 4lb 12ozs and 4lb 6ozs.  It then went quiet for a while and around 30 minutes later the other rod sprung around and I took another Common , tipping the scales at 4lbs 10ozs, from the surface.

The cloud cover started to increase, the wind got up and bites dried up.  Some 2½ hours later, on my last cast before packing up, the Method worked again.  A long slow battle ensued and eventually the fish came to the net.  This one was a very fine Mirror which was a very respectable 10lbs 8ozs.  Moor Farm continues to provide excellent sport and entertainment. Martin is pictured to the right with his 10-8-0 Mirror Carp.

Also fishing at Moor Farm on Saturday the 1st was Chris Cannon, Chris who was fishing the middle lake started the day with a Common Carp of just under 4-0-0 and lost a good fish at the net, Chris's day got progressively worse apparently and the wind and rain steadily increased and seemed to put the fish off.

Despite the weather Chris stayed at the venue until the evening and is glad he did as he finished the session with a Mirror Carp of 15-10-0 caught on floating crust.

Jon Taylor fished a short afternoon session at Moor Farm on the 19th July, Jon fishing the pole & pellet caught a shed load of small Carp to 3-8-0, plus three larger examples of 7-0-0 & 9-0-0

Watch out chaps, that Clark woman is back ;-)

Reece Williams has enjoyed many hours targeting the Carp on the Arun since the season opened, his patience was finally rewarded with the capture of a 11-12-0 Mirror Carp that fell to hair rigged 21mm pellet.

Moor Farm never ceases to surprise.  Having checked the forecast which predicted a sweltering day, I arrived to find thick fog – so thick that it felt like it was drizzling.  This soon burnt off and the clouds eventually parted to provide a nice sunny day.  Fishing the Bottom Lake I set up one rod close into the bank and used a small feeder with a worm and small red rubber grub on the hook.  This produced a number of small Perch as well as a nice Rudd and several Tench to 1lb 6ozs.  Changing to a boilie several more Tench appeared and a lovely Roach weighing in at 1lb 4ozs.

Although fish had been moving on the top they did not appear to be interested in floating baits.  As the sun warmed everything up the fish started to feed and using a controller float with an ‘oily floater pellet’ as hook bait, I landed a nice Mirror Carp weighing in at 5lb 4ozs followed by two Commons; the largest being 7lb 8ozs. 

A very varied pattern of weather throughout the morning produced probably the widest range of species that I had caught in one session – once again, Moor Farm never ceases to please or amaze me.

Martin Sutton sends the following report on his day at Moor Farm;

I fished the Bottom Lake on Saturday 20^th and had a very pleasant morning.  The weather was changeable with cloud varying from fully overcast to only partial cover providing warm sunny spells.  Occasionally, light drizzle fell but not as heavy as to necessitate donning waterproofs.  The water temperature was very warm and several fish were cruising near the surface although reluctant to take any floating baits.  During the morning two Environmental Agency staff came around and checked licences.  As always, this was done in a very friendly manner and showed that regulation can be done efficiently without being officious. 

I ended the morning with 4 Common carp, the largest being 5lbs 0ozs, a nice Crucian and a Tench which weighed in at 2lbs 6ozs.  All fell to a method feeder and a variety of baits including boilies and small halibut pellets.

I managed to arrange a short late afternoon / evening session at Moor Farm and persuaded Hugh to come along as well.  We set up on Peg 1 at the Bottom Lake and started fishing.  Sport was slow to begin with and I caught a 3lb Common using the Method with a small halibut pellet as hook bait.  Despite a 3 year break from fishing, Hugh soon got back into the swing of things and before long, fishing close in with a small feeder and Super Stench boilie, he landed a Common weighing in at 6lbs 0ozs.  He was soon followed this with another Common tipping the scales at 4lbs 4ozs.  Having changed to a controller float and hair rigged dog biscuit, I hooked up with several others, who were now actively feeding on the surface, but failed to land any of them.  A very enjoyable session all the same

I fished the Bottom Lake at Moor Farm yesterday and had a very successful session.  The weather was overcast with light rain for most of the morning but the lake water temperature was quite high.  It would seem that the fish are back on the feed after their recent spawning session and making up for lost meals.  I fished peg 1 using a Method feeder on one rod, with small halibut pellets, and a small ledgered bait of soft meat paste pellets on the other.  The catch comprised Roach, a couple of Tench to 1lb 4ozs and 13 Common Carp weighing between 1lb and 4lbs.  The majority of the fish fell to the Method which was working very well indeed.  The total catch weight was in the order of 40lbs.

Steve & Verity Ludlow made a welcome return to the bank after their winter break on the 2 June, the duo fished Deep Lake at Goose Green with waggler fished corn for a shedful of small Tench & Roach.

Martin Sutton fished the bottom lake at Moor Farm on the 23rd May, Martin ledgering close in to the nearside bank caught a Common carp of 8-10-0 on pellet, Martin also had a number of other knocks on his ledgered baits, but no definitive takes.

New member Simon Parker (Snr), not to be confused with our junior member of the same name,  having just joined the Society travelled straight up to Goose Green on the 22nd May, Simon fishing on Heron Lake soon had loads of interest from the fish and his short evening session resulted in two Carp, one of 7-11-0 the other of 8-7-0, both fish fell to pellet/sweetcorn.

Ben & David were to found on Heron Lake, we are not sure of the methods or baits used, but both anglers caught Carp to 6Lb+

Barry Ginnaw was to be found on Canada Lake at Goose on the 2nd, alternating between the waggler and pole, Barry caught Bream, Roach & Carp.

Ray & Sandy Emery made a welcome return to the bank on the 1st May, Sandy fishing the waggler on Kingfisher lake at Goose green caught Bream, Tench, Skimmers, Roach, Rudd, Gudgeon & a Hybrid, all fish fell to maggot.

Steve Grey and  brother Simon fished an evening session at Moor Farm on the 20th April, stalking the bottom and middle lake the brothers both had a couple of small Carp, Steve walked up to middle lake and noticed a lot of Carp feeding on dog biscuits in the margins, so hiding behind the small grasses, Steve patiently waited and after a short while hooked into a Common around 9-0-0, Steve called to his brother to come and have a go, when he got there Simon cast out with bread on the hook and within a minute he was into a Carp, the scrap between fish and angler lasted for approx ten minutes, once the fish had been landed and weighed at 17-0-0, the brothers quickly realised it was a fish that Simon had caught in the same spot back in 2007 at the exact same weight.

Barry Ginnaw fished peg 37 on Kingfisher lake at Goose Green on the 13 April, fishing the pole Barry caught three carp carp to 10-5-0 plus bream to 2-14-0 and bits for a total 31-4-0.

Jason Clough and his partner fished Moor Farm Bottom Lake on the 26th March, when the pair arrived it was windy and raining and things were looking grim, once we set up and got fishing the weather cleared a little and the fish decided to bite. During the day in-between the rain and what seemed like gales the duo both managed to catch, as it was Jason's partners first time at the lakes, Jason tells us that she thoroughly enjoyed her visit,

Jason's partner Tracie managed five Common Carp with the biggest going 4-8-0, and Jason caught two very nice sized Crucians, two Tench and nine Carp to 8lb all fish fell to hair rigged single grain of sweetcorn with a pellet feeder.

Paul Hazeldine fished the River Arun at Washingham on the 14th March for his last trip to the river of the season, Paul feeder fishing  managed to catch 13 bream to 6lb 2oz .6 x roach to 1lb 3 oz and a bonus 2 lb perch, a total weight of over 60 lb.

Paul Mitchell fished the bottom lake at Moor Farm on the 7th March, Paul started his session on the feeder but struggled to catch, a change to the waggler however saw his fortunes change with a mixed bag of 12-0-0 falling to corn/worm baits.

Barry Ginnaw fished peg 80 on Deep Lake at Goose Green on Sunday 2nd March. Barry fishing pole and pinkie/maggot over groundbait at 5 and 10 metres had  small Carp,  Gudgeon and Roach to 6 oz for 8-8-0. Dudley Chandler fished peg 78 and had a similar bag & Nigel Aldridge fished peg 61 for about 4 lb.

Adam Tester fished peg 7 on Heron Lake at Goose Green on the 17th Feb, Adam fishing bread punch reports catching a bag of Roach, but the day was topped off by a 3-0-0 Common Carp.

Glenn Riley fished peg 49 on Tench Pond and had about 1 lb of roach to pole and white maggot.