Casper shows up for Newbarn win
Casper weighed in at 19lb 10oz and was the best of the match, which was one of three to be held at the fishery as part of its National Fishing Week extravaganza.
Newbarn regular Tony Bennet-Rice won the Lilly match with a good looking bream of 3lbs 8ozs, and junior angler Luke Vinnicombe won the biggest bag of silvers with 3lbs 8ozs.
Prizes were donated by Torbay Angling and the fishery to all winners.
Many more fish came out and everyone fishing had an enjoyable day, which raised £150 for the Angling Trust.
Newbarn have added another £50 and a £200 cheque will be heading to the Trust shortly.
It's been a bumper week on the Carp Lake and Lily Pool.
Reg Hart and Lawrence Lee caught a total 111 lbs of bream and tench, a great day for them, while Mirror Lake has seen some variety of fish out including leathers, ghosts, commons and mirrors with a total weight of 620lbs.
Tom Rushby and his partner Georgie have done well again – Tom's best was a 16lb 8oz mirror, and Georgie caught an 18lb 6oz mirror.
The catch report lottery winner this week is Shaun Collings of Totnes, who can collect his prize next time he visits the fishery.
● STEPHEN Hird put in a full day at South View Farm Coarse Fishery's Willow Pool to catch a tremendous 44 carp using a method feeder with sweet corn bait .
The catch included four doubles between 10lb 12oz and 12lb 12oz. John Parsons on Willow Pool had twelve carp to 11lb. fishing with legered meat.
Kingfisher Pool gave Tom Mead 11 carp to 9lb on float-fished bread over a bed of ground bait.
Heron Pool was fished by Andrea Partridge to take 30-plus roach and skimmers with several carp to 8lb, all on luncheon meat.
● THREE Elms Originals Angling Club fished for their Sam Miles Trophy in a match on Willow Lake at South View Farm.
Six anglers caught 49lb 6oz of fish, and first place was Eddie Harley with just over half the total caught, 25lb 5oz!
Second place went to Pete Swindle with two carp and silver fish for 10lb 20z, and third spot was Brian Proud with 5lb 14oz of silvers.
he club's next match is September 6 at Hatchlands Match Lake for the Pole Only trophy.
● NEWTON Abbot Fishing Association held the final meeting of their All Night Series on Rackerhayes.
The overall winner was Mark Cousins from the 'Cow Shed' peg 96 on Linhay, with 12 tench on waggler float-fished various baits for 23kg 300g.
Second was David Sugden from peg six on First Pond with 12 tench on the pole for 11kg 300g, and third was Liam Dore on Dores peg 110 with two bream and eels for 8kg 500g.
The final round of the Tackle Trader Evening League on Key was won by Mike Hadley on the Bonus Peg with three bream on the pole for 4kg 200g, and second was Gary Webber with 3kg 500g of roach on the pole.
Many thanks to all the coaches and helpers at last week's Open Day and Environment Agency Learn to Fish For Free event, which was a great success.
The weather showed a welcome break from the rain, and attendance was good with nearly 200 youngsters enjoying coaching sessions on Wheel Pond.
Jo and I had a field to play in to show casting skills, carp rods and self-cocking floats to show how to use reel clips to set range when spodding without wrecking the reel spool, and magnetic fish for the little anglers to play with.
We had more than 50 visitors to try their hand during the day.
This Sunday is the seniors' match on Key Pond while on Saturday the Teign Trophy Junior League continues on Weedy.
For further match information, contact Max at Tackle Trader on 01626 331613 or visit the club website www.newtonfishing.com.
Sawmills, Eddison and Bradley are all still fishing well for roach and skimmers; Wapperwell for good bags of carp, tench and skimmers on the pole or waggler; Spring and Charlecombe for carp to double figures on pellet or corn.
● ANOTHER week of changeable summer weather produced some patchy fishing conditions at Town Parks Fishery.
Pupils from various Bay schools braved heavy rain throughout their tutored session. Everybody took roach, rudd and perch with the eventual winners being the only girls' team taking part.
Catches of carp have continued from along the dam wall and out to the islands in front of pegs 14 and 15.
Tench have been showing with Brian Scott taking three to 6lbs 2oz from the shallows around peg six.
The Specimen Lake has continued to produce sporadic catches, but the constantly changing weather conditions are not helping the feeding pattern.
Toby Harvey banked two carp, a 16lb 14oz ghostie and a smaller 9lb 7oz mirror from peg nine. Both fish were taken on pellet.
Mark Jones fished chocolate boilies tight to the island from peg two to take a common of 12lbs 3oz and a fine 18lbs 7oz mirror.
Holidaymaker Jonathan Henry hired equipment and set up in peg 12. Within minutes he banked a 15lb 5oz mirror which was complimented by a smaller 14lb 4oz common.
Any baits, boilies or pellets in particular, seem to work better if tipped off with a piece of pop-up micro corn.
Whether the pop-up holds the bait above the silty bottom or the colour attracts the fish, we do not know!
Next Thursday sees the Fishery's Learn to Fish For Free day from 10am to 4pm.
The completely free event will see around 10 Angling Trust coaches teaching both new and experienced anglers alike different fishing techniques.
You are welcome to work your way around the lakes and pick up invaluable tips and advice from the coaches.
The event is supported by the Environment Agency who will also be on hand to offer any help or advice required.
The onsite shop will be open for any tackle food and drink requirements, and some special open day tackle offers will be available.
Call Dianne Holland on 01392 316182 to make an appointment, or just turn up on the day.
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