13th August 2008
- 1st John Whitley 54lbs 13oz
- 2nd Ryan Barker 45lbs 4oz
- 3rd Dave Barker 39 lbs
Average catch 27lbs 9oz
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North Ormesby Institute Angling Club
9th September 2008
- 1st Graham Lowery 58lbs 14oz
- 2nd Barry Todd 32lbs 0oz
- 3rd Wane Keenan 29lbs 0oz
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Match Result 8th August 2008
These are match results and photos for our coarse match on 13.08.08
1st Davey Barker - 49lbs 12oz corn and pellet - Caught on the pole at 10am fishing on the bottom shelf
2nd Anth Moore 41lbs 3oz Pellet
3rd Ryan Barker 38lbs 11oz corn and pellet
Mixed bags of Ide, Carp and Bream for all anglers Average catch 27lbs 9oz
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Durham Police Angling Section
The Result
- 1st - Julian Brown with 44lb 6oz mixed bag
- 2nd - Dave Brown with 22lb 6oz mixed bag
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Dave(Right) Congratulates Julian (Left) |
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The Report
Hello there!
Just a short line to thank you for a really good day's fishing.
From the moment we arrived at Stonebridge, we felt 'this was the friendly venue that we had been searching for' we were looked after really well by everyone on site. The tea and bacon sandwiches gave the day a tasty start and the opportunity for plenty of banter and social, which is an important part of our day as we are not top drawer anglers! Richard assisted us to peg and then we held the draw. None of our members had fished here before except the assistant secretary, (me) so tactics and bait were the important topics. Richard and Eric then escorted us down to St. Claude's lake, where we quickly went to our pegs after being issued with 2 Garbolino keepnets and a landing net each, what a great idea to ensure safety and health of fish stocks!
We fished from 0900 hrs to 1400 hrs. The weather was fine but breezy; the water temperature was warm and the water clear enough to see orange coloured Orfe cruising around. We fished the island end of St. Claude's and were surprised at the depth, close in, with most pegs having a good 6 feet just 2 metres out! The beauty of this lake is that the island is well out of pole range, which opens up the list of available options, Pole, waggler, tip and whip options were all used on the day.
All of our members enjoyed a great day's fishing on St. Claude's lake with weights between 7lb and 42 lb of Blue orfe, golden orfe, ide, roach, gudgeon, skimmers, common carp. The fish we caught in this lake were mainly, less than 12 oz, the carp mostly under 2 lb. Although I did manage to catch a Grass Carp of about 3lb!
The successful method on the day was to use a whip at 5 metres to hand; feeding small balls of groundbait every cast with a few loose fed maggots. This kept the fish coming all day! It is worth mentioning that staff prefer, no more than 20 lb of silverfish in one net. The venue presents anglers with a dilemma, fish for the carp but be prepared to be beaten by a net of silvers! Or vice versa.
Richard and Eric kept an unobtrusive eye on us during the match but there were no problems and all too soon the day was over. We were assisted with the weigh in by Richard and Eric, who took their time to ensure that the fish were carefully treated, weighed and returned. The sight of these fin perfect, colourful nets of silvers and blue and golden orfe was an image we don't often see up north, let's have more of it!
All of our members enjoyed an unforgettable match at a brilliant venue, we will struggle to better this day for the rest of the year, and we will be back soon!
Thanks Richard for a great day, we will try to book up soon, whilst there is still some availability.
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25/05/08
Bright Sunny but windy conditions made fishing the pole difficult but John Millican fishing paste at 10 metres on peg 37 managed to claw 29lb 12oz from the choppy waters of St Claudes Lake. The Silver Fish deserted him after the first hour but then he found several good carp before the all out.
Minty Whitaker cam second with his bag of carp from peg 26 and Martin Wheeler cam third with his mixed bag of Silvers and Carp taken on peg 8 near the end of the island.
- 1st John Millican 29lbs 12oz
- 2nd Minty Whitaker 27lbs 4oz
- 3rd Martin Wheeler 19lbs 12oz
18/05/08
1st Sid French with 38lbs of mainly Silver
2nd Paul Jackson with 37lbs 10oz both Silver and Carp
3rd John Millican with 32lbs 8oz mainly Carp
11/05/08
1st Dave Bassnet with 44lbs 2oz mainly Carp
Joint 2nd place -
Steve Chantry (mainly Silvers)
Alan Sheilds (mainly carp) with 42lbs 12oz
Sunday 4th May
On Sunday 4th May Stonebridge Fishing Lakes open match saw 9 anglers. After another cold night before the match the expectations of the Carp feeding heavily were low, however this didn't prove a problem for Mark Whittaker who fished meat and pellet on the bomb and on a short pole netting an awesome bag of 69lbs 6oz consisting mainly of Carp. Also the Silvers weren't affected with the wintery night on the Saturday as Dave Hammel proved with a nice bag of 42lbs 2oz of Slivers caught on a short pole fishing corn over hemp. Steve Barker found success also fishing the short pole using maggot and caster landing himself a bag of 40lbs.
- Mark Whittaker with 69lbs 6oz mainly Carp
- Dave Hammel with 42lbs 2oz Slivers
- Steve Barker with 40lbs both Carp and Silver
- Paul Trattles with 36lbs 4oz of Silvers
- Andrew Kelly with 34lbs 6oz mainly Carp
- Kevin Woods with 21lbs 2oz both Carp and Silvers
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Sunday 27 April 2008
The week before the open match on Sunday on St Claudes Coarse/Match Lake saw the weather turn cold and wintery, until Saturday when the weather changed warming up bringing a warm Saturday evening bringing the Carp on for Sunday as John Millican found out with the new match record of 81lbs caught on meat down the edge as well as bread on the feeder. Also Silvers didn't shy off either with Dave Basnett fishing maggot to hand which proves successful for 54lbs 6oz of Silver. Steve Hodson proved fishing for maggot and corn was the right choice with 32lbs 6oz.
- John Millican with 81lbs of mainly Carp with some Silver
- Dave Basnett with 60lbs 8oz mainly Silver some Carp
- Steve Hodson with 35lbs 2oz mainly silvers some Carp
- Paul Murray with 31lbs both Carp and Silvers
- Richard Thompson with 29lbs 6oz both Carp and Silver
- Mel Sykes with 31lbs both Carp and Silver
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Sunday 20th April
Stonebridge Fishing Lakes coarse/match lake was fishing well throughout the week with Eric and Paul Thompson form Middleton St George having a great day netting approximately 70lbs each.
On Sunday 20th April the first official match took place with silvers mainly dominating due to the cold weather . Anglers bags average 25lbs. Dave Basnett form Darlington had an impressive hall of 41lbs 4oz of Silvers including a 2lb carp. Steve Barker netted a nice bag of 36lbs 12oz mainly Silvers and John Millican from Stockton started netting Silver early on and later found Carp on the bomb rod with a mixed bag of 36lbs 8oz.
Small baits proved best such as maggots and pellets due to Sunday's weather.
- Dave Basnett with 41lb 4oz mainly Silvers
- Steve Barker with 36lbs 12oz mainly Silvers
- John Millican with 36lbs 8oz mixed bag
- Jim Baxter with 32lbs 8oz Silvers
- Dan Wallis with 32lbs 8oz mixed bag
- Matt Godfree with 31lbs 10oz
First Match on St Claudes Lake
Stonebridge Fishing Lakes first opening of the new 46 pegged well stocked Coarse/Match Lake.
Before the official opening for matches on Sunday 21st April a small friendly match of 5 people soon turned into 14 by word of mouth. The buzz around the lodge on Sunday morning before the start of the match was exciting to say the least (so were the bacon sandwiches!). With the fishermen in such anticipation to get to their pegs the draw was made.
On arrival at the pegs the fishermen were surprised to find not only carp and silver fish keep nets also Stonebridge's own landing nets and handles. With the kick off of the 5 hour match it wasn't long before fishermen were into fish all round the lake. With the lake never been fished before the fishermen made their approach with different methods fishing for Carp or Silver's.
After a lively 5 hour match the fish were weighed and the result were in.
Meat and pellet proved very productive for Stuart Sexton from Scorton who netted around 20 Carp. Also Anthony Murray from Darlington went with a different approach fishing for Silver fish to hand and Gary Ellwood also of Darlington found pellet and punched meat very successful netting Carp and Silvers.
After a great days fishing the results were as follows.
- Stuart Sexton with 66lbs 1 oz of Carp
- Anthony Murray with 61lbs 12oz of mainly Silvers
- Gary Ellwood with 53lbs 8oz of Carp and Silvers
- Mark Reeve with 41lb 4oz of Carp and Silvers
- Mark Whittaker with 37lbs 8oz of Carp and Silvers
- Kenny Gales with 35lbs 12oz of mainly Silvers along with a nice doubled figured Carp.
A very productive match with a turn out of fourteen, 470lbs of fish were caught throughout the match with an average of 33lbs 8oz per angler. All in all a very eventful day.
Leisure angler Chris Welsh had popped in on the Friday before the match from the hearsay he had heard that a new lake was opening. On purchasing a 6 pound leisure day ticket he had an awesome hall of 140lb of Carp along with 10lbs of Silvers. On the same day leisure angler Richard Thompson fished for three and a half hours and had an impressive bag of 86lbs mainly Silvers.
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