News from Clawford, Winter-Spring 2012.
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News from Clawford, Winter-Spring 2012. |
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Weather. Click on the map of Devon for the latest weather report.
Cloudy with occasional sunny periods with a South Westerly Wind. Day time temperatures of 11º C. with night time temperatures of 4° C. Sunrise 08.21 (GMT) Sunset 16.23 (GMT) |
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News from Clawford.
Presently, we are giving the B&B rooms a make over. Re painting and fitting new curtains and bedding. Fitting, new carpets in the hall ways & stairs. The bar and lounge are having a makeover, re painting and fitting new curtains. Fitting, new carpets in the entrance hall and access walk ways. We have almost finished the two wet rooms and stowage areas in the Writers Block. Re furbished the external wood work around the Tackle shop, two bedroom balconies and Standard duplex stowage area.
Clawford Fishing Festival's 2012. The spring festival will take place in week starting 21st. April 2012. The autumn festival will take place in week starting 15th. September 2011. If you want to take part in any of the Clawford Festivals please register you name, address & telephone number with Clawford. Email john.ray@clawford.co.uk Please note, there are still places left for the 2012 autumn festival. Clawford Nature Watch.
The clawford wild life and fauna don't know what time of year it is. This weekend, the last week in November, we have seen, mushrooms growing, water-lilies with new buds, ribins building nests, butterflies and dragon lies. The brilliant weather is still attracting anglers, still bagging up on all the lakes. All lakes are still full of movement and the fish in all lakes are still feeding well. The Snipe have returned and can be found around all lakes. The redwings & Fieldfares have returned this week. A sign that winter is not that far away. The Kingfisher is spending a lot of time on the Golden Lake. Hundreds of Wood pigeons are hanging out in the tree line between Fletchers and Julies Lake. The Barn Owls are back, hanging around their old nest site! A small heard of deer seem to have taken to the conservation area around Kingfisher Lake. |
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Fishing reasonably well. a lot of mid & upper 20's and a few lower 30's showing. Best carp a 32 lb. Common and a 33 lb. Mirror. Best baits Trigga fished over a bed of carp pellets and bunches of worms. Eventually retrieved five +20's (3 Commons & 2 Mirrors) from Wanda's stock pond and returned them to Tanners Lake.
Tony Hart from Bristol set up swims on the East Bank. Fishing off the Island in about 18" of water with a Technispice boilie over a bed of pellets. Following a short cloud burst, Tony's had a screaming run. After a 25 minute struggle he landed a scale perfect, 34 lb. 12 oz. Mirror. Two days later, fishing from the same swim, Tony banked a 35 lb. 6 oz. Mirror.
June 10th. 2011. The Harry Hunters group from the Wirral returned to Clawford for their annual visit. Mark Finley opened the the account by landing his PB Common at 27 lb. 10 oz. on a Pineapple & Banana boilie, fishing one foot from the bank in 12" of water. The following day, using the same tactics, Brian Hosie banked a 29 lb. 8 oz. Common on Nutrabaits Trigga.
April 27th. 2011. Ernie and Dawn Jordan from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire returned to Clawford to target their favourite lake to try and improve on their PB's, set last November. They set up swims on the new improved North bank in front of the magic roundabout island. Dawn opened the session with a beautiful 23 lb. Fully scaled Mirror and followed up with her PB, a 27 lb. Common.
April 15th. 2011. Steve Pascoe from Plymouth, Devon decided to fish the newly opened North bank in the meadow swim. Over a 48 hour session Steve landed 10 carp over the 20 b. mark. His best fish was a 37lb. 2 oz. Mirror Carp, his new PB by 4 lb. 2 oz.
November 7th. 2010. Ernie and Dawn Jordan from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire set up swims on the west bank to the right of the island. Dawn opened the the 12 hour session by netting a common and a Mirror carp, both in their upper teens. The sun had just set and thoughts were turning to a hot evening meal when Ernie's optonic went off. He eventually netted a 34 lb. 8 oz. Mirror Carp (his PB). He tempted his Carp using a peppermint flavoured 20mm boilie, hair rigged on a size 8 barbless hook, fished with a PVA bag of broken boilies and carp pellets, with a scattering of broken boilies. |
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Fishing very well. Plenty of upper teens and lower 20's showing. Best carp a 26lb Cream Common. Best baits Nutrabaits Trigga, Techni-spice, worm & Carp pellets, fished over a bed of hemp.
Paul Clarke from Woking, Surrey had a days session on the North bank on Major Johns Lake fishing to the Western Island. Fishing a pop up with a banded, clawford dog biscuit in one foot of water he landed one of the lakes cream coloured mirrors weighing in at 25 lbs. and a brace of mixed Mirrors and Commons in their high teens.
September 3rd. 2011. Garry Sprat from Leeds West Yorkshire had an afternoons session on the West bank on Major Johns Lake. He set up in the middle swim and fished with a mixture of banded boilies, Luncheon meat, Worm, sweet corn, Pellets and Hemp, he banked over 650 lbs. of fish in 5 hours. |
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Fishing well. Over 60 carp being taken in a days session. Best baits are luncheon meat, Sweet corn, Trigga Boilies , luncheon meat and hemp.
May 22nd. 2011. David Ward from Rushden, Northamptonshire decided to try Clawford lake on the last day of his holiday. Fishing from the south bank n front of the hide he fished large chunks of luncheon meat over a bed of Hemp in six feet of water, two rod lengths out from the bank. Dave banked over fifty hard fighting carp weighing in at a total 400 lbs. |
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Fishing reasonably well. Best catfish at 58 lb. , a 19 lb. Carp and Perch to 5lb. Best baits that are bunches of lob worm, and Halibut flavoured boilies.
August 11th. 2010. It was Barry Tittle's (from Stoke on Trent's) first time at Clawford. He wanted to catch a 20 lb. Cat!! He set up swims near the west island and fished a pop up Green Lipped Mussel & Anchovy boilie. About five in the morning he had a screaming run, the fish stripped off all of Barry's line leaving only two layers on his reel when it turned at the East island, so Barry working frantically recovered most of the line back on his reel when it turned round at he west side of the lake and went on another screaming run. This happened three times until Barry got control of his big fish. After a 45 minute tussle Barry was amazed, when he netted a 'white marbled and black' Fifty Four pound (54 lb.) Wels Catfish. A new lake and venue record. |
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Fishing very well. Good mixed bags to +100 lbs. being taken. Plenty of good Carp to Upper double figures, Bream to 5 lb, Carp to 17.5 lb, Roach and Rudd showing. Best baits are worm, castor, luncheon meat and carp pellets.
October 9th. 2011. Biddeford Angling Club held their Winter club match on Sunday 9th. October on JR's Lake. In warm and still conditions, the top first 3 anglers had bags to over 100 lbs. of Carp, Bream, Roach and Rudd. Best baits were worm, sweet corn, carp pellets and castors. |
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Fishing well. A lot of Carp and Bream showing. Bags to 135 lbs. being taken. Best baits are Carp pelletts and worm.
August 8th. 2011. Victor Barnett from Plymouth tried fishing the lake over a three hour session to assess its suitability for an organised club match. Vic had a mixed bag at 65 lbs. Good carp, bream and Roach were taken Best baits are worm and luncheon meat. |
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Fishing really well. Ghost Carp to 27 lb. and some nice Koi showing with plenty of +20 ies and Mid & upper teens. The best Carp are being taken fishing between the twin islands from the south bank with a popped up dog buscuit fished over a bed of carp pellets and hemp.
Tom & Barbara Sheppard from Bloxwich, West Midlands returned to Clawford for a two weeks fishing holiday to celebrate their 43rd. wedding anniversary. On the last two days of their holiday they set up on the South bank between the two islands. Between them they had ten twenty pound plus Ghost Carp. Fishing on the bottom using pop up Clawford dog buisquits in two feet of water. Tom had the biggest pure white ghost carp weighing in at 27 lbs. 8 ozs. The honours were even with five 20's each. Barbara had the prettiest fish, a 23 lb. Red, Blue, white and cream Kio Carp. |
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Fishing reasonably well. A lot of good, bream, crucian carp, Rudd & Roach showing. Best baits are paste, worm, pellet, luncheon meat and sweet corn.
January 21st. 2011. Tony Hanks from Falmouth, Cornwall braved the cold weather to spend 4 hours fishing the steps swim. Tony landed a total of 50 fish, float fishing with red maggots and worm in 5 feet of water. Amongst his bag was a 8lb. 4 oz. Bream, a 2lb. Roach and a 4 lb. Tench. |
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Fishing very well. Best results are from the North, & East banks. Ghost carp to 17 lb., Green Tench to 7lbs., Blue Orfe, Koi Carp to 12 lb., & good Roach showing. One angler netted two 4 lb. 8 oz. perch in two casts using Carp pelletts. Best baits are Pellets, Sweetcorn and Boosted luncheon meat fished over a bed of Hemp. |
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Fishing reasonably well. Koi Carp to 10 lbs. Golden Carp to 12lb, Golden Orfe and good roach showing. Best baits are Worm, Pellet & Paste & sweet corn.
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27th. 2011.
John Salt from Ashford in Middlesex had a good day fishing for the Koi and Golden Carp. Fishing at a steady pace John banked 14 nice fish including a 12 lb. Golden Carp, a 10 lb. Koi Carp and a 1.5 lb. Roach. Best baits were Clawford dog biscuits, sweet corn & hook-able pellets.
May 13th. 2011. Norman Holden from Salford had one of the best days fishing of his life, on Gregory's Lake. Norman said he could have filled two keep nets with his catch. He set up a swim on the East Bank next to the reed bed. Fishing with Casters, Sweet corn and hook able pellets. Amongst his bag, he captured over 25 Roach between 2 & 3,25 lbs., +60 Koi carp, +40 Golden Carp, plenty of Golden Tench and Golden Orfe to 4 lbs. |
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Fishing well. Fish are moving all round the lake. Some nice Koi Carp to 16lbs, Ghost Carp to 15 lbs., Bream to 4 lbs. and Gudgeon showing. Best baits are Carp pellets, worm & hookable pellets. |
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Fishing well. Plenty of Carp to 5lbs. showing. Best baits are worm, carp pellets and Sweet corn. |
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Fishing well with double figured grass carp and golden tench showing. Best baits are worm, Carp pellets and luncheon meat. |
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Fishing very well. Good bags of up to 125 lbs. being taken from the East bank. Carp, Good Roach, Rudd, Golden Orfe, Crucians and Bream showing. Best baits are worm, luncheon meat and sweet corn.
Fishing Well. Good Bags +65 lbs being taken from the East & South Banks. Carp, Roach, Rudd, Bream and plenty of Bream showing. Best baits are worm, sweet corn and pellets. |
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Fishing steady, Crucian Carp and small Tench showing. |
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