NEWS: mid-April 2016 to mid-May 2016
2016 Bookings (subject to availability)
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All visitors can Book an “Apartment plus discounted Fishing” on your preferred Lake(s) for
3, 4 or 7 nights or longer.
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Fishing only
All anglers can book Day Fishing up to 5 months ahead.
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Night Fishing
2016 Night Members can book up to 6 months ahead noting a Group booking
requires a valid 2016 Night Membership number for each angler in their Group.
Payment for Fishing
Before making a Booking for fishing it is important to recognise that a non-refundable 50%
(minimum) deposit may be required. The Angler making the Booking for fishing is responsible for
the full price of fishing booked (including a Group Booking). On an exceptional basis Manor
Fisheries may use its discretion to reduce the full price of fishing booked on early receipt of a
cancellation notice.
A Booking for fishing consists of one or more 12 hour contiguous Slots starting at 7.00am/pm.
Without prior agreement, 7.00 is the Fishery entry/exit time and NOT the fishing start/finish time.
Anglers ignoring the entry/exit times booked will incur additional charges.
Bookings and Night Membership Applications will not be accepted from anglers who have failed to
make timely payment of monies due. The result of not fulfilling a confirmed Booking denies other
anglers the option to fish our lakes that enjoy a controlled limit to the number of anglers on each
lake at any time.
Fishing Report – 15th April 2016 to 14th May 2016
The early part of the past 4-weeks has been challenging due to the prolonged cold weather. Early
May saw an improvement in weather conditions with the Cats beginning to show in higher
numbers. Catches during the past 4-weeks have included Cats to 44lbs (with 36 over 30lbs) and
Carp to 21lbs 11ozs (with 7 over 20lbs) plus some good Bream over 6lbs.
After a cold April we saw Spring arrive and the
Bluebells blooming.
Feeding time for new arrival Moorhens
Lake 1 (Carp)
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The weather was constant heavy showers on the 15th April when Dave Hodge landed
Mirrors weighing 21lbs 8ozs, 15lbs and 12lbs while colleague Charles King landed a 15lbs
Common.
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Regular Paul Evans fished this lake for the first time on the 16th April, and using luncheon
meat and sweetcorn baits landed 9 x Carp including Commons weighing 19lbs 8ozs PB and
12lbs 7ozs plus a 16lbs 4ozs Mirror.
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Visiting on the 17th April saw Terry Tysoe landing a 14lbs Common and a 14lbs Mirror.
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Richard Stansfield found the Carp feeding on the 20th April landing 7 weighing from 13lbs
to 20lbs including 2 x 18lbs.
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Regular Terry Keard returned on the 21st April and landed 2 x Commons weighing 11lbs
10ozs and 11lbs 12ozs and on the 28th April another Common weighing 12lbs.
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During a 36 hour session beginning 22 April, Reece Wallbridge landed a 18lbs 8ozs Mirror
and a 18lbs 10ozs Common when Nutcracker boilie and Cell pop-up proved to be the
successful bait.
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Fishing on the 24 April Greg Sewett landed 9 x Carp including a 20lbs 20zs Mirror and 5 x
doubles.
Returning on the 25th April regular Jason Tuckey landed 6 x Carp during a cold 24 hour
session including Commons weighing 17lbs 2ozs, 13lbs and 12lbs plus Mirrors weighing
18lbs 2ozs, 12lbs 4ozs and 10lbs.
During a short break Jim K and Peter Cooper wet their lines on the 26th and 28th April and
landed:
Date
26th April
28th April
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Jim
14lbs 6ozs Common
17lbs 8ozs Common
Peter
17lbs Mirror, 6lbs Bream and 2x small Carp
11lbs 5ozs Mirror, 4lbs 8ozs Bream
Margin fishing proved successful for Carl Robinson on the 29th April and a boilie tipped with
sweetcorn produced a 10lbs Mirror.
On the 30th April Danny Donnelley landed a 15lbs 6ozs Common.
Jason Farrington returned on the 30th April for his 24 hour session and using Bloodworm
Boilie bait landed 9 x Carp weighing 21lbs 8ozs Mirror, seven mid-doubles and 9lbs.
During his 36 hour session beginning the 30th April Kelvin Collins landed 5 x upper double
Carp to 18lbs 8ozs.
During a short stay beginning the 2nd May Daniel Selby caught Mirrors weighing 17lbs
8ozs, 14lbs and 12lbs plus Commons weighing 2 x 21lbs and 13lbs 5ozs.
On the 4th May regular Robin Moyser landed a Common weighing 14lbs plus a 14lbs Mirror.
Regular Steve Hyder returned on the 5th May and landed Commons weighing 13lbs 20zs
and 12lbs 8ozs while brother Ady had Commons of 18lbs 4ozs and 17lbs 8ozs plus a 12lbs
4ozs Mirror.
Visiting on the 6th May Richard Stansfield landed 3 x Carp (Common and Mirror) weighing
13lbs to 15lbs.
Arriving on the 6th May Debbie Barrett and Andy Gothard had a great 48 hour visit landing
19 x Carp weighing between 10lbs and 18lbs with most being Commons.
During a 6-day session beginning the 7th May, Chris Wendt landed 9 x Carp to 19lbs 6ozs
while colleague Eric Dumper landed 6 x Carp to a 21lbs 11ozs Mirror during 4-days.
On the 10th May regular Roy Prout landed Commons weighing 17lbs 7ozs and 8lbs 10ozs.
Visiting on the 11th May, Darren Epps landed Mirrors weighing 12lbs and 11lbs while
colleague Richard landed a 15lbs PB Common.
Using Bread bait on the 12th May, John Bairam landed a 12lbs Mirror which was joined by a
15lbs 7ozs Common caught using luncheon meat.
On the 14th May Martin Colegate landed a16lbs Common and a 17lbs 8ozs Mirror using
Bread.
Regular Jon Butler visited on the 14th May and during a 24 hour session a 13llbs 8ozs
Mirror and a 12lbs 6ozs Mirror.
Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish)
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Mick Davis visited on the 17th April and landed a 23lbs Cat.
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Regular Dave Kendrick used halibut pellet plus spicy tuna pellet on the 20th April to land
Cats weighing 23lbs, 17lbs, 16lbs, 13lbs and 12lbs.
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First time visitor Ben Sambrook enjoyed landing his first Cat on the 20th April weighing a
27lbs 8ozs PB.
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Visiting on the 21st April Thomas Bailey landed Cats weighing 28lbs and 27lbs.
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Armed with Bratwurst sausage, four stalwarts from the “Benfleet Carp Society” enjoyed a
1st round 24 hour Cat session beginning 22nd April and braving wet and cold conditions
landed:
Steve Sheldrick
33lbs 8ozs, 21lbs 8ozs,
17lbs 8ozs and a 16lbs
Common Carp
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Matt Scott
18lbs 8ozs
Brian Sparrow
21lbs and 20lbs 8ozs
Bill Sparrow
26lbs 12ozs
Robin Moyser arrived on the 23rd April for a 60 hour session to find the Cats “asleep” but
still managed to land 5 weighing from 12lbs to 34lbs 8ozs while colleague Tim Noble
landed a 9lbs Kitten.
During a cold 36 hour session beginning the 24th April Pat O’Sullivan succeeded in landing
Cats weighing 34lbs, 26lbs and 8lbs when using boilies.
Regular Peter Parsons manged to tempt a 19lbs 14ozs Mirror during a cold 28th April.
Dick Phillips set his Cat PB at 22lbs on the 1st May plus another weighing 15lbs while
Brecon Hoadley excelled by landing Cats weighing 38lbs 14ozs, 29lbs 2ozs and 10lbs.
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Visiting on the 2nd May saw Aran Flemming land a 39lbs Cat while regular Peter Parsons
landed Commons weighing 10lbs and 9lbs.
Visiting for a short break Liam Henderson raised his Cat PB to 44lbs on the 3rd May using
triple halibut pellets and head the Catfish Leader Board. In addition Liam landed Cats
weighing 41lbs, 33lbs, 30lbs, 29lbs, 27lbs, 2 x 24lbs, 23lbs, 2 x 21lbs, 20lbs, 15lbs and
14lbs to complete a great catch.
With the warmer weather arriving more Cats were now showing when Matt Phipps began
his 48 hour session on the 5th May and using halibut pellet landed Cats weighing 37lbs,
33lbs, 27lbs, 22lbs, 21lbs, 20lbs and 17lbs plus a 10lbs Common.
Beginning the 6th May Paul Harris landed Cats weighing 38lbs, 29lbs, 16lbs and 11lbs
during his 24 hour session.
Greg Sewett and Nathan Martin had a great warm weather 48 hour session beginning the
6th May which produced great results including 10 x Cats over 30lbs:
Greg
38.13, 38.11, 38.02, 37.11, 34.11, 35,
31.04, 29.13, 29.04 plus 2 x kittens
Luncheon meat
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Arriving on the 8th May and the weather still warm, Pat O’Sullivan had a great 36 hour
session landing 9 x Cats weighing a total of 246lbs including 41lbs, 33lbs, 31lbs, 29lbs, 2 x
26lbs, 22lbs, 20lbs and 18lbs.
During a short break beginning the 9th of May, regular Roy Prout soon connected with the
Cats which included weights of 28lbs 12ozs, 22lbs 7ozs, 15lbs 4ozs, 13lbs 6ozs and 11lbs
2ozs and on the 11th May landed a Cat weighing 31lbs 6ozs. On the 12th May Roy landed a
further 4 x Cats weighing 33lbs, 27lbs 30zs, 25lbs 13ozs and 17lbs 3ozs and on the 13th
May Roy had further Cats of 28lbs 7ozs, 28lbs, 24lbs 4ozs, 18lbs 2ozs, 16lbs 3ozs, 14lbs
15ozs and 13lbs 14ozs.
Returning on the 9th May Jason Tuckey used mackerel pellets to catch Cats weighing 36lbs
8ozs, 17lbs 2ozsand 10lbs 9ozs during his wet 24 hour session.
Dave Hodge returned on the 10th May and during a wet 24 hour session landed Cats
weighing 33lbs 12ozs, 32lbs 8ozs and 16lbs while colleague Charlie King had Cats weighing
20lbs, 7lbs and 5lbs.
A first visit by Anthony Murray on the 11th May resulted in a Cat weighing a PB 31lbs 8ozs.
Using luncheon meat and halibut pellet baits on the 12th May resulted in Trevor Laidlaw
landing Cats weighing 2 x 22lbs 8ozs, 22lbs, 21lbs, 20lbs 19lbs and 10lbs.
Having had success on Lake 1 (Carp) Eric Dumper targeted the Lake 2 Cats landing 5 to a
28lbs 11ozs PB during a 2-day session beginning the 12th May.
On the 14th May Clive Morrison showed his Dad how it is done and using halibut pellet bait:
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14th May
15th May
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Nathan
3 x 30+ to 37.04, 7 x 20+ plus 9 x
kittens
Luncheon meat or a bunch of worms
Clive
34lbs, 30lbs, 24lbs 12ozs, 24lbs 8ozs, 20lbs and 14lbs
28lbs 8ozs and 23lbs
Mike
28lbs 8ozs and 16lbs
38lbs 4ozs and 25lbs 4ozs
Mick Rogers landed Cats weighing 39lbs, 28lbs and 26lbs on the 15th May.
Ben Sambrook on the 20th April landing his
27lbs 8ozs PB Cat.
A Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish) 19lbs 14ozs Mirror
Carp caught by Peter Parsons on the 28th April.
Liam Henderson topping the Cat Leader Board
with a 44lbs PB Moggie on the 3rd May
Happiness is landing a 41lbs Cat and confirmed
by Pat O’Sullivan on the 9th May.
11th May and Roy Prout with his 31lbs 6ozs Cat
Getting bigger – 12th May and Roy Prout with
his 33lbs Cat
Lake 3 (Mixed)
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Jim Hall had a great method feeder session on the 16th April and using yellow and pink
sweetcorn baits landed 13 x Carp weighing from 3lbs to 8lbs, 13 x Bream ranging from
3lbs to 4lbs plus 2 x Tench weighing 2lbs and 3lbs. Colleague Ray Collins also had a good
session to land 25+ x Carp including 5 x “Doubles” to 14lbs 8ozs.
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Mike Ireland visited on the 19th April and using worm and sweetcorn baits landed 3 x
Bream weighing 4 to 5lbs each plus a 10lbs Mirror, Commons of 7lbs and 5lbs 8ozs
together with Perch. Colleague Phil Aldridge using sweetcorn bait landed a 7lbs 5ozs
Common and a 5lbs 8ozs Mirror.
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Using light tackle during a short break on the 27th April, Jim K and Peter Cooper landed:
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27th April
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7lbs Common plus 2 x small Carp
Returning on the 30th April, regular Paul Evans used luncheon meat and sweetcorn baits on
a short pole to land 18 x Carp to 11lbs 9ozs plus a 6lbs 2ozs Bream.
Returning for a short stay beginning the 30th April Alex and Maria Bonis had success using
boilies:
Date
Alex and Maria
30th April
1st May
2nd May
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3lbs 7ozs Bream
3 x Carp to 12lbs plus a 4lbs Bream
4 x Carp to 15lbs 4ozs PB (Alex)
8lbs Carp
Bernie King returned on the 1st May and landed 3 x Bream to 5lbs, a 7lbs Carp and a 2lbs
Tench while colleague Rob had 5 x Bream to 5lbs and 2 x Carp to 7lbs.
Using Sweetcorn bait on the 2nd May Sue and Mark Rogers enjoyed success with Sue
landing Bream weighing 4lbs 5ozs and 4lbs plus a 4lbs 7ozs Common Carp and Mark
landing 5 x Bream weighing 3lbs to 4lbs plus a 9lbs 1oz Mirror and a 4lbs Common.
On the 2nd May Dick Phillips and Richard Hoadley landed Carp to 8lbs and Bream to 5lbs.
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Dan and Lou Selby found the Carp on the 7th May with their catch including Commons
weighing 3lbs 8ozs, 3lbs and 2lbs plus Mirrors of 4lbs, 3lbs and 2lbs.
Visiting on the 13th May Mike Ireland landed 6 x Commons weighing from 3lbs to 12lbs
plus a 5lbs Mirror.
1st May and Eleanor Isaacs (9) catching a 4lbs
Bream which was ably netted by brother
Andrew (7).
Eleanor on the 12th May setting her Carp PB at
7lbs 2ozs which was too heavy for her to lift!
2016 Leader Board
The Leader Board competition will again run throughout our 2016 Season and commences on
Friday 25th March 2016. Prizes will be awarded for the following specimens caught by or on Sunday
2nd October 2016:
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£50.00 for the first verified 50lbs+ Catfish
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£50.00 for the first verified 30lbs+ Carp
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£50.00 for the first verified 8lbs+ Tench
In the event these “Target weights” are not met, the above prizes will be awarded for the heaviest
verified Carp, Catfish and Tench specimens recorded in the Cabin Log Book by or on Sunday 2nd
October 2016.
CATFISH
Date
3 May
5 April
26 March
Name
Liam Henderson
Pat O’Sullivan
Joe Wakefield
Weight
44lbs
41lbs
27lbs
CARP
Date
1 April
27 March
26 March
25 March
Name
Jon Butler
Ray Wohlgemuth
Aaron Caven
Ashley Mould
Weight
23lbs Common
21lbs Mirror
19lbs
18lbs 4ozs Common
TENCH
Date
16 April
Name
Jim Hall
Weight
3lbs
Manor Fisheries Specimens
Each year we award every angler with a PIN to commemorate catching their first Manor Fisheries
specimen fish for each species shown below. The 2016 PIN qualifying weights are:
Species
Bream
Carp (Common)
Carp (Mirror)
Catfish
Perch
Roach
Tench
Weight
6 lbs 8ozs
25 lbs
25 lbs
40 lbs
2 lbs
1 lb 8ozs
6 lbs 8ozs
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