Bailiff's Diary

25 October - 1 November 2008

Carp to 67lb 5oz ***NEW RECORD***
Cats to 50lb
Individual Catches up to 21 carp
102 x 50lb+ carp to 67lb 5oz so far this season… an amazing years fishing!!

Top Carp this week, undoubtedly went to Bailiff Paul Beeston with a stunning new Complex and DL3 record 67lb 5oz common… nice one Paul!

Top Catch this week went to Martin South (DL2-swim 30-Activ8) with an excellent 21 fish haul including commons to 45lb 11oz and mirrors to 32lb 8oz.

DL1 Lee Nichols 47lb Common

DL1 Ryan Furness 42lb 4oz Mirror

Other notable catches went to:
DL1 – Lee Nichols (Slope-Scopex) with 47lb and 42lb 2oz commons; Richard Leat (Snags-Activ8) with a 46lb 3oz common and 3 x 30’s to a 36lb 2oz common; Andy Gage (Pads-Scopex) with a 43lb common and 2 x 30’s to a 39lb common; Ryan Furness (Herbies Hole-Source) with a 42lb 4oz mirror; Steve Furness (Herbies Hole-Source) with a 42lb mirror and Adrian Burrett (Hornets-Fusion) with a 41lb 8oz common and 3 x 30’s to a 39lb common.

DL2 – Dave Springall (swim 9-Activ8) with a beautiful 55lb 1oz common; Rael Bojko (swim 11-Activ8) with a 46lb 10oz common and 4 x 30’s to a 38lb 8oz mirror; Andy Rotherham (swim 16-Activ8) with a 40lb 6oz mirror and 3 x 30’s to a 38lb 8oz common; Luke Howells (swim 28-SSL) with a 40lb 11oz common and Colin McNamee (swim 19-DSM) with a 37lb 12oz common.

DL2 Dave Springall 55lb 1oz Common

DL2 Luke Howells 40lb 11oz Common

DL3 – Steven Dobson (swim 15-Diamond White) with a 48lb 2oz common; Josh Sanford (swim 2-Cell) with an 18 fish catch including 2 x 40’s to a 42lb 8oz mirror and 4 x 30’s to a 34lb mirror; Andy Graves (swim 14-ProActive Pineapple) with a 40lb mirror and Paul Sanford (swim 3-Cell) with 6 a 30’s to a 38lb common.

DL4 – Daniel Wylie (swim 3-ProActive Pineapple) with mirrors of 50lb 4oz and 45lb; G Williams (swim 1-Activ8) with mirrors of 44lb and 39lb and Matt Smith (swim 2-Activ8) with mirrors of 38lb 2oz and 35lb.

DL5 – Westley Savage (swim 3-Cell) with4 x 30’s to a 38lb 9oz mirror and including commons to 35lb.

DL2 Rael Bojko 46lb Common		DL3 Josh Sanford 42lb 4oz Mirror
DL5 Westley Savage 38lb 9oz Mirror		DL3 Steven Dobson 48lb 2oz Common

Another Autumnal week saw night temps down to just 3C, but for most of the week held up nicely to 6 or 7C. Daytime temps hovered around a very acceptable 12-14C and provided a mixed bag of sunshine and showers. Matt says “tight baiting with pva bags, sticks and stringers are producing most fish”. He also adds that bait boats will be acceptable this winter, but the ‘Boilie Only’ rule still applies.

Finally, we have lots of really good chances to bag a Winter monster on some excellent bargain basement deals and the Spring Specials are going fast… they are Inclusive Package Coach Trips for just £395 per angler departing 27Mar09 and just £475 per angler for the trips departing 03 and 10Apr09.

Phone Carrie on 01206 76 75 76 or email sales@dreamlakes.com for more details.

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18-25 October 2008

Carp to 56lb
Cats to 50lb
Individual Catches up to 20 carp
99 x 50lb+ carp to 62lb 12oz so far this season… brilliant!!

Top Carp this week went to Andy Stansfield (DL1-Snags-Matrix) with a delightful 56lb mirror.

Top Cat this week went to Matt Stone (DL4-swim 3-Tangee Peach) with a 50lb 1oz specimen along with a 49lb mirror and 8 x 30’s to a 38lb 12oz mirror. Matt clearly could not have too much of a good thing, having just returned from a trip to DL2 at the start of October…. what a month!

Top Catch this week went to Lee Roche (DL3-swim 2-ProActive Pineapple) with a 20 fish haul including a 41b 12oz mirror, 5 x 30’s to a 35lb 12oz mirror and 14 others to a 27lb mirror.

DL3 Martyn Ravenhill 46lb Common

DL1 Carl Sheppard, lovely specimen

Other notable catches went to:
DL1 – Kev Ford (Slope-Matrix) with commons to 43lb 7oz and mirrors to 32lb; Peter Carter (Beach-Plastic Corn) with commons to 39lb 10oz and mirrors to 39lb 8oz; Stan Juchaniewicz (Haven-undisclosed boilies) with carp to a 34lb 14oz common and Richard Wright (Sunset-Trigga Ice) with carp to a 33lb 8oz mirror (other results have been removed and the anglers banned from DL, as they were found to have been using illegal baits).

DL2 – Paul Stagg (swim 10-DreamLake Specials) with a 49lb 8oz common and 4 x 30’s to a 37lb common) and Malcolm Stagg (swim 9-DreamLake Specials) with a 46lb 2oz common and 3 x 30’ to a 35lb common.

DL4 Robert Ng 41lb 8oz Mirror

DL3 Matty Giles 40lb Mirror

DL3 – Paul McNelis (swim 12-Activ8) with a stunning 51lb 8oz common and mirrors to 42lb 6oz and 41lb 12oz; Martyn Ravenhill (swim 8-B5) with commons to 46lb 6oz and mirrors to 35lb 6oz; Al Wicksted (swim 16-Activ8) with 2 x 40’s to a 42lb 8oz mirror and 3 x 30’s to a 33lb 8oz mirror; Davie Hendrie (swim 14-Activ8) with a 40lb 8oz mirror and 8 x 30’s to a 36lb common and Matty Giles (swim 2-Activ8) with a 40lb mirror and 2 x 30’s to a 35lb common.

DL4 – Robert Ng (swim 2-Tangee Peach) with a 41lb 8oz mirror and 4 x 30’s to a 35lb common.

DL3 Al Wickstead 40lb 8oz Mirror		DL3 Lee Roche 41lb 12oz Mirror
DL3 Davie Hendrie 40lb 8oz Mirror		DL3 Paul McNelis 51lb 8oz Common

Well, Sid says to “wrap up warm” as a cold spell hit the area. Despite daytime highs of 15C, the nights got decidedly chilly at just 2C. As a result, he also says that fishing was that much slower, but with small beds of bait, pop-ups and sticks there are still plenty of really good fish to be had.

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11-18 October 2008

Carp to 54lb 14oz
97 x 50lb+ carp to 62lb 12oz so far this season… what a year!!

Top Carp this week went to Mark Shadbolt (DL3-swim 6-Activ-8) with a stunning 54lb 14oz common and 2 x 40’s to a 43lb 5oz mirror.

DL4 Chris Carline 33lb 12oz Mirror

DL2 Paul Farnham 35lb Common

Other notable catches went to:
DL1 – Dave Clark (Ladies Lair-Pineapple) with 2 x 40’s to a 47lb 4oz common; John Green (Kingfishers-Smokey Sausage) with 2 x 40’s to a 45lb common; Paul Brunskill (Deer Dip-Activ-8) with 2 x 40’s to a 42lb 2oz common & 4 x 30’s to a 39lb 8oz common and Darren Bellerby (Snags-Active-8) with mirrors to 41lb and commons to 38lb.

DL2 – John Lockett (swim16-Scopex) with commons to 54lb and mirrors to 40lb; Paul Farnham (swim 24-Activ-8) with 3 x 30’s to a 35lb common and Andrew Gooding (swim 9-Plastic corn) with commons to 34lb.

DL3 James Low 40lb 8oz Mirror

DL3 Guy Maltby 46lb Common

DL3 – Guy Maltby (swim 14-Scopex squid) with a 46lb common and 2 x 30’s to a 39lb common; Westley Goodspeed (swim 15-Maple-8) with 2 x 40’s to a 42lb mirror; James Low (swim 7-Pineapple barrels) with a 40lb 8oz mirror and Lee O’Sullivan (swim 3-Activ-8) with mirrors to 39lb 9oz and commons to 29lb 14oz.

DL4 – Simon Bear (swim 2-CIA) with 2 x 40’s to a 41lb 6oz mirror and 3 x 30’s to a 37lb mirror; David Moxon (swim 8-CIA) with a 38lb 8oz mirror; Andy Wright (swim 3-CIA) with mirrors to 37lb 2oz and Chris Carline (swim 5- Liver red) with 2 x 30’s to a 33lb 12oz mirror.

DL1 John Green 45lb Common		DL3 Mark Shadbolt 54lb 14oz Common
DL3 Lee O'Sullivan 39lb 9oz Mirror		DL1 Darren Bellerby 41lb Mirror

Another week of high pressure brought some lovely autumn sunshine and fairly warm days with daytime temps reaching a delightful 23 degrees until mid week. A cooler front then moved in and brought the odd shower. Nonetheless, the daytime temps still stayed at a respectable 16C into the weekend. Night temps, however, were the seasonal norm at around 10C.

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4-11 October 2008

Carp to 49lb 8oz
Individual hauls up to 20 fish
95 x 50lb+ carp to 62lb 12oz so far this season… simply magical!!

DL3 Ray Baker 41lb 8oz Common

DL2 Paul Minshull-Wilde 41lb Common

Top Carp this week went to James Appleby (Embers-Activ8) with a stunning 52lb common and 3 x 30’s to a 37lb mirror.

Top Cat this week went to Andy Morgan (DL4-swim 2-Activ8) with a 66lb specimen along with 3 x 30’s to a 35lb 5oz common.

Top Catch this week went to Jonathan Elmer (DL4-swim 8-Activ8) with a creditable 20 fish haul including 3 x 30’s.

DL5 John Chiddy 37lb Mirror

DL3 Joe Sammons 47lb 14oz Common

Other notable catches went to:
DL1 – Paul Burden (Chimneys-ProActive Pineapple) with a 41lb 8oz mirror; Nick Maher (West Point-Activ8) with a 40lb common; Oliver Eves (Unknown-Cell) with a 38lb common; Richard O’Phelan (Bay-Activ8) with 2 x 30’s to a 37lb common; Steve Loader (Hornets-Activ8) with 2 x 30’s to a 37lb common and Craig Brown (Kingfisher-Pulse) also with carp to a 37lb common.

DL2 – Ian Richards (swim 16-Activ8) with a 49lb 8oz common, two further 40’s and 4 x 30’s to a 38lb 8oz common; Richard Everett (swim 1-Pineapple) with carp to a 43lb mirror; Ryan Bettell (swim 26-Tange Peach) with a 41lb common and 3 x 30’s to a 39lb common; Paul Minshull-Wilde (swim 4-Cell) with a 41lb common and 7 x 30’s to a 38lb common; Les Walker (swim 15-Activ8) with a 41lb mirror; Bryan Clark (swim 24-undisclosed boilies) with a 40lb 4oz mirror and 3 x 30’s to a 37lb 7oz mirror; Dennis Parish (swim 11-DreamLake Specials) with a 40lb common and 3 x 30’s to a 35lb mirror; Adam Bates (swim 22-Activ8) with 5 x 30’s to a 39lb 8oz mirror and Simon Palmer (swim 20-Scopex Squid) with a 17 fish haul including 3 x 30’s to a 38lb 10oz mirror.

DL3 – Joe Sammons (swim 6-Tiger boilies) with 3 x 40’s to a 47lb 14oz common and 2 x 30’s; Lee Nettle (swim 2-Tiger boilies) with 2 x 40’s to a 45lb common and mirrors to 33lb 12oz; Steve Bonich (swim 9-Fruity) with a 45lb mirror; Michael Buckley (swim 7-Tiger boilies) with 3 x 40’s to a 43lb mirror and 3 x 30’s to a 38lb mirror; Tony Bird (swim 11-Tiger&Maple) with 2 x 40’s to a 43lb common; Raymond Baker (swim 10-Scopex Squid) with 2 x 40’s to a 41lb 8oz common and 3 x 30’s to a 38lb common and Phil Binks with 4 x 30’s to a 35lb mirror.

DL4 – See Top Cat and Top Catch

DL2 Bryan Clark 40lb 4oz Common

DL3 Steve Bonich 45lb Mirror

DL5 – Graham Cameron (swim 1-Nash Monster Pursuit) with 2 x 40’s to a 45lb 2oz mirror and 4 x 30’s to a 36lb common and John Chiddy (swim 8-CC Moore) with 3 x 30’s to a 37lb mirror.

A week of high pressure made the fishing a little tricky this week but, as Matt says, “all lakes still produced some really good fish”. Fairly warm days delivered plenty of welcome sunshine despite occasional showers and temps hovered around the 19C mark. Night temps were the seasonal norm at around 10C.

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27 September - 4 October 2008

3 x 50lb+ carp
Individual hauls up to 23 fish
94 x 50lb+ carp to 62lb 12oz so far this season… awesome fishing!!

DL2 Craig Williams 52lb Common

DL2 Liam O'Connor 48lb 14oz Common

Top Carp this week went to Darren Seymour (DL2-swim 11-Cell) with an amazing 55lb 8oz common along with 6 x 30’s to a 37lb 7oz common.

Top Cat this week went to Stephen Bowen (DL1-Deer Dip-Elite boilies) with a 75lb specimen as well as a stunning 54lb 4oz common and 3 x 30’s to a 37lb common among his 16 fish catch.

Top Catch went to Liam O’Connor (DL2-swim 30-Activ8) with a tremendous 29 fish haul including a 48lb 14oz mirror and commons to 36lb 11oz.

DL3 Stephen Fish 44lb Common

DL1 Graham Harrowing 46lb 8oz Common

Other notable catches went to:
DL1 – Graham Harrowing (Sunset-Malarky) with 2 x 40’s to a 46lb 8oz common and 5 x 30’s to a 37lb common; Rob Hird (Cherries-Activ8) with a 43lb 6oz common and 2 x 30’s to a 37lb 8oz common; Larry Miller (Gables-Dreamlake Specials) with a 43lb common and 2 x 30’s to a 34lb common; Barry Harrowing (West Point-Malarky) with 2 x 40’s to a 42lb mirror and 6 x 30’s to a 37lb common; Michael Purdy (Lodge-DLS) with a 40lb common and 2 x 30’s to a 34lb common; Mark Streeter (DL1-Herbies Hole-Tuna boilies) with an admirable 23 fish haul including 10 x 30’s to a 39lb 8oz common; James Millward (Beach-DLS) and John Clewes (Slope-Activ8) both with commons to 38lb.

DL2 – Craig Williams (swim 9-Fusion) with a 52lb common, a 48lb 7oz mirror and 3 x 30’s to a 35lb 5oz common; James O’Neill (swim 23-Activ8) with 2 x 40’s to a 45lb 15oz common; Clint Savery (swim 14-Pineapple) with 2 x 40’s to a 43lb 4oz common; Colin Warnock (swim 22-undisclosed boilies) with a 43lb common; Steven Rocke (swim 7-Cell) with a 41lb 2oz common and 4 x 30’s to a 37lb 2oz common and Jason La Rosa (swim 27-Activ8) with 3 x 30’s to a 37lb 4oz common.

DL1 Rob Hird 43lb Common

DL2 Steven Rocke 41lb 2oz Common

DL3 – Dave Shaw (swim 2-8Ball) with 4 x 40’s to a 47lb common; Stephen Fish (swim 13-8Ball) with 2 x 40’s to a 44lb common and mirrors to 32lb 8oz; Don Longobardi (swim 9-Activ8) with 2 x 40’s to a 41lb 2oz common and mirrors to 33lb 3oz; Chris Mycroft (swim 3-Activ8) with mirrors to 40lb 8oz and commons to 37lb 8oz; Carl Mycroft (swim 5-Activ8) with commons to 39lb 8oz and Stephen Shaw (swim 12-Cell) with 4 x 30’s including mirrors to 38lb 10oz and commons to 36lb 13oz.

DL4 – Andy Baronovsky (swim 8-DLS) with a 40lb 4oz common; Steve Hagan (swim 5-Activ8) with carp to a 37lb 3oz mirror and Graham Watson (Bailiffs swim-Activ8) with carp to a 33lb 4oz mirror.

DL1 Michael Purdy 40lb Common

DL2 Clint Savery 40lb Common

DL5 – Dave Legard (swim 4-Cell) with 5 x 30’s to a 37lb 8oz mirror and Ian Hudson (swim1-Monster Crab) with 2 x 30’s o a 34lb mirror.

The week started off with the high pressure continuing over from last week, but then a cold front moved in and the easterly wind picked up. Nonetheless, as the pressure and temperature both dropped, the fish soon acclimatised and the catch rates started to rise leading to some pretty fair results…. some really nice 50’s, 40’s and 30’s. Top temps ended up as 19C (day) and 8C (night).

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