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 Predator sport kicks off with pike and zander acti - 28 December 2008.
With perfect conditions, the week saw plenty of zander action topped by 5 doubles as well as quite a few pike. Pictures shows Simon Dodds 10lb 1oz zed. |
 Fishing picks up as water temperatures soar!!! - 21 December 2008.
With water temperatures increasing, the fishing is picking up with good catches expected over the Christmas period. Picture Paul Parish with a 7lb zed. |
 Catches continue despite ice and flooding! - 15 December 2008.
Despite some pretty grim weather over the last week, all lakes continue to see a few fish caught. |
 Pike fishing picks up as winter kicks in! - 7 December 2008.
Despite an icey week a lot more pike were caught. Picture Graham Leigh 9lb 8oz pike. |
 Good predator action despite the chill down! - 28 November 2008.
Despite a drop in water temperatures, predator sport holds up with good numbers of pike and zander showing. Picture shows Bob Hawkins with a 12lb 8oz pike. |
 Plenty of predator sport before the chill! - 23 November 2008.
Whilst the week in general saw some good catches reported, the weekends chill has slowed sport a little, although the pike are now starting to show. |
 Generally a good week as water tmeperatures increa - 16 November 2008.
Zander catches top Old Lake whilst BIG perch show on Milton Lake. Picture shows Anglers Mail Gary Newman with his 12lb 14oz zander. |
 Sport picks up as water temperatures increase! - 10 November 2008.
A good week for both the predator and general fishing with zander to 12lb 5oz and crucian to 3lb 8oz reported. Picture show Martyn Cook's 12lb 5oz zander. |
 Despite frosts, snow and rain, fishing holds up! - 2 November 2008.
A tough week generally owing to the change in the weather, although all lakes produced a few fish. Picture shows Lee Nockels 26lb Temple mirror. |
 12lb 10oz Zed and a brace of Temple 30's! - 26 October 2008.
A 12lb 10oz zander topped the list of doubles this whilst on the carp front Sean Howard lands a brace of Temple thirties. Pic Alex Nash 13lb Bonds carp |
 Predator sport continues with more big zander repo - 19 October 2008.
A run of double figure zander boosts predator sport whilst the general fishing also continues well. Picture shows Gary Browns Temple mirror weighing 24lb. |
 15lb 2oz Zed tops predator catches with two Temple - 12 October 2008.
Generally a good week on all the lakes with a number of big zander reported along with two more Temple thirties. |
 Phenominal start to Predator season! - 5 October 2008.
With over 60 pike and zander caught on the first day of the new predator season, sport looks set for a bumper season. Pic shows Ron Haddon with 12lb zed! |
 Some more great catches to report - 21 September 2008.
Sean Howard lands 3 big thirties from Temple, Robert Gubby catches 35lbs 8oz Mirror carp, Russ Evans wins Old Lake match with 64lbs 2oz of bream. |
 Fishing hots up as sun breaks through! - 14 September 2008.
A much better week with all lakes fishing pretty well. Lots of bream showing on the Old Lake along with multi bags of carp whilst Temple throws up 3 more thirties. Plenty of action also on Bonds and Milton Lakes with crucians, tench, roach, rudd and carp showing in good numbers. Picture shows Robert O'Neill with a cracking 31lb 15oz Temple mirror. |
 Fishing continues despite the weather! - 7 September 2008.
Despite a pretty grim week weather wise, the fishing overall has again been good with plenty of bream and tench showing on the Old Lake along with lots of carp. The week also saw another Temple thirty whilst both Bonds and Milton Lakes both saw some good catches reported. Picture shows Michael Terry and his father Phil getting a helping hand from tackle shop manager and BHF tutor Russ Evans. |
 Old Lake throws up dozens of 20's! - 31 August 2008.
Whilst the weather remains somewhat depressing, the fishing continues to be good with all lakes fishing very well. Picture shows Mark Savage with his 29lb 3oz Temple mirror. |
 Superb fishing on all lakes topped by 2 more thirt - 24 August 2008.
Despite the lack of summer weather, the fishing on all lakes this week has been excellent with some big bags and specimens reported. Picture shows Conor Bates 27lb 14oz Old Lake mirror. |
 Great fishing on all lakes! - 17 August 2008.
Desoite some pretty grim weather this week, the fishing on all lakes has been superb with plenty of bream still showing on the Old Lake along with good numbers of carp. Whilst Temple has thrown up another thirty and plenty of big twenties. Picture shows Daniel Bourke with his 29lb mirror caught from the Old Lake. |
 Tons of bream and 3 more Temple 30's! - 10 August 2008.
With ideal conditions, anglers have been reporting tons of bream being caught from the Old Lake whilst Temple has thrown up another 3 thirties. Picture show Sean Howards 11th Temple thirty, this one weighing 30lb 2oz. |
 Big numbers of bream show on Old Lake - 3 August 2008.
The Old Lake fishes well with big numbers of bream showing whilst the carp fishing has also been good with 4 thirties reported from Temple this week topped by 36lb 8oz lump!Photo shows Paul Thomsett's 26lb Old Lake common. |
 Great fishing as water temps increase and oxy leve - 27 July 2008.
With the arrival of summer at last, all lakes have fished extremely well with some very good catches reported which on the Old Lake included a stunning crucian weighing 3lb 8oz which was one of a brace of 2lb plus fish making up a ton haul of bream. Picture shows a very happy Tony Merrett with his 3lb 8oz crucian, a new PB. |
 Carp go crazy on Old Lake with anglers reporting b - 20 July 2008.
Despite the lack of sun, all lakes have generally fished very well this week with both pleasure anglers and the carp boys both reporting good catches.On the Old Lake it was the carp that showed in good numbers with anglers reporting bags of up to 30 per session whilst Temple threw up a few big fish. See picture of Bradley Shackleton with his 29lb 9oz Temple mirror. |
 Bream and carp catches resist weeks downpour! - 13 July 2008.
Despite some pretty grim weather, all lakes fished reasonably well with the Old Lake seeing some good bags of bream and carp reported regardless of the weather whilst the two smaller lakes also saw some reasonable action. Picture shows bailiff Eric Bailey rushed off his feet between customers... |
 Catches galore as weather cools and southerlies bi - 6 July 2008.
A great week following record temperatures with plenty of carp reported along with some big bags of tench and bream on the Old Lake and yet another thirty reported from Temple Lake. The two smaller lakes also saw some good action with ton up bags being reported from both lakes. Picture shows John Carsons 25lb 11oz Temple mirror. |
 More big bream and tench bags and another new Temp - 29 June 2008.
With all lakes throwing up ton up bags, the Old Lake has again seen some big bream and tench catches whilst Milton continues to produce a number of ton up tench and crucian bags. The carp fishing has also been good with yet another Temple thirty reported. Picture show Ernie Holdaway's 35lb 3oz Temple Common. |
 Huge bags of crucian and tench off Milton - 22 June 2008.
With oxygen levels pumped up to saturation, Milton saw another superb week's action with a number of ton up bags of tench and crucian reported.Also Temple throws up another thirty whilst the bream put thier heads down on the Old Lake. Picture shows Rob Draisey's 5hour ton up bag of crucian and tench on Milton Lake. |
 Big bags of bream continue to show in nets to over - 15 June 2008.
Despite some last minute spawning, some great bags and catches were reported in the week with large numbers of bream again showing on the Old Lake as well as plenty of carp with Temple throwing up another 2 thirties. Picture shows Tony Runnalls 21lb mirror caught from a boat up the jungle. |
 Bumper sport as water temperatures increase! - 8 June 2008.
Big bags of bream and tench reported as water temperatures increase with large numbers of carp also caught which included 4 thirties from both Temple and the Old Lake.Picture shows David Hust's 29lb 8oz Old Lake mirror. |
 Huge bream catches and plenty of carp! - 30 May 2008.
As water temperatures return to normal following the recent rain, all lakes are pumped full of oxygen which is making for some excellent fishing with ton up bags of bream and huge catches of carp. Picture shows Sean Howard's 9th Temple thirty caught in the last 3 months, this one weighed 30lb 1oz. |
 Huge catches of fish as weather cools! - 25 May 2008.
With oxygen levels high, the cooler weather has helped the fishing reach new levels with all lakes fishing really well. Topped by another two Temple thirties and simply dozens of carp from the Old Lake topped by a cracking 29lb 8oz mirror, the fishing generally has been good with plenty of bream and tench showing along with good bags of carp off Bonds and some cracking tench and crucian bags from Bilton. |
 Rod bending action on all lakes! - 17 May 2008.
Despite a few fish spawning, the fishing on all lakes this week has been excellent with some huge carp caught on both Temple and the Old Lake with the general fishing also being good with the Old Lake producing some great ton up hauls of bream and tench whilst Milton is seeing some great catches topped by a huge 100lb mixed bag which included perch to 3lb 9oz. Picture shows Matthew Barnett with his 3lb 9oz Milton Perch. |
 Temple produces its 14th Thirty of the week! - 11 May 2008.
With the weather hotting up, Temple's run of big fish continued this week with another 9 thirties reported bring the weeks total to 14. Boat anglers are also starting to bag down the jungle as the tench turn on. Picture shows Matt Plank's 33lb 14oz stunning Italian Two Tone!Check out the other thirties above under 'latest catches'. |
 5 more thirties reported this week! - 4 May 2008.
The carp fishing really kicks in with 5 more thirties reported this week as water temperatures push to 15 degree's.Picture shows Ed Mason's big mirror Italian 2 weighing 32lb which is at a record weight. |
 Three Temple thirties amid big tench and bream wei - 27 April 2008.
With water temperatures rocketing this week, all lakes have fished incredibly well with three 30's reported from Temple whilst the lakes start to throw up some huge tench and bream weights. Photo shows Dick Smith with his new PB, a pretty 27lb 8oz Old Lake mirror. |
 Old Lake carp and bream go on the feed! - 20 April 2008.
Despite some pretty chilly weather, the Old Lake threw up a good few twenties this week topped by a cracking 30lb 1oz leather whilst the bream anglers found some hectic sport with bags to over 200lb. |
 Catches pick up as weather improves! - 14 April 2008.
With water temperatures bouncing back, catches are improving all the time with some great mixed bags reported from the Old Lake along with plenty of carp action which has included another thirty this morning! Picture shows Peter Blanks 27lb Temple mirror. |
 Despite the weather, the fishing picks up. - 6 April 2008.
5 thirties reported in the week along with dozens of twenties and doubles as well lots of bream and quite a few tench as water temperatures finally creep into double figures. welcome to spring, the picture says it all! |
 Sport picks up as weather improves! - 28 March 2008.
Despite a week of appalling weather, catches on all lakes has started to pick up with Temple throwing up three heavyweights whilst the Old Lake is starting to show the first signs of spring with a number of good bream bags reported. Picture shows Dean Jones 29lb 4oz Temple mirror. |
 Weather threatens Easter fishing! - 23 March 2008.
Big Lyn is caught at 33lb just before artic conditions grip the southeast. Picture is of Sean Howard with Temples 'Big Lyn' weighing 33lb. |
 Temple produces another thirty! - 16 March 2008.
With all Lake fishing generally well, Sean Howard finally hit the jackpot landing a 33lb mirror within an hour or two of arriving at his swim which he caught on popped up corn.Picture shows Martin Sontag's recent 30lb 8oz Temple mirror. |
 The bream fishing kicks in on the Old Lake. - 9 March 2008.
Despite some up and down temperatures, the general fishing on the Old Lake has been pretty good with a number of good bream bags reported which have included fish to 6lb 9oz as well as the odd tench to 6lb. Temple Lake has also thrown up a few more fish this week including a 28lb 4oz mirror.Picture shows John Paine with a catch of Old Lake skimmers. |
 Another two Temple Thirties as fish turn on! - 2 March 2008.
Increasing water temperatures saw sport buck up with another two thirties reported off Temple this week along with a number of high twenties from both Temple and the Old Lake.Photo of Nick Clifford's 27lb Temple common. |
 Fishing picks up as water temperatures increase! - 24 February 2008.
With unseasonal temperatures pushing water temperatures up, all the lakes have started to see increased catches with the carp particularly starting to show in better numbers.Picture shows Rob O'Neil's 25lb 6oz Temple mirror. |
 Temple throws up another thirty! - 17 February 2008.
Robert O'Neill (pictured) managed the second thirty of the year from Temple with a cracking 32lb 8oz mirror. Predator fishing also take off with two double figure zander reported along with some very good pike. |
 Temple produces new lake record! - 10 February 2008.
Following a huge improvement in the weather, Temple finally turned on this week producing 3 large carp topped by a 38lb 1oz Ghost which was caught by Paul Auston, see picture. General fishing has also been OK with Milton producing some very good bags to 80lb. |
 Milton Lake produces 50lb bags as winter weather h - 3 February 2008.
Despite some pretty grim weather, Milton Lake has been throwing up 50lb bags of quality roach, perch and carp with even the odd tench and crucian. Picture shows regular with a 9lb zander which fell as part of a 3 fish bag. |
 Predator and Carp sport picks up as water temperat - 27 January 2008.
With a hint of spring in the air, sport on all lakes picks up with some good sized zander reported along with a cracking 28lb Old Lake linear. Picture of Russ Evans 28lb Old Lake linear. |
 Huge 14lb 8oz zander caught in teeth of gales and - 20 January 2008.
Despite severe weather, three anglers share the catch of a lifetime as zander come alive in near perfect conditions. |
 Milton throws up a number of BIG perch - 13 January 2008.
Despite some heavy rain, the milder conditions have spurred on the fishing with some great predator sport and general catches. However catch of the week must be Russ Evans big perch haul off Milton which in cluded fish to 3lb plus. Picture shows Russ's best perch weighing 3lb 1oz. |
 Predator fishing kicks in as temperature stabalize - 6 January 2008.
Following another milder week, sport generally has picked up with a number of good pike and zander caught. General fishing also kicked in with Milton Lake fishing particularly well. Picture shows young Jake Davison with his first ever zander. |
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