Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 24/9/17 Barry Mogg had a six-fish session at peg 10, and all of his fish were over 22 lb, the biggest a 33 lb common. After a slow start, a change in the weather and a rise in temperature brought commons of 33 lb, 28 lb, 25 lb and…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 10/9/17 Mark Essex, from Cheam added to the ‘thirties’ tally for September with a common of 32 lb 2 oz (see photo below) from peg 9, on a 16 mm Crab boilie cast tight to the island with a PVA bag of six freebies. While Paul Theckston got off…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 3/9/17 Jon Botting was in the middle of his session when we reported last week, and he added to his tally to finish with eight carp, including two of the lake’s target ‘upper-twenties’. Jon landed the Double-Row Linear at 36 lb 1 oz and Two Tone at 34 lb…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 27/8/17 Jon Botting has been having a successful season on Temple, with fish to 31 lb, and he added to his tally with his latest catch of four carp to 26 lb, the biggest a common. He was still fishing at the time of writing, and there is a…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 20/8/17 New member Stephen Evenden had a successful start to his Temple campaign, landing two fish on his first visit, the largest just 20 minutes after casting out. Setting up at peg 10, he had a 22 lb common (see photo) on a single Sticky Baits boilie, and then…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 13/8/17 Common carp seem to be the first to anglers’ baits at the moment on Temple, Charlie Cowburn landing a 30 lb 4 oz one (see photo), and lake regular Conor Cook catching three, the best two being upper doubles. Charlie was fishing peg 11 with CC Moor Pacific…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 6/8/17 Last week we reported how Mark Savage had a 34 lb 5 oz common and a 22 lb 3 oz mirror during a four-day session that was still continuing, and he added a 30 lb 4 oz common (see photo) on his final day. A move from peg…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 30/7/17 One of Temple Lake’s biggest residents was landed last week, by Merstham angler Martin Plank. The 38 lb 2 oz mirror carp (see photo) came from peg 2 on a Sticky Baits Buchu-Berry boilie over spod mix of corn and hemp. In terms of numbers, Jon Botting had…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 23/7/17 Temple regular Conor Cook was in action with a ‘thirty’ this week, his 32 lb 8 oz mirror (see photos) coming from peg 13 on a Mainline Cell boilie with a small PVA bag, fished in open water using a blowback rig. Another regular, Gary Knight, had a…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 9/7/17 Ray Harding has been back in action, fresh from finally achieving his ambition of catching Nemo by banking the 41 lb fish at 5am. It was 5am again when Ray hooked another big fish, this time landing a 32 lb 3 oz carp, again from peg 10, and…
As one of the country’s top fisheries, Bury Hill has long been a favourite of the angling press, having been featured in many articles, spanning multiple decades.
Featuring many of the country’s best-known anglers and covering a wide selection of angling techniques and species, these historic articles cover all of Bury Hill’s infamous lakes and species and offer a great source of information wherever you choose to fish
