Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 23/9/18 It’s surprising how often a spell of wet and windy weather gets carp on the feed, and usually it is the biggest fish that are spurred into action. Last week’s strong south-westerly winds led to the capture of Nemo at 44 lb 1 oz by Tony Sawyers, at…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 16/9/18 After a brief lull of one ‘thirty’ last week, it was back to bigger numbers again this week, with four banked, to take the total reported to 15 over the past five weeks. Terry Baker led with way with The Ghost at 35 lb 6 oz, up on…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 9/9/18 Following on from the recent rash of ‘thirties’, when ten were landed in three weeks, there was another one this week, falling to Mark Reynolds. Mark had a 31 lb 12 oz mirror carp and a 24 lb 4 oz common, on Bloodworm boilies. Also in action were…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 2/9/18 The Double Row Linear is among the ‘A-team’ of upper ‘thirties’ in Temple, and this week it fell to Matt White at 37 lb 6 oz. Matt was fishing peg 1, and commented that the fish was “in immaculate condition.” The previous reported capture was at the start…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 26/8/18 Just one week after its last appearance, The Ghost has been banked again, but captor Jon Botting isn’t complaining, as he now needs only Nemo for the ‘full set’. Jon’s fish was one of three ‘thirties’ landed this week, the Horsham angler getting the biggest, from peg 9…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 19/8/18 With the drop in temperatures has come the expected feeding spell, mirroring the autumn feed-up that makes October a prime month for big fish on Temple. The cooler-than-usual August encouraged five ‘thirties’ to fall to anglers’ baits, among them The Ghost, for Mark Ford. The weight of 34…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 12/8/18 The drop in temperature and stormy weather was always likely to produce a positive reaction in the carp in Temple, and there is a rumour of a large number of fish being caught in the last day or so. Just prior to the change, Clive Elson banked a…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 5/8/18 Friar Tuck has been landed again at 32 lb 4 oz, two weeks after being caught at exactly the same weight. The latest capture was by Jason Ostler, who was fishing peg 1 with Mainline Essential I.B. bottom baits, while the previous capture was to Matt White in…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 29/7/18 Ray Harding continued his good run of form, following on from last week’s 32 lb 5 oz mirror carp from peg 9 on 18 mm Mainline Cell bottom baits tight to the reeds. This week he added three ‘twenties’ – a 27 lb 8 oz mirror, a 23…
Temple Lake Latest Catches week ending 22/7/18 Temple Lake came back with a bang, producing four ‘thirties’ over the past week, including famous fish Friar Tuck and The Parrot. Ray Harding landed the heaviest, at 32 lb 5 oz, banking the mirror carp from peg 9 on 18 mm Mainline Cell bottom baits tight to…
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