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Bailiffs tip: With the Carp being in winter mode try using maggots to induce some action.
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Catch report Saturday 21st November to 26th November
BLUNHAM
Andrew delivered 3 Carp to the bank using Pineapple Wafters over Pellet, Joe landed 2 Carp to 12lb8oz Joe Miles nipped out a 12lb Common on a IB Wafter, Adam caught a Common of 12lb which fell to a piece of fake corn.
BOONEYS LAKE
Dan and his Pink Pop-up tipped with Maggots landed himself a 21lb15oz Common, a Baitworks Wafter brought Anthony a 20lb10oz Common, Kazu coaxed a 10lb Pike into his net on a dead bait Roach, James waited patiently for his 25lb Common which came out on a Cell Snowman, after his move to the other end of the lake joy was brought to Petr as he landed a new PB Common of 26lb12oz and that fell to CCM Elder cream Pop-up over crushed Tuna Boilies a big well done to him.
Max fishing in the second pea shingle swim popped out a cracking 29lb Common on a Pop-up, Harry and Harvey wriggled out 2 Jack Pike to 5lb dead bait here was Roach.
CARP LAKE
A 17lb Mirror was caught by Arsan with a Tigernut Boilie dipped in Squid Goo, Bryan netted a 19lb Mirror on a Pink Fluro Pop-up, Imran had a change of fortune as he captured 2 Carp to 23lb8oz his chosen bait was a Signature Pop-up dipped in Goo, George Albone caught a 8lb8oz Common on a Banoffee. Dave Newton Caught a 19lb8oz Common using a Mudusa pop-up tipped with Maggots.
Scott slipped a Zig on and snapped up a 18lb8oz Common, David had a piece of fake corn on and he landed a 16lb Common.
WINTERS LAKE
Birthday boy Joe received a present from Winters Lake in the form of a new PB Common weighing in at 26lb12oz on a Salty Squid Boilie a big well done to him, Aaron and his Cell Wafter produced a 25lb6oz Mirror, 2 Carp fell to Freddie Livermore weighing to a 22lb Common both on fake corn, Bradley brought a 16lb Common to the bank on a White Pop-up.
Kieron was using CC Moore live system to land a 17lb4oz Common.
DAMSEL
Tony Payne and his yellow Wafter got him a 21lb4oz Common, Jordan Daniels had 2 Carp with the biggest a 22lb2oz Mirror on a Pineapple Pop-up dipped in Goo.
BECKS
Lee Johnson Caught 2 Carp to 14lb using Halibut Pellet, The Baitworks Cremo Boilie helped Kev Holt catch 2 Carp to 19lb, Graham and his giant Corn landed himself a 19lb8oz Common, Vince popped out a 11lb Common on a Cell Boilie.
CANAL
Steve Bangs upped his Perch size with a stunning 3lber again caught on worm. Del was fishing with Maggots and caught an 8lb Carp also a bag of Silvers.
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Bailiffs tip: Not too much bait, keep it simple and keep an eye for showing fish.
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Catch report Saturday 14th November to 20th November
BLUNHAM
Mick Cope went for the silvers in a big way and was rewarded with 61 Roach and Perch on maggots. Andy’s pineapple wafter produced 2 Carp to 7lbs. Julian had a very angry 12lb Common on fake maggots.
BOONEYS LAKE
Matt wheedled out a 23lb Common on manilla. Anthony Captured a 23lb7oz Common on a White Manilla Wafter, Steven Freear was on Manilla Boilies which caught him the 2 Tone Common at 24lb10oz. Peter O’Brien landed a Pike 13lb on a mackerel plus a 14lb Common on robin red pellets. Steve Osbourn used manilla to tempt 2 Commons to 26lb8oz. Peter Foster caught a 22lb Mirror on a Boilie.
CARP LAKE
Mark had a good session with 4 Carp up to 18lb13oz on the ever-reliable fake corn. Chris used an essential cell bottom bait to tempt a 21lb Mirror. Terry landed a 20lb Common that could not resist his cell hook bait. Eddie Campbell landed the biggest Carp out of the lake this year at 32lb2oz plus another Common of 22lb14oz on fake corn fished in a pva bag, congratulations Eddie great fishing. Michael used a maggot rig to land 4 Carp up to 24lbs.
Phil Grimshaw caught a 16lb7oz Common on a Sweet Amino Wafter, 2 Carp to 22lb on Krill Pop-ups were brought to the bank by Tony. Nige used the ever reliable fake corn for 2 Carp to 16lb9oz. Ian Bartram also fished with fake corn to land 4 Carp up to 18lb. Mark Barton had 2 Commons during his day session up to 26lb9oz. Dan Whitehouse fished a 12m Krill Pop-up to land a Common of 2olb14oz.
Dave Barnham was on a quick session and produced a 28lb Common his chosen bait was Maggots,
WINTERS LAKE
Brendan used a D-rig with an essential cell wafter in a solid bag to land 2 Carp to 22lbs. Anthony used a snowman rig to fool a 20lb Common. Manilla boilies tempted an 18lb Common for Steven Freear. Dan Houghton and his CC Moore P/Tuna helped him to 2 Carp up to19lb, Chris produced 3 Carp to22lb using a Manilla Wafter, Lewis also on a Wafter had a 19lb Common. Dave Whitehouse and his S/corn landed him a 22lb11oz Common, Son Lee Whitehouse caught a 19lb Mirror on a Proper Job Pop-up.
Ben Jones captured a 22lb10oz Common on a Manilla Wafter
DAMSEL
Lewis with his Homemade Boilies netted himself a 15lb Common, Daniel Cox delivered a great session as he bagged 5 Carp to a 30lb Mirror all coming on a Solid bag and Wafter hook bait, Josh enjoyed a good day and night landing 4 Carp to a 26lb8oz on Pop-ups.
BECKS
A ghosty Mirror of 18lb graced the net of Dan who was using sticky baits active krill. Freya did an overnight session with her dad and was rewarded with a Common of 24lb on Nash scopex squid. John was kept busy with 4 Bream and a small Carp on cell boilies. Stefan netted 2 Carp to 24lb using Spicy Indian Boilies, Russell with Pop-up corn had a 15lb Common, Richard King was on his float rod and picked up 2 Carp to 22lb10oz both on L/meat.
CANAL
John Patmore fished with worms for 4 Carp and a bag of Roach and Perch. Andy Bangs was on Worms to land a 10lb8oz Common, Steve Bangs had a 10lb10oz Common and a cracking 2lb10oz Perch he also was on the Worms.
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Bailiffs tip: Don’t neglect the margins.
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Catch report Saturday 7th November to Friday 13th November
BLUNHAM
Mark coops Cooper caught a lovely Common of 14lb1oz on a Squid wafter. Simon Pepper tempted 2 Carp to his net with the biggest weighing in at 13lb4oz. Alex was in and out for a quick session and landed himself a Common of 12lb15oz. Mr Cope put on a silver fish master class with 53 Roach and 15 Perch on maggots.
BOONEYS LAKE
Tony Payne decided to wade onto the point for his session and nailed 2 Carp to 22lb using boilies. Zak fired out a Sticky baits Mulbez popup and was greeted with a fine looking Common of 19lb12oz. Mark Dawson caught a cracking 32lb Mirror on Fake corn.
CARP LAKE
3 Carp fell to Stevens tactic of Manilla boilies with the biggest being a Common of 23lb5oz. Mitchell was all smiles when I arrived in his swim as he had not long had one out at 25lb1oz falling to solid bags of maggots and Krill bottom bait. Ionut tempted a 22lb Common to his net using a Signature squid pop up via a solid bag. Daryl opted for the bottom bait approach going with Mainlines Cell and bagged himself 2 Cracking Carp to 18lb8oz. Paul Daniels used his magic and casters to take down a mighty shoal of half pound Roach when he was concentrating his efforts towards the Tench.
James stuck with the ever-faithful fake corn to net himself a Common of 16lb8oz while his friend Dan the Man caught himself a Scaley Banger of a Mirror at 21lb. Mark Barton hung it out to the dying minutes of the day and after seeing one show he deployed a fresh solid bag armed with his HERMIT rig and was soon into a an angry Common of 19lb, Well in buddy 😉 Mark Trigg loaded a solid bag of pellet and a Krill bottom bait to capture his only bite of the session, a very plump 24lb Common. Ian Bartram did a short day session and was rewarded with 2 Commons to 18lb2oz fishing solid bags with slow sinking maize. Richard Rorrison used Nash citruz boilies to tempt a cracking 26lb Common.
WINTERS LAKE
George wriggled out a Common of 17lb on the old winter faithful bait, maggots. Robin stuck with his manilla and netted 2 Commons up to 18lb. Northern specials did the trick for Freddie Livermore who had a Mirror of 24lb7oz. Stuart Raby had a couple of good specimens with a scaley Mirror of 27lb4oz and a Common of 26lb6oz.
DAMSEL
Alan Taylor landed a 19lb8oz Common using Solid bags and Fake corn.
BECKS
Jason Gillett fished with Maggots and was rewarded with a Bream of 6lb and a Tench of 4lb. Scott Shuckford managed to find time in his busy schedule to jump on for a night and was rewarded with a Common of 18lb using fake Corn. Father and Son Glyn and Jack both used the same bait which was a Manilla Boilie and both Caught Mirrors at exactly 23lb. Martin Eke had a ton of Perch falling to maggots.
CANAL
John the POPE Patmore graced the Canal with his holy presence and was rewarded by a ton of Silver Fish and a cracking Tench plus a nice Carp. Ryan had a mixed bag of Silvers, Perch and a Carp of 8lb on a mix of Corn and Maggots. Young Archie chose the humble worm and came up trumps with a Common Carp of 5lb and his Uncle Andy had one of 3lb from a white pellet. Top Rod, Rod Stevens caught 2 Roach and a scale perfect 12lb Mirror on the expander pellets over 2mm pellet and ground bait.
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Manor Farm Lakes proudly announce that on Monday 2nd of November Dean Filbee pushed our Complex Record over the magical 40lb barrier on Winters Lake by landing an immaculate 40lb5oz Common. We are thrilled for Dean, HUGE Congratulations from all the Manor Farm Lakes team 😊
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Catch report Saturday 31st October to 06th November
BLUNHAM
Dan fishing into the wind landed 2 Carp to 13lb both on Solid Bags, Simon Pepper had a good day catching 6 Carp to 17lb.
BOONEYS LAKE
Northern special hard hook baits over a small spread of Cc moore’s odossy xxx boilies was all it took for Steve to land a Mirror of 20lb4oz. Lee Morgan had a18lb Common and 2 Tench using a Wafter, Nick Maddix showed his skills by bringing to the bank 6 Carp to 32lb4oz on a 12m Pineapple Pop-up over a bed of flaked Scopex Squid Boilies, Peter Foster caught 2 Carp to 19lb on Boilies.
CARP LAKE
Richard Cockings popped out an IB pop up to land a Common of 19lb8oz. Young Angler Jordan had a great 48-hour session on the Carp lake finishing up on 12 fish with the biggest hitting 22lb14oz including 3 other 20lb Carp, Mad baits Nutz flavour boilies were sent out via a solid bag of pellets. Well in buddy 😊 Robert was being helped by Jordan and using the same tactics, Robert landed 2 lovely looking Commons up to 21lb.
Paul and Alfie James managed to land 6 Carp between them up to 18lb using a mixture of Krill bottom baits tipped off with corn and solid bags loaded with pellets and boilie crumb. Young Joe returned this weekend landing 3 Common Carp to bang on 20lb sticking with solid bags and IB wafters. James caught a cracking Common of 28lb using solid bags and a pineapple wafter.
Danny had a 15lb2oz Common his bait F/corn, a load of Perch and roach fell to James the bait her was Maggot.
WINTERS LAKE
Adam bagged himself a Common of 22lb8oz on a Northern special. Raul Bozga had a big grin as he captured a Common of 28lb from a Krill pop up deployed via a solid bag. Winters regular Paul Simpkins had 5 Carp to a healthy weight of 29lb3oz using his ever faithful
cream seed from munch baits. Mat Rayner is closing in on his target 30lber as he took 5 Carp to 28lb on wafters from Baitworks.
The 2nd November will be a day Dean Filbee won`t forget for a long time, as I pulled up and walked across he was struggling to weigh this fish mainly through excitement so I did the honours for him, with a huge smile on his face and a bit of trembling going on I told him it went 40lb5oz what a Common the biggest fish he had ever caught and a New Lake and New Complex Record to boot. Dean used a feeder Rod with a 30g feeder, Pineapple Wafter and a size 8 Hook over a small bed of Hemp congratulations Dean.
Lee Whitehouse caught 9 Carp to 18lb on S/corn and Maggot, brother Dan Whitehouse landed a 24lb Common also on S/corn and Maggot and their Dad Dave Whitehouse Produced 5 Carp to21lb9oz all falling to a Bait Works Royal Marine Wafter, Shane popped out a 17lb Common using a Sticky Bait Manilla Boilie, young james popped in a new PB with a 22lb Mirror a big well done to him.
DAMSEL
Keith Richardson produced a new PB for himself by landing a 27lb9oz Mirror on his favourite bait Mussels with a feeder well done Keith.
BECKS
It did not take long for Stuart Jones as he caught a Mirror of 23lb11oz and a 5lb Tench not long after arriving on a trusty old Northern special.
November Lockdown update: Following confirmation from the Angling Trust that fishing remains an allowable sport we confirm that we remain open for Day and 24 Hour tickets. However, we do ask that all anglers FULLY RESPECT the Government & Angling Trust guidelines so before making any booking with us please visit www.anglingtrust.net/2020/11/04/fish-safely-locally-and-respect-the-rule-of-two-during-lockdown/.
At Manor Farm Lakes we only allow members of your own household in your swim. There will be no matches held and our caravan site is closed at this time. We look forward to safely seeing you on our banks. Stay safe and stay well 🐟
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WE ARE OPEN FOR DAY TICKET and 24 HOUR TICKETS however we ask that all anglers FULLY RESPECT the Government and Angling Trust guidelines. So BEFORE BOOKING & ARRIVING YOU MUST READ THE ANGLING TRUST CURRENT UPDATED GUIDELINES AT :
https://anglingtrust.net/2020/11/04/fish-safely-locally-and-respect-the-rule-of-two-during-lockdown/
DO NOT VISIT US IF YOU HAVE ANY COVID SYMPTOMS
SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES APPLY ACROSS THE WHOLE COMPLEX AT ALL TIMES – SO: WE ONLY ALLOW THE ANGLER IN THE SWIM AND MEMBERS OF HIS/HER HOUSEHOLD, other visitors are not allowed.
WE OFFER 24 HOUR OVERNIGHT BOOKINGS ON 5 LAKES – BECKS, BOONEYS, CARP, DAMSEL & WINTERS.
Our caravan site is CLOSED during November. The toilet and shower block are open with additional alternative toilets in the middle car park.
TO MAINTAIN THE SAFETY OF OUR BAILIFFS AND OUR ANGLERS THERE ARE STRICT RESTRICTIONS THAT WE MUST ALL FOLLOW:
WE WILL NOT SELL ANY BAIT OR TACKLE ALL SEASON TICKETS WERE SOLD OUT BEFORE THE LOCKDOWN
ON ARRIVAL: STAY IN YOUR CAR UNTIL THE PERSON IN FRONT HAS USED THE TICKET MACHINE AND ARE BACK IN THEIR CAR – ONLY THEN LEAVE YOUR CAR TO COLLECT YOUR TICKET
2 HAND SANITISERS ARE AT THE TICKET MACHINE THAT YOU MUST USE – ONE BEFORE COLLECTING YOUR TICKET & ONE AFTER TOUCHING THE TICKET MACHINE. THE TICKET MACHINE, SCANNERS & TOILETS WILL BE DISINFECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY – AS WE ALWAYS HAVE DONE
AT THE SWIMS: ONLY ONE ANGLER TO A SWIM – unless they are from the your household NO GROUP BOOKINGS NO MATCHES
PLEASE ALWAYS HAVE YOUR TICKET READY FOR OUR BAILIFFS TO CHECK SO THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT WITH YOU TO FIND IT – THIS IS FOR THEIR SAFETY AND YOURS.
PLEASE TAKE YOUR RUBBISH HOME IN YOUR CAR WITH YOU – FOR THEIR SAFETY WE DO NOT WANT OUR BAILIFFS TO TOUCH RUBBISH
IF WE OR OUR BAILIFFS FEEL THAT ANY ANGLER IS NOT FOLLOWING THESE RESTRICTIONS, ARE MAKING GROUP BOOKINGS, ETC – WE WILL IMMEDIATELY CANCEL THEIR BOOKING, WITHOUT A REFUND, AND THEY WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE SITE – OUR TRUSTED BAILIFFS HAVE OUR COMPLETE AUTHORITY AND FULL PERMISSION TO MAKE THIS JUDGEMENT, ANYONE ABUSING THEM VERBALLY OR PHYSICALLY IN ANYWAY WILL BE BANNED FROM FISHING WITH US AGAIN.
OUR BAILIFFS WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, SO PLEASE DO CALL THEM ON 07930 284653
Manor Farm Lakes is an extensive 100 acre fishery based in the heart of Central Bedfordshire, with easy access from the A1. Manor Farm Lakes consists of a range of 7 different fishing lakes with an 18 van touring caravan site with electric hook-ups.
A range of fishing experiences are catered for at Manor Farm Lakes including carp fishing for pleasure anglers and specialists, night fishing, fly fishing for carp, match and coarse angling as well as predator spinning, lure and deadbait fishing in the winter months. The River Ivel acts as the boundary along our eastern edge and is also available to fish with a good head of chub, barbel, pike and bream.
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