May, 2011 |
St George's 2011 Update
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At last; a hot summer and the grass carp get caught. Only one of them, and not the largest, but at 35lb well worth catching. It's estimated that the biggest grassie must be touching 40lb now so a few of the St. Georges members will be floater fishing in 2011 trying to land it.
The other big news from 2010 was a new 40lber at 41.04, check the GALLERY for picture. The Question Mark hit 45lb and still comes out regularly- in fact on the opening weekend of 2011 he was caught twice! Plenty of 30's showed, some at
37-38lb such as the fish known as "CPs".
New stock has been introduced this year, 50 fish of the Leney strain from V.S. Fisheries. These are only small, weighing around 5lb but are cracking looking fish and should grow quickly, VIEW PICTURES.
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There is now a St. Georges facebook page, click on this link to join.
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September, 2009 |
Business As Usual
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It's been business as usual on St. Georges this summer; blanks followed by multiple catches, another no-show from the grassies, and the Question Mark coming out at least 6 times that we know of- to Andy Burnham, Grahame Rudley,Starman,Felix D & Nash Tackle consultant Mike Hall. Read his account here. 2009 has also seen some continental anglers fishing the lake, Dennis de Wilde from Holland loved the place- he had 16 fish in 4 days and can't wait to come back, this is his report. View report Word doc.
Into October and the carp are still feeding well, Starman has caught his 83rd fish in 41 nights, that's an average of 2 a night- how can anyone say that St. Georges is hard?!? Winter tickets on sale now.
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Monday May 28, 2008 |
Breaking news at St. George's
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The fishing on St. Georges was slow due to the cold winter of 2008/9, but carp were still caught by anglers brave enough to stick it out.
Steve Renyard from the excellent "Advanced Carp Fishing" magazine came down on a freezing weekend in December; read his write up here. Once temperatures started rising the carp switched on and the season ended with some great catches, the lake record the "Question Mark" coming out again and again.
"George" the big original was caught by Neil Terry (again!) in tip top condition at 36lb. The new season started on April 23rd and immediately new members were seeing plenty of action, Antony Edwards had 11 fish between 18lb and 24lb in one night. The bigger fish started showing in May, some stunning upper 20s and a handful of new 30s were landed. With this summer looking to be a good one everyone is hoping that the elusive grass carp make an appearance, as they were last caught 3 years ago,with the biggest just under 30lb...
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June / July, 2008 |
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A Fitting Reward for Extra Effort
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June and July 2008 saw the fishing on St. Georges slow down slightly, which was somewhat inevitable after such an action-packed May. However, anglers who were prepared to put the extra effort in were rewarded with some fantastic catches, such as Phil Randall with this 29lb 10oz mirror. Dave Grimmer put in a heavy pre-baiting campaign which resulted in him landing a 29.9 common, then the famous "George". Bob Bertram, a newcomer to carp fishing, also pre-baited hoping to catch his first twenty. On a four day session he had a 27 on the first night, then went on to catch eleven more, culminating in landing "The Question Mark" at 43lb. Well done mate!! |
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New Update, October 2007 |
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The "Question Mark" comes out at 39lb.12oz
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The
mild winter of 2006/7 saw the fishing on St.Georges carry on right through.
The lake record was broken again on Dec 12th by Darren Solley with "The
Question Mark" at 37lb. Several stockies broke the 30lb barrier,
including this 31 to Gary Irvine (left). June 2007 was a fantastic month
for many of the members- more new 30s including a 33 off the top, the
Black Common hit 31 and Andy Cole had a brace of 36lbers including George
at a new top weight (below). The lake also continues to throw up the
odd suprise; Glen Alden had a fully-scaled mirror which is definitely
not a Simmo's and no one can remember having seen before. Who knows
what else could be in there? |
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New Update, 2006 |
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2006
- NEW LAKE RECORD!
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St.
Georges most famous resident, George, has finally been overtaken.
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stunning mirror, seen here with Neil Terry, grows by nearly 8lb a year
and has now hit 35lb 2oz. Neil is one of the few anglers to take advantage
of the new rule allowing floater fishing and he's cleaned up! He's had
well over 100 carp so far this season, including 14 in one afternoon,
many of these coming "off the top". |
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