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CUSTOMER COMMENTS & PHOTOS 2011 (the deadline for submissions each week is Monday 5pm)

 

Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 7:23 PM
Subject: Terry's catch on 27/12/11

please find attached photos from Terry Baisden. 27llb and 36llb 8oz

thanks
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 4:09 PM
Subject: catch from puma 9th - 11th sep
 
48 hour session on puma friday 9th till sunday 11th september.
 
Matt Deakin
 
20 carp to just over 14lb including a koi
2 golden tench
1 chub
50+ bream to 1lb
 
Most of the carp caught off the top, all others caught on various baits on bottom from open water and tight to islands
 
Colin Deakin
 
10 carp to 15lb again mostly off the top with a couple from the bottom in open water
few skimmer bream snaffling the boilies
 
Peter Deakin
 
6 carp to 12lb all caught off the top
plenty of bream to couple of pounds
1 chub
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:12 AM
Subject: CATCH REPORT - 48 HOUR SESSION FROM 25/11/11 - 27/11/11

Morning, 

Please find attached the pics of the 4 x 30’s I had this weekend.  Each fish was a new pb

They were caught using washed out boilies with a small stringer of boilies attached, scattering a few freebees around the swim caught from a river bank swim

The fish were caught at… 

30.10lbs         -           25/11/11 @ 11.30PM
30.12lbs         -           26/11/11 @ 4.30pm
30.14lbs         -           27/11/11 @ 7.00am
31.06lbs         -           27/11/11 @ 9.00am

Thanks for a fantastic session (probably once in a life time!)

Regards, 

Adam Spokes

Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 4:45 PM
Subject: Big cat from mallard lake

Another quick 8hr session on mallard lake that produced this 51lb4oz catfish. Caught on scopex pop up. Amazing fish and an awesome fight!
Cheers monk lake and the bailiff who helped me weigh it and take pics.
Many thanks
Vince
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 9:23 AM
Subject: (no subject)
 
recent photos I took at Monks the year
great place to fish and value too
 
thanks 
 
Mick Warwick  Larkfield
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 4:45 PM
Subject: 10hr session on mallard 10/11/11

The 27lb6oz mirror I caught from mallard on 21mm pellet single hook-bait. Nice fish for a quick 10 hr session.
Many thanks
Vince
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 5:08 PM
Subject: recent catch at your lake
 
38lb 4oz mirror carp caught on 18mm cell boilies tipped with fake corn...
Sent: 23/09/2011 13:26:49 GMT Daylight Time
Subj: Bridges 22nd Sept 11
 
Good afternoon
 
Had a great day on bridges yesterday, using method feeder and fake corn.
 
I had 20 carp, biggest 21lb, and some lovely ghost carp too, most of the carp were 4 to 8lb
 
I have added a couple of photo's
 
Andy McNicholas - Deal Kent
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 7:22 PM
Subject: 7.5 pound barbel
 
sorry its taken a little while to get these to you . these were caught on 2nd october 2011 , it is 7.5 pound . many thanks jake bigwood
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 12:54 PM
Subject: Emailing: Fish 004.jpg, Fish 002.jpg

A big HI to the Monks lake team

Please see attached photo's of my two best fish from a 48hr stint on the Mallard lake.
Both were caught within a couple of hours of each other early in the morning from a river bank.

I had a very productive session with 3 cats up to 28lb 7oz (PB) & one Mirror at 32lb 4oz (PB)- Happy Days

All fish were caught on critically balanced Cell/Tutti Fruiti fishing to a bar in open water.
This was my first trip to your very well run fishery & I will definitely be returning soon.

Hopefully I can better the two PB's from this session.

Many Thanks

Danny Sharman (Essex)
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 10:37 PM
Subject: fishing images
16.12lb caught on bridges at 23.15pm on scopex 15mm, with fixed inline weight. 
thanks
joe stott 
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 12:54 PM
Subject: Emailing: Fish 004.jpg, Fish 002.jpg

A big HI to the Monks lake team

Please see attached photo's of my two best fish from a 48hr stint on the Mallard lake.
Both were caught within a couple of hours of each other early in the morning from a river bank.

I had a very productive session with 3 cats up to 28lb 7oz (PB) & one Mirror at 32lb 4oz (PB)- Happy Days. All fish were caught on critically balanced Cell/Tutti Fruiti fishing to a bar in open water. This was my first trip to your very well run fishery & I will definitely be returning soon.

Hopefully I can better the two PB's from this session.

Many Thanks

Danny Sharman (Essex)
From:    Sharman, Keith (K.) 
Sent:   15 August 2011 09:57
 
A big Hi to the Monks lake team,
 
Please see attached photos from our recent 48hr session in the pipe swim on Mallard lake.
We caught 5 Cats & 2 Mirrors between us, Cats weighed in at 57lb, 33.5lb, 21.5lb, 21lb & 13lb - The two Mirror Carp came in at 27.4lb & 28.2lb (Named the Rugby Ball…).
I would like to thank the Monks lake team for supporting us with information regarding the lake, hot spots to fish & baits to use.
This was my second visit to this excellent run fishery and we have already started to plan our next trip down from Essex.
 
A welcome 2nd session after only banking one small Cat on my first 48hr session back in April, although my younger brother bagged a 32lb Mirror & 4 cats up to 28lb
 
Thanks again & see you all soon
 
Regards Keith Sharman
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 6:01 PM
 
hi monk got a 15lb carp grait night there never been to a better lake befor from callum goodhew
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 7:37 AM
Subject: hi
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 7:08 AM
Subject: CATCH REPORT FROM 36 HOUR SESSION 11.30am 6/8/11 - 7PM 7/7/11

Morning, 

Our catch report and pictures from the weekend.

It was our first session and Mallard and a very enjoyable one at that.

I beat my PB twice, catching a 26.01lb mirror caught on monster squid boilie followed by a 28.02 lb caught on a cell topped with a tutti fruity pop up a few hours later.  I also had a 22.10 lb on Halibut pellet with chain reaction mirror and a 13.07 lb mirror also on cell early in the morning. 

Terry also on his first session managed to catch his PB for a catfish twice, firstly with a 27.02lb followed by a 28.06lb the following day.  He also bagged a 16.04 mirror towards the end of the session.  All of his were caught on boilies covered in Halibut past and a white chocolate pop up.

All our fish were caught from the riverbank swim.  It was a great session and the bailiff’s were very helpful! Am looking forward to hopefully coming back in the next few weeks.

Regards,

Adam Spokes

Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 3:25 PM
 

Sam Cogger's Catches:

22lb 12oz
35lb 08oz

Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:25 PM
Subject: Mirror Carp
Dear Sir,
Attached a picture of a 24lb  7ounce Mirror Carp.
Caught by myself on Saturday 30th July 2011, 9.35am at Monk Lake, Staplehurst, Kent.    
                               Yours Sincerely
                                Rod Burgess.
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:19 AM

Dear Morgan

Firstly many thanks for the hospitality we received last week when fishing our corporate event on Mallards Lake! Both yourself and Sam were very helpful.

As requested, pictures of some of my captures:-

1st Picture      – 32lb Mirror
2nd Picture     – 34lb Cat Fish
3rd Picture      – 54lb Cat Fish

Kind regards

John Hammond

Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 9:16 AM
 
hi chaps, a few pics thought you may want to view.
 
Steve
From: si barnes
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 4:15 PM
Subject: simon barnes 40th birthday fishing
 
to all the staff at monk lakes thanks for some excellent fishing for my 40th birthday trip. I enclose photos of the monster catfish that i caught at 8am on july 26th 2011. the fish bottomed out my 55lb scales and was quite simply huge well in excess of 60lbs and comparing it to the weight of the 35lb 15oz cat i had later in the session seemed to be approximately twice this weight. I hope this fish will be confirmed as a new mallard lake record. I fished from midday july 25th until 10 am on thursday 28th and caught the following: tuesday 8am catfish well in excess of sixty pounds, tuesday 8pm 30lb 1oz catfish, wednesday 1.30pm 24lb 140z catfish, thursday 8am 35lb 15oz catfish  all fish were weighed photographed and witnessed by fellow anglers1. Once again thanks for providing me with first class facilities and fishing hope to see you all again soon. simon barnes
 
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:47 AM
 
mirror carp 32lb 4oz, caught in the last miute of the session. this was a PB and a very good looking fish.
spanking
 
see you soon 
 
steve
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 6:05 PM
Subject: Fish from Mallard June 3, 4 & 5
 
Dear All,
 
Here are some photos from our successful first visit.
 
We were very lucky with the weather and we certainly found the fish in the mood. We selected the pipe and track swims so had the NE wind directly at us.
 
The cell boilies were well received, tipped with plastic corn or fruit pop-ups. Halibut pellets caught the best cat. We feel that 9 carp and 3 cats was a far better than we had a right to expect. The lake felt empty although the usual eight anglers were present.
 
We will be along again soon, but we will have a tough job to better this result.
 
Best regards,
 
Peter Battley & Damon York
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 9:33 AM
Subject: Weekend 7th - 8th May

Dear Morgan, Ron and team

Just a quick note to say to you all thank you very much for looking after us while we were fishing at Mallard.

We caught the grand total, not including the Roach/Rudd and Perch, of 4 fish between us. Three catfish and one Carp. Star man Paul Robertson caught 3 and young Callum caught his first ever Catfish.

Please find attached pictures of Robbo’s Carp (25lb 14oz and a personal best) and one of his catfish (22lb). Please feel free to add to your gallery. The photo is of the carp’s good side. It has a fin on the opposite side that is nothing more than a stumpy spike so it is probably a known fish. Can you enlighten us on this? 

The Carp was caught on a popped up sweet flavoured boilie as were two of the Catfish.

We all found it hard going. I was fishing in the Channel, so thank you for the weed rake! I had Carp patrolling in front of me the whole time I was there but despite trying everything I could think of, and a few things other people suggested, I could not persuade them to eat!

We all had lots of silly little bleeps and twitches but nothing that really developed into anything. I had an absolute screamer but the culprit was a Coot.

We were also wondering whether or not there any Crayfish in the lake. This is because several of us had the luncheon meat parts of baits stolen and what looked like “bite marks” on the tougher boilies.   

Frustrating but there you go. That’s fishing I suppose.

Thanks again.

Paul Goona and all the rest of the Stanton Grove Ltd Angling Section

Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 8:36 PM
Subject: Cats on mallard

Hi,

Had a great session today on mallard fishing from only 1pm till 7pm, catching a 35 pound cat, a 16 pound cat and a 48 pound cat, I also lost a 50pound-ish cat with the line snapping. Have attached pictures and will be seeing you again soon!

Aaron Nicholls
(Lordswood, Chatham)

 


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