Wales Carp Masters Qualifier At Celtic Lakes
With the introduction of 40lb+ specimen carp and 50lb+ catfish in October 2007, Celtic lakes Resort is set to become one of the premier “big fish” waters and fishing holiday destinations in the whole of the UK. More information at: http://www.celticlakesresort.com
Celtic Lakes Resort News:
Wales Carp Masters Qualifier
The last qualifier for the Wales carp Masters at Celtic Lakes Resort took place over the weekend of the 3rd - 5th August 2007. The winning weights were:
1st Richard Onions and Peter Rees 468lb
2nd Luke Homer and Jack Humpries 319lb
3rd Nathen Perkins and Andrew Roberts 318lb
4th Mark Bartlett and Kevin Hewett 284lb
Congratulations to Richard and Peter who have booked their place in the grand final of the Wales Carp Masters which is being held at Celtic Lakes Resort from 28th to 30th September 2007.
28lb 14oz catfish caught during qualifying for the Wales Carp Masters
The final qualifier at Celtic Lakes Resort for the Wales Carp Masters final saw one of the venue’s biggest catfish caught to date. This impressive fish fell to the Captive Angler team of Mark Cresswell & Simon Joyce.This spectacular fish tipped the scales at 28lb 14oz. (picture above)
Recent Catch Reports:
Celtic Lakes continues to produce some truly excellent catches. Some of the recent reports received here at Celtic Lakes Resort include:
1. Mark Henness - 7th August 2007
Summary:
As I didn’t fish the Monday night match I was allowed out with the “old Man” for a re-visit of Celtic Lakes Resort near Lampeter. You may remember that when we last fished there, I only caught one bream and we were kindly given a “free” ticket to return when the weather improved … well today was our day.
On arriving at 9.30am we set up in Lake five by the car park to fish both our favourite method of Paste. Dad sorry “old man” has his hard black swim stim, so he can cast it, with rod and reel, me with the pole and green swim stim paste a little softer. Within the first few minutes we were both into the carp, me close in by some lilies and Dad further out. To cut a days fishing short the old man had about 50 carp to 7lb and the odd bream to about 2lb. I had 40 bream to 2lb and about 50 carp to 8lb. We ran out of time and paste so called it a day at 5pm.
We met up with John, the owner, for a chat and thanked him for a great days fishing. It is amazing the changes that have happened since our last visit, some by nature and lots by the hard work of John and his team. I have never seen so much money and effort spent on a fishery which WILL i am sure become the best in Wales if not the UK. Here is a man who has invested HIS money for your pleasure, just this year £35k in carp for just Lake five, plus insane amounts for just one cat fish. The one thing that will make me come back again and again is the quality of the fish, apart from being scale perfect , every one was a virgin, with absolutely NO mouth damage what so ever!
Notable Fish:
The old man had about 50 carp to 7lb and the odd bream to about 2lb. I had 40 bream to 2lb and about 50 carp to 8lb.
Tactics and bait:
swim stim paste
2. Keith Supple - 5th August 2007
Summary:
I love this place I just keep coming back. It’s a bit of a drive from Bridgend but well worth it every time! The weather was changeable - sunny / heavy showers, 13-19 deg c.
Notable Fish:
16lb cat, 15lb cat, 16lb 4oz mirror - 43 carp in total and 2 cats
Tactics and bait:
Double 22mm halibut pellets for the cats and PVA bags of pellets/squid and tangerine boilies for the carp.
3. Gillian Arnold - 5th August 2007
Summary:
IÂ am regular visitor to the lakes and come from Glynneath. Weather was hot and sunny but in the evening became cloudy overcast and some rain. Catching regularly during the day, but the larger fish came in the evening with a flurry. Again another great day at lake 5 and as always a great welcome from the owner and staff. Looking forward to the next visit. I introduced my son Lee to the venue who thought it was fantastic,and could not believe it when he caught his 18lb 5oz carp.This being his first in coarse fishing and now hooked himself.
Notable Fish:
18lbs 5oz Mirror Carp, 18lb 4oz Mirror Carp, 18lb 6oz Common Carp.
Various other carp mainly between 10 to 13Ibs with one addition of a roach. A total of 35 in all during the 12hrs session between myself and my son Lee Meredith.
Tactics and bait:
Halibut pellet 22mm
To view all our catch reports, please visit: http://www.celticlakesresort.com/celticlakes_catchreports.html
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