New member first fish at Shepherds Way

I caught this carp at Shepherds Way on 9/4/17. My tackle was 5lb mainline with 3.6lb hook line on a size 16 hook, i hooked the carp in its bottom lip. The bait was 1 piece of tiny corn and a maggot, it took 15 minutes to land due to me worrying about line snapping.
For a fairly new angler I was very pleased with myself.
Candy Tillson

The carp weighed 15lb

It was a good day at Shepherds Way

Wally Spooner fished the peg next to the promontory with the windmill in the main lake. Tackle was 12 hook, hair rig with small feeder, carp rod behind alarms. Bait 2 6mm pellets halibut and robin red. Feeder had pellets plus ground bait. Fished 12.00 to 3.30pm, caught 5 carp, between 8 and 14lb, 4 commons 1 mirror all in good condition, fought well. Fishery peaceful, red kite orbiting overhead.

Another nice Carp from Shepherds Way

Another nice Carp from Shepherds Way for Ashley it weighed in at 12lb.

Bream from Blunham

Stuart fish Blunham 14-02-2017 and had a couple of bream the biggest went just over 6lb he also lost a bigger fish, fishing the stick float he thinks it could have been a barbel.

Swim clearing at the Spinney Blunham

Stuart, Rob, Melv and John have now cleared 10 swims on this venue, this is proving to be a good winter fishery. I have had reports of human waste on this venue, can I remind members that this should be bagged & taken home with you, or buried and not left for someone else to clear up.

Many thanks to Stuart & his team for all their hard work over the last few weeks, which has made this fishery fishable again.

Ghost Carp Shepherds Way

Biggest fish Ashley has had out of Shepherds Way this 24lb Ghost Carp on 29th January 2017 on 3 pieces of sweetcorn on a hair rig

Blunham River Ouse

Stuart Butterfield fished Blunham on the 11/01/2017 and had over 7lb of Roach and Dace in 3 hours, it also fished well on the Sunday 08/01/2017 the bait used was maggots, must be worth a fish now the weed has died back.

Two Carp from Shepherds Way

Recent Catches

Caught in the big pit at London Colney, a 24lb 6oz carp

Caught at London Colney a 15lb 10oz Pike. Not pictured on the same day another 11lb Pike!

Another great catch of 12lbs at Lowbell Lane by our member Stuart Richardson.

Mark Elliott eight year old daughter Scarlett with a Carp she caught from Shepherds Way

Jordan Neighbor with some of the best catches he has had from Shepherds Way.

Quick action saves fish at Shepherds Way

Thanks must go out to Don Crucifix and his Son after arriving early on Sunday morning to do further swim work at Shepherds Way. He saw that fish were in distress on the small lake and set the following sequences into action after contacting the Secretary.

The EA were notified at 07.30 and logged the report, Dave Porter drove down and witnessed fish in distress or dead, fry were struggling all across the lake and obviously this was a worrying sight. Further calls were made, this time to the Fire Brigade, requesting their assistance with pumps to re oxygenate the water. Unfortunately there was a large fire in Barnet, so crews were tied up.

George Horne (On Call EA Officer) arrived before 9.00 and proceeded to record oxygen levels, the readings were to say the least very worrying. Many recordings were taken around the lake with readings varying from 4% to 12% oxygen. We were informed that anything below 50% would give cause for concern and the levels we were experiencing classed this at the highest category 1 danger level.

Don brought down our own pump and that was set up, but much more was needed to avoid a major fish kill.

Shortly after this the Fire Brigade arrived from Kings Langley fire station with a most obliging crew who stayed with their pumps fully on for 4 1⁄2 hours. Further recordings were taken and levels began to rise eventually reaching the 50% plus level and a major fish loss was averted.

We have been strongly advised by the EA to keep the small lake closed for a while to take any further pressure off the fish and we will monitor this situation closely.

The Club would like to pass on special thanks to Don and his Son, George Horne EA, who stayed much longer than he should have done and of course the crew from Kings Langley, all were rewarded with tea, sandwiches and biscuits.

The Club is also to send the Fire station two complimentary tickets for this season, with our sincere thanks.

We would also ask members visiting Shepherds Way to keep a close eye on the lakes and report any further instances as soon as possible to the EA emergency number. 0800 80 70 60