Some Spring / Summer Catches 2018

A photo of Pedro Bolton with a 14 lb Mirror
Pedro Bolton with a 14 lb Mirror

Sion Owen
A photo of Sion Owen

A photo of a carp out of the horseshoe lake
A carp out of the horseshoe lake

A photo of a lovely dark fish caught by Ian from Elton top lake.
Lovely dark fish caught by Ian from Elton top lake.

Neil with a carp from the match lake.
Neil with a carp from the match lake.

Adam George with a 13lb 11oz carp.
Adam George with a 13lb 11oz carp from the top lake.

A carp caught by Daniel within 10 minutes
A carp caught by Daniel within 10 minutes

Photo of Multi coloured Ghost Carp
Multi coloured Ghost Carp

Photo of Football two tone Mirror Carp
Football two tone Mirror Carp

Photo of One Angry Mirror Carp
One Angry Mirror Carp

Photo of Check out the scales on this beauty
Check out the scales on this beauty

Photo of No two fish look alike here at Elton
No two fish look alike here at Elton

Photo of Gav the bailiff showing off a stunning Tench
Gav the bailiff showing off a stunning Tench

Photo of One of Elton Carp Lakes Japanese Koi's
One of Elton Carp Lakes Japanese Koi’s

Photo of Grandpa Mirror Carp
Grandpa Mirror Carp

Photo of Ian's Trophy Common Carp
Ian’s Trophy Common Carp

Photo of A Bronze Common Carp
A Bronze Common Carp

Photo of One of the Top Lakes Plated Warriors
One of the Top Lakes Plated Warriors

Photo of Torpedo Mirror Carp
Torpedo Mirror Carp

Photo of As Common as they come.... The Carp that is
As Common as they come…. The Carp that is

Photo of Bronze Plated Mirror Carp
Bronze Plated Mirror Carp

Photo of Little baby Ghost Carp
Little baby Ghost Carp

Photo of Small Platinum Common Carp
Small Platinum Common Carp

Photo of Common Carp ready to spawn
Common Carp ready to spawn

Photo of Terry catches a Chunky Scaled Mirror
Terry catches a Chunky Scaled Mirror

Photo of Full scaled Mirror Carp caught in the sun
Full scaled Mirror Carp caught in the sun

Photo of Mr Brown's Two Tone Scaled Mirror Carp
Mr Brown’s Two Tone Scaled Mirror Carp

Photo of Top Lake Dark Scaled Mirror
Top Lake Dark Scaled Mirror

Photo of James is on point in the sunshine with this Common
James is on point in the sunshine with this Common

Photo of Big Ol' Beastie Common from the Horseshoe
Big Ol’ Beastie Common from the Horseshoe

Photo of Plump Pastie ready for bashing
Plump Pastie ready for bashing

Photo of Scaled Mirror Carp ready for Spawn
Scaled Mirror Carp ready for Spawn

Photo of Catching Mirror Carp in the sun!
Catching Mirror Carp in the sun!

Photo of Leighton's first Top Lake Fish!!!
Leighton’s first Top Lake Fish!!!

Photo of Original Scaled Mirror from the Top Lake
Original Scaled Mirror from the Top Lake

Photo of Middle of the night wake up call
Middle of the night wake up call

Photo of Terry does it again
Terry does it again

Photo of New PB for Terry from the Horseshoe Lake
New PB for Terry from the Horseshoe Lake

Photo of A dark Two Tone Mirror
A dark Two Tone Mirror

Photo of Ian's Model shoot with this lovely dark Mirror Carp
Ian’s Model shoot with this lovely dark Mirror Carp

Photo of Kid's are loving fishing at Elton
Kid’s are loving fishing at Elton

Photo of Absolute stunning Common Carp from the Horseshoe
Absolute stunning Common Carp from the Horseshoe

Photo of Two Tone Mirror Carp with Bronze tail
Two Tone Mirror Carp with Bronze tail

Photo of Beast from the Top Lake
Beast from the Top Lake

Photo of 50 Shades of Red and a Common Carp
50 Shades of Red and a Common Carp

Photo of Small Orange Ghost Carp
Small Orange Ghost Carp

Photo of G-Man Showing how it's done
G-Man Showing how it’s done

Photo of An old Mirror from the Horseshoe
An old Mirror from the Horseshoe

Photo of Common Carp with Stunning Dorsil
Common Carp with Stunning Dorsil

Photo of G-Man does it again!
G-Man does it again!

Photo of Pucker up!
Pucker up!

Photo of Some lovely Orange flashes in this Common Carp
Some lovely Orange flashes in this Common Carp

Photo of Nice Common from Horseshoe
Nice Common from Horseshoe

Photo of Football shaped Mirror
Football shaped Mirror

Photo of Stunning Mirror
Stunning Mirror

Photo of Shaun's cheeky catch
Shaun’s cheeky catch

Photo of Black masked Ghostie
Black masked Ghostie

Photo of Nice Common
Nice Common

Photo of Two Toned Dark Mirror from Barn Lake
Two Toned Dark Mirror from Barn Lake

Photo of A Horseshoe Cracker
A Horseshoe Cracker

Photo of One Fat Fish
One Fat Fish

Photo of Lovely scaled Mirror
Lovely scaled Mirror

Photo of Nice Summer fish!
Nice Summer fish!

Photo of Dark plated Mirror from the Horseshoe
Dark plated Mirror from the Horseshoe

Photo of Plated Mirror from the Horseshoe
Plated Mirror from the Horseshoe

Photo of a Nice Common
A nice Common

Photo of One in the cradle
One in the cradle

Photo of Nice little Common
Nice little Common

Photo of Scaley back Mirror
Scaley back Mirror

Photo of Little Dark Scaled Mirror
Little Dark Scaled Mirror

Photo of Tubby little Mirror
Tubby little Mirror

Photo of Fishing in the Sun
Fishing in the Sun

photo of Pale Mirror Carp
Pale Mirror Carp

Photo of A Morning Catch
A Morning Catch

Photo of eeeek an Eel
eeeek an Eel

Photo of Nice Common Carp
Nice Common Carp

Photo of Little Football Carp
Little Football Carp

Photo of Laney Mirror from the Horseshoe
Laney Mirror from the Horseshoe

Photo of Glum looking Mirror Carp
Glum looking Mirror Carp

Photo of Healthy sized Mirror
Healthy sized Mirror

Photo of Lovely Two Toned Mirror
Lovely Two Toned Mirror

Some winter catches at Elton.

Some photos from Facebook of a few winter catches at Elton.

Above: Bob Weir was pleased with a cracking session in which he landed  10 carp. This is one of them.

A photo of Wayne White with his last catch of 2017
Wayne White – last catch of 2017

Wayne managed to land a fish on New Year’s Eve 2017 – it was a screamer and Wayne’s last fish of 2017.

A photo of Darren Attwood at Elton
Darren Attwood at Elton

A visit from Bait Tech in January 2018: from their Facebook page –

“Darren Attwood opened his 2018 account with two carp in his latest session!”

“The venue of choice was Elton Carp lakes just outside of Gloucester towards the Forest of Dean . The horse shoe shaped lake with an island running down the middle was stocked around 2005 and the carp have come on nicely with a large head around the 20lb mark. As I was limited on time I was looking for quick bites so I decided to use Bait-Tech’s Tutti Fruity sweetcorn on the hair with a bag of mixed maggots soaked in Corn Liquid” .

“Fishing a couple of feet off the island it didnt take long before my bobbin come out of its winter hibernation and 2018 was kick started with a stunning mirror weighing in a whisker over 18lb! Shortly after the same tactic tripped up another stunning mirror weighing in at 17lb. With these cold misty mornings Super Sweetcorn range does the business and to really increase my chance of a bite Liquid Corn is a must have to boost those free offerings!”

Andrew, Bob, Pedro & Sion with some recent catches

A photo of Andrew Blackwood with a huge carp
Andrew Blackwood with a huge carp

Andrew Blackwood’s catch 1/8/17 Common Carp 26.04 lb, another 1/2 lb would have been his personal best.

A photo of Bob Weir with a fine common
Bob Weir with a fine common carp

Bob  with another fine common carp from Elton lake one of six in twenty four hours.

A photo of Pedro Bolton with a 14 lb Mirror
Pedro Bolton with a 14 lb Mirror Carp

A 14lb mirror carp caught by Pedro a few months ago.

Sion Owen
Sion Owen

Sion did not weigh this one that he caught in the match lake.

Some carp caught in July 2017

A photo of James with an 8lb 10oz Mirror Carp
James with an 8lb 10 oz Mirror Carp

A photo of George with an 9 lb 12 oz Mirror Carp
George with an 9 lb 12 oz Mirror Carp

George caught this 9lb 12oz Mirror Carp within an hour of setting up.

A photo of Jason Bullock
Jason and mate land 16 fish

Jason and his mate caught 16 carp between them in 24 hours. Jason added: “… stunning fish nice location”.

Bor Weir added: “I fished 36 hours had 17 fish. I must say This is one of the best places I have been . Fish all seem to be in good condition.
Peter is very friendly. I will definitely be returning”.

Mark and Arran bag some carp

Mark’s First fish of the year and what a beauty it was 16.6 lb out of the small lake caught on the 7th March.

A photo of Arran-Lee Hale with a carp
Arran-Lee Hale

Arran-Lee Hale sent us these lovely carp photos. Arran said” me and the Mrs had a good session today! Nice to see some of your new fish getting on the feed too! Caught this little beauty. Be up again soon”

A photo of Arran's 'Mrs' with a lovely carp.
Arran’s ‘Mrs’ with a lovely carp.

A photo of Arran with a carp
One of Arran’s catch

A photo of Arran with a fine carp
Another of Arran’s catch

Aaron had some good catches again last weekend.
“Caught 4 in the night, however my camera man wasn’t with me, these two being the best from this morning!. 6 fish in total!”