Updates For January 2017
Welcome to the Updates For January 2017 – Ivy Lodge Carp Fishery catch reports and updates blog. We hope the blog will interest you and help to keep you up to date with what’s happening on the banks.
All Members please feel free to send us your pictures and catch reports and we’ll try to add them to the next monthly reports blog. As well as your reports we’ll be contributing our own catches from sessions too.
Please send your reports in an email to ivylodgecarpfishery@yahoo.co.uk with the email subject “Pictures” and add your pictures as JPEG attachments. We’ll do the rest…..
ROLL ON SPRING
That’s the festivities out of the way for another year and we trust you all had a good Christmas and new year celebrations.
It has been exceptionally mild so far this winter and the fishing has remained steady with lots of good catch reports coming in as usual keeping it simple seems to produce the best results with the fishery pellets and small hook baits proving to be the best tactic.
The bigger fish are still falling to the POLONI BOILIES from Bait-tech (available in our onsite shop) with small p.v.a. bags or single pop ups working the best.
2017 is looking good with the fish growing year on year we are expecting our best year yet with lots of 8 – 9lb fish out last year these fish should all be doubles this year which will make for great sport and lots more new PBS.
We have made a few rule changes this year as listed below as well as a few that some people need reminded of. These have been introduced for your safety and for the safety of our fish and fishery.
NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL. Anyone thought to be under the influence of either will be banned for life.
Please DO NOT put any details about the fishery on Facebook or any other forums/social media sites (pics are okay).
Strictly no entry to the premises before 8am unless arranged in advance by call or txt. 07706024063.
Day tickets £10. Evening tickets £5 (4 hours before closing) Guest tickets £12 per day. No refunds.
Only one guest ticket is available at the weekends/bank holidays on a first come first serve basis. All guest tickets must be booked at least 24hrs in advance.
If you book in a guest and they don’t turn up (without notifying us well in advance) you will still be charged the £12 and if you both don’t show you will still be charged the £22 the next time you are here.
No cookers or bbqs to be lit on the grass also do not place hot pans or empty hot liquid out as it also burns the grass.
Anyone wishing to have flasks filled with hot water will be charged £1 per fill.
All litter including excess line and cigarette butts MUST be picked up and taken home. (NOT PUT IN OUR BINS).
Toilets are available in the car park. THE BANK IS NOT A TOILET and anyone who thinks otherwise will be banned.
Minimum breaking strain line 8lb.
Max size hook 8/ Minimum 16.
All hooks must be BARBLESS.
No leaders of any type all rigs must be semi fixed or free running.
No elasticated feeders including guru xsafe.
All rods/poles must be purposely designed for carp/coarse fishing and fit for purpose. No spinning rods, pike rods and no carp rods over 2.5lb test curve. Please also ensure that your reel size matches your rod and no big pit reels. If you are unsure please ask as there is a lot of cheap rubbish on the market and if it’s not right you cannot use it.
Pole elastic must be at least 16+ and stronger for margin fishing.
NO FISHING A ROD AND POLE AT THE SAME TIME it’s one or the other.
A 2 rod limit applies and this is only when both rods are fished on a good sturdy bankstick or pod setup with baitrunner or similar reels.
No rods to be sitting on the ground or left unattended if you leave your peg bring them in. The angler in the next peg cannot watch there rods and yours.
All alarms must be kept turned down to a minimum only you need to hear them not the rest of the lake.
Only good quality boilies allowed (fresh or frozen preferred).
NO HOMEMADE BAITS OR PARTICLES.
Good quality bait only.
No bread including crumb.
No nuts.
Max of 2kg of bait per angler per session.
All mats and slings should be wet before use and kept wet especially in hot weather buckets are available in net store for this purpose.
All fish must be unhooked in the mat provided (with the exception of anglers using a seatbox and front bar). Everyone must have a mat and net in there swim not shared between swims.
Please take time when playing, netting and unhooking it’s not a match fishery also you do not need to strike hard with modern rigs. All cameras and scales should be at hand before lifting the fish out of the water.
ALL FISH MUST BE KEPT LOW TO THE GROUND AND ABOVE THE MAT AT ALL TIMES WHEN TAKING PICS AND WEIGHING.
Fish must only be weighed in the sling provided and always give the fish a few minutes to recover before releasing them. If you need help with a fish please ask me or another angler.
DATES FOR THE DIARY
Please remember as we now have a large waiting list all membership fees must be received by the 28th Feb to guarantee your place. After this date we will move onto the waiting list and its first come first serve.
The fishery will be closed from Monday the 6th of Feb until Mon the 13th Feb to allow essential maintenance to take place.
As most of you will be aware we now have a second lake at the fishery which will be stocked in early February. We intend to open this lake early this year it will be called WILLOW POND and will be float fishing only.
More info on this soon.
A Recent Article From Carp Talk OutliningThe Importance Of NOT leaving Gates Open!
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SEE YOU ON THE BANK!!!