Paul has told me that all the babies are doing fine, make sure when your next down to go and have a look at the future of Grenville’s

On a cold January day, four men and a little lady braved the cold weather for the future of Grenville’s. 155 carp were delivered for the stock ponds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

124 c2 weighing an average of 1kg they have been split into two of the stock ponds and 31 c3 into the other stock pond.

 

 

 

 

These will be numbered and colour coded when they are divided again between all stock ponds later in the year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These beauty’s average weight is 2.5kg and will be weighed again before being released into the lake in July.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Number 13 was everyone’s favourite and cant wait to see what it will look like in the future)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We would like to say a big Thank you to Ron Viney and Paul Allgood for all their help today.

And a big thank u to Lisa for the well needed hot drinks and chocolate biscuits

 

 

 

 

 

Top rod this weekend is Viney with a 38 lb 1oz winter carp!

Just goes to show even when the weather is against you and the pressure is through the roof, if your in it you can win it!

Well Done Viney!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38lb 1oz

The lake must be fishing easy as Teacher managed to catch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33lb 4oz

Memberships are due on 1st April, the same as last year.

If anybody is not renewing membership please let Paul know asap.

Thank you.

Cabin dates available for this season are as follows

• 21st – 26th october

 please contact Paul asap if you are interested in any of these dates.

Lee skellam had a brilliant session into the new year!

 28th january

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30lb 4oz

 

 

20lb 40z on 29th dec 9.30 am

 

 

 

 

29th december 10-15am

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34lb 4oz

 

 

29th december 4pm

 

 

 

 

28lb 2oz

 

 

NEW YEAR’S DAY 7:30 am

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36lb

and at the same time……..

 

 

 

 

 

 

18lb

 

 

11:15am

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32lb 6oz

 

 

1pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38lb 8oz

 

 

11:15pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22lb 2oz

 

 

 

Jim Kelly has caught the 150th fish above 30lb from the start of the season at 39lb 2oz . Paul has informed me that 50% are above 35lb! Once in a while Grenville’s gets a special fish pop up and this catch from Jim Kelly’s is one of them!
This fish has only been on the bank twice before!
The last time was on 28/9/09 weighing 34lb.
so a new 35lb+ and nearly a new 40lb!
I think this catch proves you never know what you will catch in Grenville’s

 

THEN Dan Pheasey has caught the winter 45+!

This is a new Personal Best for Dan at 45lb 2oz and the 17th 40lb out this season

Well Done Dan!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45lb 2oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39lb 2oz

Cabin dates available for this season are as follows

• 15th – 20th april
• 22nd – 27th april
• 15th – 20th july
• 12th – 17th august
• 2nd – 7th september
• 14th – 19th october
• 21st – 26th october

 please contact Paul asap if you are interested in any of these dates.

Grenville’s would like to wish a happy new year to all members and the waiting list!

Congratulations to Jamie with the last fish of 2011. Viney had the first fish of 2012 followed by

Lee  who is havin a great session at the lake, today having two fish on at the same time one being a scaley and the next 36lb.

It’s looking good for a few more bites

 

 

Unfortunatley im posting some sad news about wobberly king who passed away on the 13th december.

all our thoughts are with vince anf his family

 

 

myself paul and lisa would like to say a big congratulations to Kirsten and his family on the arrival of their beautiful baby girl Daisy this morning

PAUL, LISA AND YAZ WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

 

 

 

At the beginning of the month Les caught this Pike for his Birthday he then caught it again this week!

 

21lb 2oz

 

 

 

 

 

Dates next season for the cabin will be put up on the 2nd January.

 First come first served.

Thank you.

December was only 6 hours old when Mr Vine found himself atteched to the first fish of December

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34lb 6oz

Trevor Pritchard

 

 

Trevor had a few days down this week and was rewarded with these catches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How Stunning?!

 

 

24lb 4oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21lb 12oz

 

 

Trevor also did a bit of pike fishing

 

 

 

 

Andy Smith

 

 Grenville Session 25/11/11 to 27/11/11

 

Arrived at the lake on Friday at 3.50pm, it was already starting to get dark so I didn’t have time to walk round looking for fish, pegs taken were 25-29-32-33 and 37.

I was hoping 37 would be free as the wind would have been behind me but it wasn’t so hey ho, I thought I would try 3 as its was handy with not much daylight left,

I quickly got some baits on and casted out, left hand rod in line with cabin at about 120 yards, middle rod 100 yards and right rod in line with a big bunch of trees

In the background at about 120-130 yards.

It was a quiet first night (apart from the wind bashing everything about), Saturday morning came and Spence and his guest mate turned up and went into 12 and 14,

There was nobody along that bank but with the wind blowing into it; it really would be Extreme Fishing as Spence called it.

I got my marker rod out and found a big deep bowl 60 to 70 yards out, it went down to about 28ft at 70 yards and 18ft at 80 yards, so I popped the marker up and put About 150 baits around it, I spread them out with the stick as i am not one for fishing baits tight, I want the fish to search for them rather than in a big heap on the bottom.

I clipped and marked my middle rod at 80 yards and recast it out, I felt that if any rod would go this would be the first, I rebaited my right hand rod with a Mainline MK1

Bottom bait tipped with a hi-viz yellow 10mm citrus fruit pop-up and cast it towards the big bunch of trees again in the horizon.

 

Saturday night came and it was very, very windy, but it was a South Westerly so very warm, it felt really good for a bite tonight, I didn’t sleep much after midnight as the bivvy was taking a right old hammering but it was pegged down nice and tight so I felt safe and secure. I dozed off and on then at 4.30 I had a couple of bleeps followed by a one toner, it was the right hand rod, I quickly got my crocs on and head torch on and pulled into the fish, it had already stripped another 20 yards of line off the reel so it was a good 140 to 150 yards out, it felt like a big fish, it wasn’t head shaking or zig zagging like the smaller

residents, I use MCF dumper lead clips which drop the lead every time without fail, now on every water I fish if I use them the fish tend to fight in mid water or near the surface, not in Grenville!! These fish really hug the bottom when your fighting with them, anyway I got it within 20 yards from the bank then the line started plinking on the shelf, that’s always a bit heart in mouth when that starts happening, anyway I got it near the surface and slipped the net under it, what I thought was a big fish turned out to be a lovely fish at 23-2, recast the rod out again pretty much in the same area then spent 10 minutes waiting for the bow in the line to settle and the lead.

20 minutes later the same rod was ripping off again, this also felt a big fish and it was it just kited up to peg 4 plodding along, after about 10 minutes I got it close to that dreaded shelf again, once again the line started plinking then slack, gutted it was a hook pull!! I haven’t lost a fish in here since my first session back in Aug, I lost 2 that session in peg 8, I was using Nash Twisters, but now use Korda Kaptors curve shank in 6’s and 8’s, this was the first fish I have lost on them.

Recast again which was hard work with the wind; about 30 minutes later guess what?? Yep the same rod was screaming off again and the Delks were playing there tune, another similar fight yet again hugging the bottom, slipped the net under which looked a “30″ very short but like a football, thank you very much, it went 28-8 so not a bad guess, recast and that was a few hours ago so nothing since.

All in all a very good session for me in such awful conditions, I think the key at the moment is not too over bait it at this time of year, I bought 1Kg of boilies with me. Enough said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23lb 2oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28lb 8oz

 

 

Mark Hutchinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25lb 8oz

 

 

Shaun Harrison

 

 

Unfortunatley Shaun lost a really big fish this week, but was compensated with 5 perch

 

 

 

 

The biggest of the bunch, weighing 3lb 4oz

 

 

 

 

 

Newsflash!

Ron was down this weekend and CAUGHT this beauty!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31lb 14oz

 

 

Well done Ron from everyone at Grenville’s

 

 

Spencer

 

 

 

 

22lb

 

 

Mark Hutchinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28lb 8oz

Dave Gowing on the last day of his session caught this beauty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37lb 9oz

 

 

Ian turned up this morning and whilst walking round bumped into Paul photographing Dave Gowings 37lb 9oz and decided on swim 17 as he had seen fish close in. ian put a half oz lead and cast out 30 yards, 10 mins later ……..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33lb

In respect of rememberance day Shaun Harrison decided it would be appropriate to fish in swim 11, he was rewarded with this beauty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35lb 11oz

 

 

Karl Pitcher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31lb 8oz

 

 

Karl said it just proves you dont have to fish at range in swim 18

Yet another Personal Best achieved this morning at 3.30 am

 

Andy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39lb 6oz

 

Congratulations Andy!

Yazzy’s Leads!
I will now be selling 3oz leads at Grenville’s
plain
organic
and gravel
A bag of ten for £10!
If your interested let myself or Paul know
Thank you

 

 

Yet another Personal Best has been broken this season! The lucky guy this time was…

 

Craig Randle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39lb 5oz

 

 

Well Done Craig!

The cabin is being  let on a daily basis please contact paul for info.

Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I arrived on Sunday and followed Spencer into Peg 6 as the forecast for the next few days showed the wind switching from SW to S/SE……….knowing this would put the wind off my back allowing me to get the distance to put my baits where I wanted them. Setting up at midday, this 22.12 Mirror came within 30 minutes of casting out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The evening passed without any further action so I turned in around 9pm. At twenty past midnight, my sleep was broken when my middle rod in 17’ water screamed off………resulting in this two tone Mirror of 28.11.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First light – my first Thirty of the session in the shape of this 35.07 fell for a 12mm fluoro Pineapple pop-up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mid morning – this time my right hand rod produced the goods………..8 feet of water, this 34.05 took a liking to a little white Scopex pop-up. The rest of the day remained quite.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once again, 2am and my sleep is disturbed again, this time by this 28.04 Mirror which fought like a demon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Action at first light, this stocky 23.06  took a liking for my MK1 bottom bait……….proof that they were mopping up the six kilos of boilies that I had put in!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six minutes after returning the 23, the same rod that had been recast back to the baited area was away again which produced my third ‘Thirty’ of the session in the shape of this cracking 32.08 Mirror. Judging by the frame of this fish, this will go on to be one of the ‘big kippers’ in the future!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Scaley of the trip, whilst they aren’t as big as the others yet they are absolutely stunners! I can’tt wait till these little beauties start pushing the 30 pound barrier! This one was a little way short at 17.08 but still a welcome visitor!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Early evening action next, my first take just into dark! It made a change not getting woken up in the middle of the night to land this 28.03………..surely destined to be another of next years ‘new’ thirties!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final morning, the early morning sunshine on what I was later informed by Paul as being the new Lake Record Common at 26.03, again a MK1 bottom bait was the downfall of this cracking fish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shortly after returning the Common, this 31.09 Mirror took a liking for a bottom bait. My eleventh fish and fifth 30 of the session!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Scaleys had been conspicious by there absence…………then this one turned up, again not the biggest carp in Grenville but when they look like this who cares!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just like buses, you wait for ages for one of these stunning Grenville Common’s then two come along together, the first weighs in at 22.01.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, the second, literally caught within thirty minutes of the first, this time a couple of ounces bigger at 22.03!

Just as I was packing up, I managed another take which resulted in one of Paul new babies which weighed 10.12 which brought my session to an end……….sixteen fish in 72 hours I went home a very happy chappie!

The first week of November, and its extremely mild compared to this time last year.

Andy Wilson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37lb 12oz

 

 

Chris Oakley

 

 

 

 

31lb 14oz

 

 

Im loving all the perch pics

 

 

 

 

 Viney

 

 

had a great weekend full of catches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31lb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29lb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this beauty  was 22lb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21lb

 

 

Viney and Jamie also caught a chub at 5lb 8oz, I am still hoping for the  big Chub to come out this year.

After next week the cabin will be let on a daily basis please contact paul for info.

Thank you.

 

 

There has been lots of catches this week but the man and catch of the week goes to young Jake with this catch. Smashing his Personal Best!

 

 

 

 

37lb 4oz

 

 

Well Done Jake!

 

 

Mark Skellam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33lb 4oz

 

 

 

 

 

28lb 2oz

 

 

Another Personal Best broken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39lb 6oz

 

 

Well Done Mark!

 

 

Phill Calloway

caught this beauty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37lb 12oz

 

 

Vince King

caught this mirror at the weekend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31lb 4oz

 

 

Jason Moore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24lb

 

 

 

 

 

 Mark Hutchinson

 

 

 

 

37lb 15oz

 

 

 

 

31lb 5oz

 

 

 

 

20lb 8oz

 

 

 

 

 

18lb 1oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30lb 3oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20lb 4oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21lb 9oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23lb 15oz

 

 

 

 

Not so many down this weekend, but one member who’s patience paid off with 24 hours and no catches and  not even a bleep! Ended up with 10 catches!

 

Cliff Kemp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23lb 12oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21lb 14oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34lb 12oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34lb 1oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31lb 4oz

 

 

First guest session Gareth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20lb 4oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24lb 2oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33lb 5oz

 

 

Shaun Harrison

caught this beauty of a perch

 

 

 

 

3lb 3oz

 

 

It was Brian’s Birthday and he and Julie celebrated down Grenvilles

 

 

 

 

15lb 12oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28lb 4oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32lb 8oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34lb 8oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The weather has turned but there are still a few anglers braving the chill

Tom Craven

 

 

 

 

25lb 4oz

 

 

Im loving that its the time of year everyone is trying for pike, I hope someone catches that Chub soon!! 

 

 

 

 

15lb 2oz

 

 

James Barnes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29lb 12oz 

 

 

 

Dave Gowing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23lb 13oz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30lb 10oz