Bailiffs Diary: Week 7 - W/E 16/05/15

What a week! So many fifty-pounders landed it seems the conditions were ideal. A bit of spawning activity on most lakes didn’t seem to affect the sport too badly!

Lake 1

Steve Wyborn fishing ‘Chimneys’ had seven fish including three forties of 40lbs, 40lbs and 44lbs on the Cell.

Geoff Steamer in ‘Snags’ had three fish out.

Tim Marshall in the ‘Beach’ had 12 fish.

Steve Highfield fishing ‘Ladies Lair’ had 31 fish including seven forties of 40lbs, 48lbs, 46lbs, 44lbs, 44lbs, 41lbs and 42lbs then a 51lb fish and topped it all off with a common of 71lbs-8ozs on the Cell and Banoffee Balanced Wafters.

Steve Wyborn - 44lb
Steve Wyborn - 44lb
Steve Highfield - 51lb
Steve Highfield - 51lb
Steve Highfield - 72lb
Steve Highfield - 72lb

Wayne Cox fished ‘3 Step’s’ and had 45 fish including five forties of 45lbs, 48lbs, 40lbs, 45lbs and 47lbs, plus three fifties of 50lbs, 52lbs and 54lbs on Nutcracker.

Jeff Pope fishing ‘West Point’ had 18 fish including two forties of 45lbs and 46lbs plus a 52lbs-2oz common.

Dave Pillman in ‘Cherries’ had 13 fish up to 40lbs.

Wayne Cox - 52lb
Wayne Cox - 52lb
Wayne Cox - 54lb
Wayne Cox - 54lb
Jeff Pope - 52lb
Jeff Pope - 52lb

Mike Alford in ‘West Bar’ had six fish including a 45lb mirror plus two fifties of 55lbs and 56lbs.

Darren Rivolta in ‘Sunset’ had 13 fish up to 54lbs.

Dick Forty fished ‘East Bar’ and had 12 fish plus two fifties of 55lbs-8ozs and 55lbs-12ozs.

Mike Alford - 55lb
Mike Alford - 55lb
Mike Alford - 56lb
Mike Alford - 56lb
Darren Rivolta - 54lb
Darren Rivolta - 54lb

Dick Forty fished ‘East Bar’ and had 12 fish plus two fifties of 55lbs-8ozs and 55lbs-12ozs.

Nick Warner landed seven fish up to forty-pounds.

Dick Forty - 55lb
Dick Forty - 55lb
Dick Forty - 55lb
Dick Forty - 55lb
Nick Warner - 41lb
Nick Warner - 41lb

Matt Farnham in ‘Embers’ had 15 fish including two fifties of 51lbs and 53lbs.

Mick Marshall in ‘Bailiffs’ had 10 fish including four forties of 41lbs, 41lbs, 47lbs and 49lbs on the Cell.

Matt Farnham - 53lb
Matt Farnham - 53lb
Mick Marshall - 49lb
Mick Marshall - 49lb

Lake 2

Paul Crippin - peg 11 had 10 fish including two forties of 40lbs and 43lbs.

Jason Lowery – peg 12 had six fish including two forties.

Sean Picatek – peg 18 had three fish.

Dan Jarman – peg 30 had three fish up to 51lbs.

Paul Crippin - 43lb
Paul Crippin - 43lb
Jason Lowery - 41lb
Jason Lowery - 41lb
Dan Jarman - 51lb
Dan Jarman - 51lb

Danny Picatek – peg 20 had five fish including two forties.

George Hefferman - peg 29 had five fish up to 45lbs.

Jason Watson – peg 22 had four fish including a 49lb carp topped by a 53lb fish.

John Hardie – peg 15 had six fish.

Glen Woolly – peg 2 had three fish.

George Hefferman - 45lb
George Hefferman - 45lb
Jason Watson - 53lb
Jason Watson - 53lb

Connor Hardie – peg 16 had 17 fish up to 52lbs-10ozs.

Gary Turner in peg 26 had eight fish including two forties.

Bobby Turner – peg 24 had 12 fish including three forties of 44lbs, 44lbs and 43lbs then three fifties of 51lbs, 51lbs, 55lbs on the Cell.

Connor Hardie - 52lb
Connor Hardie - 52lb
Gary Turner - 40lb
Gary Turner - 40lb
Bobby Turner - 51lb
Bobby Turner - 51lb

Chris Hutchings - had 10 fish including three forties of 44lbs, 44lbs and 47lbs-8ozs on Sticky.

Simon Peach – in peg 6 had four fish.

Kev Hall – peg 7 had four fish up to 40lbs.

Stuart Crippin – peg 13 had 11 fish up to 44lbs.

Chris Hutchings - 47lb
Chris Hutchings - 47lb
Simon Peach - 35lb
Simon Peach - 35lb
Kev Hall - 32lb
Kev Hall - 32lb
Stuart Crippin - 44lb
Stuart Crippin - 44lb

Lake 3

James Norman – peg 3 had nine fish out including three forties of 42lbs, 44lbs and 45lbs plus a 57lb mirror.

Gary Norman – peg 2 had six fish including four forties of 41lbs, 45lbs, 47lbs and 49lbs.

Matt Bull – peg 5 had three fish up to 51lbs-7ozs.

Mike Stephens – peg 10 had six fish up to 50lbs.

James Norman - 57lb
James Norman - 57lb
Gary Norman - 51lb
Gary Norman - 51lb
Mike Stephens - 50lb
Mike Stephens - 50lb

David Hall – peg 9 had just the one sadly.

Liam O’Connor – peg 16 had eight fish including two forties on Activ-8 and Cell.

John Poulson – peg 11 had a best of 53lbs-10ozs.

Liam O’Connor - 42lb
Liam O’Connor - 42lb
John Poulson - 53lb
John Poulson - 53lb

Lake 4

Gary Bailey – peg 4 had 16 fish.

Malc Earnshaw –peg 5 had nine fish.

Roger Zarins – peg 2 and 8 had 16 fish up to 40lbs.

Jason Zarins – peg 1 had nine fish.

Gary Bailey - 36lb
Gary Bailey - 36lb
Malc Earnshaw - 39lb
Malc Earnshaw - 39lb
Roger Zarins - 40lb
Roger Zarins - 40lb

Lake 5

John Richards – peg 8 had nine fish up to 40lbs.

James Richards – peg 6 had five fish up to 40lbs.

Danny Richards – peg 7 had two fish.

John Richards - 40lb
John Richards - 40lb
James Richards - 45lb
James Richards - 45lb
Dan Richards - 30lb
Dan Richards - 30lb