Thanks for a great few days fishing,it was the first time my mates and I fished Broadlands, and we were all very impressed with the water. aswell as landing a 27lb commom for Keith in the swim next to me, I also got to see anouther three mid twenties aswell. Including my new pb a 26.5lb mirror. Both Keith and my fish were caught on his bait,and using the exact same rig.The bait was the bait that keith made hiself and looks like mini tic-tacs, they were very bright in colour and perfectly weighted on the rig that we both used (total fishing rig /slow sinking pop-up).
Peter, Firstly I would like to give a big thank you on behalf of all of us for allowing us to hold our annual fishing match on Broadlands main lake. Unfortunately the weather held the fishing back along with the fish deciding to spawn but hey that's fishing for you. We did manage to raise £1'500 for the Samaritans which what the match was all about along with the social side. I do hope we were on our best behaviour for you & that you didn't get any complaints from anyone. I did have a walk around afterwards to check for litter which I'm pleased to say there was none (Please advise if this was not the case).
Its box i recently caught the 28lber from your lake and if it is still ok could i please name him or her BOX as i looked at the photos of her and could,nt really think of something , i will be down there fishing maybe on sunday or definately on the 29th feb please let me know. that fish was a new pb and the lake is spot on it is run superbly well just wish i had the time to fish it more often see you soon box
hi Peter this is JT (ex-sparsholt student) from the lake netting. was good to meet you finallly since i always used to fish the lakes while i was college. all the very best with everything on the lakes; have already seen what a difference you, simmo and your colleagues have done with the fishery. have just had chance to sort out some of the fishy pics from the netting which i hope you receive fine. hope to be present for the bream hunt in a couple of weeks time also. thanks very much for the 24hr ticket. hope to fish very soon!
Hello, there. I fish the lake from time to time and just wanted to let you know how great the place is. Can't stop raving about the place and always trying to sort my weekends so I can get down there. I was just wondering how to get involved in matches down there? Primarily if you've got any carp pairs matches going on.
Look forward to hearing from you. All the best, Andy
Firstly i would like to congratulate you all on what you have done to the lake you can now see the lake returning to its former beautifull and well maintained glorious state, a testiment to the hard work of you all.Secondly Pete i would like to thank you for allowing me to join your syndicate and will be counting down the days untill april comes around but will be sure to keep visiting the lake until that time.My friends visited you a couple of weeks ago and commented how well the lake was cared for and all agreed that this lake is surely set to be one of the best carp fisheries in the south and will be sure to visit again in the near future and they are from norfolk!!!!.I have inclosed the picture of the 21 7 grassie that i caught on th 8-9-2007 from peg 33 but you must of got the names mixed up, sorry for the delay in the arrival of the pictures but have had problems with my pc.
Its the first time the boys, (Jarvis and Jordan) have been fishing properly, and as we were only going for the small ones we did not expect to get this Carp.
Jarvis on the left, caught it on his first cast with a piece of sweet corn.
We also caught about 10 small roach each using small pellets.
The only problem is I think they are both now hooked good and proper.
Kind Regards Kevin Holme.
PS. If by any chance this does get in the echo please let me know via this email address.
hi there guys just a few photos i took wilst doing that long 8 nighter ...
had a great time and hope to be back soon. its nice to know that broadlands has a bright future ahead of it and i belive with the team you have and the ideas you wish to develop you will bring back broadlands to its once famous former glory..
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johno
thanks for everything you cockney nut job.. legend of a bloke. when it comes to tips on swims bait tackle well everything really johno is the man, super friendly and always ready to help, you dont get that at many waters.
although we didn't have the best catch results for doing 8 nights we still enjoyed every minute the fish that were caught were all low doubles in tip top condition and they all looked promising for gaining heavy weight over the next few years.
overall..good fish, nice guys. handy tackle and bait shop clean toilets and showers with toilet roll wow that i have not seen before and beautifully maintained lake.. what can i say 10 of 10
all the best ollie and georgina kilby.... southampton
during my visit to your amazing lake i failed to catch my 20 but managed a good 12 and a 13 so the day was still good.i was amazed by the overall sevice that you provide and the stunning location you have, all the guys i had a pleasure to talk to were more than helpful and extremely nice. with the limited time i had available to fish on the day of my visit i think the lake fished well. i'm not somebody who gives up on something so when a friend ask where would be good to do a 24 hour trip there was only one answer.
so we will be coming for a return visit on the 12th 13th of september. i hope theres nothing your end to stop this happening as regards to availability or something.
you guys should be really proud of what have achieved in createing a truely amazing place.
My dad ( Kevin Read ) asked me to email you details of his days fishing last saturday (21st).....
He fished the smaller lake (not sure what you refer to it as,
Anyway, I think he said he spoke to you about his day.....
He had 37 carp that he counted all between 5 and 8.5 lb (and apparently a few more when he stopped counting mid way through.....) In addition, not that they count but he said he also hooked a few apparently larger ones, but by all accounts his light line wasn't up to stopping them from taring off - good to know they are about though....He was using a ledger and a float rod but it seems the bigger carp opted for the float rod!
In amoungst the carp he was also catching roach/rudd and perch
Hope that gives you a good idea. I've attached a few photos as well....
Matt Brown Age 17 Totton Southampton Match lake Peg no.24 (all of the 12 fish) Baits which caught on: Bread, Dog biscuits, Lucheonmeat Bait which didn't: sweet corn. Size of fish in order of size: 6 lb 6 1/2 lb 6 1/2 lb 7 lb 7 1/2 lb 7 1/2 lb 9 lb 9 1/2 lb 10 1/2 lb 10 1/2 lb 11 lb 11 1/2lb
There is all the details for you.
I would just like to thank you for a brilliant time, you have one amazing lake i look forward to coming again soon. Best looking lake i have ever seen in my whole fishing experiences. Thank you. Matt Brown
swim no 33 i caught a 13 lb 1 oz mirror after only 1 minutes of stig up on monday 4th june then on tuesday morning at 10 30 fishing a nrg pop up in the margin i caught this 16 lb 4 oz comon which as you can see was scale perfect a beautifull looking carp quite rare on a day ticket water just want to say thanks to the 2 balifs who found bothvery hepfull and cherful again vey rare on such water just want to wish you both all the luck and i look forward to comming again very soon have you got any full member tickets left because as i live just 14 miles away ild like to fish at broadlands for this year if there is any left ild like to be considered if possible all good onc again thanks alot to all of the team there and keep it up cheers jeremy stent
