| 2014 CHARITY RAFFLE TICKETS NOW ON SALE. | |
02 Jul |
 **Win a free years fishing at the Linear Complex** Raffle tickets will be available for £1 each or £5 per book, with all money raised going to the Motor Neurone Disease Association. These are available from the Linear bailiff's, the Linear Office or at the forthcoming Linear Open Day being held on Sat May 11th. Top prize is a free years fishing on the Linear Day Ticket Waters (Excluding Hunts Corner) and there are many other excellent prizes available. These include £400 of Sonubaits excellent “NEW” Code-Red boilies, a free years fishing at Linear’s Guys Syndicate and a set of ESP Rods, to mention just a few. Please help us support this worthy charity. |
| BRASENOSE ONE | |
04 Jul |
Carl Goulsbra had four fish up to 26lb using Mainline cell boilies fished at about 25-yards range. Lee Dodsworth had a 26.04 mirror using Carp Cuizine real meal boilies. Justin Borman had three fish recently using Mainline hybrid wafters fished over hemp and corn, the biggest two weighed 20.04 and 24.08. Fishing with him was Stuart Clark-Gandy who two fish up to 20lb 09oz using similar tactics. Dean Allaway had a number of fish using Carp Cuizine boilies, this included three twenties. And after a successful day on St. Johns, Kev Hewitt from Hinders dropped onto B-1 for his last few hours and landed three fish up to 25lb. |
| BRASENOSE TWO | |
04 Jul |
Chris Standen landed 29 carp up to 25lb during a five night session with two of his mate, between the three of them they landed 63 fish! For the last couple of years we have provided swims for "Fishability UK" who provide fishing experiences for ex-forces personnel who are receiving physical or psychological rehabilitation. Again this year they were on B-2 and the lake didn’t disappoint with two of the lads setting new PB's; John Hayman with a 23lb 08oz mirror and Stuart Taylor with a cracking 29lb 03oz mirror. See you again next year! Also on B-2 was Angela Moore who after landing three twenties to 27.04 on B-1 went on to land a stunning 35lb B-2 mirror. |
| GENERAL | |
01 Jul |
We are always getting asked about when’s the best time to show up to the fishery. Its hard to say for definite but we always seems to have a shift change of anglers on Sundays, Wednesday and Fridays, with Sunday afternoons arguably being the best time to arrive. Many anglers seem to think that all lakes are permanently full and you can never get a swim, this is far from the case. We can get exceptionally busy on weekends, especially on bank holidays but even then its very rare that we are completely full, in fact during the last two years we can only remember this happening once (the recent Easter Bank Holiday). Below are the number of swims on each lake that were free at roughly midday Sunday 22nd just gone. (Number of Free Swims) Brasenose-One (33 swims free) Brasenose-Two (30 swims free) St. Johns Pool (24 swims free) Manor Farm Lake (14 swims free) Oxlease Lake (32 swims free) Hunts Corner Lake (4 swims free) Hardwick/Smiths (39 swims free) |
04 Jul |
**Upcoming Lake Closures for Matches/Events** Swims 1-9 on Brasenose-Two will be closed for (Fishability UK) from 8pm Friday 27th June until Sunday afternoon. Brasenose-One and Brasenose-Two will both be closed from 9am on Friday 11th July for the UK Carp Cup semi-finals. Both lakes will reopen on Sunday afternoon at approximately 3-4pm. Oxlease Lake will be closed for tree work from 8am Monday 28th July until PM on Friday 1st August. Oxlease Lake will then be closed again from 6pm Sunday 3rd August for the start of the BYCAC Junior Championships. The lake will then remain closed until roughly 3-4pm on Sunday the 10th of August. Hunts Corner Lake will still be open during this period. Brasenose-One, Brasenose-Two and Hardwick/Smiths will be closed for the MNDA Pro-Am Charity Event (Fish with the Stars) from 6pm on Sunday 10th of August until approximately 3pm on Wednesday 13th of August. **Weed Cutting Lake Closures** The whole of Brasenose-One will be closed for weed cutting from 8am Monday 4th August until 5pm Thursday 7th August. On the Guys Syndicate we will be cutting from 8am Monday 18th August. The cutting will commence on Yeoman’s Lake and dependant on the amount of weed will take 2-3 days. The boat will then move to Gaunts lake, where again, dependant on the volume of weed the boat will cut for 2-3 days. Whilst the boat is out on the water, no fishing will be allowed on that particular lake. Weed Cutting The whole of Brasenose-One will be closed for weed cutting from 8am Monday 4th August until 5pm Thursday 7th August. On the Guys Syndicate we will be cutting from 8am Monday 18th August. The cutting will commence on Yeoman’s Lake and dependant on the amount of weed will take 2-3 days. The boat will then move to Gaunts lake, where again, dependant on the volume of weed the boat will cut for 2-3 days. Whilst the boat is out on the water, no fishing will be allowed on that particular lake. |
| GUY LAKES | |
04 Jul |
On Unity Lake, Jason Woodward had four mirrors during a recent session they weighed 15.01, 20.14, 21.11 and 36.03 And after losing a couple, Gareth Cook had two fish up to 23lb. Whilst on Gaunts Lake Dale Glover had the big mirror known as the "Sergeant" at a very spawned out weight of 33lb 14oz using Xcel boilies. |
| HUNTS CORNER LAKE | |
04 Jul |
Lee landed four fish including two mirrors of 22.03 and 24.08. He was fishing with his friend Andy Stalker unfortunately lost five fish but did manage a nice 23lb 01oz mirror. And also on Hunts, Paul Shorter smashed his PB when he slipped the net under a very nice 31lb 06oz mirror caught using halibut pellets. |
| MANOR FARM LAKE | |
04 Jul |
Manor Farm Lake has been fishing a bit slow of late but that didn't stop Ben Sharp from Melton Mowbray landing three fish, mirrors weighing 19lb and 24lb 04oz along with a 28.08 common. |
| OXLEASE LAKE | |
04 Jul |
Russell Hares had a 32lb 08oz mirror using a zig rigged cork ball that had only been in the water for about ten minutes! And Parry Frost had a nice 8lb 10oz tench using two bits of fake corn soaked in betalin and fished over a bed of Sticky Baits krill boilies. |
| ST JOHNS POOL | |
04 Jul |
Kev Hewitt from Hinders of Swindon had six fish up to 32lb 02oz during a day only session. Jon Gasher had a new UK PB in the shape of a stunning 36lb 10oz mirror, this was his first ever trip to the complex. Liam Hodges had 25 fish up to 26lb 08oz using West Country Baits LH1 boilies. John Banks from Vale Royal Angling Centre had three fish recently including 24lb 10oz and 27lb 01oz. |
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