+++match report 23/10/11+++

The annual match on the Wyesham stretch of the Wye turned out a huge bag of barbel for run away winner Barry Richards, who managed to get on the favoured top bend peg and took fifteen barbel to win the day with 87lb 10oz. Second was Martin Thomas with barbel and chub totaling 43lb 4oz and Dean Nott fighting hard in third place with 21lb of waggler caught chub.

***match report 18/9/11***

Is getting harder now the weather is turning colder, 34lb 4oz from peg 20 on the high bank provides a win for Martin Thomas made up of six carp, Chris Murphy takes second place with 27lb 8oz from tescos peg on the south lake and Steve Hoare in third from the low wall with 25lb 6oz, unfortunatley having a large carp jumping out of his keepnet which may have cost him the win on the day. 9th of October is the last match of 2011 on the lakes so any members who fancy a go are more than welcome! the draw takes place at 9am on the north lake, and the wyesham river match takes place on the 23rd of october again all members are welcome to take part.

*match report for 10th July 2011*

Not great conditions for this one with bright hot sunshine and not alot of breeze. Ever reliable low wall peg provides a win with five carp for a straight 38lb for Martin thomas. 2nd place goes to Barry Richards from peg 20 with 26lb 8oz. Dean Jay takes 3rd with 25lb 14oz including a 19lb mirror carp closley followed by Emlyn "smokey'' john with 24lb 4oz so it was a bit of a tight affair. I thought I had lost the weigh sheet for this one until tonight so better late than never i suppose!

Match report 19/6/11

A better turn out for this match, won by barry richards from peg 20 on the north lake with an expertly taken 52lb 12oz of method feeder caught carp, a stand out weight on the day where bites were hard to come by and also managing a pike of 14lbs that unfortunatly dont count in the competitions. Second place was taken from peg 3 of the north again to method tactics by some old guy called Chris Murphy with a spawny common of 17lb to bring his weight up to 39lb 8oz. Third place to Martin Thomas pegged on the south lake with 37lb 12oz of carp.

On saturday morning 11/06/11 two lads were spotted by an angler removing carp from Caerphilly castle lakes on the north lake high wall. This was very early, and they walked away from the lake with fish in carrier bags. If you see or hear of any fish thefts from the lakes please contact Caerphilly police station on - 02920852999 and give as many details as possible. The environment agency and local police have already been informed of the situation. Hopefully we can put a stop to this ASAP.

Please be careful with the rigs you use whilst fishing caerphilly castle lakes, I had to free a carp of around 16lb on the south lake by wading out and netting the fish as it was tethered to a broken off rig. Line and leadcore were entangled all around the fish and it was a horrible thing to see. Be aware we WILL be checking rigs routinely to ensure they are safe in the event of a break off. Leadcore is not permitted, use anti-tangle tubing its much safer for the fish. The leadcore ban is as a result of various incidents like this and follows in line with many other major club, syndicate and commercial waters thinking on the safety of its use. If you are unsure if your rig is safe or if you haven’t considered it before a good test is the hold the hook between your thumb and forefinger and sharply jolt the rig with the lead or feeder setup on the line. Check it either drops off the lead clip or dislodges from the swivel and runs freely down the line, if this doesn’t happen then the fish will be unable to free itself, possibly leading to fish damage and or deaths. The club will be organising a clean-up on the lake to clear problem snags and debris from the lakes which should help. If you do have questions about what rigs to use or how to setup safely please feel free to email us or ask on the bank!

Results for sundays match were as follows -

1- Martin Thomas- 64lb 10oz
2- Chris Murphy - 57lb 4oz
3- Barry Richards - 32lb 4oz
4-Steve Hoare - 13lb 8oz

The match fished alot better than the first although with a smaller turnout, Martin Thomas fished the south lake to the far bank from the peg next to the railings winning with mostly small carp and some of the larger resident bream.

First Match of the season on the castle lakes was a slow one although with a good turnout. The hot bright weather was good for a sun tan but not for the fishing. The match was won by Dean Knot fishing the south lake.

1 - Dean Knot - 43lb 0oz
2- Anthony Perkins - 22lb 4oz
3- Dean Jay - 15lb 8oz
4-Steve Shaw / Emlyn john - 14lb 0oz

Sal, ur brothers crap lol...

My brother is a super fishermodel!

Castle record carp landed commonly known as "ripmouth" landed on monday to an estimated weight of 22lb from the low wall peg on the north lake, seems to be coming out regularly on cell boilies.

Look out guys cos sargy's coming back to take ur money off u all lol...

Wheres the report on the match record being smashed in the last match

Did i hear Emlyn was laughing his balls off when he heard about my carp escaping? karma came back to bite him right on the arse!!!!!

Match Results for the castle for 13/06/10 are as follows -

1 - Chris Murphy - 71lb 4oz
2 - Dean Knot - 38lb 4 oz
3 - Emlyn John - 25lb 2 oz

Chirs Murphy fished Peg 1 (The low wall) on the north lake fishing towards the inside bank. with a good bag consisting of mostly carp, giving the best match weight this year.

come on locky where are you! spit roasting piglets when you should be up the moat bagging up!

On Weds 19th fishing peg 1 (low wall) 0600hrs to 1300hrs on method feeder and using dog food on hook.I was lucky enough to land 12 large slabs of bream the smallest approx 4lb in weight there was an outstanding one weighing in at 6lb. This coupled with 8 decent sized carp gave me a big grin on my face all day.What a day! What a venue!

i have got a massive head compared to spuds small, old, wrinkly walnut like head!

anybody notice what a giant head martin thomas has got apparently it runs in the family

Martin is surely 'King of the Castle' at the moment. can anyone take his title? Nice guy as well.

Second match on caerphilly castle lakes was again won by Martin Thomas from peg 1 (The low wall). Two double figure carp helped towards his winning bag.
1st Martin Thomas 46-0-0
2nd Emlyn John 40-0-0
3rd Gary Martin 26-8-0

Three double figure carp from the island by the green bridge at the castle 10.5, 13 and 15lb. 3 brown trout also made an appearance lol.

OWAIN AND RHYS WATKINS HAD A GOOD DAY OVER THE NORTH LAKE.
oWAIN HAD A 20LB MIRROR CARP AND RHYS HAD A 16LB MIRROR CARP AND NINE OTHER CARP TO NINE POUNDS

Hope you stuck to the carp today mr murf, dont think i can handle more brown tales.....

I didnt know there were trout in the castle lakes, i heard somebody had a brownie in the last match on peg 18.

First match for the season on the Castle North lake was a hard one and ended with a close result. A bag of bream winning the day for Martin Thomas from peg 2 on the north bank, fishing straight out to the middle.

1st Martin Thomas 39-8-0
2nd Steve Edwards 32-0-0
3rd Chris Murphy 15-8-0

Had a wonderful days fishing with good weather last Sunday fishing the front moat.6 tench,3 bream and a handfull of roach.All in a 4 hour period! (Small worm on the pole was the trick of the day).

A good days fishing on the inside of the north last wednesday 21 carp caught by me and my friend the biggest was 8lb