2021 Accommodation Bookings
You can now book 2021 for Accommodation plus Fishing for 7-nights or longer which includes Membership for the duration of your visit. Should there be another COVID-19 “Lockdown” prior to arrival, we will contact you to discuss returning monies paid or if you choose, retain your monies for a 2022 visit at 2021 rates.
2021 Membership
Manor Fisheries is a 100% Members only Fishery for the 2021 season. Again, Membership numbers will be strictly limited, which applies to all anglers aged 18 years old or more. Next month (December) Members can again book fishing up to month 4-ahead for March 2021.
Memberships are filling much faster than previous years noting you can apply online for your 2021 Membership at https://www.manor-fisheries.co.uk/night-fishing. The Manor Fisheries fishing season is generally open from mid-March to early October and the exact dates can be seen online at https://www.manor-fisheries.co.uk/availability.
There are two Membership 2021 (Jan to Dec) categories:
1. Member - can fish any lake. The 2021 Membership fee is £35.00.
2. Lake 3 Member - limited to fishing Lake 3. The 2021 Lake 3 Membership fee is £15.00.
For the 2021 season:
There is no increase in fishing charges .
Concessionary day is Wednesday (24-hours) and applies to all Members.
Bookings are no longer being accepted:
For accommodation for the three-night weekend option (arriving Friday and leaving Monday)
From Angling Clubs
These changes provide more booking options for Members.
Past 5-years Specimen Lakes 1 and 2 Summary
Lake-1 (Carp)
The number of Carp caught weighing 20lbs or more is recorded by anglers in the Cabin logbook. The 2019/2020 comparison, due to COVID-19 shortening our season, is on a pro rata basis of 4½ months vs 6 months. Based upon these returns, it can be seen that the numbers are increasing after a poor 2019. Below is a detailed summary of Carp weighing 20lbs or more caught over the past 5 years which may help to identify the most productive months for catching Carp.
Lake 2 (carp/Catfish)
The number of Catfish caught weighing 30lbs or more is recorded by anglers in the Cabin logbook. As can be seen below, the number of Cats caught during our shortened season weighing over 30lbs or more has increased. The comparison this year, due to COVID-19, is on a pro rata basis of 4½ months vs 6 months. Below is a more detailed summary of 30lbs+ Cats caught over the past 5 years which may help to identify the most productive months for catching Cats.
Increasing Lake 2 Break Offs
Due to the Cats becoming heavier and stronger, the number of break offs has markedly increased and even when using lines stronger than the minimum 20lbs breaking strain required. It will be well worth while replacing your line for the 2021 season. An abrasion resistant monofilament is recommended and a brand you may wish to consider is Berkley Trilene Mono XL which is also sensibly priced:
A growing number of Cats have also been lost due to the straightening of poor-quality hooks. Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish) hooks should be barbless and forged (not wire or Cat hooks). A strong hook with a larger eye than most brands; that is competitively priced, can be sourced from Wicked Rigs (Hand Made in the UK). This is an eBay seller (kevash123uk) and their eBay ID is: 192301880534.
Comments and Feedback
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Fishing Report – 1st Oct 2020 to 11th Oct 2020
Summary
As we came to the end of our 2020 season it was good to again welcome our many regulars (and new) visitors during this shortened fishing month (11-days only) with several new PB’s being achieved.
When the fishery closed, several activities began that need finishing before reopening again on Saturday 13th March 2021:
Daily fish feeding for all three lakes
Management of all three lakes with the help of Hadlow College
Maintenance of the grounds, lakes, Apartments and Cabin.
Lake 1 (Carp)
Based on catches recorded by anglers in the Cabin Logbook, the October (11-days) Carp reports include two twenties - a Mirror weighing 20lbs caught by Charlie King and a Common weighing 20lbs 13ozs caught by Harry Montgomery.
Paul Osell arrived on the 26th September for a short break and in very wet and windy conditions first targeted the Cats on Lake 2 and landed a PB Cat weighing 28lbs. Moving next day on the 1st October to Lake 1, when the weather was still challenging, Paul was successful in catching 2 x Commons weighing 18lbs and 12lbs plus a 15lbs Mirror.
Regular Adrian Burton returned on the 1st October and using halibut pellet and luncheon meat baits landed 4 x Commons weighing 17lbs, 15lbs 8ozs, 13lbs and 9lbs 8ozs.
Bob Irvine arrived on the 2nd October for a 36-hour session and during very wet weather landed 4 x Commons weighing 16lbs, 10lbs 8ozs, 9lbs and 8lbs plus a 9lbs Mirror while colleague Paul Kitt arrived for a 24-hour session and landed 2 x Commons weighing 15lbs, 12lbs and 2 x 11lbs plus 3 x Mirrors weighing 13lbs, 12lbs and 10lbs.
Regular Jason Tuckey began his 24-hour session on the 5th October and using Fluro pop-up baits landed 5 x Commons weighing from 12lbs 2ozs to 16lbs 10ozs.
With the sunshine returning on the 7th October Charlie King was successful in landing 2 x Commons weighing 18lbs 8ozs and 18lbs plus a 20lbs Mirror.
Chay Garside arrived on the 8th October for a 24-hour session and using Cell boilies and pop-up baits landed 7 x Commons weighing 15lbs 4ozs, 14lbs 9ozs, 13lbs 4ozs, 12lbs 9ozs, 12lbs 4ozs, 10lbs 8ozs and 9lbs 8ozs.
During a short break, arriving the 8th October, Bill Montgomery plus sons Tony and Harry had success using pineapple pop-up baits to target the Carp:
Bill – Commons weighing 18lbs 12ozs PB and 17lbs 4ozs
Tony – 14lbs 3ozs Common and 10lbs 2ozs Mirror
Harry – 20lbs 13ozs PB, 18lbs 4ozs, 2 x 15lbs and 14lbs Commons plus Mirrors weighing 17lbs 2ozs, 2 x 15lbs and 14lbs
Harry Montgomery and his 20lbs 13ozs PB Common
Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish)
This month Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish) has again been in great form and based on catches recorded by anglers in the Cabin Logbook, the October (11-days) Catfish reports shows a surge of Cats weighing 40lbs or more totalling 10 plus a further 43 weighing 30lbs or more. Congratulations to the following for their significant catches:
Tim Byrne landed three 40’s over two nights at the beginning of the month
Ian Brown landed the second heaviest Cat this season at 46lbs 8ozs
Paul Teakle landed three 40’s on the 6th October
Tim Byrne returned on the 30th September for a 60-hour session with plans to break the 40lbs Cat barrier. Following many previous visits, it was like London Buses when 40PB followed 40PB in short succession during torrential rain. The successful baits were 2 x 20mm halibut pellet tipped with yellow corn or chorizo:
1st night – 41lbs 9ozs PB, 40lbs 14ozs, 40lbs 2ozs and 36lbs 2ozs
2nd day/night – 38lbs 6ozs, 36lbs 12ozs, 35lbs 14ozs, 35lbs 1oz, 34lbs 12ozs, 31lbs 11ozs and 30lbs 3ozs.
Well done Tim in catching a total of 11 x Cats weighing 402lbs (an average of 36lbs 8ozs plus per Cat).
Tim with his PB 41lbs 9ozs Cat
Weighing a 41lbs 9ozs Cat in stormy weather
Roger Simmons and Ian Usher returned on the 1st October and landed Cats weighing 37lbs and 31lbs.
It was the welcome return of Duncan Charman on the 2nd October, the Anglers Mail correspondent and well-known specimen hunter, for a short fishing and filming visit plus colleagues Chris Petter and Mick Martin. Facing atrocious weather, all three battled the elements during the 3rd but all enjoyed success catching 7 x Cats:
Duncan – 42lbs 3ozs and 27lbs 14ozs
Chris – 37lbs 13ozs UK PB, 37lbs 7ozs, 24lbs 2ozs, 21lbs 4ozs
Mick – 13lbs 5ozs
See NEWS Announcements and Anglers Mail 13th October 2020 article (at top right of screen)
Duncan and his 42lbs 30zs Cat
Chris and his 37lbs 14ozs UK PB Cat
Regular Pat O’Sullivan returned on the 4th October for a 36-hour session and during almost continuous rain caught Cats weighing 28lbs and 22lbs plus Commons of 10lbs and 8lbs using boilies and halibut pellet baits.
Well done to Ian Brown who visited with colleague Colin Monk on the 5th October and landed another large “40” – the 2nd largest this season:
Ian – 46lbs 8ozs and 33lbs 7ozs
Colin – 23lbs 4ozs
Ian Brown and his 46lbs 8ozs Cat
Paul Teakle had a great day session on the 6th October landing 10 x Cats including:
40’s – 44lbs 12ozs Manor Fisheries PB, 41lbs 4ozs, 41lbs
30’s – 36lbs, 35lbs, 34lbs 12ozs, 33lbs 4ozs, 32lbs
20’s – 29lbs 8ozs, 24lbs
Well done Paul in catching 10 x Cats totalling 351lbs 8ozs (an average of 35lbs+ per Cat).
Paul Teakle’s 44lbs 12ozs Cat
Regular Terence Hare returned on the 6th October and using squid and halibut pellet baits landed Cats weighing 34lbs, 28lbs and 16lbs.
Fishing Lake 2 for a change, regular Adrian Burton had a great catch on the 7th October using halibut pellet and boilie baits including 4 x Cats weighing 4olbs PB, 38lbs, 36lbs and 32lbs 8ozs (an average of 36lbs 10ozs per Cat).
Roger Simmons returned on the 9th October and landed 2 x Cats weighing 29lbs and 24lbs.
With our season fast finishing, regular Paul Teakle secured a last successful throw of the dice when visiting on the 9th October and using squid and halibut pellet baits landed 5 x Cats weighing 36lbs 8ozs, 34lbs 14ozs, 33lbs, 27lbs 4ozs and 26lbs.
James Twycross returned on the 10th October for a late season 24-hour session and joined by colleagues Dan Luckhurst and Brad Burton and all caught:
Brad – 5 x Cats weighing 38lbs, 37lbs, 36lbs, 33lbs 8ozs and 24lbs
Dan – a 34lbs 8ozs Cat
James – 2 x Carp to 14lbs 8ozs
There have been many sightings of Kingfishers this month, diving and then surfacing with a small fish in its beak seemingly to indicate “That’s how you do it”. Speaking of Kingfishers, Micky Butler landed Cats weighing 27lbs 8ozs and 24lbs on the 10th October when halibut pellet was the successful bait.
Terry Keard arrived for a late season break (day fishing only) on the 15th October to target both the Cats and Carp. Starting on Lake 2 (Carp/Catfish) it was Close Encounters of the Third Kind during continuous rain on the 21st when Terry encountered ET and raised his PB to 40lbs 10ozs having earlier landed 2 x 39lbs+. His catch over 6-days also included Cats of 2 x 38lbs+, 2 x 37lbs+ plus 8 x 30lbs+ giving a total of 22 x Cats weighing 702lbs (an average of 32lbs per Cat). Moving to Lake 1 (Carp) on the 22nd for 7-days, Terry landed 35 x Carp including 30 x doubles with Commons weighing 3 x 17lbs+ to 17lbs 15ozs, 16lbs + and 15lbs+. Congratulations, as this is the second time Terry has exceeded the 1,000lbs qualifying weight for our “1,000lbs Club” during a single visit.
Lake 3 (Mixed)
Ledgering maize proved successful for Terry and James Crank on the 1st October when they landed 25 x Carp to 9lbs 6ozs, 3 x Tench to 4lbs and a 4lbs 4ozs Bream.
Returning to a wet 4th October resulted in success for Kieran Wright when he landed Commons weighing 8lbs 12ozs PB, 8lbs 5ozs and 6lbs 14ozs plus a 5lbs 6ozs Mirror.
Tony Hunt returned on a wet 4th October and caught Commons weighing 8lbs, 5lbs 5ozs and 4lbs 5ozs, a 6lbs 9ozs Mirror plus a 3lbs Tench using boilies, sweetcorn and halibut pellet baits.
Peter Foster visited on the 7th October and his 10-fish catch included Commons weighing 9lbs, 8lbs 8ozs, 7lbs, 6lbs and 3lbs, Mirrors weighing 8lbs 8ozs and 4lbs plus Tench weighing 4lbs, 3lbs 8ozs and 2lbs.
Using luncheon meat bait on the 8th October produced 5 x Commons and 5 x Mirrors for Neil Cordier and again on the 11th October when Neil landed 2 x Commons weighing 5lbs 8ozs and 3lbs 8ozs.
Roger Simmons and Tyler Edwards visited on the 11th October and their catch included 2 x 8lbs Commons, a 4lbs Bream plus a couple of Perch.
Kieran Wright returned on a sunny 11th October and raised his Carp PB when he landed 5 x Commons weighing 9lbs 8ozs PB, 8lbs 14ozs, 8lbs 7ozs, 7lbs 8ozs and 5lbs 14ozs.
2020 Competitions and Awards
Next month we plan to announce the awards for:
New Members to the Manor Fisheries Specimen Club. Each year we award every angler with a PIN to commemorate catching their first Manor Fisheries specimen fish for each species shown below.
New Members to the Manor Fisheries 1,000lbs Club who caught 1,000lbs or more during a single session.
Winners of the Leader Board competition which ran throughout our 2020 Season and commenced on Saturday 21st March 2020. Prizes are awarded for the specimens caught by or on Sunday 11th October 2020:
£50.00 for the first verified 50lbs+ Catfish
£50.00 for the first verified 30lbs+ Carp
£50.00 for the first verified 8lbs+ Tench