Catch Reports related to Archipelago Lake

Hi Guys, we are back after a weeks summer break but don’t worry we are here now every week right through to the end of October when our season will finish unless we get another booking😀 This week we had 3 new anglers booking the lake exclusively. Simon, Matt and Rob fished swims 6/7, 8 […]

Hi Guys, we are back after a weeks break, This week we had returning for the third time is Chris, wife Laura and two boys Jake and Harry. Fished swims 4 and 5. Baits used Cell and essential cell boilie baits they brought with them and our pellet. When Chris and his family arrived the […]

Hi Guys, we’re back after two weeks break. We had Richard who has visited multiple times along with his son Carrick, having booked the lake to themselves. They fished swims 9 & 10, changed on Tuesday lunchtime time to other side of lake 3 & 4 They are used Hand Craft Baits Herb and particles […]

Hi guys, we are back after a couple of weeks break. This week we had back Scott, Deano, Fred and newbies Paul and Lee. Fished swims 2, 4, 5, 9, 10 and 11 Boilie baits used were Archiepeachy white/Red some Munch baits tutti fruity double strength pineapple and our pellet, the guys also brought with […]

Hi guys, this week we had regulars, Dave who’s been coming for over 14 years Jason and Mark. Fishing on the cooler side fishing swim 10,11 and 12 Mark then moved to swim 3 from 12 after his capture of The Hulk. Guys used Boilies they brought with them Baitworks Atlantic heat being one poacher […]

Hi Guys, we had Richard and Jason exclusively booking the lake to themselves, Fished Swims 4 and 5 Guys used boilie baits they brought with them nutra baits Trigger being one also using our pellet. Guys got off the mark quickly so no blankers this week, the fish seemed at first to be holding themselves […]

Some returning anglers this week, Ryan, Steve and newbee Connor. Fished swims 3,4 and Steve fishing swim 10/11 on alternative days. Guys used mainline cell our Archiepeachy boilies Red and white. Ryan swim 5 was off the mark first with a mid 20 common chipped already but now named Chrissy’s common after his late Father, […]

Hi Guys, returning anglers from our neck in the woods in Essex. Grant, Archie, Martin, Craig and Mark aka Baker. Swims fished 3, 4, 5, 9, and 11 Baker swim 11 tripped up Abby @ 54lb early on. Craig swim 5 Tommy’s common @ 40lb 12oz, 35lb 6oz and Bacon Tail twice 🫣 around 35lb […]

This week we had returning anglers who are also returning again in September, Jeff, Steve, Charlie and Lee. Fished swims 2, 4, 6/7, 10, 11 and 12. Guys used bait from DNA baits no pellet was used. Charlie swim 11 Conky 56 lb, Castle Al 48.12, Roxy 45b lb, Two Faces (ghostie) 43.12, Sprinkles 42.12, […]

What a fantastic weeks fishing at Archipelago Lake. Although the weather was extremely hot for the first 4 or 5 days we steadily caught fish throughout the days and nights totalling 20 carp between the 2 fishermen. 2 x 50lb up to 53lb,12oz plenty of 40lbers and 30lbers and a handful of very nice 20lbers. […]

Hi Guys, returning group Bob, Andy, John and Ian. Fished swims 3, 6/7, 10 and 11 nice change around of swims this week will this trip a few of the big girls up, Let’s go and see. Bait used Archiepeachy boilie and our pellet and some boilies the guys brought with them. We still had […]

Hi Guys, Regular’s Simon and Dad Peter are back on a lake exclusive. As always swims 9 -10. Guys used Various Boilie baits they have brought with them they didn’t use pellet just Boilie ! It was Slow going and frustrating for Peter on swim 10 he tripped up a few sunshine koi, Oddbod just […]

Hi Guys, we had returning anglers from the Kent area, Dave, Jason and the 2 Marks. Fished swims 3, 5, 9, 11 and 12. Guys used our pellet and various boilie baits they have brought with them Sticky baits being one of them. The carp started spawning the day they arrived which was short lived […]

Hi Guys, Bob was joined by friends Colin and Mark. Bob stayed out on swim 9 for his second week Colin was on 3 and Mark was on swim 5 moving to swim 1 mid way through the week Jess tripped up for the star of the show @ 56 lb new french PB for […]

Hi Guys, this week and the next Sir Bob was here who was joined by friends Mark and Colin for his second week. It was a hard decision where to fish because the lake has been fishing rock hard but after he see fish in swim 9 that made his mind up so swim 9 […]

We welcomed a new group to the lake, Paul, Gareth, Lee and Darren, from Essex and Herts. Fishing swims 3, 5, 9 and 11 at the start Lee and Gareth both had a move to swims 1 and 12. Guys are using our pellet with various boilie baits from sticky. The lake is still fishing […]

We welcomed a New Group on this week, Joe, Ronnie, Dave, Andy, Mike and Matt. Fishing swims 3,4,5,9 and 11 a good spread should keep these big girls moving, Joe moved to swim 1 after a few nights on swim 5. Guys used various boilie baits from mainline and some Archiepeachy White/Red with our pellet. […]

Andy and Ellen who run archipelago are the nicest people i’ve been to in France lovely food, just a shame we wasn’t on the fish that week scorching hot temperatures and not long after spawning. Definitely be back ( unfinished business 😁).

Hi guys, this week we have a few from earlier on in the year and some newbies. Adi, Chris, Scott, Deano, Tony and Nathan. Fishing swims 3,4,5,9 and 10. Baits being used some Archiepeachy white/red various boilies the guys brought with them and our pellet. Nathan swim 4 tripped up Scar the common 48 lb […]

Hi Guys, this week is a new group from the Northampton area. Jeff, Charlie, Lee and Steve. Fished swims 4,5,9 and 10 Various boilie baits being used from DNA baits the bug being one ! What an epic week so pleased for them lots of PB s common and mirror many memories were made, 60’s […]

Back this week are Bob and Nick with a new addition another Bob. Fished swims 5,9 and 10. Guys used various different boilie baits that they have brought with them and some of our pellet. Nick swim 10 carrying on from last week with a 38.4 mirror and 37.4 common and Bob on swim 9 […]

This week we had regulars father and son Peter and Simon on a lake exclusive. Fished the usual swims 9/10. Guys used various Bait works boilies and some pellet. Well what an epic week they had 28 runs 26 banked let’s start with the one and only been on the missing list for nearly a […]

Hi Guys. This week we had brothers Dave and Keith back for second time this year. Fishing the usual 9 and 10. They used some Archiepeachy white boilies and brought various other boilie baits with them some maize, particles etc We’ve been run ragged by a little black/tan demon pup so I’ve been behind on […]

Hi guys, firstly I had to report the loss of Stallone one of the A Team having its top weight just over 60 lb possibly dying of a tail injury infection, on a better note we welcomed Georges our new Rottweiler puppy at just 9 weeks. This week we had two returning anglers Paul and […]

Hi guys, this week we had back for another crack at it Tony, Lee, Ian they all live here Jordon and Rob over from Uk. Guys fished swims 1,2,5,9 and 10. Guys used pellet and various boilie baits they brought with them ! 18 fish out this week Tony on swim 10 having the better […]

Hi Guys this week we had individuals set up by Neil on our individual FB page. Neil, Darren, Kyle and Paul. Swims fished 3,5,9 and 10. Guys used our freshly cooked particle our pellet some Archiepeachy white boilies and various other baits by sticky baits, mainline . Very hard this week only a couple of […]

Hi guys, this week had another new group, Phil, Max, Lewis, Jerry, and Tyler. Fished swims 3, 5, 9, 10, and 11. Guys used various boilie baits sticky baits, mainline, homemade, and outlaw pro banoffe lots of different combinations. Didn’t take long for one of the lads to catch Lewis swim 10 tripped up the […]

Hi Guys, this week we had a new group to us. Kiren, Steve, Barry and Colin. Fishing Swims 3, 5, 9 and 10. Couple of the guys tried Archiepeachy but they had a wide range of various other boilies S7 being one of them. Well we hit 40 degrees on the Sunday only Barry swim […]

Hi Guys, this week we had Charlie and Carol on a lake exclusive. Fished swims 9 and 10. Bait used was from RG baits Red sea squid and Arctic Crab also some of our freshly cooked particles. They both had good week lots of runs only a couple of females out rest were male fish […]

Hi guys, we are back now until the end of October no more breaks, This week we welcomed back Chris and his family Harry, Jake and wife Lauren it’s been 2 years nearly to the day when they were last here and Chris took the place apart with 22 fish lots of names including Daisy […]

Hi Guys, we are back this week with a group of 5, Chris, Paul, Glyn, Adie, and Ollie. Fished swims 3,4,5,9 and 10. Various boilie baits were used from mainline, CC Moore etc …………. Proper hard lots of moody fish about guys still had a great week with us swim 9 still hasn’t shined this […]

Hi Guys, this week we have a new group fishing on a exclusive lake booking, Woody, Connor, Kevin, Stuart and Mark. Fishing swims 2,4,5,9 and 10. Baits being used are various boilies ISO fish, Archiepeachy Red and white particles and pellet. Mega hard week for the guys first proper carp out was Wednesday morning off […]

Hi Guys, we had Keith and Dave on a exclusive lake booking, over the past couple of years have become regulars fishing twice a year returning again in September and again in September 2025 let’s hope they can trip a few up ! They fished swims 9 and 10 bait used Archiepeachy White and Red […]

Bob was over this week, fishing swim 9 at first moving midweek to swim 5 after a quiet first half to the week. So swim 5 it was and it did not take long to get amongst the fish several stockies, Stallone @ 57 lb 4 oz, white tip @ 50 lb 12 oz and […]

Hi Guys, this week we had welcomed Bob son Andy brother Jon and friend Ian back to trip a few up. Fished swims 3, 6 yes 6, 9 ,10 and 11. Various boilie baits were used Archiepeachy white our pellet and particles. Well it didn’t stop raining from the off we were flooded out this […]

We welcomed back Dale, John and Dean. Fished swims 3,5,9 and 11. Sadly just after the guys arrived the carp started spawning this as the norm lasted into the week followed by a very quiet period, Wednesday morning Dale swim 11 tripped up Rumble a male fish he had named after a friend a few […]

Hi Guys, we were back this week with a group of 4, returning is Jay, Joe, Darren and newbie Chatty or James. Fishing swims 4,5,9 and 10. Guys were using our Archiepeachy red and white with our pellet. Lots of runs over 30 fish banked up to just short of 55 lb which was Katie […]

Hi Guys we are back this week with a lake exclusive booking, returning angler Gareth and his Dad John. Fished Swims 9 and 10. As before they are using Baitworks Atlantic heat with various hookbaits and lots our pellet all 125 kgs of it What a start it was for the guys they smashed it […]

Hi guys, back for second time this season are the East London lads. Steve, Alan, Dominic and new addition Mario Fishing swims 3, 5, 9 and 10 other swims that were used over the week especially by Alan lol he liked moving were 4,6,11 And 12 ! Guys are using mainlines Cell, Essential Cell and […]

Hi Guys, Individuals this week, Simon, Dad Peter, Darren and Neil. Fishing swims 3,4,9 and 10 Guys are using Archiepeachy red and white, DNA baits, Mainline cell and Royal Marine from baitworks all using our pellet ! Well the guys had a really good week plenty of stockies to keep them busy a few pasties […]

Hi guys, this week we have just two anglers booked exclusively, Bob and Nick fishing swims 9 and 10. Bait used is Archiepeachy boilies red and white and our pellet. Bob got off the mark on swim 9 straight away tripping up Stallone @ 52 lb 8 oz Boom 💥 this was one of three […]

Hi guys, this week we had returning anglers Keith and Dave booking the lake exclusively for themselves as they did back in April ! Guys will be fishing swims 9 and 10 ! Baits used were Archiepeachy Red and White with our pellet. The guys had a really tough week high temperatures down 13 degrees […]

Hi Guys, returning anglers this week after a 6 year gap. Andi, Bill, Andrew and new addition Sam. Fishing Swims 3, 5, 9 and 10/11 Baits used were Archiepeachy Red/white and our pellet. The guys had a cracking week all did PB’s let’s start with Bill on swim 9 never had a 50 let alone […]

Hi Guys, another returning group after 10 years from Wales. Gareth, Andrew, Stuart and Scott. Fishing Swims 3, 5, 9 and 10. Baits used are Archiepeachy Red/White, mainline cell, DNA baits (bug) and our pellet. What a rock hard week this turned into, swim 3 got amongst the fish at times which resulted in 3 […]

Hi Guys, we have returning anglers Darron, James, Nathaniel aka Rambo and new addition Michelle. Fished swims 3,5,9 and 10. Baits used are DNA baits and our pellet. Considering the lake fished very hard we had some excellent results with Daisy coming out twice first James on swim 5 @ 73 lb 8 oz then […]

Hi guys, we welcomed back Ant, Dan, Steve, and Jamie all have been here before on several trips over the years. Swims fished were 4,5,9 and 10. Bait used were mainlines Essential cell, Cell, Hybrid and Activ-8, and our pellet. Where to start ? Well the lake fished hard again but we had some excellent […]

Hi Guys, this week we had a new group on Nathan, Mark, Matt and Luke. Guys fished swims 3,5,9 and 10. Baits used are Archiepeachy white and pellet ! The lower temperatures have cooled the water down and has slowed down the fishing everyone got off the mark so no blankers, lots of stock fish […]

Hi Guys, this week 3 locals Ian, Tony, and Lee all English and 2 from the UK Jordan and Rob. Fishing swims 3, 5, 8, 9 and 10. Baits being used are Archiepeachy red and white and pellet. Well, where to start? What can you say about this week? A wash out, that’s an understatement, […]

Hi Guys, We had our good friend Sir Bob over for the next week helping me out grading the house stock lake removing unwanted, keeping the fish we want to bring on and moving the C2/3 fish over to the blue lagoon. Bob fished swim 9 using our Archiepeachy white/red boilies pellet and our winter […]

Hi Guys, first week of the season really looking forward to it see how all the hard work of feeding them over the weather has paid off. We welcomed Dave, Jason, and two Marks one of the Marks is his first time with us the others have visited many times over the time of our […]

Hi Guys, for the next 3 weeks we have Sir Bob on lake exclusive, being joined from week to week with friends and brothers. This week we had Ben who’s a first timer here and Colin who has been out before. The Guys fished swims 3,4 and of course 9, then swim 1 and 5 […]

Hi Guys, we said goodbye to Ben and Colin and welcomed Ashley and Connor, Swims being fished Bobs staying on swim 9 Ashley is on 3 and Connor is on swim 4. Bait being used is our particle, pellet Archiepeachy white boilies our peach glug. New to carp fishing Connor was first to catch swim […]

Hi Guys, Bobs was joined by his brother Terry and friend Mark. Bob stuck it out on Swim 9 it fished very slow him nothing coming off the spots, Brother Terry was on swim 3 and Mark on swim 2. Various baits were used with our particle. Wednesday Terry and Mark had to leave early […]

We said goodbye to Bob and welcomed back Chis, Ryan, Steve and new additions Norman and Nathan Guys fished swims 3,4,5,9 and 10. Bait used Archiepeachy red and white boilie our pellet/particle. Guys had a very wet start torrential rain making it very difficult when was it going to stop ! Excellent trip for the […]