Catch Reports related to Fox Pool

The season has now come to a end and gates are shut tol April 5th to give the fish a long rest before we go again. It’s been a good year with lots of new 40lb fish pushing through and a new lake record mirror of 53lb. A lot of guys smashed there pbs and […]

Playing catch up again. The Devon lads were on last week and the lake fished really well again with all 4 smashing there personal bests by a mile with over 3o fish out between them and few small carp and catfish which have been removed. Unfortunately non of the A team hit the bank but […]

Another good week for this couple with carp to 53lb . Lauren got off to good start with a couple of fish first night and a new pb 31lb mirror she also had a lovely linear at 32lb from peg 1 nd a few more from the jot peg 1 , before moving into peg […]

Another great week fishing with over 40 fish out and it could of been even better for Ron as he lost a lot a lot of fish the first 36 hours before upping his hook size from a size 8. All 4 anglers beat there previous personal bests during the week on there 3rd trip […]

Open again after a 4 week shutdown ..it was insanely hot the first part ofvthe week at 37° but dropped to mid twentys the 2nd part. 36 fisjbout in total a couple of which were small carp that have started coming through now the catfish are being removed. Ethan in peg 1 has the lion […]

Hi the lake has been shut for the mid season break and e open again on Saturday after a 4 week shutdown. The lake fished well after we got spawning out of the way finally. The week prior to spawning we had our first foreign guests on and Bryan from Belgium bagged 15 fish upto […]

A hatrick of forties for Peter after moving from peg 1 to peg 2 after dropping a few fish and landing a stockie from peg one . He beat his pb with a 44lb fish then had another brace of forties before landing his 1st ever grass carp at 28lb then putting on the same […]

Unfortunately couple that were booked on Saturday missed there flight and didn’t arrive until Monday morning. However the fish were back on the munch after the 2 previous lean weeks around spawning. Jeff plumbed for peg 1 and his first fish was a 39lb mirror manj was in peg 2 and had her 1st carp […]

Playing catch up so 2 reports at once. The last 2 weeks have been a bit slow due yo weather conditions and fish spawning. The on 5th of May had a deluge of rain on them as they arrived and there was only 15 fish out biggest 58.8lb and the rest were mainly in the […]

A tough week this week for the 2 regular angler on. A nightmare start after there plane hot diverted to bordeaux from limoges where strong winds stopped it from landing meaning they lost the first days fishing. Then heavy rain pumped through the water and Wednesday the lads didn’t fish in the driving rain. But […]

The winter weather seems to drag on this year with the lads experiencing frosts at night until Thursday. But despite that the lake give up some big fish with 8 0ver 40lb and 13 over thirty including 3 x 39lb + 2 over 20lb and 2 stockies doubles. 2 small catfish that were removed. Biggest […]

Finally our opening week arrived after a deluge of rain washing a lot of fresh water through the lake the week before dropping water temperature, it was a slow start for the lads but the fish got there heads down the back end of the week when the warmer weather arrived. Martin was straight out […]

A rearranged group from July mark Pearson booked through dch but had to move his week from July to the only available week I had as there flight was a Sunday flight and we operate Saturday to Saturday. Well when they arrived it was probably cooler in July as temperatures were around 30 degrees but […]

A tough week with temperatures of plus 30 slowing the fishing right down after the previous 2 weeks with high pressure all week. Adrian bagged two tone at 55.12lb a new pb for him and John bagged a new pb aswell Matt had 5 fish from peg 3 but nothing over 36lb. The hot weather […]

A decent week for Richard and Aaron who departed last Saturday with over twenty fish out 6 over forty with the biggest 44lb 11 over thirty with 5 over 35lb . Last week we had a few more dch clients on 2 of which fished foxpool over 12 years ago father and son Steve and […]

Well the lads on two weeks ago had a tough gig with temperatures spiralling to 38 degrees making difficult fishing conditions with very few out and poor Rob blanking. Best fish out was 38lb which came on the 1st night. This week the weather has been kinder with temperatures in the low twentys and a […]

Well with high temperatures touching 40 degrees some days it’s been a bit quite since the summer shutdown and no forties out in the last 3 weeks but plenty of thirtys to 39lb. That all changed yesterday with Paul in peg 4 bagging 3 forty pound plus fish in 9hrs upto 45lb then he smashed […]

Great time for our Go at big carp fishing my son caught two tone the biggest carp in the lake as well as several others all over 30lb. Including 61lb two tone Graham the owner is sound as well with lots of advice.

The fish are getting ready to spawn soon and seem a little pre occupied with that, with bites slowing down peg 1 keeps fishing well though with Sam bagging 5 fish over 40lb including a brace of 45lb unfortunately he’s dropped a couple too but is closing in on double figures. Ian started with a […]

Well a bumper end to the session for Jimmy down in peg 1 landing 3 corkers with a mirror of 48lb then 20 minutes later landing two tone at 60lb and then a 38lb mirror all on the last day. Sparky had a 40lb catfish aswell from peg 2. John caught consistently in peg 3 […]

Well are first dream carp holidays of the year arrived 24 hours ago and 3 of the 4 have beat there pbs already, sparky in peg 1 bagged his first forty with a 43lb mirror the had a 31lb fish as the Sunday roastvwas served. Jim in peg 3 had a brace over 35lb with […]

A great week for the Welsh boys on this week with 7 forties between them Andrew in peg 1 broke his pb 4 times firstly with a 38 8lb chunk them his first forty adding mirror’s of 43lb and 44.10lb aswell as majority of 30+ plus fish to finish on 12 fish he did land […]

A great bit of angling to Steve in peg 4 taking 17 fish of which 8 over 35lb including 2 over forty to 48lb and Matt in peg 1 didn’t catch as many but managed to bag two tone at 59.2lb from peg 2 water as the wind pushed the fish down towards the cabin […]

Looking back on last year a slow start with minus 6 degrees in April but as it warmed up the fish got on the munch with a new record and our first 60lb plus fish with two tone eventually hitting 65lb before she spawned.And another unknown big common coming out at 58lb to Keith in […]

Well a tough week for the lads going into there last night. Lovely days but really cold nights with misty mornings. Today has been the best day with 18degrees and overcast mark had a 39lb mirror early hours of this morning then Richard had a 38.8lb mirror about 2 just before we went to the […]

Well all the lads banked fish last night and kev had a couple of thirtys aswell from peg 4 this afternoon one fish coming within a minute of putting it out to showing fish off the Island. Adams rod went off again in peg 2 just as I’d put the dinner on the table again […]

Well another hot one this week and not easy fishing conditions but mark molly and Adam stuck to the task. Adam fished peg 4 and he never had a twenty before visiting foxpool and he kicked off with a 35lb common . Adam fished steady all week and nicking a few fish on maize, after […]

Well that’s it now for the first half of the season with our last group departing Friday morning. The fishing was a bit moody in the hot conditions but the 3 lads stuck at it and managed to bank a few malcolm in peg 3 banked 6 over 30lb biggest coming on the last night […]

Catch return for last week .51 fish out peg1 &3 doing the best for numbers caught. Biggest out was 40lb to Alex in peg 4 . Peg 2 still not fishing well, Sam had only 1 carp and couple of small catfish. Rhys who holds the record for most fish out a few years back […]

Ian and Jack left yesterday after a successful week bagging 37 fish in total and half a dozen lost. Peg 1 fished really well again but Jack managed 12 fish from peg 2 also. Amazingly 22 fish out over 30lb including a new lake record record of 65lb 2oz, 2 fortys to 45.8lb, 5 over […]

Well the fish are still on munch with Lewis bagging a 36lb mirror after last night bq then a 34lb mirror just before breakfast but there was better to come from the young man. Barry has banked a few on his sweetcorn and lost a massive cat at the net after doing battle for 40 […]

Another 30lb fish for Lewis after dinner and one of the young stockies added recently to Barry. 8 fish out so far today which is the best in a day so far, I think with the settled weather and fish getting ready for spawning the next few weeks should see the amount of fish on […]

Well Lewis has finally trapped one in peg 4 breaking his pb with a 39lb mirror just before breakfast. Barry lost a catfish last night and Lee had a couple of the grass carp one at 20lb and the other he didn’t manage to weigh as it jumped the net after he unhooked it. I’ve […]

Lee, landed his 10th fish of the session just before dinner, with this lovely scaley mirror giving him a hell of a scrap . That was his 3rd fish this afternoon weighing in at 35.8lb after earlier getting a 20lb grass carp and a 30lb mirror . Lee is into double figures now, peg 1 […]

BREAKING NEWS TWO TONE BREAKS 60LB NEW LAKE RECORD 60.8OZ

A few more fish out today and definitely getting more active now. After a warm day yesterday today has been overcast with a temperature of 17 degrees after a mild night last night , that was the first night this year that I haven’t lit the log burner. 3 of the the lads managed a […]

Well the rain came down last night and the fish switched on finally after a slow start for the lads. These are experienced anglers I can tell, and its difficult to watch when things aren’t going there way . But fair play to them they’ve stuck at it and yesterday there was over 10 fish […]

Well still a bit slow so far for the boys but showing signs of picking up a little today . John in peg four had a 38+ this morning and ryan had a 40lb mirror from peg 2 .Rob keeps pulling a couple in a day with a 28lb and 25 lb mirror today a […]

Well the lakes still fishing well with the boys banking 7 x 30s between them yesterday upto 38lb. Ashley having 3 30s on the bounce from peg 4. Adam just been playing a long mirror for 1 hour and 20 minutes that weighed in a 36lb when he finally got it in the net. That’s […]

Adam had a few more in the night taking his tally to 20 fish. Shaun had a good day yesterday bagging another 50lb cat, two tone common at 54lbs and a 40lb mirror last night whilst we were playing cards at the cabin. Slowed a bit for Ashley yesterday afternoon and he decided to have […]

Well finally after nearly 12 months we welcomed our first group on and they all got off the mark the first night banking fish. Adam in peg 1 was first to bank a 26lb mirror then a few more including 3 30s a 39.6lb a 38lb and a 34lb he’s just playing his 11 th […]