Celtic Lakes Report

With the introduction of 40lb+ specimen carp and 50lb+ catfish in October 2007, Celtic lakes Resort is fast becoming one of the premier “”big fish”” waters and fishing holiday destinations in the whole of the UK. More information at: www.celticlakesresort.com.

Celtic Lakes Resort News:

Celtic Lakes “”Goes Large””
The first week in August 2007 saw the first 60lb catfish stocking to take place at Celtic Lakes Resort. This will help to confirm Celtic Lakes as one of the UK’s premier big catfish and carp fisheries.

60lb catfish stocked

Lake 6, the Specimen lake at Celtic Lakes Resort had already been heavily stocked with Catfish with 250 catfish to 50lb having already been introduced to the fishery, the average size already around the 20lb to 30lb mark.

Recent Catch Reports:

Celtic Lakes continues to produce some truly excellent catches. Some of the recent reports received here at Celtic Lakes Resort include:

1.Steven Brown – 18th August 2007
“”This is my second visit to Celtic Lakes and it just gets better every time. The weather was rubbish (it rained all day) but it didn’t spoil the fishing. I will be coming back soon for sure.””

9 Carp weighing from 3lbs to 9lbs, 3 Bream.
Tactics and bait: Boilies for 8 of the carp on a hair rig and sweetcorn on a float for the others.2.Dale Heyman – 12th August 2007
Weather varied throughout the day starting with overcast and rain leading to a very warm sunny afternoon. 7 common carp weights from 8lb – 18lb, 6 mirror carp 8lb – 12lb, various other small fry.

Tactics and bait: Bird seed boilie on hair rig for carp and sweet corn on float for the rest.

3. Andy Plowman – 11th August 2007
“”I arrived at the lake Friday evening, and after baiting an area up it wasn’t long before I started getting some action. Surprisingly Friday night turned out to be pretty quiet with about four fish caught up till daylight. Saturday morning turned out to be a bit hectic with a few trips out in the canoe (which my mates found hilarious) to retrieve my rigs from snags (there’s only about three snags in the whole lake and I managed to find two of them, typical).

“”Once everything had settled down the action really hotted up and by about 1am Sunday morning and with some heavy rain coming down I decided to pull the rods in and get some kip. Rods went back out Sunday at 7am until I pulled off the lake at 4pm. In all I caught 21 fish up to 12.75Ib, with most of the fish being mirrors. I probably lost over 10 fish due to hook pulls and yes finding the third snag in the lake. On a couple of occasions I had two rods go off at the same time which was a bit tricky, but with the help of some lads in the next swim the fish were landed. Celtic resort is a cracking venue with a top bloke (John) running the complex.

“”This is my second visit to the venue and won’t be the last.””

21 fish up to 12.75Ib

Tactics and bait: Boilies were used on two rods, one to the baited area and the other was frequently cast around the island. My third rod was baited with two 22mm halibut pellets aimed for the cats but resulting in some greedy carp.

To view all our catch reports, please visit: www.celticlakesresort.com

Angler of the Week

Joel Biddle – Amongst many other fish, Joel caught a scale perfect 14lb 11oz common carp on bolt rigged cc moore meteor boilie, with no loose feed and a mint condition 24lb 8oz catfish, caught on a very misty night on triple 21mm halibut pellet over a pva stocking of halibut loose fed pellet.

24lb 8oz catfish for Joel…

….and a 14lb 11oz carp