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Celtic Lakes Resort - 2010 Catch Reports

We want to know what you caught, when you caught it and how you caught it.

Your feedback and information will act as a superb reference database for anglers visiting us for the first time in terms of what they might expect to catch and how they might go about doing it.

Good or bad, your feedback will form the majority of the content of these pages and provide valuable information to us as we continually strive to make Celtic Lakes Resort an unbeatable venue for great coarse, carp and catfish fishing.

Name: Kev (Bones) Williams	Age: 39	From: Llanelli-
Date: 24th August 2010	Lake Fished: 5	Conditions: -
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: 50 + MIRRORS AND COMMONS TO 12LB, LOST LOADS, USED 6 DIFFERENT RIGS BUT IT DIDNT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE THEY WERE STILL DROPPING THEM, ALSO 6 BREAM. MUST HAVE HAD 80+ RUNS Bait and Tactics: USED PELLETS, BOILIES, CHICK PEAS, MAPLE PEAS. CAUGHT ON EVERYTHING Addtional Information: FIRST VISIT, FROM LLANELLI

Name: Lewis Jameson	Age: 10	From: -
Date: 14th August 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: -
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: The mirror carp was caught at 12.30 am with a screaming run off peg 16, the common carp was caught at 05.30. Both fish off the same rod fished tight to the margin ten yards to the left of the peg. Mirror 30lb 2, Common 30lb 4 Bait and Tactics: Gary advised halibut pellets where going well so we fished over a bed of halibut pellet with a 21mm dynamite cat pellet on a long hair to a size 8 hook. We took his advise and beat our PB twice in one night. Addtional Information: We fish all over but could not believe the experience to achieve not only our 1st 30lb fish but two in one night - we will be back as we still havent got a cat. Pictures: (click to enlarge)

Name: Mark Owen	Age: 48	From: Merthyr Tydfil
Date: 14th August 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: n/a
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: 14lb Common Carp Bait and Tactics: Boilies and pellets

Name: Matt Higham	Age: 12	From: Preston
Date: 11th August 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions:
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: Catfish: 28lb 10oz (new PB) Bream: 4lb Bait and Tactics: Caught on scopex, squid and robin red boilie tipped with yellow pop-up corn over a bed of hemp, pellet, corn, tuna and boilie. Bream caught on spicy shrimp and prawn boilie over a bed of boilies. Addtional Information: 3rd visit, from preston and was once again an enjoyable visit. Greeted by friendly and helpful staff. Weather was overcast with the odd sunny spell Pictures: (click to enlarge)

Name: James Barry	Age: 16	From: -
Date: 2nd August 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: mixed
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: mirror carp 10LB common carp 9LB catfish 30LB Bait and Tactics: I fished over a bed of pellets(about 20 spods full) on each rod. I caught the carp on dynamite halibut boilies, and I caught the cat on chocolate boilies, believe it or not. Addtional Information: It was sunny for the first day and the last day was wet and cold.

Name: Kieran	Age: 15	From: Aberbargoed
Date: 1st August 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions:
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: 3 Mirror Carp - 6lb 8oz, 8lb 12oz, 9lb 2oz 1 Common Carp - 10lb 12oz 2 Catfish - My first Cat At 17lb 2oz And my Second Cat at 37lb 7oz 2 (PB) Bait and Tactics: Caught all carp and catfish on mainline cell boilies over a bed of pulse and cell boilies and groundbait. Addtional Information: I'm from Aberbargoed, Second time on lake 6 and stayed for 48 hour session. Didn't catch nothing for the fist day and half but as soon it got dark it was non stop action. The weather conditions were cloudy and sunny with a bit of rain .Caught a huge cat at 36lb 7oz - well chufed. Great lake, would recommend, be back in a few weeks :)

Name: Tom Martin	Age: 23	From: Cardiff
Date: 1st August 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: n/a
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: Common Carp 24Lb Bait and Tactics: Used a chod rig with 12mm Cell boilie over a PVA bag of 2mm halibut pellets. Had a run early in the morning but I think if you use some really oily pellets then you will have non stop with action. Addtional Information: From Cardiff and have never fished at the fshery before. Great welcome and advice from Richie. Just checking the 5 day forecast now to see when's best for a return visit

Name: Robby Lea	Age: 22	From: -
Date: 30th July 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions:
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: Catfish - 12lb, 32lb, 34lb. Carp about 7lb Bait and Tactics: I fished halibut pellets of all sizes to 21 mm. Wasn't shy with chucking them in the swim .I used groundbait too - plenty of it. Addtional Information: It was raining most of my 48 hour session but it was worth it.

Name: Kev (iggy) Wroe	Age: 49	From: Preston
Date: 28th July 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: n/a
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: Mirror carp 29lb Common carp 18lb 2oz, 15lb 4oz, 12lb 5oz Catfish 14lb 6oz 4 smaller commons aound the 10lb mark not weighed. Bait and Tactics: All caught on simple bolt rigs and single sauce boilies, over a large bed of the sauce pellets and mixed sizes of hallibut pellets, with a few boilies scattered in, size 7 hook. Addtional Information: Drove down from Preston (took 5 hours). Caught 7 of the fish in the first 12 hours, ended up taking the rods out of the water at 02:00 AM to get some sleep. Could do with a water like this up north, keep up the good work. Will definitely be back.

Name: Jack Taylor	Age: 16	From: Brecon
Date: 24th July 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: n/a
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: Catfish 12lb 4oz (my first catfish!!!) and 9lb 11oz Carp 10lb 2oz Bait and Tactics: I caught the catfish on mainline cell boilies with a pva bag's of 8mm pellet for the tackle shop and I caught the carp on a 12mm halibut pellet also with pva bags, Addtional Information: I'm from Brecon, this the first time I fished lake 6 and I only fished for a day on peg 1, and the second time I've been to Celtic Lakes ... the fishing was quality and I am definitely going back again.

Name: Clayton	Age: 48	From: Llanelli
Date: 5th July 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: windy/warm
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: Common up to 20lb, mirror up to 15lb, cats to 15lb. In totel 67 fish, also lost god knows how many. Was in bed from 12pm, ran out of ground bait. And I do not count the bream. Bait and Tactics: Pellet 12mm banana popup and fly fished over dog mixer. Addtional Information: I am from Llanelli and fish here as often as I can. Weather conditions were breezy from sw and sunny temp 21c.

Name: Bill O'sullivan	Age: 46	From: n/a
Date: 27th June 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: warm
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: 11 catfish up to 32lb 16 carp up to 19 lb Bait and Tactics: Mixture of hallibut pellets and mainline pulse boilies over a bed of pellets and hemp. Addtional Information: Weather was warm and the first night of a 2 night stay was sleepless as the runs just kept on coming. Pictures: (click to enlarge)

Name: Clayton	Age: 48	From: Llanelli
Date: 21st June 2010	Lake Fished: 5	Conditions:
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: 22lb, 20lb, 19lb commons Iin total 57 fish for over 550lb+ Bait and Tactics: Most taken on the top, dog mixer and fly. The rest on banna boilie Addtional Information: The weather was sunny and hot with a slight west breeze. I had the last fish off the top at just before 10pm!!! I am a regular visitor and I am from Llanelli.

Name: Matthew Shannon	Age: 25	From: -
Date: 19th June 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: -
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: 18lb 8oz common carp 12lb 7oz catfish. Bait and Tactics: Cell boilie popped up 2 ft from margin. Addtional Information: n/a

Name: Robby Lea	Age: 22	From: Pontypool
Date: 18th June 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: -
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: i had 8 carp in total, a couple of mirrors and commons, nothing big though. The bigges I had was 11LB. I lost a cat at 3 in the morning, well gutted. Still aint had one yet Bait and Tactics: Spicy tuna boilies on a 2 oz lead, simple bolt rig done the trick. Quite far out. I put plenty of groundbait and pellets down in the swim. Swim was fizzing up. Addtional Information: I live in Pontypool and fish here as much as I can around work. Still in search of my first cat, I havent had one yet.

Name: Trevor Jenkins	Age: 23	From: local
Date: 6th June 2010	Lake Fished: 5	Conditions: -
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: 21 carp between 2lb and 16lbs. Bait and Tactics: All caught on home made boilies. Addtional Information: Live locally to the lake, come as often as I can.

Name: David Elsom	Age: 36	From: -
Date: 6th June 2010	Lake Fished: 5	Conditions: -
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: 30 common and mirror carp from 2lb to 14lb Bait and Tactics: The carp were caught on home made boilies single hook bait. Addtional Information: Local to the area and come as often as I can - it was a great time fishing!

Name: Tarun	Age: 33	From: Swansea
Date: 3rd June 2010	Lake Fished: 5	Conditions:
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: 8 carp between 5lb - 9lb 1 bream 2lbs Bait and Tactics: Method. Single bloodworm boilie with pellets in a pva mesh. Addtional Information: Swansea, 2nd visit, bright sunny, 22 degrees, day session 8hrs

Name: Kieran Thomas	Age: 15	From: Aberbargoed
Date: 31st May 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions:
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: Mirror Carp - 8.11oz Mirror Carp - 9.14oz Commom Carp - 6.11oz Bait and Tactics: Caught all three carp on spicy tuna and sweet chilli boilies, caught them on a simple rig, used 15 lb line Korda kurv hook size 6. Addtional Information: I came from Aberbargoed, 3 day session (72 hours) first time at the lake, first two nights i stayed on lake 6 with 2 of my mates none of us caught nothin :( the weather was damp and rainy the first night then the next two days were sunny. So the last day we decided to go on lake 5 but it was packed so we went on lake 4 instead thats were i caught my carp :) didnt beat my pb tho :(. Pictures: (click to enlarge)

Name: Josh Sewell	Age: 15	From: Aberbargoed
Date: 31st May 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions:
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: Common carp at 10lb 5oz Bait and Tactics: Put a spicy tuna and sweet chily boilie single on a hair rig and a bit of fake corn. Addtional Information: I came from Aberbargoed and the first night was damp and rainy and the rest was sunny but fished lake six. Didnt have anything and then was gonna go on to lake 5 but too packed so went to lake 4 and caught my 10lb 5oz.

Name: Si Winers	Age: 19	From: n/a
Date: 27th May 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: n/a
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: Catfish 31 lb Catfish 14 lb 8 oz 3 commons, all mid doubles, did not bother weighing Bait and Tactics: Did not really like the peg which i had as i was in a corner swim. I mainly went for the boilie approach which i do most of the time on my local waters. I had quite a bit of open water out infront of me and i just spread mainline cell boiles 15mm and 18mm evrywhere with my throwing stick. I used quite a lot of bait and kept it going in after every take, about 50 baits. I spread 1 kilo at noon and one kilo every night before 7pm. I think you need to put in a lot of bait because some of the local lads are banging in 25kg of pellet for the cats. I just used 10\" soft coated braid hooklinks with a 15mm cell bottom bait with a size 8 curv shank hook. use shorter hooklinks in the margin also ejected the leads on the take after a few lost fish. Addtional Information: Carp were spawning unfortunately and hot weather slowed the fishng. Got most takes at dawn and in the night.

Name: David Elsom	Age: 36	From: n/a
Date: 24th May 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions:
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: 28lb 12oz stunning mirror carp 32lb 12oz catfish Bait and Tactics: The carp was caught on home made boilie on a bed of mixed partical. The catfish was caught on 3 king prawns on a hair rig. Both fish were caught on 12lb line Addtional Information: Local to the area and come as often as iIcan. The weather was really hot and a little breeze from the west. The fish were spawning all day and they could not be caught but they did come on to the feed that night.

Name: Nathan Jones	Age: 22	From: n/a
Date: 22nd May 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: n/a
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: Catfish 13lb (my first catfish) Catfish 17lb Carp 15lb Bait and Tactics: Boilies and Pellets Addtional Information: Thanks to my brother Darran

Name: Reece mcc	Age: 14	From: n/a
Date: 15th May 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: n/a
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: Carp - 12lb, 16lb Catfish - 11lb, 28lb Bait and Tactics: 10mm halibut pellet on hair rig with size 8 hook. Pictures: (click to enlarge)

Name: Iker, Gaz, John S, John W & Matt	Age: ??	From: n/a
Date: 14th May 2010	Lake Fished: 4, 5 & 6	Conditions: n/a
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: Fished lakes 4, 5 & 6 Fished for 4 days, each day the fishing was good. Lake 4: we had carp to 15lb 8oz and John W had 50lb of bream. Lake 5: up to 20 fish each per day with Carp to 15lb and a 19lb cat. Lake 6: 4-6 fish a day averaging 10-15lb. Bait and Tactics: A bit of everthing....but mainly PVA bags with 10mm boilie or 14mm pellet. The carp seem to be wise to big baits and smaller baits seem to work much better. Information: We stayed in the Cottage, the accommodation was excellent, the fishing was good and it's the most welcoming fishery we have ever been to! We'll be back!

Name: Darran Jones	Age: -	From: Abergavenny
Date: 12th May 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions:
Fish Caught:
Information: i am a salmon fisherman from Abergavenny. First time fishing for cats, loved it. Warm in the day, frost at night. Landed fish 3.15am. Notable Fish: 12.5lb cat, lost two more first, my first time. Tactics and bait: Two bollies close to ireland

Name: Stumpy	Age: 27	From: Dulais Valley
Date: 1st May 2010	Lake Fished: 5	Conditions:
Fish Caught:
Information: I fish celtic a few times a month. I'm from the Dulais Valley, the weather was fine, rained the first night, sunny and windy after that. Notable Fish: 2 of us fishing a 48 hour ticket. Great weekend. 2 cats of 19lb and 21lb, 3 carp of 8lb, 11lb and 21lb Tactics and bait: 25 mm pellets hair rigged with size 4 catfish pro hooks and 40lb catfish pro kevlar hooklinks around 14 inch long. Carp on cell boilies popped and twenty was caught on a margin fished bottom bait tipped with rubber corn over a lightly baited area.

Name: Luke Hayes	Age: 21	From: Swansea
Date: 1st May 2010	Lake Fished: 5	Conditions: n/a
Fish Caught:
Information: From swansea, just wanted to get a bend in my new rods, Perfect place for it! Notable Fish: 6 of us fished lake 5 on saturday for 24 hours, had around 50 carp between us averaging from 4-14lb. Tactics and bait: Boilies / 15m Halibut pellet tipped with red/yellow pop up corn Pictures: (click to enlarge)

Name: Robin	Age: 30	From: n/a
Date: 30th April 2010	Lake Fished: 5	Conditions: n/a
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: 5 cats 14lb, 14lb, 18lb, 28lb, 38lb - my first cats 5 carp to 19lb Tactics and bait: 15 halibut plus meat over pellet, simple running rig, no tubing or add ons. Hook swivel lead, 12 pound x line.

Name: James Benjamin	Age: 16	From: n/a
Date: 4th April 2010	Lake Fished: 5	Conditions: n/a
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: Common 17lb 10oz 25 fish in total, mainly single figure but a few low doubles too. Tactics and bait: Boilies tipped with arti corn for hook baits, also three doubles on pop ups cast to showing fish. Fished bags towards islands and to marginal spots.

Name: Anthony Wilson	Age: -	From: Cardiff
Date: 19th March 2010	Lake Fished: 5	Conditions:
Fish Caught:
Information: Up from Cardiff for a quick 24 hours. Weather wet and windy. Notable Fish: 17lb 3oz common + 3 other commons 6 mirrors, biggest 9lb 5oz Bait & Tactics: 2 commons on flouro pop ups, all the others on nash scopex squid and liver +

Name: Bob	Age: -	From: n/a
Date: 3rd March 2010	Lake Fished: 5	Conditions: cold
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: mirror: 7, 11, 13, 18, 21 common: 2, 9, 11, 15, 19 koi: 4, 8 catfish: 18 Bait & Tactics: Caught most fish on 15mm nash classic boilies (strawberry).

Name: Daniel	Age: 14	From: n/a
Date: 30th January 2010	Lake Fished: 5	Conditions: n/a
Fish Caught:
Notable Fish: 14 fish, biggest 12lb 5oz common, all on celtic baits 20mm The heat boilies. Had to call it a night at around 4am because the lake had frozen over. Tactics and bait: Best tactics were supple braid hook links of about 6inch, size 8 wide gape hooks, bolt rig with a 2.5oz lead. Small bags of crushed boilies and low oil pellets and a scatter of boilies, worth fishing bright pop ups to. Pictures: (click to enlarge)

Name: Gary Wadey	Age: 46	From: n/a
Date: 23rd January 2010	Lake Fished: 6	Conditions: very cold
Fish Caught:
Information: Lake 5 fishing well again after the big freeze. All anglers who fished Sunday caught with half banking 4 or more carp. Lake 6 little more difficult but worth the challenge of banking at least 2 fish in the middle of winter if your prepared for a challenge. Notable Fish: 9lb simmo carp, 13lb common. Dropped a bigger fish just before dark. Tactics and bait: Single high attract boilies fished out in open water over scattering of freebies. Fishing pegs 17- 25 for best chance of a result.

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