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Its been another crazy week of weather with some strong winds hail and frost. But Lee of Bridgend fished a 24 hour on the specimen lake to land 4 fish, the best being a 28.9 mirror followed by two upper doubles and a 24.8 mirror. Lee landed all of his fish on Lamos pop corn boilies. Another angler who managed two nights in the hard frost was Paul Thomas of Landilo who managed to land 2 fish from megs corner. The match was fished on Sunday after the boys cleared a very thin sheet of ice off the match lake, the match was won by Steve Davies with 39.4lb in 2nd place was Alan Godrich with 35lb and in 3rd place was John with 29.12. The fishery had some reports of 3-4lb perch being caught in both the canals last week, with the cold weather that moved in that will bring the perch on the feed. On the Pleasure lake Scott Robinson of Neath landed 9 carp all around the 7lb mark, Scott fished with sweet corn and maggots. Our Christmas match will take place on Wednesday the 28th of December on both the match lake and old canal. There will also be an open match for anyone to fish on new years day. For more details please contact the fishery.

It’s been a slower week this week here at the fishery, with not so many anglers venturing out in the wet and windy conditions. Two visiting anglers who did make it out was Bob and John from Somerset, they fished peg 8 (soil shed) to land 5 fish between them the best being a 24.9 common. Another angler was Rhys Davies from Port Talbot who fished a quick 24hr session in megs corner to land 3 fish to 22.7lb. On the pleasure side of fishing Lee Thomas of Bridgend spent the day on the old canal fishing for perch, Lee landed 5 perch to 4.2lb fishing with maggot and chopped worm proving to be the best bait for him. The pit has been fishing ok this week with reports of anglers that they have been catching low double figure carp on luncheon meat. On the match lake Mark Evans reported of having a nice day catching some lovely 2lb+ skimmer bream on maggot. Don’t forget to make the most of our Special offer of half price fishing until the end of December. And free fishing for members.

Vince, Eileen and Gavin would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year, and to say thank you all members who will go fishing free until the end of December and non members will get half price fishing on all lakes at all times.

Last week saw yet another good fish come from the specimen lake Steve Stanley from Pembroke fished the soil shed to land a stunning 36.7lb mirror.
Another Pembroke angler was Mark Goodhall from west Wales angling won the match with 36.8lb in 2nd place was Chris Wells from burry port with 27lb then in 3rd place was Lew Spinkes with 22lb.

On the pit Martin Mathews landed 5 fish to 16.3lb on boilies. It has been a bit slower this week with the weather being up and down when it stays at a consistent temperature the fish will be back on the feed. So look out for those good fishing winter months.

Its been another fair week at the fishery with the weather being up and down but very mild for the time of year. There has been a few anglers making the most of our special offer half price fishing until the 9th of December. One of those anglers was Graham Jones from Gorseinon who fished the far bank on the pit to a over hanging bush to land a personal best perch of 4.2lb. On the pleasure lake Mathew Morgan fished in front of the cabin to land 6 carp in a day session the best being a 14.2 mirror. His mate Ryan King also had a good day landing 4 fish the best being a 12.3 ghost carp. On the match side Steve Davies fished peg 26 on the new canal to weigh 54.15lb. On the match lake Nigel Morris has not forgotten how to catch fish weighing in at 69.14lb. in 2nd place was Keith Grand with 40.8lb and very close behind was Simon Jones with 40.6lb. On the specimen lake our bailiff Gavin fished the old cabin swim to land 11 fish all around the 20lb mark the best being a 22lb mirror.

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It has not been a bad week this week at the fishery especially for Craig from Pontradowe who fished the island swim to land his new pb of 39.8lb mirror a fish called Billy the bear. Marko fished the soil shed swim to land 3 fish to 20bl. Marko also lost a nice pike at the net. Another angler was Leyton Thomas from Pontradulais who fished the old cabin swim to land his first three fish of the specimen lake the best being a 25lb mirror, he also landed a nice 13lb ghost carp. On the pleasure side of fishing Mark Goodhall from West Wales angling weighed in 70.8lb in the Sunday match. In 2nd place was Ryan Hughes with 38.5lb. On the pit David Rees fished the far bank to land 7 carp the best being a 16.2lb common. The perch have been a little bit slower this week with the weather being very mild for the time of year. We have two places left in our winter league that starts in January the league will run for 6 months with the matches being fished every other Sunday. For more info please contact the fishery. Dont forget its still half price fishing in weekdays.

White Springs Report Nov 14th

What a funny week it has been, with it being very wet and windy one day then bright and sunny the next. This is making the fish turn on and off the feed day by day. On the pleasure side of fishing we have been having reports of 50/60lb bags coming from the canals. Mark Jones fished peg 5 on the old canal for perch landing 9 the best being 4.2lb. On the pit David Williams fished a day session catching some nice 4lb bream and carp to over 10lb. Last Sundays match was on the new canal with a good turn out of over 20 anglers. But to despite the nice day the fish weren’t in the feeding mood, but some anglers did ok with Neil Daniels weighing in 38.2lb in 2nd place was Peter Williams with 36lb. On the specimen lake its been quite with Paul Austin from Cardiff landing 3 fish to 22lb. Visiting angler Mathew Rees from mid Wales fished peg 1 (old cabin) to land 4 fish to over 24.6lb. Last Wednesday saw the fishery stocking the specimen lake again with 20 of mark Simmons carp between 18/20lb. Don’t forget we have our special offer on to say thanks for your support through out the year with all full day tickets being half price until the 9th December.

As the final embers burn on the bonfires and the fireworks gone.

Vince at White Springs comes up with another sparkling offer.

With the winter settling in and the thought of the Christmas bills mounting up White Springs would like to lift the mood with its winter special offer.

From Monday to Friday from now until December 8th 2011.

The fishery is offering half price fishing on all lakes.

Bring the children along and spend the day or even a few nights and it’ll cost you only half the normal price.

Make the most of this fantastic recession busting offer while it lasts.

Contact Vince or Gav for further details at the fishery.

Don't forget if you have any pictures of your catches or stories to tell contact Richard at jacktaff1965@yahoo.co.uk

It’s been a quiet time for news since the Nash Show.

There was some action reported from the pleasure lake where Adrian Mitchell landed all species to weigh in a bag of almost 78lb along with fellow angler James Thomas who bagged 72lb from the next peg. The Pleasure Lake maintains to fish well no matter what the weather conditions.

The specimen lake has been slowly picking up after the erratic spawning period.

Mathew Lammos and friend Simon managed 8 fish in a 48 hour session, the biggest to 22lb 8oz.

The Wednesday before the Nash Show saw the Big Common grace the bank for the first time in a couple of months. Landed by Aberdare angler Gerwyn Hussey who was down for the week with his girlfriend and mate Daniel?

This past week end has seen the specimen lake continue turning out the 30lb plus fish.

Have not had much information but it’s rumoured that a 39lb plus carp has been out and Vince had confirmation of a 31lb common. If you are one of the captors of these fish please do not hesitate to email with any pictures you may have taken.

jacktaff1965@yahoo.co.uk

I myself ended a bit of a barren spell this past weekend with the capture of a mirror carp we think might have been named “Shoulders”.

This lovely specimen graced my net at just over the 24lb mark while my mate landed two mirrors of 16 and 18lb plus he lost two at the net. The Carp are starting to fight hard again.

This coming weekend is the Tony Smith Memorial charity event. All monies raised will go to cancer research. Please feel free to approach me with any stories or pictures you may want to add to our website or donations you would like to make.

It should be a great weekend which will see twenty anglers pit their wits against each other on the specimen lake for this much coveted shield, which was kindly donated by Tony’s best mate Brian who will be attending and competing himself.

The weekend match report will follow shortly.

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Don’t forget that this coming Saturday is the Nash Roadshow.

Many top anglers will be on hand to show all the latest techniques and terminal tackle.

There will be a wide range of their specialist tackle on display and orders can be taken on the day.

Refreshments and family fun for all.

Don’t miss out on a top show.

Other fishery news.

The match lakes again have produced some very large bags.

The Wednesday match saw Mike Williams land 110lb 6oz in just three hours.

The results were:

1. Mike Williams 110lb 6oz.

2. Ryan Hughes 77lb 13oz.

3. Andrew Crocker 77lb 12oz.

4. Tony Wale 76lb 8oz.

Well done lads and an excellent result from the canals.

Carp and bream have been caught on regular basis from all lakes.

Anglers from as far as Texas USA having been visiting the fishery this week.

Rock Doe managed to land 72lb in a day session from peg 11 on the match lake.

His brother Mike Doe managed to catch 93lb 6oz from peg 13.

The specimen lake has again been slow. The biggest carp recorded through the week being a 25lb mirror. Things will pick up soon.

The Tony Smith Memorial places have been going fast and this is a reminder that there are now only two places left for the event which is being held Friday 19th to Sunday 21st August 2011. This is a well supported charity match on the specimen lake in aid of cancer research.

We look forward to your continued support of this event. 

If you are interested contact Vince on the fishery number which is on the home page.

Again don’t forget that it’s the Nash Roadshow this coming Saturday.

Come along and see one of the industry’s leading manufacturers.

Innovative forward thinking tackle and equipment.

Don’t miss out.

Latest Fishery News

It?s been another excellent week for the matches.

The Wednesday night match has again produced some very large bags of fish.

Held on the match lake, the 3hour session produced a winner in the form of Mike Williams from peg 13 with an exceptional catch weighing 110lb 8oz?s. That certainly is some achievement over that period of time.

Results Wednesday 13th July.

1. Michael Williams 110lb 8oz.

1. Ryan Hughes 77lb 13oz.

1. Andrew Crocker 77lb 12oz.

1. Tony Wale 76lb 8oz.

1. Luke Sorockin 70lb 14oz.

Fishing the late evenings seems to be the most fruitful of late.

Well done to you all.

The pirates fished what I think is their first match of the season on the Old Canal.

The Sunday match has produced some large bags. Chris Wells fishing peg 20 landed fish to 84lb 1oz. followed closely by Jim Hutton with a haul 71lb 12oz.

The Pleasure Lake and Pit are still fishing very well. Plenty of catches for middle sized carp being reported from both lakes.

The Pit again producing a few tench and some large bream are the standout feature of the two lakes.

Reports coming from the Specimen Lake have been a little slow as there have been a lack of anglers out of late. Some carp have been reported but it can?t produce all the time especially due to the constant change in the weather conditions.

I would just like to remind all anglers again, that the Nash Road Show rolls into White Springs the weekend after next.

If it is as successful as last year then you can all look forward to an excellent display. Lots of stalls with all the latest luggage, end tackle and bait. Plus there will be the Bivvy Alley, where there will be a full range of the Nash shelters, brollies and bivvies complimented with all the latest bed chairs, chairs and sleeping bags.

Bring the family along and get some great road show discounts.

I myself will be on the bank this coming weekend and for the Nash Road Show.

If you have any queries or would like any stories or pictures of your time here at White Springs posted onto the website then please do not hesitate to approach me.

Alternatively you can e-mail me at jacktaff1965@yahoo.co.uk

Not a bad week with bags of 100lb plus being recorded.

Mark Godhall from Pembroke Angling having the best with 137lb, while Pete Edwards from West Wales Angling weighing in with 94lb 3oz. Third was James Thorne with 85lb 4oz.

Other news from the fishery is that the pit is producing plenty of nice sized carp and bream.

The pleasure lake has provided some fun for the anglers as they tried to catch the golden orph which has been up in the water. One junior on the lake managed a 16lb common carp.

The Specimen lake has been producing again, this time with an 8lb yellow ghostie which has not been seen before.

Another angler who fished Megans corner landed 5 carp 3 to mid 20’s.

Gavin Wellington fished two nights on peg 4 (the soil shed) to land 5 carp, biggest taken from the corner at 25lb 3oz.

And last but not least, Ian (ziggy) from Port Talbot fished a 48 hour session on the old cabin landing 3 fish, two were over the 20lb mark and the session was topped off by this stunning 39lb 8oz mirror.

Well done Ziggy.

Don’t forget that the Nash Road show is again coming to White Springs.

They will be setting up on Friday 29th July. The show will then start at 9am on Saturday and Sunday 30th & 31st July.

All their latest products will be on show and they will hold bait making demonstrations and handing out advice on how best to use the latest end tackle.

Bring the family along for a great day out with refreshments and demos running all day.

It's been another bumper week here at White Springs.

We have had the Irish over for their annual matches. They practised Tuesday, Wednesday and fished Thursday for 6 hrs on the match lake bagging an amazing 226lb. Three keep nets had to be used to hold their catch. Another new fishery record has been set.

The Sunday match again held on the match lake saw Howard Green on peg 20 land 116lb 2oz. Second was Rob Jones on peg 11 with 102lb.

The pit has been fishing exceptionally well over the last week with anglers reporting some good sport with Tench to 5lb being caught.

The pleasure lake has been busy and catches of Carp have been reported from twelve to fourteen pounds, all fish said to be in pristine condition.

The specimen lake has produced yet again with Carp coming out at over thirty pound. Fred, one of the lads from Able piling landed a thirty one pound common from peg 6.

While fishery manager Gavin fished two nights on the island along with Sasha to land a thirty pound twelve ounce mirror along with five other fish.

An important note that we would like to add, is that all anglers are asked to take their litter home with them otherwise

WE WILL BAN YOU.

Only last month two anglers were caught leaving their rubbish in the bank side bushes and they were subsequently banned.

We ask you to please adhere to these rules otherwise you will be next.

Hope to see you soon and tight lines.

Match results from the Old Canal from last Wednesday as follows:-

1. Tony Wale.  65lb 8oz.

2. Jeff Walker. 64lb 12oz.

3. Jim Hutton.  62lb 12oz.

4. Lou Spinks. 29lb 10oz.

5. Gordon Furlong. 28lb 14oz.

We would also like to add that our Wednesday evening matches are run on a 3 hour basis (6pm till 9pm) and last week an angler on the match lake produced a bag that weighed in at 120lb 9oz.

This is a new fishery record for a 3 hour match.

More updates on Sundays matches to come tomorrow.

I would like to inform everyone of the commencement of the White Springs summer open matches.

They will be held every Wednesday evening on the match lake with the draw at 5.30pm fishing beginning at 6pm till 9pm with the weigh in immediately after that.

Cost for the evening open matches will be £13.00 or £10.00 if you have already been fishing through the day.

Sunday’s open matches will be held on either the match lake, new or old canals depending on the turn out on the day. The draw will be at 9.00am with fishing commencing at 10.30am till 4.00pm.

The entry fee for the Sunday's open matches will be £20.00.

If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Andrew Crocker. Mobile number will be added ASAP.

Jeff Walker was back to form winning last Wednesday's open on the match lake with 103lbs.

Two Perch were caught by Allan Davies from the match lake, both around the 3lb mark.

Just a reminder that there is a charity social event on the specimen lake this coming weekend.

It's being run by the Carp Crew forum and it's in aid of Cardiff Childrens Hospital ( got to let them have something, Well done the Swans).

Think this is now fully booked, but am not hundred percent sure and a phone call to the fishery should suffice.

I will be attending the social myself, so any pictures or stories you would like to add to the website can be done on the Saturday.

Regards.

Richard.

Hi lads.

Would just like to introduce myself.

My name is Richard and I’ve been given the arduous task of keeping the White Springs Website up to date.

First I must say that “I really am a novice when it comes to match fishing”, preferring the pasties as “I think you say”.

Just want you to know that I’ll be leaving a post on here when and to what part of the specimen lake that I will be fishing, failing that Vince or Gavin will know what peg no.

I believe that you have a league and a league should have a table.

This is the type of thing that we would like to record, it would cover such things as weights, species and hopefully specimen breeds.

I would like to gather as much info as I can, so then I could run it by Alex to set the ball rolling.

I would like to point out that I am new to this and I’m sort of shall we say at “the fry” stage at the moment.

Yet with your input and ideas we could build the website up to become very informative in the match stats.

I would like to hear from you, if you can find the time.

If I could find out things like who organises the league and so forth that would be great.

As like I say, this is in its infancy.

I have had very little time to sit down to speak with Vince or Gavin to gather info.

So boys, if you think this is something worth working towards I’d like to hear from you ASAP.

Keep those big bags coming.

And the kettle will be on.

Regards.

Richard.

Anyone got a contact no for who ever runs the pirate series of matches returning to fishing after 12 years out and would like to have a go.

Cheers Gerry

Unfortunately a lot of the catch reports lately havent got to me as i have been unable to attend Springs so if anyone would like to report their catches please pm WhiteSprings and I will fill in the gaps however in the meantime here are the reports from end of May to 6th of June.

Visiting anglers from Tunbridge Wells landed a 30 Mirror from Peg 1 along with a nice 14lb Koi. On the Pit a 24lb common was reported as gracing the banks from some visiting anglers.

A couple of youngsters Kain Mckenny and Aaron Harris both at the young age of 13 years from Llanelli fished the old cabin on peg 1 of the speci lake and they landed 5 carp which included a 28lb Mirror 24lb Mirror and 3 nice mid double fish, using White Springs Boilys a popular source of catches here at the lakes, they then proceeded to go to peg 2 to see a visiting angler from Kent Gary Woods that had come down to White Springs looking to land a nice common and persuaded him to try out one of the White Springs boilys. He reluctantly obliged the boys to humour them and within 20 mins of him putting out his line with the new bait on he had landed a 32lb common which was a new PB for Gary and he told us that he was over the moon and that the young lads were some of the best anglers that he had met for a long while, well done lads something to be proud of in many ways and well done Gary on your new PB.

On the pleasure side of the fishing the canals have been producing good fish with bags in excess of a hundred pounds along with the match lakes.

 Keith Twosome from Havordford West on Peg 13 Match Lake weighed in at 112lb, Tony Wale reports 104lb also on the match lake on peg 22. Geoff Walker weighed in 76.2lb and young Aaron Summers with 64lb 15.

The pleasure lake is producing some nice bags of fish with some nice single weights coming out, with carp to 20lb and bream to 5lb being reported.   

White Springs would like to share its good news with you, after extensive testing and mixing with different boilies the springs bannana flavour boilie is now available for sale in the tackle shop, it is coloured a light yellow brown colour and smells lovely and it is now for sale at a special price of 7.50 a kilio. Not only proving popular with the anglers is it also proving popular with the fish and during the last month of testing it has proved to be catching fish with Martin Mathews and Gavin the bailiff catching fish with them on the same day they went on sale in the shop. Whilst on the specimen lake Martin fished catching 4 carp to 20lb including a 19lb common in mint condition and also managed to pull in a couple of thirtys with one being 32.2lb. Also on the lake Paul Thomas caught 4 carp (weights unconfirmed) on the nash match 1 boilies. It seems as the weathers temperature has picked up so has the fishing and the last few slow weeks has come to an end and the fish seem to be back on the feed as on the other side of the site the pleasure lake was fishing well with carp up to 15lb being reported to us by several anglers, coming out at the various pegs.

The Match Anglers Winter Lague has now come to a finish with an extremely close last match with 5 anglers angling hard for 2nd place. The overall winner for the 2nd year in a row was Nigel Morris fighting off some good anglers who were close behind. Pipping everyone to the post in 2nd place was Chris Hall with 181lb 5oz,  3rd rob whittshire 179lb10 Ritchard Barnett 113lbs. Vince would like to thank Nigel Morris and Rob Dyer for organizing the matches.

In a seperate event on the new canal The Pirates held a match with Steve Davies winning with 81.5 catching mainly carp and bream using maggotts.

There has of course been a tremendous amount of fish over the last few weeks that have come out and not been reported, I have reports of a new 32lb'r  Mirror coming out of the specimen lake and also a new very very long 26lb'r common which havent been seen before and would like to point out that not only do 70% of the fish in the lake do not get caught, but 90% of those arent reported so new fish to some anglers coming out of the lakes are not an uncommon thing. Also I cannot report things if I do not get the reports coming in so dont be shy if you catch either post up by clicking the post new story or clicking here or send it to me (with pictures hopefully) and I will report it for you.

In the meantime good fishing all and get down there whilst the going is good.

Pirates 2009 Champion Geoff Walker receives his trophy from White Springs Owner Vince Lloyd. Geoff totalled 99 Points from the 42 matches, with Gordon coming in second with 78 points and Tony on 76points.

Geoff also enjoyed sucess in the 6 week weds Pirates Club winter mini series winning with 7 points beating Gordon again by one point. Tony was 3rd with 10 pts Richard Lewis on 12pts Keith Tueson 13 pts, Ron Shipton 19pts Rob White 21pts and Mike Thomas 25pts

We wish the match anglers all the best in 2010.

Geoff Walker (69) was origonally from Stoke on Trent and he now lives in Talley, his personal best is 130lb which he managed to acheive whilst fishing the Match Lake here at White Springs itself. He likes to use the Pole and Paste as his favourite type of setup and he currently is using a Shimano Anteres 16M Pole with a Shimano Anteres Silk Shock Special Competition Line rated at 5.39lb and .140mm with a Kamason B981 Barbless Specimen Size 16 round bend hook. His Bait is expander pellets.

He has fished for approximately 60 years and got hooked on fishing by accompanying his father all those years ago, being both a keen fisherman and cyclist he regulary (at least once a week) used to fish the Trent and Mersey canals. He told me that he just loves to fish and just loves the thrill of catching that fish, never knowing what is going to come out. He enjoys making his own end tackle and is very profficient at making floats from balsa wood and has been doing this since his early 20's. He leaned over and confided in me that sometimes he finds the making of the floats more satisfying than the fishing itself though he did admit that there is nothing better than catching a fish from one of his home made and very proffesional looking floats.

Asking him what else he loves about fishing he told me that it was the social aspect of the fishing that he loved especially amongst the Pirates of which he is a founding member, amongst the Pirates he loves to wind them up and trade banter with them about the fishing and everything else.

Geoff told me what he loved about White Springs........ there is a good variety of lakes here at White Springs so it is good to be able to have a change as it saves you getting bored. It is convienant for me to travel to as well.

His most memorable experiance was one or two international matches where he got the chance to compete and win matches against some of the top anglers in the country, he nodded to me winked and pointed out one of the anglers opposite him, "Great guy he said and he fishes for Wales and I am in a competition with him what more can I say"

I asked him for some advice for any up and coming anglers and he told me that

You shouldn't be afraid to ask the more experianced anglers on the lake for advice, you will learn more in an hour of watching an experianced angler that you will in 12 months fishing on your own, so dont be shy to ask and watch the experianced anglers.

Sounds like good advice to me Geoff and with that we shall bid you good day and hopefully catch up with you another day. Good luck in your fishing in 2010 and congratulations on your results for 2009.

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