White Springs
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Steven Huxter aged 23 from PenPedairheol was woken at 3.30 in the morning in the snow to find his lines in a frozen lake on the Soil Shed Swim and his alarm sounding, whilst playing the fish he was helped by his two mates Christian Duplessis and Tom James who broke ice in the lake to allow him to land this lovely Mirror that doubled his PB from 14lb to a lovely and very respectable 31lb2.

Well done Steven and a lovely fish caught on only his third visit to White Springs and in probably some of the harshest fishing conditions that we have seen for years proving once again that White Springs is no ordinary fishing venue

Tight Lines Everyone.

Despite the very cold and windy conditions last week, the anglers still turned up in force with us having to turn some away trying to get onto the specimen lake, with the lake being full and the anglers bivvied up ready for the weeked they woke up to find the lake had frozen over and snow was on the ground, however the fish was still feeding for some.

Lee (Afly) Calford of Llanelli at the start of the week managed to pull out a 12lb approx Mirror and a 14lb10 Leather in the last few hours of a 48hr marking the start of the fish starting to come out on the bank again to the specimen lake for this week.

Steven Huxter from Caerphilly caught his first fish for 2010 on only his third trip to Springs smashing his previous pb of 14lb and taking it to a fantastic 31lb 2. Waking up in the morning to his alarms he had to have the ice broken in order to land the fish, but what a start to the year.

Martin Matthews from Carmarthen having had to pull two of his rods out due to the ice still managed to get two takes on his single rod and landed 2 fish using just the one rod one after another, whilst the other anglers looking on with shouts of Jammy ****** floating across the bank proving that if you find the fish then you will be able to catch even under the worst conditions.

The Pleasure lakes have seen their share of anglers braving the weather and a visiting angler managed to land a lovely 15lb 'er from the Cabin swim of the Pleasure Lake along with 5 other reported fish ranging between 3lb to 9lb in weight.

On the canals the perch and bream are still being found using maggots and the winner of the last match held on them was Rob Jones with a nice weight of 89lb 2. 

Please dont forget that the majority of fish caught go unreported at the lakes so if you do know of fish being caught there that hasnt been reported to us then send WhiteSprings a pm to let me know the details and I shall post it up or better still members can report their own catches.

White Springs has an amazing offer on at the moment for accomadation. You can book your holiday for anytime in the year during the month of February and receive a massive 30% discount. Deposit is required.

Dont forget to buy your membership at the tackle shop for the year 2010 which will give you a massive 50% off all lakes during the month of February, what a bargain.

Tight lines

The match and canal lakes have seen some good weights coming out especially in the last few matches being held on them and on the other lakes the Pit has seen a few 15-18lb carp have come out , but the place to be has been on the Pleasure lake for the carp, bream and a couple of nice 3 1/2 lb perch even making a welcome show to the anglers there. On the Specimen side of Springs the lake has been quite slow due to length of time it was frozen for, however they are starting to make an appearance with a Angler from Brecon on his first visit pulling out a 24lb Mirror from the Point on a night time run and a couple of smaller chunks coming out as well.

Dont forget that memberships are due for renewal and anyone buying their membership now will be entitled to half price fishing on the memberships already discounted prices during the months of Jan and Feb in 2010, so if you are looking to save then with the membership coming down to only £50.00 for the year it will save you loads and is definately worth getting so dont delay get yours today.

Been very quiet on the catch front lately as obviously the lakes like every other fishery up and down the country have been frozen in what can only be described as the coldest and worst winter for over 20 years if not 30 years. We saw the specimen lake with over a foot of ice at some points and the Pleasure Lake for the first time in who knows how long started to freeze over as well.  I noted in last weeks carp talk that there were hardly any reports of any fish coming out anywhere up and down the country yet White Springs still managed to pull out the odd 30 here and there during this freeze. Not bad eh?

With the temperature rising and the lakes now fully unfrozen as many a previous winter fisherman will tell you there is now only one place to be fishing and that is here at the Springs.

They will tell you that White Springs has always fished well in the Winter and it will be interesting to see what comes after one of the coldest spells we have experianced. Will keep you posted.

 If you do have any catch reports you would like to add, please become a site member and you can then add your own reports as it is difficult for me to be at the bank 24/7 and even if I could I would rather be fishing :P

I know that 75% of the catches are currently being unreported on the site so please if you catch then post it up pictures or no pictures, or pm me WhiteSprings on the site and I will gladly do it for you.

Thanks Alex

On the 17th dec i went down springs for a 24hr session on a freebie as i had won the nov competition which i really enjoyed, two reasons for this was one not having to pay vince to fish, his face was a picture we all know how much he loves to have your money cheers vince ha ha. now about the fishing i was the only one fishing that night as the other two anglers that had been fishing were going home as i arrived. thats the thing i love the most about the winter is its always nice and quiet as all the summer anglers pack away their gear until next spring. having set up on the old cabin swim my favourite i had to wait until the following morning for my one and only run which was well worth the wait and the freezing conditions as it was my old mate the big common at a new p b weight of 33lb on the button, the fish is in tremendous condition like a bar of gold with its winter colouring. i've now caught this fish five times in the last two years it obviously likes my bait and having its photo taken with me ha ha. i dont understand how people dont fish down springs in the winter as i've always had my best results down there during this period, its definately the best winter water around this area. i know its hard fishing with the cold and the long dark nights but the rewards are there for those who percivere. merry christmas everyone and maybe see you down springs soon.  cheers zoee.