12.12.2024

Although the days are getting shorter we are open as usual over the festive period 8am until dark usually 4.30 to 5 pm.
The water is crystal clear so I would advise using light tackle and some smaller baits. Maggots will not only attract the silver fish in but at ths time of year will also catch the odd carp or two. Geriant who is here today to target the bigger perch was surprised to catch a stunning 8 or 9 lb carp on his light feeder rod. Although he would have prefered a perch he did enjoy the battle to bring it to his net and land it.
As this will be my last post of this year, we would like to thank you all for your custom during the last year and wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
 

18.11.2024

Silvers are plentiful but the carp have started to move into deeper water, although I notice that some carp are still surface feeding during the afternoons. Maybe, I should say surface feeding at dusk as it is now dark by 5pm.
If you are short of a fishing buddy do not worry. At this very helpful fishery we provide on for you. Kevin our resident heron is happy to come and sit along side you he my even offer some expert fishing advice!
 

 

11.11.2024
Another month has wizzed by and I have not given any updates. In my defense I have been very busy with general maintance and other things.
However the fishing has been good with a decent amount of anglers visiting and catching at a reasonable rate. The weather has had a drop in temperature but still very warm for the time of year, however the water temperature has dropped and  is much clearer than during the summer months, this makes fishing a little harder. Lighter line in the deeper water further out from the bank helps. 
 Geoff had very reasonable day recently and sent me this message afterwards. "
"A nice few hours today Huw, lots of perch one about a pound and lots of beautiful golden rudd mostly on prawn, topped with this 11lb beauty on cage feeder with bread."



PS Kevin or Bod the heron continues to sit and study any angler. 





08.10.2024

Sorry, but it is hard to believe it has been a full month since I last updated this page. 
Phil had a great day on his recent visit, before midday he had managed almost a full house by catching a tench, perch, roach, golden rudd and a small carp. Kevin our resident heron helped out with the missing species by catching and devoured an eel along side Phil's peg. By the way Kevin  has now had a change of name to Bod, thanks to little Evie who visits us with her grandparents
Although we are now into Autumn the fish are still feeding well there are even tench normally a summer fish still being caught on a regular basis.






 











































10.09.2024

A couple of mixed weeks of fishing at the lakes. Some days the carp have been plentiful and the silvers not feeding so much. Other days the silvers and perch have been plentiful but a quieter on the carp. I guess that is the pleasure of fishing. Anyone who follows our Facebook page, pembrokeshirecoarsefishing, will have seen my report about Dave who recently managed to catch 54 carp in a single day, that is not something you will do here everyday but a good days fishing is assured for anyone who comes along. 

One constant here is the friendly heron who has now been named Kevin by some, although I am not sure it is a him or a she. It will sit within 2 or three metres of an angler, it will even fly across nearer the anglers as the reel fish in. It even perches on top of our house and admires the view. I have added some pictures below, the first three are of "Kevin the heron" landing in the middle of the night on our veranda rail around  the balcony. It did this even though there was a powerful floodlight on !
There is also a picture of our little friend the kingfisher sitting on the bridge in front of our house. Not the best of pictures as it was taken through two panes of glass, the window and balcony glass, but still great to see them about
 

 

 

 

 

 

26.08.2004

You don't need to add words , just look at the joy on his face of catching fish for the very first time.
August has seen some excellent catches from all the species of fish that can be caught at this prolific fishery . Carp anglers, pleasure and match anglers at the end of the day, have all left happy. As expected during the summer school holidays there has been many children trying angling for the  first time. It is always a pleasure to watch them progress and catch fish. Hopefully it will turn into a life long hobby for them. We hire rods on a daily basis to give them a taster session and with a little tuition we can normally mange to catch some fish.
 














































17.08.2024
Following a recent visit from Sophie Barnaby and her husband I thought I would share the note and pictures she sent to me.
"Hiya , thank you so much. We had an absolutely amazing day fishing yesterday and though we would send you some photos over . We caught 7 Carp and a tench and 20 plus roach. Will be back soon. Thanks."
 As you can see they had an excellent day and even the resident heron spent some time posing for them.

There has been some excellent fishing of late and no angler to my knowledge has left with out catching fish. I would advise against the use of maggots or at least use them sparingly at this time of the of the year . They do attract smaller silvers into your swim which is fine but you will need to fish slightly away from the area with bigger baits and possibly a little heavier weight for the bigger silvers and carp. 

















 



































01.08.2024


Summer has arrived and even the carp are enjoying the sunshine.  Dave Jones who was camping at the fishery last weekend, caught 30 carp in a single day all between 7 and 12 lbs. I must say this is an exceptional feat. Dave changed tactics and baits throughout the day and on this occasion at least, managed to keep the carp in his swim. Our resident heron has taken to landing within 3 metres of our anglers. It stood so close and still  to one lady last week, tht after she noticed it she was convinced it was dummy plastic heron, she may be correct about  the dumb bit.
 

 

18-07-2024

The first grass carp I have seen for a long while . Well done Jamie and Lee Anderson as this was the first of several carp they caught on their recent visit. Besides the carp there are some stunning roach and rudd being caught and quite a few tench at around the 1lb mark.
The second picture is our resident heron , this young bird has taken to roosting on anything , the willow tree, the tall leylandii hedge and we have even see it on our conservatory roof.
 

 



02.14.2024
It is fishing well at the moment with plenty of carp, roach and rudd from both lakes. The top lake is good for catching perch at the moment with several 1.5 lb fish and even 1 x 2lb perch that Iawn caught on his recent visit. The picture of Iwan and his perch shown below is from a visit during the warm weather in May. I also thought I would share a couple of recent emails with you.
"Hi Huw,
I forgot to send you this photo of a perch I caught from your top lake, while you were on holiday. Feel free to use it if you like.
Cheers!
Iwan"
"Hi Huw, a good day yesterday, had a few prawns from Wednesday dinner so used a couple as bait. Here's the last two fish on half a prawn each, decent sized eel  It was a beautiful creature,  sort of marbled blue and green. Biggest eel I've caught in over 60 years of fishing.
and lovely condition carp, some good roach and rudd on corn too. Be over again soon.
Cheers Michael."


 

 
 13.06.2024


Pictured below, is a nice carp for the nice owner of the fishery. Carp are being caught daily a few into double figures from the bottom lake. Great fun on lighter tackle where you need to play these hard fighting wildie carp. There has been plenty of silvers along with perch and tench being caught recently . One angler recently commented " he does not know of anywhere in West Wales that can match the quality of the roach and rudd that can be caught at this fishery." This year so far, the bigger carp 14 to 15 pounds have been caught at the top lake although they are more of a challenge to catch up there. The clear water and layout of the bottom of the lake may have something to do with it.
 

 

16.05.2024

Thanks to Mathew for these photos who had another good day on the top lake recently. 11 carp in all  Geoff a pleasure angler also had a good day 8 common carp ,a tench and several quality roach. The biggest of his carp is shown in his  photo below.
The carp have been spawning over the last weekend which is early considering the weather has not been that great. That said the water is warm and clearly that is what drives the fish to the spawn. Normally the carp in particular feed well after spawning and catch rates increase.
The weather leading up to the spring bank holiday look warm and more settled, maybe an ideal time to dust down the rods and head out fishing.
Just to add a litle interest I have added a picture of this beautiful butterfly I saw arounf the fishery recently.

 

29.04.2024

Apologies as it has been a while since I posted an update. 

April has been an excellent month with good catch rates being reported. Plenty of carp and silvers landed and all in very good condition. Tench to 1.5 have also been caught which surprises me as it is early in the year for them, normally they are more active in the hotter summer months. 

An interesting picture below I took this with a night vision camera , a Heron fishing during the night. Of all the years we have been here I was not aware that they did this, I assumed they arrived first light and were dawn to dusk feeders.
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28.03.2024

Happy Easter to you all.

At risk of repeating myself , "will it ever stop raining"  Last weekend we had a couple of nice days but then it returned to torrential rain again. 
On the better days we have had several anglers who are all reporting good catches.  None of the bigger carp have been landed only the mid range of between 5 and 10 pounds.  Lewis and Phil who are still learning the sport and trying different techniques have found that presently fishing the bottom has been the best method.  Is there is a still water lake lake in Wales that have better quality of roach and rudd? I would be surprised if there is. The size and quality on both lake is stunning. That said, there are also plenty of the smaller fish that you need top contend with to get to the bigger ones. Maggots are brilliant but tend to cach smaller fish. My tip is to use our  Fujuka fishing baits or something similar and fish a bit further out than where you feed the maggots.

The photos are of Trish with a grass carp take a few years ago but still,  she looks very happy with her catch. The second is a fleeting moment when I caught the heron flying low over the water. 
 

 

 





































14.03.2024

Will it ever stop raining! It is now the middle of March and the weather is warm and the fish are feeding well, it remains wet underfoot. The bottom lake is fine on the whole as we have the concrete lane and hard standing at the far end. However the top lake is very wet especially at the  very far end.  It is possibly to fish it from the gate side and the right-hand bank. Good tip , bring sturdy boots or wellies. 
The results of the final Pembrokeshire Piscatorial match have not been sent to me. It was fished as a silver fish match and during the morning I saw a lot of fish being caught including some excellent size and quality roach.

The photos are of a couple of carp Colin caught on Monday 11th March. 

At last it is beginning to look like spring, well at least inbetween the prolonged rain showers!
The fishing is good with plenty of carp and silvers being caught. Mathew continues to have good results on the top lake. Although it is very wet on the bank up there although there are dry areas on the bank if you seek them out.

The last Pembrokeshire Piscatorial Match to be held at this venue will take place next Sunday.


31.01.2024