Late Availability in early May
May is often the best time of year at Cherry Lakes for fishing as the Carp build up to spawning by feeding hard. They are …
May is often the best time of year at Cherry Lakes for fishing as the Carp build up to spawning by feeding hard. They are also often at their heaviest weights of the year. Our bookings for the summer ahead are doing well and are ahead of previous years (we …
May is often the best time of year at Cherry Lakes for fishing as the Carp build up to spawning by feeding hard. They are also often at their heaviest weights of the year. Our bookings for the summer ahead are doing well and are ahead of previous years (we only have four and seven booking periods left in June and July for example), May is looking unusually quiet. I am not sure if the …
24 Apr 2016
Brian Keane joins the Cherry Lake 30+ club
Returning guest Brian Keane was over the moon this morning when I saw him (regular readers will know that I am working away in the …
Returning guest Brian Keane was over the moon this morning when I saw him (regular readers will know that I am working away in the week), because he had smashed his UK PB with a 31-04 Mirror Carp from Grebe Lodge. He was also wearing his 30+ club Polo shirt …
Returning guest Brian Keane was over the moon this morning when I saw him (regular readers will know that I am working away in the week), because he had smashed his UK PB with a 31-04 Mirror Carp from Grebe Lodge. He was also wearing his 30+ club Polo shirt with pride because he had just become the latest member of this exclusive club. This Carp was caught from just off the far bank reeds …
22 Apr 2016
A 25-08 Ghost Common for Mark and two big Perch for him!
A lowish key weekend on Cherry Lakes with one Lodge empty and the guests in the Cottage not fishing. This even gave me a chance …
A lowish key weekend on Cherry Lakes with one Lodge empty and the guests in the Cottage not fishing. This even gave me a chance to get my rod out for a few hours as I explain below. Steve Upham was visiting Cherry lake for the second time and broke …
A lowish key weekend on Cherry Lakes with one Lodge empty and the guests in the Cottage not fishing. This even gave me a chance to get my rod out for a few hours as I explain below. Steve Upham was visiting Cherry lake for the second time and broke his ‘duck’ with a splendid 23-08 Common. Mark Dumelow went even better in grebe Lodge and landed two Carp including this cracking Ghost Common of …
18 Apr 2016
Carp Fishing Holiday Magic for Alex and Terry on Cherry Springs!
Alex Cox and Terry Borghys have just spent a week’s holiday in Kingfisher Lodge on Cherry Springs. As you can see below they had a …
Alex Cox and Terry Borghys have just spent a week’s holiday in Kingfisher Lodge on Cherry Springs. As you can see below they had a great week. Alex had said to me before he came that as he had not had a chance to go fishing much over the last …
Alex Cox and Terry Borghys have just spent a week’s holiday in Kingfisher Lodge on Cherry Springs. As you can see below they had a great week. Alex had said to me before he came that as he had not had a chance to go fishing much over the last year ‘he wanted to get his rod bent’. Normally he would have booked a lake like Cherry Lake, but as a holiday was in order …
17 Apr 2016
Paul Sparks sets a new Cherry Lake 30-09 Ghost Mirror record
Paul and Anne Sparks are some of our most regular guests at Cherry Lakes and chose to stay in Grebe Lodge this week. Although Cherry …
Paul and Anne Sparks are some of our most regular guests at Cherry Lakes and chose to stay in Grebe Lodge this week. Although Cherry Lake was disappointingly slow, which was surprising to me given two days of good weather and the Carp showing in the upper layers of the …
Paul and Anne Sparks are some of our most regular guests at Cherry Lakes and chose to stay in Grebe Lodge this week. Although Cherry Lake was disappointingly slow, which was surprising to me given two days of good weather and the Carp showing in the upper layers of the water for the first time this year, Paul did well to land three Carp, all above twenty pounds, including a new lake record for a …
15 Apr 2016
Andy Bolt baits heavily to score on Cherry Lake
Cherry Lakes were reasonably productive last week, which is quite a contrast to this weekend when the heavy hailstones showers and over night frosts combined …
Cherry Lakes were reasonably productive last week, which is quite a contrast to this weekend when the heavy hailstones showers and over night frosts combined to cool the water did nothing to encourage the Carp to feed. Andy Bolt last week led the way with 7 Carp from Osprey Lodge …
Cherry Lakes were reasonably productive last week, which is quite a contrast to this weekend when the heavy hailstones showers and over night frosts combined to cool the water did nothing to encourage the Carp to feed. Andy Bolt last week led the way with 7 Carp from Osprey Lodge on Cherry Lake including four over twenty pounds. The biggest was a 27lb Mirror. He also caught this attractive 18lb heavily scaled Mirror below. Andy …
10 Apr 2016
Chay Greenwood smashes his PB in the Cottage swim.
A slower weekend on Cherry Lake with four new to the lake guests trying to get to grips with Cherry Lake for the first time. …
A slower weekend on Cherry Lake with four new to the lake guests trying to get to grips with Cherry Lake for the first time. The ‘stars’ of the weekend have been the Greeenwood father and son team fishing in the Cottage. Dad Dean Greenwood was first off the mark …
A slower weekend on Cherry Lake with four new to the lake guests trying to get to grips with Cherry Lake for the first time. The ‘stars’ of the weekend have been the Greeenwood father and son team fishing in the Cottage. Dad Dean Greenwood was first off the mark with this ‘leathery looking’ Mirror of 23lb. 13 year old son Chay did very well to catch a 21lb Mirror on Saturday morning which smashed …
3 Apr 2016
‘The Peach’ comes out at 27-08
I have started a new job which means that I will be away from Cherry Lakes more than I would like. It also means that …
I have started a new job which means that I will be away from Cherry Lakes more than I would like. It also means that I miss out on some of the action and some of the detail, as well as being slower to do these updates. This week Scott …
I have started a new job which means that I will be away from Cherry Lakes more than I would like. It also means that I miss out on some of the action and some of the detail, as well as being slower to do these updates. This week Scott Geraghty was fishing Cherry Lake for the first time in Osprey Lodge. I was almost as delighted as he was, when he landed the Peach …
2 Apr 2016
Easter holiday fun at Cherry Lakes!
A good Easter weekend despite some adventurous weather. Storm ‘Katie’ was well worth naming! Our guests were relieved to be in their ‘ultimate Winter Bivvies’ …
A good Easter weekend despite some adventurous weather. Storm ‘Katie’ was well worth naming! Our guests were relieved to be in their ‘ultimate Winter Bivvies’ (Lodges!). Rob Carter fishing from Pochard Lodge on Cherry Mere with Daniel Roberts, shared a fabulous catch of 15 Carp and they have already booked …
A good Easter weekend despite some adventurous weather. Storm ‘Katie’ was well worth naming! Our guests were relieved to be in their ‘ultimate Winter Bivvies’ (Lodges!). Rob Carter fishing from Pochard Lodge on Cherry Mere with Daniel Roberts, shared a fabulous catch of 15 Carp and they have already booked to come back next Easter! Fishing with boilies over pellets they caught steadily throughout their stay. All of the Carp were doubles including several 18lb+ …
28 Mar 2016
Spring has arrived at Cherry Lakes for Chris and John.
We took advantage of the low booking levels and horrible fishing weather, to escape on a short holiday to the Canaries last week, hence the …
We took advantage of the low booking levels and horrible fishing weather, to escape on a short holiday to the Canaries last week, hence the absence of my normal updates. We are now, hopefully, ready for the busier period ahead at Cherry Lakes. Overall, the fishing across the Cherry Lakes …
We took advantage of the low booking levels and horrible fishing weather, to escape on a short holiday to the Canaries last week, hence the absence of my normal updates. We are now, hopefully, ready for the busier period ahead at Cherry Lakes. Overall, the fishing across the Cherry Lakes complex was good throughout the winter. We had very few blank sessions with some anglers having very good ones. We have had Carp to 26lb …
27 Mar 2016