Cherry Springs delights Dave Reynolds
Dave Reynolds and his lovely wife Julie, are regular visitors to Cherry Lakes. On this visit they thought they would give Kingfisher Lodge on Cherry …
Dave Reynolds and his lovely wife Julie, are regular visitors to Cherry Lakes. On this visit they thought they would give Kingfisher Lodge on Cherry Springs and go…..and they are delighted they did so. Fishing in a very relaxed way, which meant a fair amount of time eating out etc, …
Dave Reynolds and his lovely wife Julie, are regular visitors to Cherry Lakes. On this visit they thought they would give Kingfisher Lodge on Cherry Springs and go…..and they are delighted they did so. Fishing in a very relaxed way, which meant a fair amount of time eating out etc, Dave landed 10 Carp over a few days as well as losing a couple of good ones on the way to the net. Dave reported …
22 Mar 2015
Cherry Lake turns on for Steve Mumby
Steve Mumby, a returning guest, who has been staying in Osprey Lodge with partner Lisa, has had a great few days this week. Steve, who …
Steve Mumby, a returning guest, who has been staying in Osprey Lodge with partner Lisa, has had a great few days this week. Steve, who is undoubtedly a good angler has caught nine cracking Carp, 7 of which are twenty plus to date, and he still has a night and …
Steve Mumby, a returning guest, who has been staying in Osprey Lodge with partner Lisa, has had a great few days this week. Steve, who is undoubtedly a good angler has caught nine cracking Carp, 7 of which are twenty plus to date, and he still has a night and morning to go! During the week Steve landed two personal best Ghost Carp, the first a lovely 21lb Ghost Common and the second a cracking …
19 Mar 2015
The James family celebrate Phil’s birthday with a cracking haul from Cherry Springs
The James family are currently staying in Kingfisher Lodge on Cherry Springs and are really enjoying Phil’s birthday weekend. Within 24 hours of starting they …
The James family are currently staying in Kingfisher Lodge on Cherry Springs and are really enjoying Phil’s birthday weekend. Within 24 hours of starting they have already landed 11 Carp including the three cracking fish below. Cherry Springs has not been fished for the last couple of weeks and is …
The James family are currently staying in Kingfisher Lodge on Cherry Springs and are really enjoying Phil’s birthday weekend. Within 24 hours of starting they have already landed 11 Carp including the three cracking fish below. Cherry Springs has not been fished for the last couple of weeks and is responding to the heavy focused baiting techniques being used. The biggest fish so far has come to Mark James. A Mirror of 25lb caught during …
14 Mar 2015
Cherry Lake swings into gear as the Mere produces it’s first 20+
Cherry Lake’s Carp have been getting into gear this week with 8 Carp being shared between anglers in Heron and Grebe Lodges. In Grebe Lodge …
Cherry Lake’s Carp have been getting into gear this week with 8 Carp being shared between anglers in Heron and Grebe Lodges. In Grebe Lodge Darrell Smith and Andrew Smith, have landed 4 Carp to 23-04 including 3 over 20lb and lost several. They have also been able to ‘sweet …
Cherry Lake’s Carp have been getting into gear this week with 8 Carp being shared between anglers in Heron and Grebe Lodges. In Grebe Lodge Darrell Smith and Andrew Smith, have landed 4 Carp to 23-04 including 3 over 20lb and lost several. They have also been able to ‘sweet talk’ fishery manager Dave Bowen into letting them spend a few hours during the day on Cherry Mere and Cherry Pool (which have been closed …
13 Mar 2015
Cherry Springs belated update
As regular followers of my updates know, we have been very busy at Cherry Lakes, and I have had to go back to work to …
As regular followers of my updates know, we have been very busy at Cherry Lakes, and I have had to go back to work to help pay for some of it! As a result I have been remiss with my updates. Indeed this week I got a friendly nudge from …
As regular followers of my updates know, we have been very busy at Cherry Lakes, and I have had to go back to work to help pay for some of it! As a result I have been remiss with my updates. Indeed this week I got a friendly nudge from Shaun Nunns who had a great visit to Kingfisher Lodge on Cherry Springs during the February half term break.Hence this belated update from February Despite …
12 Mar 2015
‘Twitchy bum time’: New Lodges open in under three weeks
We are approaching that time once famously described by Sir Alex Ferguson as ‘twitchy bum time’. We are now less than three weeks away from …
We are approaching that time once famously described by Sir Alex Ferguson as ‘twitchy bum time’. We are now less than three weeks away from opening the new Pochard and Egret Lodges. The Lodges are built but there are an awful lot of finishing touches needed let along treating the …
We are approaching that time once famously described by Sir Alex Ferguson as ‘twitchy bum time’. We are now less than three weeks away from opening the new Pochard and Egret Lodges. The Lodges are built but there are an awful lot of finishing touches needed let along treating the inside of the Lodges before completing the fittings. I am sure we will get there but it will be stressful! We are delighted with both …
1 Mar 2015
Cherry Lakes stocking is now completed for the winter
As regular followers of Cherry Lakes are aware, we have been very busy this winter. As well as building the new Lodges; we have also …
As regular followers of Cherry Lakes are aware, we have been very busy this winter. As well as building the new Lodges; we have also been creating a new stock pond so that we can hand rear some of our own cracking Carp in the future. For now though we …
As regular followers of Cherry Lakes are aware, we have been very busy this winter. As well as building the new Lodges; we have also been creating a new stock pond so that we can hand rear some of our own cracking Carp in the future. For now though we need to buy in whenever we want to add to the stockings across Cherry Lakes. This winter though we have been adding to the Cherry …
28 Feb 2015
27-04 of winter magic as Cherry Lake turns on!
Firstly an apology for my ‘radio silence’. As some of you know I have been working away for a while which coupled with the building …
Firstly an apology for my ‘radio silence’. As some of you know I have been working away for a while which coupled with the building programme has meant I have been flat out. I will try to do better! I think all the construction work has scared off a lot …
Firstly an apology for my ‘radio silence’. As some of you know I have been working away for a while which coupled with the building programme has meant I have been flat out. I will try to do better! I think all the construction work has scared off a lot of prospective visitors this winter which is a shame given both Cherry Lake and Cherry Spring has been producing over the last month. At least …
22 Feb 2015
Fred Knight braves the cold!
Fred Knight visited Cherry Lakes for the first time this weekend, and boy did he pick a weekend to do so! It was so cold …
Fred Knight visited Cherry Lakes for the first time this weekend, and boy did he pick a weekend to do so! It was so cold in the wind that the ‘brass monkeys’ froze! The north wind was biting! Indeed Cherry Lake was partially frozen again on Saturday morning. Still, as …
Fred Knight visited Cherry Lakes for the first time this weekend, and boy did he pick a weekend to do so! It was so cold in the wind that the ‘brass monkeys’ froze! The north wind was biting! Indeed Cherry Lake was partially frozen again on Saturday morning. Still, as he says, the Lodge is as ‘warm as toast’! Fred chose to stay in Kingfisher Lodge and has to date had two Carp, a 12lb …
1 Feb 2015
Cherry Lake Carp are feeding despite the ice!
We continue to be very quiet fishing wise at Cherry Lakes which is not a surprise given the weather recently. It is also helpful given …
We continue to be very quiet fishing wise at Cherry Lakes which is not a surprise given the weather recently. It is also helpful given all the work going on at Cherry Lakes. With regard to the new Lodges I am pleased to report that we are on track to …
We continue to be very quiet fishing wise at Cherry Lakes which is not a surprise given the weather recently. It is also helpful given all the work going on at Cherry Lakes. With regard to the new Lodges I am pleased to report that we are on track to open both Pochard and Egret Lodges in March. The kitchen fitter starts next week which is a sure sign that we are on the home …
25 Jan 2015