Sevenoaks Fishery

Carp Fishing American style!

sevenoaks — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:20:49 +0000

This post is a bit of light relief from the serious posts on the Seven Oaks website….

Again the Americans have outdone themselves on the extreme. Although the video below is extremely funny, it has come about from a serious problem that is threatening the eco system of lakes and rivers in the US.

First introduced to the United states as a food, Asian carp have escaped into the waterways, threatening the the native population of fish. It has been reported that they consume nearly half their weight in plankton each day, depriving huge amounts of nutrition needed for the start of the food chain. There is a serious concern that these fish will find their ways into the great lakes through canals and waterways decimating the population of native fish.

The problem is so serious that installations of electric fences and gates are being set up with low electric charge to turn back the fish. They have even poisoned sections of canals and locks to stop the spread of these fish.

Family day out Carp Fishing

sevenoaks — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:57:28 +0000

As a keen angler and proud dad, obviously I wanted the children to get involved with my passion for coarse fishing.

I have started them off with carp fishing, in what I consider to be South Wales’s, if not Wales best place to get the children interested in fishing, and that is ‘Seven Oaks Fishery’.

After spending quite some time at the lakes, you tend to pick up a few tips and tricks relating to the types of fish you intend to catch. For me, I wanted the children to catch some good size fish, that would put up a bit of a fight, so carp was the obvious choice.

For us we tend to go early in the morning, or early evening, a few hours before sunset, to catch the carp feeding off the top. Some might say that this isn’t fishing, but you try telling that to a 7 year old reeling in a dozen 7lb carp in the space of a few hours. They are literally hooked at the moment. They have taken an intense interest in coarse fishing, having caught common and mirror carp, bream, rudd and roach. They can normally identify the fish before it registers with me.

We tend to use dog biscuits with bait bands on a size 12 or 14 barbless hook. We sometime use bread, but find we get a lot of success if you toast it first. It stays on the hook that little bit longer and you can push your hook between the toasted sides. The carp can have a few go’s at your toast and it stays pretty robust.

I would definitely recommend this type of fishing to start the children off with coarse fishing.

I would like to thank June and Terry for their hospitality, and hope there is a way they can post this letter on their website so that I may share my little knowledge but huge enjoyment with their fantastic setup.

Fly fishing for beginners – part 1

sevenoaks — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:54:08 +0000

Fly fishing for beginners – part 1

As part of the new season at Sevenoaks, we thought it would be helpful to start posting some tips on our latest news page, so all you budding fly fisherman can gain some valuable info.

This first post is the first of a series of 6 videos by master fly fisherman Gary Borger. You can tell that the video is many years old, but the basic principles remain the same, and are a foundation for the techniques you will hone and make your own.

Enjoy part 1 of 6 below.

Sevenoaks fish farm looks forward to seeing you soon.

Fly Lake

2 fish (4 hrs) £16
3 fish (6 hrs) £120
4 fish (8 hrs) £24
5 fish (all day) £28
6 hour catch and release ticket for just £14.00
No boobies, sight bobs, bite indicators and no bait

Sevenoaks fish farm looks forward to seeing you soon.

Fishing report 27th Sept 2011

sevenoaks — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:06:56 +0000

Good fish are still being taken on the main Fly Lake with Lee Davies from Aberdare landing a 6 1/2lb rainbow, Mike Collins also from Aberdare landed on of 5 1/2lb. Stuart Pyle from Bargoed landed 4 fish for 15lb and Ken Phillips from Beddau fished catch & release and returned 7 fish including one of 71/2lb. Darren Woods from Bonvilston caught a rainbow of 6lb, Allan Hillier from Blaenavon also took a 6lb rainbow and a 5 1/4lb, Garfield Thomas from Llanharan had a great day when he landed fish of 7lb, 5lb, and a brace of 4lbs and Morgan Southway from the Rhondda caught 4 fish for a total of 15 1/2lbs.

On the coarse lake fishing is still good with Mal Parker from Gilfach goch landing 11 carp to 7lb and roach & rudd to 1 1/2lb. Jeff Morgan from the Rhondda landed 15 carp to 9lb and Brian Barham from Heol y Cuw caught 10 carp the biggest an 11 lb common. Patrick O’Reilly from Cardiff landed 14 carp to 8lb and also took Bream to 5lb.

Fishing Report 19th September

sevenoaks — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:37:03 +0000

Fishing Report 19th September

The Fly Lake has got off to a great start with some excellent weights coming out:-

Phill Prentice from Bridgend landed rainbows of 6lb, 4lb and 4lb.

Rob Davies from Merthyr had a great day and landed fish of 8lb 6 1/2lb,5 1/2lb 5lb 5lb 4lb 4lb and 3lb for a total of 41lb.

Neil Huish caught rainbows of 6lb and 4lb,

Mathew Charles from Pencoed had fish of 5 1/2lb 4 1/2lb and3lb.

Phils brother Mark Prentice fished and landed 2 x 5 1/2lb, 2x 4 1/4lb and a 3lb fish for a total of 22.5lb.

Jason Frances fished catch & release and landed 6 fish including 2x 6lb’s,

Fred Blank from Bridgend also fished catch & release and landed 11 to 6lb.

The carp are still feeding with Pat Fowler from Pontypridd catching 12 carp to 11 1/2lb

Richard Reid from Caerphilly and his cousin Adam Pennant landed 27 carp between them and also Bream to 3lb, and finally

Ray Bird from Caerphilly landed 35 carp to 9lb

Fishing Report 12th September

sevenoaks — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:24:45 +0000

Fishing Report 12th September

Sevenoaks Fishery and Koi Farm is please to announce that from today, we will be posting the weeks catches on the fishing lakes.

Rhys Broad from Llanbradach landed 210lb of carp on his first visit to the fishery this week and rounded it off with 120lb of carp on his second visit.

Rhys’ dad Tony also did well with 120lb and 80lb of carp, both used paste as their main bait.

Regular Ray Bird from Caerphilly landed 35 carp to 9lb.

Regular visitor John Howe from Bridgend landed 23 carp to 7lb.

Rob Richards from Bargoed landed 19 carp to 8 1/2lb rudd to 1lb and Bream to 5lb.

Malcolm Rees from Nelson landed 21 carp, rudd to 1lb and crucian carp to 2 1/2lb.

14 year olds Aaron Taylor from Bridgend landed 14 carp to 10lb and Jack Edwards also from Bridgend landed 11 carp to 6lb.

Just a reminder to everyone that the Fly Lake has undergone several major stockings and will be re-opening on Saturday 17th September

Sevenoaks fly fishing again

sevenoaks — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:41:49 +0000

Re-opening Saturday 17th September

Sevenoaks is pleases to announce the re-opening of the fly fishing lake on Saturday 17th September. We have been stocking the lake with some big fish ready for the start of the season.

Come down for the start of the season and take advantage of the newly stocked lake.

Prices are below:

2 fish (4 hrs) £15;
3 fish (6 hrs) £19;
4 fish (8 hrs) £23
5 fish (all day) £27
5 hour catch and release ticket for just £12.50

Please take a look at the ‘Lakes’ page for our rules.

Hope to see you soon – Sevenoaks Fishery & Koi Farm

Can you tell the difference in Koi

sevenoaks — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:56:06 +0000

A challenging subject and one i usually avoid……

OK, now we are getting the swing of things lets do the difference with these and i promise there is an odd one out…..this time

Im not telling how many are japanese koi or israeli koi because you can tell the difference easily cant you !!!!!

Thieves net £30,000 haul of koi carp

sevenoaks — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:06:07 +0000

AROUND £30,000 worth of prized koi carp fish have been stolen during a two-month crime spree.

Police are now advising owners to microchip their prized pets and secure their gardens.

Pc Dick Collins, crime prevention officer for the Vale of Glamorgan, said there had been eight thefts from ponds in gardens in the Rhoose and Boverton areas.

He said officers initially believed a heron was the culprit, until one owner reported his pond had been drained and the koi carp stolen, along with the water pump.

Pc Collins said 150 koi carp were stolen from one location.

He believes profit is the motive behind the thefts as individual fish can be worth as much as £2,000.

Owners are advised to take photographs of their fish as each has individual markings and to consider having them microchipped in a bid to beat the crooks.

Pc Collins said: “These fish can be very expensive, but they are also pets and losing them can be a traumatic event.

“Security lighting, secure fencing, gravel on paths, and prickly plants are all measures home owners can take to protect their property.

“Technology today means that you can now microchip your fish in the same way that you can have your cat and dog chipped.”

For more information, contact Pc Dick Collins at Barry Police Station on 01446 731627.

n Two men have been arrested in connection with the incidents and released on police bail pending further inquiries.