Bishops Bowl Fishery

2012-01-07T10:22:00.000-08:00

Karl Cook's patience and regular visits paid off this week, when he caught this 21lb 4oz pike from the island on Greenhill Lake on dead bait.

An open match held on 27.12.11 maintained the consistency of White Bishops Lake with the lowest weight weighing in being 11lb. 1st Steve Hatt 40-5, 2nd A Pell 31-6, 3rd R Harris 22-6, 4th M Wheeler 20-14.

Ian Oldham enjoyed a successful catch from peg 4 on Mitre Pool recently catching three specimen fish, carp 27lb 6oz, pike 13lb 8 oz and tench 6lb 15oz during one session.

2011-09-25T10:59:00.000-07:00

Greenhill Lake
There have been good recent catches from Greenhill lake, with four different 20lb+ carp being caught in 24hours from a variety of pegs last weekend. The largest was a 22lb common by Ryan Berridge.

Watch this space for details of access to one of the back islands, territory never been fished before!

CHARITY MATCH NEWS
The annual Pete Nimmo Memorial match raised record amounts for three charities. The orriginal memorial match, organised by Dave Smart raised £1000 for Kings Meadow School in Northampton and Harrowden A ward at Kettering General hospital, who cared for Pete. In addition, the matches arranged by Shaun, on White Bishop Lake and Mitre Pool raised a further £1808 for the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. We are really pleased with this outcome, and a big thank you to everyone who raised sponsorship, donated prizes, purchased raffle tickets and generally contributed to a very enjoyable and successful day. The winner of the trophy was Steve Bull with 57lb. Other winners on the day were Andy Eyre, Percy Hulme, Nick Holland and Nigel Roberts (below).

Pike Fishing.
Pike fishing starts at Bishops Bowl next weekend, with lures and baits on sale in the shop, including live baits. For fish health reasons only live baits purchased on site may be used. We are also holding pike matches, commencing on the 29th October. Please contact us for more details.

Match results.
Thursday pensioners matches continue to attract plenty of anglers, tempted by the free tea of coffee before the match!
This weeks results were:
1st John Belhatchett, 57lb 4oz, of carp on the method feeder
2nd Dave Walker, 44lb 3oz, with carp on the short pole and pellet
3rd John LAwrence, 43lb 4oz
4th Pete Rowbotham, 43lb

Open matches continue every Sunday.

Club Winter League.
Team of 4 from local clubs are invited to join a club winter league starting next Sunday. For more information please contact us.

2011-05-11T00:44:00.000-07:00

SATURDAY MATCHES STARTING THIS WEEK. PLEASE PHONE FOR MORE DETAILS

CARP TUTORIAL

4th June 7pm for 24hrs.

£35 including welcome bait pack and BBQ pack.

There will be carp anglers demonstrating thier skills and abilities, (and hopefully giving away some of thier top secrets too)

Contact us for for info.

2011-05-08T10:27:00.000-07:00

Results from 22.4.11
1st Steve Hatt, Oxfordshire, 58lb 8oz
2nd Pete Upton, Oxfordshire, 34lbs
3rd Dave Wright, Oxfordshire 30lb 14oz
4th Damien Green 30lb 10oz Northants 30lb 10oz
5th Pablo Grant, Oxfordshire, 24lb 13oz
6th Alan Line, Oxfordshire, 24lb 5oz
7th Ryan Seymour, Oxfordshire, 24lb
8th Frank Dancerie, Oxfordshire, 23lb 10oz

12 fished

Results from 24.4.11
1st Damien Green, Oxfordshire, 45lb 15oz
2nd Ryan Seymour, Oxfordshire, 44lb 11oz
3rd Mick Gibbs, Northants, 43lb 3oz
4th Steve Allison, Oxfordshire, 42lb
5th Alistair Wilkins, Oxfordshire, 31lb 6oz
6th Andy Poole, Northants 27lb 10oz
7th Kevin Green, Northants, 20lb 4oz
8th Steve Hatt, Oxfordshire 15lb

15 fished

Results from 8.4.11
1st Damien Green, Oxfordshire, 36lb 11oz
2nd Lee Newson, Bedfordshire, 33lb 3oz
3rd Ryan Seymour, Oxfordshire, 27lb 2oz
4th Michael Buckwalder, Bedfordshire, 27lb 1oz
5th B Clarke, Oxfordshire, 25lb 11oz
6th Steve Allison, Oxfordshire, 24lb
7th Richard Burton, Oxfdoshire, 16lb 15oz
8th G Smith, Oxfordshire, 15lb 9oz

26 fished

2011-05-06T12:01:00.000-07:00

A 27lb 10oz common carp caught from the Mitre Pool by Dave Peake on 6.5.11.

2011-03-29T09:58:00.000-07:00

Chris from the Buck and Belle showed he is not just an excellent chef, but handy with a rod too, when he caught this 22lb 8oz from peg 4 on the Mitre on Friday.

2011-03-25T03:42:00.000-07:00

There are no more pike matches this year on the Mitre Pool. So it's free on a first come first served basis for carp fishing.

Two carp pictured of Andrew Capeling who journeyed all the way from South Wales, 21lb and 18lb 2oz.

This was one of 5 20lb fish to be caught in the last 2 weeks from the Mitre.

Match results for 20.3.11

1st Steve Allison, 27lb 6oz
2nd Geoff Grant, 18lb 12oz
3rd Steve Brookes, 12lb 3oz
4th Damien Green, 10lb 15oz

All lakes available for fishing on Sat 26th, Sun 27th the open match is on White Bishop, but some pegs will be avilable for pleasure anglers, all other lakes except marshes available for fishing.

2010-10-21T10:37:00.000-07:00

News: a 20lb pike has been caught from the far end of the Greenhill lake, plus a number of smaller ones by the same angler.

match results for Sunday 17th October on Walworth lake.

1st David Smart - Bishops Bowl Fishery - Northamptonshire. 22lb 11oz.
2nd Frank Pizzamenti - Cats and Dogs - Northamptonshire. 22lb 6oz.
3rd Rab Eagan - Bishops Bowl Fishery - Northamptonshire. 10lb 6oz.
4th Steve Allison - Castaways - Warwickshire. 4lb 7oz.

2010-09-28T12:11:00.000-07:00

The Angling Times visited us for a day in September, and these were the catches from Walworth lake which included a 2lb 6oz crucian. Thanks to Mick Wheeler for fishing for the day to show off his skills in front of the camera.

Match results from 26.9.10

Pike and Eel fished The Marshes:
1st John Lawrence 22lb 15oz
2nd Jimmy Hill 16lb 8oz
3rd Dale Carey 14lb 2oz
They reported a very enjoyable day!

Open Match on Walworth Lake:
1st Frank Pizzamenti 30lb 10oz
2nd Sedge Pizzamenti 30lb 1oz
3rd Steve Hatt 25lb 5oz
4th Simon Cordinley 24lb 6oz

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2010-09-07T23:55:00.000-07:00

On Sunday, the Bowl had the best match of the year on White Bishop Lake, with the lowest catch being 25lb.
1st Steve Bull (Sensas Chiltern baits) 104lb 6oz
2nd Andy Pell (sensas Chiltern Baits) 102lb 15oz
3rd Chris Campling (Sensas Chiltern Baits) 92lb 4oz
4th Steve Hatt (Banbury Gunsmiths) 75lb 10oz
5th Ryan Harris 75lb 10oz.

An Open match is being held on SUnday 12th September. Please call to book.

We are holding qualifiers for the British Pike Championships on the following dates:18 sept greenhills
9 october mitre
30 october mitre
20 november greenhills
11december mitre
26 december mitre
8 january greenhills
29 january mitre
19 febuary mitre
12 march greenhills
26 march mitre

To book a place please call 01926 612379.

2010-08-15T01:15:00.001-07:00

A 24lb 3oz common has been caught from the Mitre Pool by Tom on peg 4. The largest of a catch of three (19lb and 11lb)

2010-08-14T09:38:00.000-07:00

2010-08-06T08:53:00.000-07:00

Open matches continue every Saturday.

The next Sunday open match is 22nd August

FIRST MATCH ON NEW LAKE YIELDS CONSISTENT CATCHES FOR ALL.

The fisrt match on the Marshes, new lake at Bishops Bowl Fishery, put the top 5 anglers all within 10lbs of each other. Local club Devon AC were pleased to accept the challenge of the first match, with winner Paul Birch totalling 30lb 12oz, closely followed by Gavin Webb with 26lbs and Chris Buckley with 24lb 4oz. An enjoyable day for all involved.

Saturdays match on Walworth lake meant a win for Martin Panter (M and P Floats) with 23lb 13oz made up of small tench and carp. 2nd was Terry Faulks, Bishops Bowl Lakes with 16lb 1oz and 3rd Steve Hatt, Banbury GUnsmiths with 12lb 8oz.

The results for the SUnday open were:
1st Mick Wheeler, Northampton Chiltern Baits 68lb 7oz
2nd Shaun Smart, Bishops Bowl 63lb 14oz
3rd Ryan Harris, Northampton Chiltern Baits 39lb 4oz.

Mick Wheeler dominated the match on White Bishop Lake with a chopped worm and caster approach netting 55lb of small carp and skimmers. He topped up with 13lb of bigger fish to total 68lb 7oz. Nearest challenger was fishery owner Shaun Smart with 63lb 14oz including a 1lb 8 oz roach. All 20 anglers caught well.

2010-06-27T10:07:00.000-07:00

Open Matches every Saturday draw 9am

Open Match Sunday 11th July.

Open Match every Wednesday Evening draw 5-5.45pm

Specimen Carp Pairs Match 48 hour match 30th July.

Saturday 26th June, total of 12 anglers fished White Bishop Lake.

1st Derek Cullip, Warwickshire Banbury Gunsmiths 72lbs 1oz
2nd Steve Hatt, Warwickshire Banbury Gunsmiths 68lb 7oz
3rd Steve Allison, Warwickshire, Banbury Gunsmiths 54lb 12oz

Derek Cullip caught at 4metres on paste, mainly small carp and skimmers.

Sunday 27th June, total of 15 anglers fished White Bishop Lake.

1st Mick Wheeler, Northampton, Sensas Chiltern Baits, 103lb 14oz
2nd Steve Hatt, Warwickshire Banbury gunsmiths 52lb 5oz
3rd Andy Pell, Sensas Chiltern Baits, 46lb 8oz

Mick Wheeler caught large carp, bream, tench in the margins on meat.

The 24 hour specimen carp pairs match was won by Simon Smith and Dave Sinclair with 74lb 8oz, the biggest fish being 19lb 12oz.

The next 48 hour carp match is on the 30th July. Contact Shaun Smart to book and for more information.

In general the fishery is fishing superbly at the moment with lots of small carp from White Bishops Lake. Walworths is seeing catches in excess of 50lbs of tench and bream on meat and pellets close in. The Open Matches continue every Saturday, and Sunday 7th July. Please contact Shaun for more information on 07970 196044.

2010-06-11T12:30:00.000-07:00

EVENING MATCH

Every Wednesday, draw 5-5.45pm at the lakes.
Fish 5-9pm
Pool £15 all in.
Please book in advance.

SPECIMEN CARP PAIRS MATCH

24hrs starting 4pm 26th June
Draw 2pm at the lakes
£60 per pair, £20 deposit. Please book in advance, first come first served.

Prizes: (based on 12 pairs)
Largest fish £70
Largest total weight £180
First carp £50

OPEN MATCH

Every Saturday
9am draw at the lakes
Fish 10-3pm
Pools £16 all in

2010-06-06T04:16:00.000-07:00

News: in the last 6 weeks the specimen carp lakes, Mitre and Greenhill have been fishing well with several anglers catching over 20 fish in 48 hours, with the largest being a 24lb 5oz mirror, and a 23lb 4oz common caught by Alan Fearne.
On greenhill, once located, the carp are being caught relatively easily, with one angler having 8 in one weekend, the largest of which was 17lbs.

Results of match 5.6.10

1st. Rob Bassett. 55lb 4oz. Banbury Gunsmiths.
2nd. Wayne Price. 54lb. Baileys.
3rd. Pete Bennett. 48lb 8oz. Banbury Gunsmiths and Yorkshire Bait.

Fishing was a lot more consistent throughout. The ever consistent Rob Bassett catching small carp on a short pole with corn on the bottom, and skimmers and the odd large carp on the long pole. All in all, an excellent display of pole fishing for a mixed net of fish.
Wayne caught on the pellet waggler, shallow. His catch was made up of 9 decent sizwed carp.
Pete drew the corner peg 15, catching small carp on meat close in in the early stages, and a few larger fish later on.

Results of Banbury Gunsmiths match 30.5.10.

1st. George England. 46lb 2oz.
2nd. Derek Cullett 36lb 13oz.
3rd. Rob Bassett 29lb 6oz.

Results of match 29.5.10

1st Pete Bennett. 66lb 11oz. Yorkshire Baits and Banbury Gunsmiths.
2nd. ian Morris. 44lb 8oz. Bishops Bowl Fishery.
3rd. Rob Bassett. 28lb 7oz. Banbury Gunsmiths.

Pete Bennett showed an excellent display of pellet waggler fishing, feeding regularly but lightly. the catch included carp to 9lbs.
Ian caught large carp using a similar method.
Rob caught on the long pole with pellet and corn on the bottom, catching mainly skimmers and small carp.
The match fished hard due to heavy spawning activity during the previous week, and the weather conditions.

2010-05-29T01:04:00.000-07:00

2010-05-28T08:53:00.000-07:00

2010-05-27T00:56:00.000-07:00

2010-05-23T14:09:00.000-07:00

Results from 48 hour specimen carp match on Mitre Pool.

1st. Ben Godson and Nathan Bradley 149lb 1oz
2nd. Grant Francis and Scott Farris 141lb 4oz
3rd. Daniel Brackley and Lee Anderson 139lb 14oz.

Ben and Nathan won the match in the last 5 mintues, with weights being close throughout the 48 hour period. During the 48 hours, 5 of the pairs held the lead at least once.
Daniel and Lee won the prize for largest fish at 21lb 6oz, and Alan Fearn and Dave Birch the prize for the first fish, after 30 minutes.

Thanks to everyone who took part in this weekends matches. Hope to see you all again soon.

2010-05-22T10:07:00.000-07:00

OPEN MATCH

SATURDAY 29TH MAY
DRAW 9AM, FISH 10-3.30PM
£16 ALL IN, OPTIONAL £5 SUPERPOOL.

CONTACT SHAUN SMART TO BOOK ON 07970 196044 OR 01926 612379

SPECIMEN CARP MATCH

24HOUR 26.6.10
DRAW 2PM, FISH FROM 4PM.
£60 PER PAIR, PLUS BOOKINGS TAKEN FROM SINGLES WHO WILL HAVE A PARTNER DRAWN AT THE START.

£20 PER PAIR DEPOSIT. CONTACT SHAUN AS ABOVE.

RESULTS OF OPEN MATCH 22.5.10

1ST MARTIN PANTER (MP FLOATS) 40lb 12oz (including 4 carp up to 13lb 4oz)caught on the method feeder

2ND DAVE SMART 31lbs 12oz (including 26lb of roach, caught at 4m on maggot, shallow)

3RD RON ALLAN (Tunnel Barn Farm) 15lb 8oz (skimmer bream at 6m on pellet on the bottom)

2010-05-14T00:30:00.000-07:00

OPEN MATCH

EVERY SATURDAY STARTING 22ND MAY 2010
(ALTERNATING ON WHITE BISHOP AND WALWORTH LAKES)

8AM DRAW AT THE LAKES
FISH 10 – 3
POOLS £16 ALL IN
CONTACT SHAUN SMART FOR MORE DETAILS: 07970 196044 / 01926 612379

SPECIMEN CARP PAIRS MATCH

MITRE POOL

48 HOURS STARTING 7PM 21ST MAY
(DRAW 5PM AT FISHERY)
£100 PER PAIR

PRIZES:
LARGEST FISH £120
LARGEST TOTAL WEIGHT £240
(based on 12 pairs)

CONTACT SHAUN SMART FOR MORE DETAILS: 07970 196044 / 01926 612379
DEPOSIT OF £20 TO SECURE BOOKING