Turf Pool Now Open!!!
Its been a long time coming, but we are very happy to announce that the Turf Pool is now once again open to our members for fishing. It seems a long time since events that devastated the lake, however the water quality has now recovered with both oxygen and ammonia levels back to normal. There.. read more →
Match Results June 2019
Blackfords’ assistant match secretary, Nev Bailey from Norton Canes took the winner’s purse in style at Saturday’s 27-peg Blackfords Progressive Bi-Monthly Open on Calf Heath Reservoir near Gailey. Fishing the Method feeder with pellet off Point peg 56, Bailey netted eighteen bream for 53-13-0. Telford’s Brian Clark secured second on peg 64, having fished the conventional feeder with worm and groundbait to return 41-3-0.. read more →
Turf Pool Update May 2019
I realise its been nearly 5 months since the last update regards the Turf Pool so I thought I would post a very brief update to let you all know how the pool is progressing… Without going back into the full detail of what happened last year, we ended up closing the Turf Pool at.. read more →
Leacroft’s Cut Tail out at 29lb
Well done to Matthew Rodwell, on his recent capture of the stunning mirror carp called Cut-Tail. What makes this capture really special was that it was Matthew’s first trip to Leacroft which has become a really challenging water to crack, despite this, Matthew was able to land one of the lakes best known residents at.. read more →
Match Results April/May 2019
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Match Results March
Blackfords’ own Dave Shaw topped Saturday’s 21-peg Blackfords Progressive Bi-Monthly Open on Calf Heath Reservoir. Fishing the Method feeder with pellet off peg 76, Shaw brought seven bream to the scalesman for 24-8-0. Wolverhampton’s Lee Harries (Cadence Superteam/Bait-Tech) followed with six bream taken on the conventional feeder with maggot for 18-14-0 from peg 5, leaving.. read more →
Match Results February 2019
Please click on the image for a closer view for the results … There was also another knock up match held Saturday 9th March at Kingswood Lake, which turned up a few good weights, the best being 32lb and 20lb caught by Dave Ridgeway (Kneeling below) & Dave Nichols (standing) seen in the images below,.. read more →
Turf Pool Update Dec 2018
Following the devastation that occurred at the Turf Pool a few months back I wanted to give members an update of whats happened since I last posted and where the club currently stands with the pool… By now I’m sure most of you will be aware that the Turf Pool was polluted by raw sewage.. read more →
Kingswood Stocking Nov 2018
At the end of November we implemented year 4 of a 5 year stocking program of common carp into Kingswood lake… As with previous years we took delivery of 50 cracking common carp from local fish supplier Ed Matthews, the 50 commons averaged around 13lb but varied from 8lb to over 20lb! Following this stocking.. read more →