Summer - June, July, August   JUNE Early June saw Keith Cook on Kingfisher for the first time - landing a 33lb 2oz common, 12lb 8oz koi and 8lb 11oz tench all on "cell". First time catfishing for Dean Hopson and his cousin Adam Merryweather was "awesome".  Hardly surprising they described their session like that, as they landed between them, a 50lb 4oz cat for Dean and for Adam, two cats of 62lb 9oz and 68lb 6oz. Despite a good session on Mallard for Joe Stempien, he was glad to go home to his own comfortable bed - his back was protesting against three days on a bedchair!  He landed 12 cats best being 62lb 2oz. Dave Cromwell and Andy Verrier had an all cat session, Dave landed three of 20lb 4oz, 34lb 6oz and 38lb 10oz, while Andy had three of 18lb 8oz, 47lb 7oz and pb of 61lb on squid! P. Bridger had a good session on Mallard with, six cats to 36lb, five commons to 31lb 8oz and an 18lb mirror. Luncheon meat gave Sean Ryland a new pb cat of 60lb from Mallard. "A new pb - what a fight, fantastic fishing, looking forward to next visit, have fun I did!  Thanks to staff who were so good to helpout - what dreams are made of", was how David Bond sumed up his session on Mallard.  He recorded six cats, best being 64lb. Rob Needham had a week on Mallard and recorded a seven cat catch, best being 54lb on squid boillie. Ash and Roy Alderson had their first session chasing the cats, Ash had two of 24lb and 44lb, while Roy had one of 30lb. Dave Farmer had another successful session on Kingfisher, recording a 7lb tench, mirrors of 19lb 4oz, 20lb 14oz, the Tiger koi at 26lb 12oz, Little Orange koi 28lb 4oz and our common Scar at 29lb 14oz. Catfishing has got Dave Griffin "hooked", only little ones, but you have to start somewhere - one of 5lb, then one of 6lb 8oz and then one of 21lb 5oz. George Buery was "over the moon" with a 61lb 8oz cat - believe it or not on BREAD!!!!!!!! A 44lb 11oz cat and a 25lb 11oz common was a "cracking session" for Matt Barlow - be back soon! The unusual baits seem to working????  John B had a 44lb common and a 46lb mirror from Kingfisher on POTATO!!!!!!! New member Remy had a superb week-end on Mallard's peg 11, landing two carp of 13 and 16lbs, plus four cats of 52lb 5oz, 35lb, 19lb 6oz and 14lb 2oz. A session on Mallard's peg 7, gave Chris Watling at new pb cat of 47lb, plus a common of 13lb, mirror of 22lb and leather of 23lb and a further nine cats, being being 36lbs. Kelly Mackenzie spent four days on Mallard - and what a"cat-tastic" session it was!!!! Too many fish to mention but a total of 34 fish for 1095lb 8oz.   Biggest cat was 63lb 10oz, 4 x 50lb, 7 x 30lb, 10 x 20lb and six between 10-12lbs.  What a staggering catch! Andy Bottomley and Julie Lamont spent a week on Mallard and both had an "obsolutely blinding most fantstic week ever".  Andy recorded cats of 42lb 13oz, 21lb 8oz, 19lb and 29lb 8oz and  Julie landed a cat of 46lb 9oz. Trevor Dand also had a great few days on Mallard and recorded three cats of 20lb, 44lb and 51lb 6oz. JULY Colin Post had one of each from a session on Mallard's peg 15, a pb cat of 31lb and pb common of 33lb 4oz. George Andrews had his first cat from Herons's peg 34 - 44lb isnt bad for his first one?!!!! Our "Big Mirror" put in an appearance for KevinOliver - this time at 44lb 15oxz. Dave Farmer was back on Kingfisher again and on a size 12 hook with mixer landed ouf "Fat Lip" common at 43lb. A first GB cat for Tom Potter weighed in at 30lb. A "battered and bruised" Kirk Darsley left delighted after landing  new pb cat of 48lb 2oz. Jason was rewarded with two "lovely looking" fish from Mallard's peg 11, a 54lb cat and 25lb 8oz. Brian Clark fished nights only for a week and recorded a tremendous mixed bag of cats and commons - 18 cats to 47lb 8oz and 10 commons best being 28lb. "Nobber" also had a good few days on Mallard recording five cats of 35lb, two at 46lb, 51lb and 53lb. Drum roll for Darren Parkinson and Trevor Little - we are not acutally sure who's rod is was, but we think they are happy to share the triumph of landing the new complex cat record In their words: "A good night fishing was had by Darren Parkinson and Trevor little as they landed a record catfish of 71lb at 07.30 in the morning just in the middle of lake between peg 12 and the island on much loved halibut pellet 22mm.  Now that’s one record set lets all put our hands together for the lads on the swim either side helping with the weighing of this magnificent fish and the management for there up keep and the maintenance of Wintons with keeping the fish in good condition, so its eyes set on the magic 80lb."                                         What a woppa!!!!!!!!! Cliff Sivyer: "I came, I saw, enough said!" after landing at 16lb blue koi from Kingfisher peg 28! After a three year absence from Mallard for Rob Stringer, a two day session gave him three cats to 37lb 15oz and a 12lb 4oz mirror - we think he is glad to be back?! A new pb common for Ian Taylor was this stunning 29 pounder An amazing cat session was recorded by Laurence T from Mallard's peg 7 - four 50lb plus cats and a 62lb 8oz cat! Jason Cravens' recent four day session on Mallard's peg 16: "Fished only three nights - not days.  Nine carp and two cats - SUPERB.  Still after that 60lb cat from Mallard". He recorded two cats of 30lb, six commons to 27lb, a leather of 20lb and a couple of kois to 17lb 8oz. End of July saw Kelly Mackenzie do a three day sesion on Mallard's peg 7, he said it was hard going but still managed to record 10 cats, best being 58lb 14oz. Colin Taylor had a found it quite hard on Mallard's peg 15, but just as he was packing up , he landed a 26lb cat. Brian Clarke was back on Heron, still after a 50 pounder, recording eight cats up to 49lb 2oz. AUGUST A boilie on Kingfisher did the trick for John Bailey who landed a 30lb common. The Little Orange graced the bank for Dave Farmer at 29lb 4oz. A common of 26lb and two cats of 31lb and 61lb were recorded by J. Wadman from Herons' peg 41. A 63lb 8oz cat gave Keith Speed the workout of his life - even now we dont think he has recovered!!!! John Bailey had a brace of twenties from Kingfisher - common of 26lb 8oz and a mirror of 20lb 2oz. Kelly MacKenzie was back again for another three day session, recording 10 cats to 52lb 12 and a single mirror carp of 19lb. A pb broken three times for Lee Hennessy sent him home "happy", six cats best being 36lb 1oz, 39lb 10oz and 48lb.  Finally Nobber landed a 60 poounder cat at 64lb - "may there be many more". A slug was the bait that worked for Graham Kettle on Herons' peg 37, a tasty morsel for a 48lb cat! Cats at both ends of the scle for Rob Needham - one at 1b and another at 58lb 7oz! Joshua Bell was surprised at the size of the tench in Kingfisher after recording one of 12lb 5oz -he had to call a mate to check the UK record!!!! Cell was the bait of the day for Mark Hawkins with an all carp catch of three commons to 24lb and a 15lb koi. Owen and Rob Wyld spent three days on Mallard with and a cat haul of nine fish, best being a 70lb pb. Graham Kettle was back on Heron having another go for the cat, only this time to have his rod smashed up, bit still manaaged to record 10 fish, best being 48lb. A pb cat for Tom Potter was recorded at 57lb from Mallard's peg 15. Adam Martin had a grass carp in "cracking condition" at 22lb 7oz from Kingfisher. A tough two day session for Will Herbert resulted in a 54lb 5oz cat. Glyn Jones continues to persue the cats and three days on Mallard increased his tally by fish of 24lb, 44lb and 63lb, lus two commons of 18lb and 21lb, all on halibut pellet. Sweetcorn tempted a common of 25lb for Ian Taylor, together with an 18lb common on cell. Angela and Gary Roberts were back for a session of Heron - Angela recorded a mirror of 24lb 8oz and a common of 13lb 6oz, while Gary landed a cat of 33lb 14oz and 22lb 5oz, a koi of 20lb 10ozm a common of 10lb and a morror of 20lb 10oz - a nice mixed bag! Ted Kettle was back on Heron, this time a pellet rewarded him with a 39lb cat. Bradley Murphy had a "good session - be back soon" - on Mallard with a 28lb common and cat of 68lb 8oz, both on pellet. Tom Griffiths has a  three day session on Mallard's peg 16 and in his words "the best three days of my life" - his session resulted in a 20lb 5oz mirror, an 11lb ghost carp and three cats of 21lb, 25lb and 30lb. New member, Chris Martin had a session on Mallard's peg 11 and landed two stunning cats of 33lb and then a pb of 62lb. After a four year absence from the Fishery, Lee Fisher was back with avengeance, 11 cats to 69lbs, two commons of 19lb and 34lb and a koi of 17lbs.  He is not going to leave it so long next time!!!!! Josh and Richard Bell had a session together on Mallard's peg 11 and 12 and between them landed four cats to 32lbs and commons of 15lb 9oz, 19lb 4oz and 26lv 8oz plus a mirror of 12lb. It has only taken Neal Rodgers 10 years to achieve an 60 pound catfish - but late August was his time!  A three day session with Jason Craven saw Neal recording, six cats from 25lb to his new pb of 63lb 8oz, while Jason logged up four common to 24lb 12oz,  a koi of 17lb, a mirror of 23lb 8oz and an 56lb 8oz catfish.