Holmbush regulars might recognise this Carp which puts in fairly regular appearances. Caught this time by Brian Hooper on his first session of this season

Charlie Pardoe had this fine Mirror Carp while fishing a night session at Hurston under the tutelage of Brian Hooper. Brian features elsewhere in our recent catches, it looks as if they make quite a formidable Carp catching team.

Bob Chandler upped his personal best Chub by over a pound when he landed this 5lb 5oz specimen from our Shopham stretch of the River Rother.

The successful method was trotting a stick float with double maggot as hookbait

Mark Eales landed this fine 3lb 4oz Crucian Carp in a recent session at Petworth Park Lake

17 year old Connor Gillen pictured with one of the 23 bream he landed at Petworth Park Lake whilst fishing along side his Dad Mark.

After a slow start the bream turned up and took a liking to his dead red maggot baits presented on the feeder.

All the fish were caught in a three hour period in a session young Connor won’t forget in a hurry.

Two of your committee managed to find time for a session on Petworth Park along with another member.  All caught a few Bream.

Pictured are Paul Beard (left) and Barry Goodhew (right)

With the river levels in the Rother dropping Kevin Jackman set out to tackle the river’s Pike.

He was rewarded with this fine specimen weighing 21lb 8oz.

The successful bait was a mackerel tail.

Kevin Jackman caught this super 3lb 3oz Crucian Carp on a recent session at Petworth Park lake.

Rob Upton caught this Carp estimated at 12lb from the Rother at Shopham on the opening day of the season. He said that it was his first ‘June 16th’ for a few years having taken a bit of time off from fishing and was thrilled to start the season with such a lovely fish. 

Scott Chatfield one of our keen Carp Anglers landed this magnificent Carp, the best  so far this year. We think the fish is probably the same one as Gary Mason’s club record Carp from Holmbush. This time weighing in at 27lb 2oz just 2oz short of the record weight recorded last May.