Martin Howe says:

Hi John, Just got back from your place and arrived in south yorkshire around 3:30pm, missed all the traffic thank god. Anyway thanks for having us this week we all really enjoyed it, our angling skills were really tested but as you know this is what we like.

I think we did well considering it was our first trip down, I would again like to add that the website and short video does not deceive at all, Bentley is what it says and shows (stunning) and in a few years will become one of the top long session waters in the south if not the country, keep it going mate.

I have attached a few of my photos, but will get Lee's photos at a later date as the better one's are on John's camera and won't see him until the BCAC final later in the month.

Catch Report

Martin Howe

18lb 8oz Mirror caught on the boat swim under the aerator 4:30pm - N-Gage XP CC Moore

16lb 2oz Mirror caught on the boat swim under the aerator 5:30am - N-Gage XP CC Moore

Lee Marshall

16lb 6oz Common caught on the point swim under the aerator 1:00am - N-Gage XP CC Moore

23lb 0oz Common caught on the point swim under the aerator 12:30am - N-Gage XP CC Moore

17lb 8oz Mirror caught on the point swim under the aerator 5:00am - N-Gage XP CC Moore

Rob Elwood

Bunker - Blank

John Fern

15lb 8oz Common caught on the bunker swim under the left hand margin pads 7:00am - Bait Unknown

Scott Whittingham

16lb 2oz Common caught on the gate swim off the point of the right hand island 4;00pm - N-Gage XP CC Moore

26lb 8oz Mirror caught on the gate swim off the point of the bay of the left hand island 12:15am - N-Gage XP CC Moore

5 fish lost over the 3 1/2 days - various swims and times.

Thanks again John and keep in touch, I will forward the catch report and our findings to Ian Moore at CC Moore. .

Jamie Newman

I (Jamie Newman) was fishing the paddocks swim 2 at Bentley fishery, at 8.45am on saturday, february 26th after a hard friday night of rain one of my rods roared off producing a stunning big plated mirror carp weighing 23lb on the mark. This was caught on Mainline, The cell 15mm single boilie with a 4 inch hook length of Korda stiff coated braid an size 8 korda wide gape hook, with only a few free offerings of boilies. Magic....

Jay

Allo John, it's Jay, Bruces' captor here. Thought you might like these pictures.
22lb miror caught from your lake today !

Magicbus3000 says:

I've been fishing this venue for 4 seasons and have banked 6 different 20's to 26lb 12oz. This isn't an easy fishery, but it isn't rock hard either. All the swims are known to produce fish, I've fished them all. As for most productive times, early morning and dusk seem to be the best, but, I frequently encounter that 4 p.m. seems to be afternoon feeding time, and runs can come quiclky between 4 & 7 pm. There is no 'magic bait' or rig for this venue as the fish will eat anything. Have had 20's on maggots, maize, corn, pellets and boilies. PVA stick methods work very well with a fishmeal based mix. Bank craft is a must if you want results, showing fish, fizzing, and marginal bushes are things to look out for if you want to bank a biggun.

The owner John has put a lot of hard work into this venue, silvers and bream have been removed, and stunning new carp have been stocked over the last 6 years, and all the fish are in terrific condition. There maybe 3 or 4 fish that have now broken the 30lb barrier by now and there are plenty of mid to upper doubles, 17 known 20's but many of the carp have yet to see the bank. The big common is a target of mine at the moment, stunning fish yet to be caught, and the chestnut mirror is still elusive to all!!

JIM

hi john, its jim who fished tuesday to thursday, heres the photos of the 19lb 12oz mirror 17lb common and 13lb 8oz common as promised.

Tony

Thanks for the great fishing on a very scenic and beautiful lake,caught 2 mirrors a 15 and 19 pound on a 48 hour session on mainline baits,look forward in coming again

take care Tony

 

A customers review

Bentley is what it says and shows (stunning) and in a few years will become one of the top long session waters in the south if not the country, keep it going mate.... Read the full review here

The Aerator has gone

No more will the peace and quite at Bentely be shattered by the Aerator because we just installed a state of the art system which is silent and invisable from the bank! Click here to see the new pictures

Essex's Premier Session Water

Although some weekday tickets are available Bentley is primarily a session water, our lake is designed for the serious carp fisherman who is willing to put the time and the effort in to catch some of the UK's finest carp. If you do have any questions please call 07939 074089.

New Website

As you will notice Bentley has a new look, we have worked extremely hard on the new website and hope you are happy with it. The new site will be constantly updated with images, news and other carp related goodies so keep checking back!

The Redmire Of Essex?

Not our words but that of Carp TV! - We have just had the crew at the lake shooting a piece for their new DVD, We will be adding this to our website soon.