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Spawning Update 25th MAY – 22nd JUNE 2026 (5/27/2025) by Chris Knowles Posted in: News - All lakes are closed form 25th May 2026 for spawning and reopening on the 22nd June 2026.
Ryan Woodland is on fire after successful spawning break! (7/3/2024) by Chris Knowles Posted in: News - Top start for Ryan after the spawning break. He caught some lovely new fish that are coming up through the ranks. 36 fish landed in total, 6 of them known! Whinger @ 36lb 4oz XL Pecs @ 36lb 30lb 4oz Triangle scale @ 30lb 8oz Starburst @ 29lb Mini XL Pecs @ 28lb 8oz 10 […]
XL Carp Syndicate Blog Episode 9 2019 end of year round up w/Adam Penning. (12/27/2019) by Chris Knowles Posted in: News - 2019 was certainly an amazing year at Fryerning carp syndicate… a true great in terms of numbers of fish caught and P.B.s smashed, you can’t fail to be astounded by what you’re about to see, it really was that good! Those of you who follow these blogs may recall me saying in an earlier blog […]
XL Carp Syndicate Blog Episode 8 Aug 19 w/Adam Penning. (10/13/2019) by Chris Knowles Posted in: News - Year on year I still can’t fail to be amazed at just how quiet the banks at Fryerning carp syndicate become during and immediately after the School holiday period of August and September. It seems like most people go away on the family holidays, get into barbecues and forget all about fishing. Which is great […]
Another new sculpture for The Valley Lakes! (10/6/2019) by Chris Knowles Posted in: News - A granite skull which Chris commissioned, has this week been placed upon its plinth overlooking The Car Park and Valley Lakes. Carved entirely by hand by the same artist who created the Carp God, Alistair Smith, the project has taken nearly three years to complete. We really suggest if your down fishing you go and […]
The Sessions with Adam Penning – The Summer Hunt (9/17/2019) by Chris Knowles Posted in: News, Videos - Whilst your at it Check out the HOOKD facebook page for details of a competition to Win a Day’s Coaching with Adam https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thesummerhunt
Fryerning XL Monthly Blog Episode 7 August 2019 (8/25/2019) by Chris Knowles Posted in: News - July can be a funny old month fishing wise, the fish can be moody, easy to find yet difficult to catch often ignoring the best bait placed right in front of them. This has certainly not been the case at Fryerning this month, with all three lakes in scintillating form with fish going on a feeding […]
Stripe makes 520 mile trip well worth it! (8/15/2019) by Chris Knowles Posted in: Main Lake Catch News, News, Testimonials - Last week Lancashire Carp Baits owner Alan Sutherland King and Team member Jamie Wilding drove all the way from Blackpool to fish for some of the best carp about! Finding a few marks on the steps swim Jamie a guest of Alans soon found some fish in The steps swim a duly spread a […]
Fryerning XL Essex Big Carp Syndicate Bi-Monthly Blog May/June Episode 6 (7/15/2019) by Chris Knowles Posted in: News - As predicted in Episode 5, the carp began to spawn hard two weeks into May and the management took the decision to shut the lakes and let the carp spawn undisturbed and free from angling pressure. Prior to this break some top quality sport was on offer, with Mitch Attwood certainly opening Mays account with […]
Fryerning XL Essex Big Carp Syndicate Monthly Blog April Episode 5 (5/9/2019) by Chris Knowles Posted in: News - It’s amazing how much the Fryerning complex has changed in just one month. Trees are now full of leaves and blossom, the lilies are starting to surface and the reed beds are becoming greener and denser by the day. In the background, you can hear the call of a cuckoo and all these things signal […]