News

28 July 2010

**Weed Cutting/Lake Closure**

Please note that for the time being all the weed cutting has been completed and will not recomence until Monday 16th August on Oxlease Lake which will be closed from 8am Mon 16th until 5pm Fri 20th for more weed cutting.

**Credit/Debit Cards**

Don't forget that Credit/debit cards can be used on the bank to pay for tickets. Bailiffs carry a wireless, hand-held card machine. This is the preferred method of payment at Linear Fisheries Oxford.
ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ARE ACCEPTED.

**Important Info**

There have been four instances over the last weeks where anglers have been told to leave by our bailiffs before they had started fishing. In all cases these anglers had ignored our notice boards and rules stating 'DO NOT DRIVE ON THE GRASS' and had driven across the grass to their swims. We do not like turning anyone away and our rules are not strict, but the way we see it is that if anglers arrive and blatantly ignore our basic rules and signs from the start then they will be prepared to break other rules - most of our rules are there to make the fishing more enjoyable for our visitors and to protect our fish stocks. PLEASE REMEMBER IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY YOUR FISHING AT LINEAR - DO NOT BREAK OUR RULES.

16 July 2010

**There will be no news updates next week as I’m off most the week catching up on a bit of fishing - Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. All the news and photos we receive in the mean time will be updated on Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th**

15 July 2010

**Weed Cutting**

Brasenose-1 will be closed from AM Tuesday 20th July until Fri afternoon for weed cutting. The Lake will then be open for fishing over that weekend and then closed for one last day on Monday 26th July. Brasenose-1 will be back open as normal on Tuesday the 27th of July.

**Weed Cutting**

The weed cutting is now complete on Unity Lake. On Gaunts Lake we will finish Friday afternoon for the weekend and then complete as much as possible Mon/Tues before the machine moves onto Brasenose-1 Tues/Wed.

**Lake Closed**

Brasenose-2 will be closed from 9am on Friday 23rd of July until early afternoon on Sunday the 25th of July for a carp match.

During a week long session on Unity Lake John Jackson has had nearly twenty fish up to 31lb.

And on Yeoman's Lake Carl Daly from Birmingham, during a 48-Hour session had two stockies along with "The Dark Common" at 24lb 07oz and mirrors weighing 20lb 12oz and 27lb 05oz.

Also on Yeoman's was long time Guys Member Sid Holmes from Oxford who managed a cracking new 31lb 02oz PB common - Top angling mate!!!!!

And Geoff Collins from Swindon landed a 10lb 08oz common along with mirrors weighing 12lb 08oz and 17lb using particles and boilies.

Hardwick Lake and Smiths Pool has been in great form lately with James Ward from Thame landing six fish during a 48-Hour session which included a 27lb 10oz mirror along with commons of 21lb 02oz, 27lb and a new PB at 27lb 14oz.

Linear Bailiff James Drewett had a cracking 27lb 12oz common whilst fishing the margins.

John Taylor from Redditch had mirrors of 22lb and 22lb 04oz using zig rigs.

Chris Dunn had three fish weighing 24lb 08oz, 25lb and "Mini Shoulders" at a spawned out weight of 26lb which was Chris's new PB.

Stu Patterson had a 23lb 08oz mirror during a 4-Hour day session using zig rigs.

John Behan from Notts had a 29lb 06oz common along with four mirrors up to 24lb using CC Moore Odyssey XXX boilies.

Steve Cooper had a 13lb 06oz mirror whilst fishing with his mate Tom Andrews who landed a 15lb 085oz mirror, both of them caught on Cell Boilies.

Rhys Newport from Bristol had mirrors of 18lb 06oz, 20lb 08oz and 21lb 10oz.

Ben Garland had a new PB 22lb 03oz mirror.

Whilst down on a tutorial with Iain Macmillan, Ben McCullough had four fish up to 17lb 02oz.

Ed and Dave Kennington fished a two night session on B-1 with Ed landing mirrors of 14lb 06oz, 22lb 12oz and 24lb 08oz and Dave catching a 12lb 13oz mirror along with his first ever twenty at 22lb 12oz. Both Ed and Dave used baits from the Sticky Baits bloodworm range.

Steve Edis from Walsall had six fish during a 48-Hour session using Bait craft T1 boilies and plastic corn over a heavily spodded area at 60 yards. Steve's biggest two fish weighed 21lb 03oz and 22lb 08oz with the others a mixture of doubles and singles.

Anthony Warrington from Nottingham had a 21lb 05oz mirror whilst fishing with his dad Andrew who landed a 14lb mirror, both anglers used Mainline Cell Boilies fished snowmen style.

Ken Faggetter had a 19lb 06oz mirror using 15mm CC Moore Odyssey XXX boilies.

Fishing together Tony and Roy from Maltby had a number of tench and carp with Roy landing mirrors of 12lb and 19lb and Tony landing eight tench up to 6lb using the quiver tip; the biggest tench weighed 6lb and is the new lake tench lake record.

**Carp Fishing Tutorials**

Iain Macmillan has started up his own carp angling tutorials for anyone that's interested in taking their angling to the next level. They will mainly be based at Linear Fisheries on Oxford but we could go to any venue within reason, and indeed he'll travel wherever necessary for the customers requirements. They will cover anything and everything in carp fishing from rigs, bait, location, tackle, floater fishing, stalking, zigs, spodding, marker tecniques, you name it and it will be covered. For any further information please either e-mail him at ian.macmillan4@ntlworld.com or call directly on 07746 281685, you can then discuss all personal requirements, prices, venues and dates.

Kindest Regards.

Iain 'Ting Tong' Macmillan.

13 July 2010

**New Hardwick Car Park Gate**

We have now fitted a new gate on the main Hardwick Car Park, which is now operational and locked at night. Please ensure you do not get locked in. Currently all gates are opened by 8am and locked at night at 9pm by our security company R&R Frontline Security.

Anyone found attempting to climb any of the fences or gates around the complex will be asked to leave and banned from the complex and may have they're details handed over to the police - You have been warned!!

**Weed Cutting**

Brasenose-1 will be closed from AM Tuesday 20th July until Fri afternoon for weed cutting.

**Lake Closed**

Brasenose-2 will be closed from 9am on Friday 23rd of July until early afternoon on Sunday the 25th of July for a carp match.

**Weed Cutting**

We are currently cutting weed on Unity Lake which should be completed by the end of Tuesday 12th July. The cutting has been successful and although there is still plenty of weedy areas left in the lake all swims are now fishable and a lot safer to land fish from.

As soon as we've finished on Unity we will move onto Gaunts Lake where the majority of swims will be closed for the rest of the week whilst this work is completed, probably leading into Mon/Tuesday next week.

**Credit/Debit Cards**

Don't forget that Credit/debit cards can be used on the bank to pay for tickets. Bailiffs carry a wireless, hand-held card machine. This is the preferred method of payment at Linear Fisheries Oxford.
ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ARE ACCEPTED.

09 July 2010

**Weed Cutting**

We are currently cutting weed on Unity Lake, unfortunately due to mechanical problems the cutting on Unity will continue until early next week. As soon as we've finished on Unity we will move onto Gaunts Lake where the majority of swims will be closed on Gaunts whilst this work is completed.

**Lake Closed**

Brasenose-2 will be closed from 9am on Friday 9th of July until early afternoon on Sunday the 11th of July for a carp match.

**Lake Closed**

Brasenose-2 will be closed from 9am on Friday 23rd of July until early afternoon on Sunday the 25th of July for a carp match.

The Linear DVD is now available to watch online on our website. Click on the (DVD Icon) on the Home Page to watch the DVD.

Hunts Corner Lake has been fishing very well lately with Nick Martin from Hazalemere landing two fish up to 23lb during a quick overnight session.

Nobby landed twelve fish during a 36-Hour session, this included six twenties up to 25lb.

Steve fished a 24-Hour session landing an 18lb common along with mirrors of 15lb and 23lb 08oz from the margins.

Ben McCullough had a small stockie along with a 17lb mirror and a new PB 29lb 02oz "Original" mirror during a 48-Hour session on the lake using Hinders Flamin Squid baits.

Gav Glover had a new lake record 7lb 09oz tench during a recent session on Hunts.

And fishing the complex for the first time Tom Attreed had five fish on Nash Bait boilies with the biggest three weighing 23lb 14oz, 27lb 05oz and 30lb 06oz.

Rhys Newport from Bristol broke his PB twice using spodded pellets and Mainline Pro-active pineapple boilies, the fish weighed 22lb and 25lb 08oz.

Fishing together Eric had mirrors of 10lb and 15lb, Darren Edge had a 15lb mirror and his seven year old daughter had two 18lb mirrors, both PB's along with a 14lb 10oz mirror.

Tom and Andy Maker fished together for a weekend session and landed 31 fish between them up to 20lb 08oz.

Kris Bingham had mirrors weighing 27lb and 32lb during a 24-Hour session on Smiths Pool.

Fishing Yeoman's Lake Kev Hampton from Devon lost a couple of fish, had two low double mirrors and a 29lb 02oz mirror using Carp Company Icelandic Red Boilies.

On Gaunts Lake Barry Edmunds from Melksham had a 19lb 08oz mirror.

Pete Garland had a 26lb 01oz mirror off the top.

Ashley Prtichard had a cracking 31lb 08oz mirror during a session last week using Nash scopex squid red boilies.

And Linear regular Josh Bennett had a mid-double common a 19lb 14oz mirror and a 20lb 02oz common off the top.

James Gesner had a 16lb 08oz mirror fishing from swim-3.

Clive Turner from Didcot Angling had at least twenty fish to upper doubles during a three nights session using small hook baits over a heavily spodded area.

Linear Bailiff Ivor Peachey had at least six fish to mid-doubles using particles and pellets at medium range.

Phil Wilde from Hull had thirteen fish during a session last week which included mirrors of 21lb 07oz and 23lb 02oz along with a PB 25lb 09oz mirror.

Peter Coulson from Blackheath South London had a 16lb mirror and a massive 64lb 04oz catfish using Richworth XLR8 14mm boilies during his first ever trip to the complex. Peter would like to thank Derek 'The Don' Ritchie who was fishing next to him for help with the giant cat.

05 July 2010

**Weed Cutting**

We are currently cutting weed on Unity Lake, there is a good chance this will be finished by Wed/Thurs of this week. As soon as we've finished on Unity we will move onto Gaunts Lake, so on Thurs/Fri of this week and Mon/Tues of the following week the majority of swims will be closed on Gaunts whilst this work is completed.

**Lake Closed**

Brasenose-2 will be closed from 9am on Friday 9th of July until early afternoon on Sunday the 11th of July for a carp match.

**Lake Closed**

Brasenose-2 will be closed from 9am on Friday 23rd of July until early afternoon on Sunday the 25th of July for a carp match.

**Weed Cutting Boat**

This is a notice to all Guys Syndicate members that from Monday 5th July we will have the weed cutting boat on Unity Lake for approximately seven working days. There after we will be moving the boat on the Brasenose Lakes for more weed cutting. During this time Unity Lake will be closed to fishing to allow this work to be completed as quickly as possible. Details of any closures on the Brasenose Lakes will be detailed on the web site closer to the time.

The Linear DVD is now available to watch online on our website. Click on the (DVD Icon) on the Home Page to watch the DVD.

01 July 2010

**News Update**

All the following catch reports are from fish reported to us over the last couple of weeks.

Ben Harrison had three fish using chod rigs weighing 14lb, 18lb and 22lb 01oz.

Linear regular Craig Manktelow had a 22lb common and his brother Steve had a 15lb mirror.

Richard Hart had two tench weighing 6lb 12oz and a new PB at 9lb 12oz.

Lee Beaven from Wiltshire broke his PB when he landed "The Zip Linear" at 34lb 04oz along with another weighing 19lb 08oz.

Fishing together Darren "Dotty" Dodson from Dudley had a new PB 23lb 12oz mirror and John Parageter, also from Dudley had an 18lb mirror using Mainline Cell Boilies.

And Anglers Mail carp columnist Colin Davidson fished Hunts for a live action feature due to be out on August 3rd. In very hot muggy conditions Colin landed seven fish, all off the surface, this included three doubles along with twenties of 20lb, 23lb, 25lb and 26lb.

Fishing Unity Lake Steve Palmer had "Measles-1" along with three other fish.

Also on Unity was Trevor Rouse who had a new PB 20lb 08oz mirror

Fishing Yeoman's Lake Stewart Ritchie from Aylesbury had a 24lb 10oz common.

Steve Jarrett had two fish up to mirror of 16lb 01oz and Geoff Collins from Swindon had three fish up to 15lb 08oz using particles and boilies.

Lyndsy Fisher from Birmingham had a cracking session landing at least eight fish from the road bank. Lyndsy's catch included mirrors of 29lb 02oz and 31lb 06oz along with a new PB 41lb 09oz catfish and "The Big Plated" at a new PB weight of 44lb 05oz.

Barry and Ben O'Connor had eighteen fish between them up to 26lb using Mainline Cell Boilies and particles.

Ian Fletcher has now fished Linear only three times but has broken his PB in each trip, his latest session saw him land a new PB 36lb mirror off the surface.

Alexei Bygrave had a cracking session, landing 24 fish to upper twenties using Richworth KG-1 boilies and hemp.

Paul Bassett had a new PB 24lb mirror during his first visit to the lake.

Martin Burrell from Skelmersdale beat his PB twice with mirrors of 26lb and 27lb.

Alex Newcombe from Northampton had a 29lb 08oz mirror using Mainline pineapple boilies during his first visit to the lake.

Leigh Osaer had a 21lb 10oz mirror using Mainline Cell boilies, fishing with Leigh was his friend Petrit from Albania who landed a 11lb b04oz mirror.

Big Stu from Tipton had mirrors of 23lb and 26lb using Mainline Cell boilies.

Sean Rhodes had twelve fish up to 23lb during a 48-Hour session using particles over a heavily baited area.

Fishing together Graham Harper from Brynmawr had a 15lb mirror and Chris Howes from Maesycwmmer had an 18lb 05oz mirror, both anglers fished to a spodded area of Richworth KG-1 boilies, hemp and corn at about 60 yards range.

Dave Hughes had seven fish up to a new PB of 24lb 13oz using Mixed Creation Baits, fishing with Dave was Anthony Hobbs who had eight fish up to low twenties using the same bait.

Clive Turner from Didcot Angling had twenty fish up to 18lb 06oz using small boilies and particles over heavily baited areas at around 40-50 yards.

Linear Bailiff Ivor Peachey had twelve fish up to 16lb using small boilies and particles.

Anthony Warrington from Nottingham had two mirrors up to 15lb 11oz using cell dumbells tipped with plastic corn.

Mark Wilks from Cheltenham had a new PB when he landed a 34lb 02oz mirror off the top.

Michael Woodham had a new PB 34lb common whilst down on a 48-Hour session.

Jack Cuthbertson had two fish up to 23lb 14oz using SBS M1 boilies and corn poppers.

Fishing together Ashley Cerrone had a new PB 22lb 04oz mirror and Andrew Stokes had a PB 24lb mirror.

Whilst down on a tutorial with Chris Lowe Darren Davis had an 18lb 10oz mirror using SBS Oxford Mix Boilies.

Angie Lawley had five fish up to 18lb 02oz using SBS Oxford Mix Boilies.

Fishing together Michael Barnfield and Nathan Greenwood from Didcot had a number of fish between them using Batrix Maligooo boilies. Nathan landed mirrors of 30lb 05oz and 31lb 05oz and Michael's biggest was 31lb 08oz.

**Lake Closed**

Brasenose-2 will be closed from 9am on Friday 9th of July until early afternoon on Sunday the 11th of July for a carp match.

**Lake Closed**

Brasenose-2 will be closed from 9am on Friday 23rd of July until early afternoon on Sunday the 25th of July for a carp match.

**Credit/Debit Cards**

Don't forget that Credit/debit cards can be used on the bank to pay for tickets. Bailiffs carry a wireless, hand-held card machine. This is the preferred method of payment at Linear Fisheries Oxford.
ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ARE ACCEPTED.

**Weed Cutting Boat**

This is a notice to all Guys Syndicate members that from Monday 5th July we will have the weed cutting boat on Unity Lake for approximately seven working days. There after we will be moving the boat on the Brasenose Lakes for more weed cutting. During this time Unity Lake will be closed to fishing to allow this work to be completed as quickly as possible. Details of any closures on the Brasenose Lakes will be detailed on the web site closer to the time.

The Linear DVD is now available to watch online on our website. Click on the (DVD Icon) on the Home Page to watch the DVD.

25 June 2010

The carp on Manor, Hardwick/Smiths and Brasenose have just about finished spawning now.

Linear bailiff, Colin Hambridge, fished corn in the margins to catch nine carp. The biggest two weighed 21.10 & 21.02.

Lyndsy Fisher certainly lived up to her name when fishing one rod in the margins she caught the Big Plated Mirror at 44.05. It was a personal best for Lyndsy who is from Birmingham. During the session she also caught a 41.09 catfish [another PB]. This fish fell to the same method. Well done Lyndsy!
Her partner, fishing three rods also in the margins caught four carp to 31.06.

Lancashire angler, Ian Fletcher, fished on the surface to catch a PB - 36lb mirror.

23 June 2010

Carp started spawning this morning on Brasenose Two, Hardwick Lake/Smiths Pool and Manor Farm Lake. We will keep you informed.

Stephen Jones from Norfolk fished Mainline Cell Boilies over a spodded area at 50 yards to catch seven carp and a catfish. Three of the carp were over twenty pounds at 26.12, 26lb both mirrors and a 22lb common. The catfish weighed 41lb.

Nigel Stockwell fished close to the margins with boilies over a spod mix to catch four twenties. Three were mirrors at 25lb, 21.02 and 20lb. The other a common carp weighed 25.01.

Didcot angler, Michael Barnfield, caught a PB mirror of 31.08 when he fished Baitrix Maligoo Boilies over spodded pellet at 40 yards range.
With Michael is his friend, Nathan Greenwood, who is also from Didcot. Michael, fishing the same method, beat his personal best three times with mirrors of 25.08, 30.08 and 31.08.

Linear bailiff, Ivor Peachey, has caught 22 carp to 19lb.

18 June 2010

Liam Hodges had five fish up to 28lb 12oz, fishing with Liam was Matt Cook who had two up to 24lb 03oz, both lads were using Hinders Blitz Boilies and Nutz Sluge.

Rob Avery from Warwick had a 20lb 08oz mirror using Essential Baits shellfish B-5 boilies and pellets.

Robbie Orton spent an overnight session for the cats, landing four weighing 9lb, 27lb, 39lb and 50lb 07oz using big pellets and worms.

Another big cat landed recently was caught by Steve Pyne from Leicester and bottomed his scales at 64lb, we beleive this is the second biggest in the lake.

Whilst fishing Brasenose-1 for the first time James Gesner had a stunning linear mirror stockie weighing 7lb 04oz along with a 15lb 10oz mirror using Mainline Cell Boilies.

Fishing together Justin Chesson and his ten year old son Darryl had 14 fish whilst down on a tutorial with Lee Pollard. During they're session they both set new PB's, Darryl's biggest weighing 18lb 01oz and his dad's weighing 23lb 04oz.

Whilst down on his first ever visit to the complex Wayne Eggleton from Devon smashed his PB when he landed "Kempy's Linear" at 41lb using 18mm Mainline Cell Boilies over a spodded area at about 25 yards range.

Robert Boswell fished a weekend session and was rewarded with a 21lb 13oz mirror and "The Birthmark Linear", a new PB at 37lb 01oz.

Joe Jaggar fished three nights using Nash IC-1 boilies, hemp and matching solu-balls and lading a 19lb 15oz common along with mirrors of 16lb 02oz, 21lb 02oz and 24lb 04oz.

Jason Sugget from Manchester had five fish, three twenties up to a new PB of 26lb 02oz using Dynamite chocolate malt and tigernut boilies.

Dave Boswell from Warwick had eleven fish during a 48-Hour session up to 24lb 08oz using SBS boilies tipped with corn poppers.

David Moore from Pembrokeshire had a 24lb 10oz mirror using SBS lobworm boilies.

14 June 2010

The Linear DVD is now available to watch online on our website. Click on the (DVD Icon) on the Home Page to watch the DVD.

**Charity Match**

This is just a reminder that the whole of Brasenose-2 will be closed from 8am Friday 18th June until 6pm Sunday 20th June for the CARP-IN-4-CANCER Charity Match.

**Credit/Debit Cards**

Don't forget that Credit/debit cards can be used on the bank to pay for tickets. Bailiffs carry a wireless, hand-held card machine. This is the preferred method of payment at Linear Fisheries Oxford.
ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ARE ACCEPTED.

**Sparsholt Fish-In**

The annual end of year Sparsholt College Fish-In will be held on Oxlease Lake on the 23rd and 24th of June. The event is only for one night and will commence at 11am on Wed 23rd and finish 2pm on Thurs 24th. During this time the lake will be closed to the public but there will still be access to Hunts Corner Lake round the back of Oxlease.

**New Linear Fisheries Loyalty Card**

As of Monday 14th June Linear will be introducing its new "Loyalty Card" which will only be available to anglers paying by Credit/Debit Card. For every 12-Hours paid for a "Linear Sticker" will be added to the loyalty card, and once the card is full with twelve stickers (the equivalent to six 24-Hour sessions) it can be exchanged for a free 24-Hour session on any of the Linear Day Ticket Waters.

At present, as they have done for several years, Linear still offer a seventh day free when six days are paid for on their day ticket waters. This offer is for both cash and card transactions but will be phased out by the end of the year, being replaced by the loyalty card offer outlined above. Until the end of this year we will still offer the free seventh day to those paying cash.

**Weed Cutting Boat**

This is a notice to all Guys Syndicate members that from Monday 5th July we will have the weed cutting boat on Unity Lake for approximately seven working days. There after we will be moving the boat on the Brasenose Lakes for more weed cutting. During this time Unity Lake will be closed to fishing to allow this work to be completed as quickly as possible. Details of any closures on the Brasenose Lakes will be detailed on the web site closer to the time.

11 June 2010

Paul Arrowsmith had the big mirror known as 'The Football' just in time for the world cup weighing 38lb 08oz. Paul who also landed a 16lb 04oz mirror and an 18lb 08oz common used CCMoore baits over a spodded area at about 50 yards range.

And Nige Williams from Banksdie Tackle had a cracking 36lb mirror along with two others weighing 16lb and 24lb using Bankside D-liver boilies with an Avid 'sight stop' over a bed of grubber pellets.

Matt 'Crash' Whittaker had seven fish up to 25lb 06oz during a recent 48-Hour session using Mainline Cell Boilies.

Josh Grundy from Manchester had mirrors weighing 17lb and 21lb using Cell Boilies.

Roger Postlethwaite had a 29lb 15oz mirror using boilies on test from the Bait and Feed Company.

Jodie Brown had an 18lb 04oz mirror whilst fishing with Andy McGhee who had five fish up to 27lb 02oz on Cell Boilies, Also with them was Alan McGhee who had five fish including mirrors weighing 24lb 09oz, 22lb 03oz and 30lb 08oz.

Stan Bell from Birmingham had a 27lb 04oz mirror along with his new PB 'The Big Plated' at 44lb 02oz using Premier Baits boilies.

Shane Beard from Gloucester had seven fish during a 24-Hour session using Kerno Baits, his biggest fish weighed 28lb 05oz.

Dan Murrell had fish weighing 23lb 14oz and 26lb 06oz whilst fishing with Charlie Tidey who had a new PB 23lb 10oz mirror.

Adam Short from North Devon had 'The Big Tail Common' at a spawned out weight of 29lb.

Jonathon Alker had a cracking 25lb 06oz ghostie during a recent session on Unity Lake.

On Gaunts Lake Barry Edmunds had a 6lb tench and 12lb mirror.

And on Yeoman's Lake 'Knees' had two small mirror along with other weighing 19lb 02oz, 14lb 08oz, 27lb and 17lb 12oz. And Stewart Ritchie had a 26lb fully scaled mirror during a recent session.

Fishing Brasenose-1 Michelle Marriott had four carp up to 16lb 13oz during her first ever trip using fusion boilies.

Mark Tarling from Oxford had fourteen fish up to a new PB of 27lb 03oz.

Between them Shane Beard and Mark May from Gloucester had 57 fish up to 31lb.

Ashley Janes from Bristol had three low twenties along with nine other fish using CS1 boilies.

Joe Jagger had twenty fish up to 22lb 04oz during a 60-Hour session using Nash IC-1 boilies on the bottom and black foam on zig rigs.

Dan Salway had sixteen fish up to 24lb 13oz during a weekend session.

James Rossiter from Oxford had an 18lb 06oz carp using Cell Boilies.

09 June 2010

The Linear DVD is now available to watch online on our website. Click here to watch the DVD

08 June 2010

**Weed Cutting Boat**

This is a notice to all Guys Syndicate members that from Monday 5th July we will have the weed cutting boat on Unity Lake for approximately seven working days. There after we will be moving the boat on the Brasenose Lakes for more weed cutting. During this time Unity Lake will be closed to fishing to allow this work to be completed as quickly as possible. Details of any closures on the Brasenose Lakes will be detailed on the web site closer to the time.

**New Linear Fisheries Loyalty Card**

As of Monday 14th June Linear will be introducing its new "Loyalty Card" which will only be available to anglers paying by Credit/Debit Card. For every 12-Hours paid for a "Linear Sticker" will be added to the loyalty card, and once the card is full with twelve stickers (the equivalent to six 24-Hour sessions) it can be exchanged for a free 24-Hour session on any of the Linear Day Ticket Waters.

At present, as they have done for several years, Linear still offer a seventh day free when six days are paid for on their day ticket waters. This offer is for both cash and card transactions but will be phased out by the end of the year, being replaced by the loyalty card offer outlined above. Until the end of this year we will still offer the free seventh day to those paying cash.

**Sparsholt Fish-In**

The annual end of year Sparsholt College Fish-In will be held on Oxlease Lake on the 23rd and 24th of June. The event is only for one night and will commence at 11am on Wed 23rd and finish 2pm on Thurs 24th. During this time the lake will be closed to the public but there will still be access to Hunts Corner Lake round the back of Oxlease.

**Charity Match**

This is just a reminder that the whole of Brasenose-2 will be closed from 8am Friday 18th June until 6pm Sunday 20th June for the CARP-IN-4-CANCER Charity Match.

**Credit/Debit Cards**

Don't forget that Credit/debit cards can be used on the bank to pay for tickets. Bailiffs carry a wireless, hand-held card machine. This is the preferred method of payment at Linear Fisheries Oxford.
ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ARE ACCEPTED.

05 June 2010

**News Update**
The following news is made up from fish reported to us over the last couple of weeks.

Scott Grogan had a number of fish during a recent three night session with the biggest two weighing 23lb 01oz and 31lb 03oz.

Local angler Kev Warner had a 23lb 04oz mirror using Richworth KG-1 Boilies over hemp and pellet.

Thirteen year old Thomas Olney had a 12lb 09oz mirror on Mistral Boilies.

Tom Van-Haarren from Northampton had a 23lb 02oz mirror using plastic corn and pva sticks fished at around 70 yards.

Fishing together were Darren Edge and his daughter Melissa, they had a number of fish between them with Melissa ended up with a new PB of 14lb 02oz.

Mark Cropper had a 6lb bream along with mirrors of 13lb and 19lb 07oz using Active-8 boilies.

Fishing together Jed Kent and Dale Blyth had around twenty takes between them during an over-night session using a prototype boilie from Berkley.

Gareth Leach from Cardiff had mirrors of 16lb and 20lb using boilies and plastic corn over a spodded area.

Omar Rana had twelve fish up to 21lb 08oz whilst fishing with his mate Robert Davis from Manchester who had ten carp up to a new PB of 26lb.

Chris Bowtell from Essex fished the complex for the first time and had a new PB 28lb 04oz mirror.

Rob McDonnell had seven fish up to 21lb 02oz fishing zig rigs.

On Yeoman's Lake over the last couple of weeks Geoff Collins has had mirrors weighing 15lb, 23lb 08oz and 26lb along with a small stockie using particles.

Guys Bailiff "Knees" had a 23lb common during a 48-Hour session.

Over on Unity Lake Phil Wixey from Radstock had a small mirror and three tench along with a 28lb 10oz common and 27lb 04oz mirror during a three day session using boilies and particles.

Fishing Gaunts Lake Paul Hanah from Cheshire had three fish weighing 15lb, 18lb and 20lb.

Richard Broome from Oxfordshire had a 24lb 10oz common.

And Barry Edmunds from Melksham had a 6lb tench and a 10lb mirror along with "The High Back Mirror" at 42lb 08oz during a three night session.

Craig Whittle fished the complex for the first time and was rewarded with his first ever common, a 16lb fish caught using Hinders Nutz Boilies.

Alex Grice had an 18lb common using Cell Boilies.

Adrian Pop had a cracking 36lb 08oz mirror during a 48-Hour session.

Brothers Chris and Paul Morris from the Midlands had had one small cat, seven twenties, "The Box Common" at 33lb 10oz and a 35lb 02oz mirror between them using Premier Baits Amino Boilies over a heavily baited area.

Nick Slater had two fish weighing 22lb 02oz and 24lb 05oz.

Andrew and Gavin Grant from Reading had nineteen fish up to 21lb between them in three days using tuttis and pellets either as singles or over light spod.

Reece Green from Bicester had two carp up to 13lb 02oz using fake corn and pva bags at 35 yards.

Phil Warwick had a new PB 31lb 04oz mirror whilst fishing with his son Shaun who landed mirrors of 24lb and 25lb 02oz along with a massive 12lb tench.

Steve Berry had ten fish up to 30lb 06oz during a 48-Hour session using B-5 Boilies.

Towards the end of they're week long session the Manktelow family moved from Oxlease to Brasenose-2 and managed to bank a number of fish. Barb caught four fish up to 14lb 08oz using Cell Boilies and her daughter Courtney had a cracking 17lb mirror using CBC Kick Boilies. Carol had three fish up to 17lb and Tony also had three fish including mirrors of 14lb and 17lb. Finally brother Steven and Craig had fish using SBS lobworm or Mainline Cell boilies with Steven landing mirrors of 8lb, 11lb 08oz, 15lb and 16lb 04oz and Craig landing fish of 9lb, 12lb 08oz, 16lb, two at 15lb 08oz and the biggest weighing 17lb.

Jamie Critchley had a 25lb 06oz common along with mirrors weighing 18lb, 15lb 04oz and 22lb 08oz using baits from The Boilie Stop.

Tony Paton from the Tackle Company Melksham had a 24lb 13oz mirror using Cell Boilies.

Richard Bester had four fish up to a common of 22lb using boilies and pellets from Bankside.

Kevin Allen had mirrors of 21lb and 26lb with the biggest being his new PB.

Nick Harrison had mirrors of 19lb, 22lb, 26lb 05oz, 27lb, 29lb and 30lb during a recent session to the lake.

Richard Thomson fished a week long session with his wife Linda and managed six fish up to 25lb using Active-8 and mutant boilies.

Michael Baillie had a new PB 25lb mirror using Mainline Cell Boilies.

Dave Cameron had the Zip Linear at 33lb 12oz during a day only stalking session.

Matt Dixon had sixteen fish up to 32lb 06oz using Mainline Cell Boilies. Fishing with Matt was his father, John who in one afternoon broke his PB three times with a mirror weighing 24lb 06oz and commons of 20lb 02oz & 26lb 01oz.

**Credit/Debit Cards**

Don't forget that Credit/debit cards can be used on the bank to pay for tickets. Bailiffs carry a wireless, hand-held card machine. This is the preferred method of payment at Linear Fisheries Oxford.
ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ARE ACCEPTED.

03 June 2010

WARNING

THEFTS IN THE AREA

There has been a spate of tackle thefts in the area recently and we ask all anglers whether they are on the Linear waters or not to be extra vigilant.

Over the last few years Linear have taken steps to safeguard anglers against theft on their waters with measures that include hiring a security company to patrol at night, and to fence and gate all areas against outsiders entering after dark We have probably gone as far as we can to secure such a large site from outside intrusion and are probably the most secure of the larger fisheries in the UK. Unfortunately we strongly believe that the recent two thefts on the Linear waters were carried out by people fishing close by and already on site. We are sure that most will agree that it is the lowest of the low that carry out this type of theft and this sort of person should not even be classed as an angler.

Linear’s policy is one of zero tolerance where this or any other sort of crime is committed on their waters and we will go to any length to see that the perpetrators, when caught, will feel the full weight of the law and that their names will be publicised for all to see. To this end we have already taken steps to catch those concerned which includes taking on extra bailiffs who will be fishing themselves at night for just this purpose.

We advise all anglers to make sure that their fishing tackle is insured against theft as this is now becoming a nationwide problem. We understand that some anglers on both our own and other waters who have suffered losses were not insured. If you see anything suspicious on the Linear sites please report it to our bailiffs or if at night ring the number of the security company that can be found on notices placed at all our entrances.

Do not allow this very small minority to spoil the sport we love.

**Credit/Debit Cards**

Don't forget that Credit/debit cards can be used on the bank to pay for tickets. Bailiffs carry a wireless, hand-held card machine. This is the preferred method of payment at Linear Fisheries Oxford.
ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ARE ACCEPTED.