Another year has passed at Hartley Lands Farm Fishery. It never feels like anywhere like a year between writing these reports and as always so much has happened. You have caught so many fish, there have been so many matches and open matches. Thats why we create this report as an opportunity to look back at the year which has passed. We use this to share the successes of fishermen in matches at Hartley in the leaderboards section showing off the biggest catches and best days. We also break down these results into stats which show year on year change at Hartley. You guys always also send us tonnes of photos of your days and fish at the fishery. So we want

to share some of those with you here too to look back on some old memories. Bailiff Alan Corby also writes a regular report throughout the year about the fishery and what’s happening. This is an opportunity to look back on those and the ones no longer available on the site to remember what happened around the lakes this year.

We hope you enjoy this report and reliving your year at Hartley Lands

— Jack Kelly, WMDesign

another year at

Hartley

Welcome to your annual review of Hartley Lands to remind you of the year gone by and to get you ready for the year to come.

Hartley in Numbers

We have been recording and using the results of all matches at Hartley Lands for the last 3 years now. That gives us a good amount of data to compare to see changes at Hartley and to see some interesting facts through the results. The following statistics are based on the top 3 results at every match since January 2012 until the last match of 2014.

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Heaviest LakesOver the 3 years we’ve been recording match results there have been some higher than all the others. The top 25 catches from the last 3 years have been on these lakes…

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MayJuneJulyAugSeptOctNovDec

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Busy Months

Some months are more popular than

others. The chart represents the number of matches across the complex in each of the

months of this year

Farm Reservoir Nick's Lake Pear Tree Bramley Lake

Biggest Catches

Every year has it’s big hitters, we arranged the biggest weight from

each lake year by year. From left to right the bars represent 2012, 2013

and 2014

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Lake Popularity

The popularity of lakes changes year on year. The number of matches on each lake is shown in the pie charts below. The charts go from left to right representing 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively.

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More info on Hartley

If this breakdown simply isn’t enough stats for you still we have more information on our website and on the following pages. Later in the report we have the top 25 catches on all lakes at Hartley in 2014. You can also find the full leaderboards with the top 3 positions from every match last year on. Additionally you can check out every match result from last year on our website. What’s more this is available for 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Bailiff Alan Corby writes a report every month on the status of the fishery and what’s going on. This is a collection of some of the most recent reports. The most recent can be found on our website

November 2014 What a fantastic last few weeks we have had at Hartley Lands. The weather has been glorious most of the time, with above average temperatures, which means the water temperature of the Lakes have been higher than is normal at this time of the year. Of course the carp love this and are still feeding like they were at the height of the summer. Lots of mirror and common carp being taken of the surface, to dog biscuit and bread, but don’t ignore the margins with pellet and meat. Corn also beginning to have a big impact. The Farm Reservoir producing some lovely looking mirrors to 26 lb and match weights have been tremendous with Dan Corner winning a recent Open Match with over 323 lb on 8mm hard and soft pellets. Dan had a number of fish over 10 lb, all his fish were caught in the margins from peg 19. At the other end of the lake on peg 29, Damian Ashman had over 236 lb which would usually be enough to win!

Match weights have dropped of late on Nicks Lake, but it is good to see clubs like Addington Rod and Line (who only ever use rods) and Maidstone Town League, who fished a rod and waggler only match, produce some very good weights, with the top 3 anglers all weighting in over 100 lb on both matches. Perch really beginning to show themselves especially around the numerous reed beds and from under overhanging trees. Pear Tree and Bramley Lakes both fishing well, especially for those that are using small pieces of luncheon meat on the hook and are loose feeding sparingly. Fishing on all the lakes is now beginning to go into a winter mode, with water temperature falling rapidly in the last week (9th to 16th November 2014) by nearly 5 degrees. Maggots, caster and other small baits having an impact. All the best Alan

October 2014 As most anglers are aware, the Farm Reservoir is now open for matches from 1st October 2014 through to 31st March 2015. This means there are no day tickets on the water if there is a match being held. Please check the calendar on the web site or the board on entering the fishery. As you will notice, every Sunday until the 11th January is booked, also some Saturdays and a few mid-week matches.

The Farm Reservoir has been fishing really well of late, with a good number of 20 lb carp being landed, with a best of over 30 lb. Matches are being won with 140 lb – 145 lb. After over two years away from fishing “Tetley” made a

winning return on the Reservoir, landing 143 lb 04 oz of carp with a best fish going on 18 lb. Nice to see you back “Tetley”.

If you are about to fish a match on Nick’s Lake you should still expect the winning weight to be in the region of 200 lb. Recent matches have thrown up carp of 18 lb and barbel of 12 lb. Great fun on the pole I am told! A number of perch around the 3 lb mark have been reported in the first week of October. Dick Best from Bexhill landed a new lake record carp of 24 lb.

Pear Tree and Bramley Lakes both in top form, with winning match weights of 254 lb and 287 lb respectively. It is always worth noting what method and bait the winners use. All baits seem to be catching at the moment,

except sweetcorn, I am sure that will change in the next few weeks though.

Finches pond is fishing well for roach on caster and hemp, with an as yet unconfirmed 2 lb fish being reported.

Anglers fishing Henniker pond for the first time are always surprised by the quality fishing to be had and the peace and tranquillity that they find. A carp of 18 lb was recently caught by a first time angler to Hartley. He went home very happy, as this was a personal best.

All the best Alan

The latest Bailiff’s Report can be found on our website

All Lakes 2012 - 2014 The highlighted results are from 2014

1st - D. Gladwin 354lb 05oz (Nick's) 2nd - N. Gilbert 342lb 06oz (Nick's)3rd - P. Upperton 328lb 08oz (Pear Tree) 4th - D. Corner 323lb 04oz (Farm Res) 5th - D. Gladwin 324lb 08 (Nick’s) 6th - M. Vincent 319lb 06oz (Nick’s) 7th - N. Gilbert 303lb (Nick's) 8th - G. Vallance 297lb 15oz (Nick's) 9th - M. Brett 287lb (Bramley) 10th - N. Gilbert 285lb 06oz (Nick's) 11th - A. Docker 271lb 02oz (Farm Res) 12th - P. Upperton 270lb 08oz (Farm Res) 13th - P. Wrighton 270lb 08oz (Bramley) 14th - P. Kay 255lb 01oz (Nick's) 15th - D. Corneille 254lb 01oz (Pear Tree) 16th - D. Vincent 253lb 08oz (Nick's) 17th - M. Smith 252lb (Farm Res) 18th - R. Hall 250lb 15oz (Bramley) 19th - M. Wakling 248lb 08oz (Nick's) 20th - D. Vincent 248lb 04oz (Nick's) 21st - S. Peters 245lb 02oz (Nick's) 22nd - I. Wetherell 244lb (Nick’s) 23rd - P. Upperton 242lb 10oz (Farm Res) 24th - D. Gladwin 242lb 07oz (Farm Res) 25th- D. Vick 238lb (Nick’s)

All Lakes 2014 1st - N. Gilbert 342lb 06oz (Nick's) 2nd - P. Barrett 328lb 05oz (Pear Tree) 3rd - D. Corner 323lb 04oz (Farm Res) 3rd - P. Upperton 319lb 04oz (Pear Tree) 4th - M. Brett 287lb (Bramley) 5th - P. Wrighton 270lb 08oz (Bramley) 6th - S. Scott 263lb 03oz (Nick's) 7th - P. Kay 255lb 01oz (Nick's) 8th - D. Corneille 254lb 01oz (Pear Tree) 9th - R. Hall 250lb 15oz (Bramley) 10th - S. Peters 245lb 02oz (Nick’s) 11th - N. Whitling 245lb 02oz (Nick’s) 12th - G. Driscoll 244lb 14oz (Pear Tree) 13th - D. Gladwin 242lb 07oz (Farm Res) 14th - D. Vick 238lb (Nick’s) 15th - S. Worboys 236lb 07oz (Nick’s) 16th - D. Ashman 236lb 06oz (Farm Res) 17th - M. Vincent 235lb 01oz (Nick’s) 18th - P. Upperton 234lb 06oz (Nick’s) 19th - D. Lockwood 232lb (Farm Res) 20th - M. Brett 229lb 04oz (Bramley) 21st - D. Corneille 229lb 02oz (Nick’s) 22nd - J. Vallance 227lb 10oz (Nick’s) 23rd - A. Webb 226lb 08oz (Nick’s) 24th - M. Brett 225lb 08oz (Nick’s) 25th - B. Yowles 224lb (Nick’s) 24th - D. Gladwin 242lb 07oz (Farm Res) 25th- D. Vick 238lb (Nick’s)

Nick’s Lake 2014 1st - N. Gilbert 342lb 06oz 2nd - S. Scott 263lb 03oz 2nd - P. Kay 255lb 01oz 3rd - S. Peters 245lb 02oz 5th - N. Whitling 245lb 01oz 6th - D. Vick 238lb 7th - S. Worboys 236lb 08oz 8th - M. Vincent 235lb 01oz 9th - P. Upperton 234lb 06oz 10th - D. Corneille 229lb 02oz 11th - J. Vallance 227lb 10oz 12th - A. Webb 226lb 08oz 13th - M. Brett 225lb 08oz 14th - B. Yowles 224lb 15th - D. Cooper 223lb 02oz 16th - N. Pritchett 222lb 08oz 17th - V. Webb 220lb 13oz 18th - M. McMillan 210 lb 11oz 19th - J. Stepton 208lb 14oz 20th - J. Gore 207lb 12oz 21st - J. Skepton 206lb 10oz - R. Shipton 206lb 10oz 23rd - P. Benge 204lb 11oz 24th - P. Kell 201lb 25th - P. Davies 200lb 12oz

Bramley 2014 1st - M. Brett 287lb 2nd - P. Wrighton 270lb 08oz 3rd - R. Hall 250lb 15oz 4th - M. Brett 229lb 04oz 5th - T. Bryant 222lb 10oz 6th - A. Webb 216lb 12oz 7th - M. Simmond 214lb 06oz 8th - R. Keeble 208lb 05oz 9th - R. Taylor 2014lb 08oz 10th - B. Rowden 179lb 11th - G. Holman 177lb 12oz 12th - A. Ringwood 176 05oz 13th - C. Siddle 174lb 02oz 14th - R. Graves 173lb 03oz 15th - L. Rose 167lb 08oz 16th - J. Robinson 163lb 12oz 17th - A. Webb 162lb 08oz 18th - I. Warner 161lb 01oz 19th - M. Norris 157lb 20th - T. Rayner 155lb 15oz 21st - K. Osborne 154lb 12oz 22nd - T. Golding 146lb 08oz - J. Robinson 146lb 08oz 24th - R. Taylor 143lb 10oz 25th - C. Rayner 142lb 01oz

Farm Reservoir 2014 1st - D. Corner 323lb 04oz 2nd - D. Gladwin 242lb 07oz 3rd - D. Ashman 236lb 07oz 4th - D. Lockwoon 232lb 5th - S. Fidlin 221lb 06oz 6th - T. Need 220lb 09oz 7th - J. Hitchens 204lb 08oz 8th - G. Vallance 195lb 14oz 9th - S. Saunders 176lb 06oz 10th - T. Cullen 161lb 11oz 11th - B. Irving 153lb 10oz 12th - C. Darron 151lb 10oz 13th - R. Graves 151lb 08oz - C. Prophet 151lb 08oz 15th - R. Williams 146lb 08z 16th - G. Excell 145lb 17th - P. Goldsmith 143lb 02oz 18th - M. Tutt 141lb 12oz 19th - M. Lavery 140lb 04oz 20th - P. Joiner 136lb 04oz 21st - A. Loder 134lb 06oz 22nd - A. Parsons 131lb 02oz 23rd - M. Wright 129lb 08oz 24th - R. Wood 126lb 25th - T. White 122lb

Pear Tree Lake 2014 1st - P. Barrett 328lb 05oz 2nd - P. Upperton 319lb 04oz 3rd - D. Corneille 254lb 01oz 4th - G. Driscoll 224lb 14oz 5th - D. Vincent 216lb 07oz 6th - K. Hill 210lb 7th - J. Marshall 185lb 08oz 8th - R. Shears 174lb 08oz 9th - T. Cullan 173lb 04oz 10th - R. Barker 171lb 05oz 11th - D. Vincent 170lb 01oz 12th - P. Duffer 157lb 13th - N. Delahaye 153lb 11oz 14th - B. Maylyn 147lb 08oz 15th - P. Cook 142lb 04oz 16th - K. Carter 140lb 17th - V. Tew 138lb 08oz 18th - M. Levy 137lb 08oz 19th - J. Sheldrick 137lb 01oz 20th - R. Hall 136lb 02oz 21st - C. Coburn 131lb 04oz 22nd - P. Upperton 131lb 23rd - M. McMillan 130lb 08oz 24th - D. Corneille 130lb 02oz 25th - P. Lamb 128lb 09oz

All The Ponds 2014 1st - G. Johnson 96lb 13oz (Finches) 2nd - P. Heffer 86lb (Finches) 3rd - D. Head 80 lb 03 oz (Henniker) 4th - B. E. West 77lb (Finches) 5th - M. Brett 60lb 08oz (Finches) 6th - T. Golding 55lb 05oz (Finches) 7th - M. Powell 54lb 10oz (Finches) 8th - B. A. West 51lb 08oz (Finches) 9th - D. Shipp 45lb 03oz (Finches) 10th - M. Norris 44lb 04oz (Finches) 11th - P. Allen 42lb 12oz (Finches) 12th - D. Head 39lb 10oz (Finches) 13th - D. Johnson 38lb 12oz (Finches) 14th - W. Tullet 35 lb 14 oz (Henniker) 15th - J. Dunster 35 lb 10 oz (Henniker) 16th - J. Dunster 32lb 12oz (Finches) 17th - B. Mitchell 31lb 10oz (Woodside) 18th - W. Tullet 30lb 05oz (Finches) 19th - M. Mitchell 26lb 10oz (Woodside) 20th - D. Head 25b 12oz (Finches) 21st - M. Mitchell 21lb 01oz (Woodside) 22nd - J. Dunster 17lb 11oz (Finches) 23rd - J. Dunster 17lb 05oz (Henniker) 24th - B. French 17lb 02oz (Henniker) 25th - W. Tullet 13lb 07oz (Finches)