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Newlyweds book honeymoon lake all to themselves
Diary of a Countryman
AFISHING-MAD couple spent their honeymoon on a four-night fishing trip in Cambridgeshire – and loved every minute of it.
Claire and Lee Nobbs met through a shared love of carp fishing and decided to shun an exotic beach getaway in favour of five days of angling.
The pair married at Norwich Castle on Wednesday – but by Thursday morning they were settling into their swims on the Back Lake at East Delph Lakes, near Peterborough.
Having booked out the dayticket water exclusively for their own use, the Essex couple baited heavily with boilies and pellets and had 20 fish between them.
It was 34-year-old Claire who claimed the first victory of married life, catching 11 of the fish including four over 20lb.
Lee, who is originally from Norwich, told Carpfeed: “We met just over a year ago through social media. We lived at opposite ends of the country but got chatting about fishing, and now we’re married.”
The 43-year-old added: “The honeymoon was a joint decision – neither of us like beach holidays so there was no other option, really!
“We’d been down to East Delph last winter and really liked the place. We searched around on the internet but decided this was the best place to go.
“James, the owner, really went out of his way to make it special for us – he transported all our gear round on a little tractor and brought us a bottle of champagne in a coolbox. It was amazing!”
Venue boss James Mackay told Carpfeed: “At first I thought it was a bit unusual, but East Delph is pretty and secure, so I can see why they came here
“To be honest, it was a breath of
fresh air to take a booking like that and they both fished really well.”
The newlyweds baited a central area with 30kg of Mainline Essential Cell pellets and 20kg of matching boilies.
Most bites came after 5pm and into the early hours. All the fish fell to Essential Cell wafters mounted on Ronnie rigs made with Korda Kurv Shank hooks and Hybrid hooklinks.