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  4. Midlands park lakes

    in UK Venues and Where to Fish

    Posted

    16 hours ago, jimmyhoffa said:

    salford carl, i dont suppose you fish salford do you ??

    No mate, I’m still unsure what to do this year. I want to get out but can’t decide where to go. Probably just hit I little day ticket local. 

     

    Alghough the lure lure of a Warwickshire Avon carp has me wondrous 

  5. Midlands park lakes

    in UK Venues and Where to Fish

    Posted

    59 minutes ago, jimmyhoffa said:

    salford park/aston reservoir, great course and carp lake, id say less than 20 carp in the lake, some run upto 30ib now, you will struggle to catch them, the lake is very pressured with fishing, can be a bit dodgy fishing the lake, alot of idiots on there alot of the time but still a great lake if you like he urban scenery, 

    plantsbrook nature reserve, great pike fishing, think there might be some carp lurking in there too, hardly fished, very quiet, is pitch black on the night times, and quite eerie, ive chucked a marker out and got depths of 22ft on the big lake, used to be run on a membership years ago but doesnt exist now, council run, 

    sutton park, blackroot had some big carp in but has been pressured for the last 10 years now, plus i think they have all but died in blackroot some will still be lurking but nothing over 20ib, great lake, great scenery, no hassle or trouble on the nights, waters run by the sutton park rangers but never come round, you wont have to pay, although i think its a few quit, very silty, rather shallow due to extreme silt dead leaf/trees ect, ive never found over 7ft on the whole lake.  longmoor lake has no fish in, its got a depth of around 4ft max, bracebridge is a good course lake never heard of any carp took from there don't know depths of that lake, the lake by the wyndley leisure centre you cant fish it, but ive heard that its a stock lake for a handfull of fisheries around brum. powells pool is good pike course lake, quite deep, ive chucked a marker at 200yards and got around 14-17ft, ive heard off a few lads theres a 40 in there. sutton parks probs best for security and piece of mind, 

    st margaret's estate great barr, the two lakes, amazing pike fishing there, very very overgrown you will have to chop your own peg out, very deep but lake is extremely weedy, top lake is covered more of the time in summer, bottom lake doesnt go over 6ft in depth, top lake if found 12.14 on the marker, ive seen big pike roll on the dam walkover aswell, very eerie lake to fish especially if you read its history

     

    shard end lake, and the kingsford lake have good carp in there, rough lakes though i wouldnt fish them on the nights, 

    frankley reservoir, good course fishing, nothing special in carp terms in there, 

    upper bittle got drained everything took out

    lower bittle is good course, not so good carp fishing, 

    brookvale lakes witton, had fish disease around 10 years ago, theres fish in there now but nothing of size due to the fish deaths, 

    upper witton lakes, iver never fished it i wouldn't recommend fishing it at all, proper rough area

    perry park alexander stadium, i found news article a few years back of some foreigners pouching the carp there, doubt there is anything in there now, 

    forge mill lake, again was poached alot years back, no big carp in there now, sandwell swan lake got poached again nothing in there im certain, plus wouldn't recommend night fishing it

    avoid small heath park lake, cannon hill lake, edgebaston pool, edgebaston reservoir, handsworth golf lake, pype hays lake, babbsmill, shard end, lakes, there all rough, i wouldnt fish them, 

    great pike fishing around the canals in brum, especially around the tyburn road, back of fosters in great barr, and all the way along the canal to brum, 

    dont fish the river teme, its got nothing in, highly polluted, very shallow, id class it more as a brook than a river, you will get ebola fishing it

    id reccomend best places to fish would be sutton park, blackroot, bracebridge, and powells 

     

     

    That’s a great write up.  Cheers

  11. Luncheon meat alternative

    in UK Bait and Bait Making

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Golden Paws said:

    I've not used that brand but most have caught hundreds of barbel on various makes of Luncheon Meat over the years. After a while they do wise up to the 'pink cube' and I caught most of mine by cutting into 6 fingers and then smearing with Tandoori paste with some extra garlic granules added for that extra kick, That also changes the colour, making it darker and less conspicuous. Cook in a frying pan on a low heat whilst turning on each side. Allow to cool and then add to a freezer bag and freeze and the flavour really 'sucks in' to the meat. Alternatively, you can cut the meat up and add a powdered flavour (any curry powder) to a polythene bag and allow it to take on the flavour.

    I've caught some very good barbel and chub on plain meat using a quarter of a tin. You feel pretty stupid casting it out and for the first time you begin to doubt it will work but trust me, it does.

    Rather than using a boilie stop, I use a piece of grass stalk about an inch long to hold it if using a hair rig as it does go soft, especially in the summer. Most of the time I buried the hook in the bait as I was touch ledgering. If convential Carp Fishing, I would use a running lead, especially if using really large pieces as they do need a bit of time to pick up the bait and gulp it down, almost similar to pike fishing and letting the fish take line and striking a few seconds later.

    Yes, the point I was making was this particular meat is fish based not the normal pork. High in salmon roe I think I read?

  19. Shelf life boilies

    in UK Bait and Bait Making

    Posted

    I’ll add me tupnth worth here. 

     

    I have in a bait bucket 2 types of boilie. 1 lot is Nash instant action Candy nut crush, the other is a tiger and maple flavour from a brand I had never heard of. The Nash are 15mm and the others 18mm. 

    They must have been in the shed 2 months. The Nash have gone rock hard but the others still soft. Don’t know why. 

    I also have a bag of Nash monster crab in the cupboard unopened. Giving them a squeeze through the bag they are much softer than the open ones.

     

    All above are shelf life bait. 

     

  20. Pre bait costs

    in UK Bait and Bait Making

    Posted · Edited by Salfordcarl

    Yeah Thanks all for the input. 

     

    Im still a little undecided what to do. I’ve lost my mojo for fishing lately. I haven’t been out in a couple of months. 

     

    I need something to spark me back up. I’m booked on a lake in 2 weeks for a bit of a social with a mate so we’ll see how that goes. 

  24. River fishing

    in UK Carp Fishing

    Posted

    15 hours ago, harpz_31 said:

    glad you've asked this question carl because I'm looking at doing a season on the trent next year.

    from what I've read river carp can very nomadic so fishing likely looking swims wont cut it but looking in certain places like slow deep swims for signs of carp will cut down bank time.

    what people say on pre-baiting seems contradictory so its a personal choice but one ill be looking at.

    I don’t have a ticket for mike and mike of river. Just dayticket stretches here and there. 

     

    I may may be wasting my time but I’m going to give it a bash. 

     

     

    Its its got to be better than a dayticket lake full of idiots casting all over the place, radios blasting etc

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