Roughtor

Hello mate,yes I too have fished Bolingy ,but before Gerry and John Castle took over from Major Phillips ...I remember Gerrys wife Jill a lovely lady ..they owned a very smart bungalow in Bolingy village itself..called either Lake side or Lake View,which is what Dave Daws place at Lanivet was potentially named after as Gerry ran long island Lake at lakeview Lodge.. Gerry unfortunately lost his life at Oakside ,now known as Dead Gerrys ,sad but true.. Lake view ,held the biggest common in Kernow,although it came originally from Kennick ressi,I learnt a lot from Gerry ,I still use his mantra from him,which is LPB,location,presentation and bait ,in that order .. as you may know Gerry was the modern instigator of winter carp fishing ,where he pioneered it,..along with PYM baits ,and was a ardent advocate of Fred Wilton HNV theories and early user of the hair. Gerry and his mate Chris Bannister ,from College ressi fished Bude Canal together during the winter. ,right opposite the Bude Canal, waterfront fishing tackle shop.. He also wrote extensively about Cornish carping in the History of Angling,to be found at River reads ,online called the Early years ,in Cornwall, which has to be taken with a pinch of salt as the most influential angler of note would be Ken Townley and early members of Roche AC ,and my mate Jim Richardson from Delabole RIP ... Anyway inso far as the Strat or Neet ,I've heard of perch being caught and seen Mullet ,but never fished it due to being mainly in the summer time,busy etc... I keep being asked by younger Cornish to write and publish and share my photos before the Cornish carp/course boom,when subsidies were handed to farmers to diversify.. Cheers..

Thanks very much ..

Thank you

Hi mate ,you can spod or spomb on any sized lake.I find on smaller lakes it can ,and does put the fish on edge and pushes them away from your traps ,on bigger waters ,places that see a lot of beds of bait it can also limit your chances..I hardly ever use a spomb etc now ,it's my least used bit of kit ..I tend to use 3 or 5 bait stringers with a catapulted, scatterbait method .. Recasting,I try to keep my baits in as long as I can ,especially if I feel the position, landing of the rig is clean,...everytime you recast you could risk spooking that one chance you have...be mindful of the hookbaits longevity..trust your innermost feeling.. Plastic baits ,well I've caught all year around ,in all conditions ..I mainly use them with a small mesh bag with crunched up baits ,however it's venue dependent ie are you allowed to use them etc ,..they work great in and around a significant patrol route or feature with no,or hardly any freebies..I don't use them much for full on carping now ,only for roaching to be honest ..to stop the imitation corn getting taken off the hair etc.. I go with the Hutchy approach, if no visible signs of fish activity, no visible features ,I go ,if possible in the middle swim ,and go from there, one thing I never,ever ignore are the margins,ignore at your peril...lol Good luck...

Thanks both chaps above ..😎

It's 100% regeneration from otter attack ,I seen it lots of times on ALL the local waters.. From being bitten it takes around 15 months to get the stage in the pic.. Some heal better than others..,

Thanks very much indeed..

I better introduce myself I'm a angler and countryman ..grown up and live in Cornwall.. Angling is not a hobby to me it's my chosen lifestyle.. All the best

Hi I'm a new poster on here but not new to carping or traditional angling.. I grew up in Boscastle, fishing the Valency for small brownies up as far Biscombes farm where there was a lovely area where you could even run a small float down the river.and on one side of my family 16 generations are buried near to the head waters of the Valency river. The Valency has always flooded ,in 1958 it was really bad as a local man was killed,in 2004 no one was killed...you can see the height of where the water level hit in my brothers cottage ,near the harbour ..he's put a plague in the level ..my brother was also in the cliff rescue based in the village,but now at Camelford Station.. The National Trust, has made a natural phenomenon much worse by raising Cobweb carpark and straightening all the river from Emma Giffords pool to the new bridge ..My family live in the old part ,the proper part of the village, and the Jordan and Paradise streams destroyed our cottage, it ran under and out through the front door ..it ruined my mother's mental state .. As far as Otters go ,there is not one single water in the county that's not been predated ..places I've loved and grown up on..Beavers well,they obviously don't eat fish,however the legislation involved to remove them is immense ,I have seen at first hand damage caused by Beavers that have been let go on purpose ,potentially Beaver release could be as bad as the otter releases in the future.. I think it was well over 130 different waters that have been collated in the county...