hi, i moved to gloucester five years ago, and after fishing the scac waters (nightmare lol!) joined HS last spring.. full 1 year ticket cost me 680 quid - in my eyes a total ripoff, before folks pipe up here on the price, i was in a fishing club in my previous area for 30 years, 3 lakes no publicly, carp to 50+ lb in one pit, midweek hardly anyone fishing, all in for £370 per year that's todays price! and yeah its dead mans shoes to get in, and i jacked it lol as its too far to travel from glos.....
anyways..though I've done OK on HS fish wise, i hate the place!
reason being first up, the head bailiff is an absolute plonker (ask anyone who fishes it they will say the same thing) the other bailiffs are fine, and even though they know you have a ticket they check every time you set up! place is a gloried day ticket venue! they have many events so they close it so you can't fish it, essentially at weekends.
on the plus side, the lake is nice, 90% of anglers are OK, you get the odd [censored] but nothing compared to the muppets on scac waters!
i won't be renewing, probably this spring start looking at canals & rivers as the whole area carp fishing wise seems to be..who you know..or dead mans shoes, unless someone can tell me different? anyways apologies for moaning lol!
