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 ******* (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!
