minty

Hiya Yeah fished henleaze many times caught some beauties from there too!! yeah dave is a top man (much prefered to collin n e way LOL) have fished acorn about 6 times but can never get n e thing big!!! did a week there and must have cuaght 20-30 carp but nothing over 15lb!!!! gonna give it a few more goes tho

you've hit the nail on the head mate

thats a cool pic!!! nothing beats brewing a nice strong coffee on a morning like that eh? happy days

yeah i see where u were talking about. that area of the lake was rammed when i got there so must be a good spot!!!

Nice looking fish mate

yeah i think ur thinking of the right swim I wont change my tactics the next time i fish the lake.. do the same thing again but maybe take an extra flavour of boilies with me. and next time i go i will go on a wed and fish thru till fri morning so hopefully it wont be so busy and you never know i could be sending you a pic of your beauty breaking the magical 30lb mark!!! LOL

I tried to fish the swim you suggested with the gravel patch but the 2nd lake was rammed!!!!!!!!!!! next time i go i will deffinatly fish around that sort of area!!! i was using spicey shrimp and prawn boilies. single boilie hook bait with 8-10 broken freebies and a few pellets in a pva bag!!! I did take some pics of the lake around the area i fished so i'll get those off to you tomorrow mate Not sure if you can send files throught this forum or will you have to give me your email addy????

Rob I fished whelford pools over the w/e (from sunday to tues). what a beautiful lake it is... Was really hard going. when i got there on sun it was packed, just 3 or 4 swims left. I had a walk around and found out that hardly any one had a caught a thing all w/e?? not good news!!! The fish were still spawning and had no interest in feeding at all. The swim i ended up in was on the right hand side of the 1st lake and was the last swim before the wooden bridge. looked lovely but didn;t produce a single carp for my 3 days i was there. Had some cracking tench out tho (up to about 7lb ) Going to give it another go prob next month, they should have finished spawning by then LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got longleat and Orchid lakes on the list next and a few day sessions up at tan house

hiya guys Hey wezz thanks very much for that offer....would be nice to be shown round by some one with a bit of knowledge of the place.......... i tried to look for it last night and got totally lost cos i forgot my map DOH!! LOL i am prob gonna pop up there for a walk tonight with my girlfriend and my mate....hopefully wont forget the map tonight!!! what is longleat like??? i looked at their web site but does not provided any pics of the lake!!! i have heard it is ok

yeah i have looked into whelford alot and know a few ppl who have been there. i am going with my mate this w/e who is very new to carp fishing so dont want to scare him off with a 1st trip to whelford!!! i am gonna take a look at yate tonight and fish either there or bagwood this w/e. then as soon as soon i get back from glastonbury festival whelford is next on the hit list!

fished bitterwell a few times mate!! not with the carp gear tho?? used to fish it match style years ago and some nice bags of carp but didn't really like it there. i have heard of whelford cos i used to be a member of henleaze lake for about 6 yrs and the bailif down there has fished whelford a few times!!!! i checked their web site and it looks nice. thanks for the map to the yate lake i think i will take a drive up there 2moro to check it out and gonna have a look at ham green and bagwood tonight!!! I'll keep you posted on what i find out

Hiya Rob Nice one cheers for that mate....i have just found the web site for the lakes and it looks quite nice there!!! http://www.hamgreen-fishing-club.co.uk/Main.htm Think i maye pop down tonight and have a walk around. Mate if you think of any more lakes or could provide some more details about the one in yeat that would be excellent!!! I have not been for some time now so i am a bit out of touch with all the lakes Take it steady

Hiya wezz Thats not a bad fish at all!!!!!!!!!! sounds like it aint fishing to bad then!!!!!! yeah please let me know how u get on mate Nice one. p.s. Do u know n e thing about ham green at all?????

Hi all I am planning my 1st carp fishing trip of this year (been a busy man :( :( ) I used to fish at henleaze lake all the time and have fished bagwood a few times too and had some good results... was just wondering if any has fished bagwood lately and could let me know how it went etc...... also i have just fmound out about a lake called ham green which is aparently in bristol?? i know nothing about this lake and have never been there so any info, tips or pics of this lake will be greatly appreciated many thanks for your time people.