martinlewis

Better than blanking i suppose, good angling my mate.

Sure it wasn't one of the big Chub he has in there??

Grass carp mate that's news to me they must be new fish as they've never been in before

Well what I'm trying to say is John the owner had the problem once before where he had upset anglers because there wasn't much happening, then he came up with a brain wave of putting trout in and he closed it to carp anglers for a while, this was through the winters months. People who fish the water a lot had said they wouldn't come back, i remember when he said he was going to put in 200 carp going all the way up to 20lb, then myself and i few others weren't so sure this would happen so we went else where. Then as you can see now he has sold all his livestock and dug out new waters plus making other waters deeper, but as for stocking he doesn't give much away he never has done, my fear is he has put fish from his main carp lake into the others i may be wrong and i will be the first to hold my arms up if that's the case. That's why with the amount of people who fish it i fell he should make it into a syndicate, i hope this clears it up for you. I shouldn't complain because I've had fish up to 20lb out but not everyone has been so lucky, but for the price he charges there should be more to go at. Rant over

Talk about spice things up last time people complained about the lack of action he only went and put Trout in say that it would keep pressure down in winter months helping the carp. It did not many people went back, so lets hope he does the right thing this time.

That wouldn't surprise me in the least, he's happy taking your money but not so keen letting you know what an how many carp are in there, when you think say 10 yrs ago it was a totally different water in which you would catch 9 out of 10 times.

I came back yesterday, The lake is beautiful but I'm sorry to say that i only had one carp that was 5lb, me dad had a 3lber and all the other guys around the lake had the odd one. There was three guys a couple of pegs down from me and didn't have anything all weekend. The biggest carp that came out was 12lb and that was on sinking bread up the corner right by where you first walk onto the lake. But is was that hot the fish were just basking, i could see all of them but they just weren't feeding, i think only 3-4 fish came to surface baits. There was a match on the canal behind us and they were having a worse fishing day than us on the lake, some of the guys didn't even have 1 fish. But saying all that I'm glad to say that I'm going back once it starts to cool down a bit. Not so sure on the lake being beautiful mate!! But then again i know what you must of gone through as the carp in there seem to always cruise around even if the weather isn't hot. Like i said in another post on here it has become a really difficult fishery, and i think john should make it in to a syndicate water and stuff it with plenty of carp and get rid of the silver fish, the reason i say this is he wants it to be one of the premiere carp waters in the north west so to do that he is going to have to reduce the number who can night fish at any one time and police it better he has plenty of other waters to let pleasure and match anglers fish so up the carp lads and lasses. Rant over.

Your approach may pay off just depends how many are on, I've caught doing it both ways putting plenty in and also just a pva bag. In the margins you some times get plagued with the barbel that are in the water, and you don't need to be tight to the island either. It can be a funny water at times its a pity John won't say what is in there, as it can cost a lot to fish for more than 24hrs.

It's not an easy water like it was say 10 years ago, did you put much bait in, did you see them spawning? I'm not so sure that John the owner hasn't taken some of the fish out and put them in his other waters and that's why you don't get that much action.

Day sessions are from 6am till dusk my mate, and John the owner always close's the gate at dusk.

Most fish that have been caught of late have been taken on fishy baits so best of luck my mate.

I did last Sunday for the day and the weather was c*** but fish were showing all over, there was just the one carp of any size out at 16.2lbs so i hope you have a littler more luck. What baits are you going on?? And how much do you plan on putting in??

Did 24hrs from saturday to sunday and didn't get anything only two coming out, it's a cracking water but not as easy as some people make out.

Hi mate i was up there yesterday and there were some lads who had been on for 48 hrs and had 9 fish between them losing 4. I've not been up there for a while and what changes there has been, it's never been an easy water but if you get into them there are some lumps to be had, I've had them up to 26lbs so i know there in there. Good luck if your going to try it.