carpy72

Hi Alex, im a member of D.D.A.P.S which covers the brookland lake, but unlike kirby & sutton lake Brookland lake can be fishing by the public for the price of a day ticket. they was lots of improvement work going on at the lake last year, with new pathways & some swims being done up. Brookland has some nice monster carp in there & is a great lake to fish, but i still wouldn't want to night fish there just yet as others have said there are public footpaths running through it & unfortunatly its the public who are leaving all there rubbish laying around making it look untidy, apart from that there isn't any security at the lake so cars & fishing gear is at owner risk all the time. 1 last thing that lets brooklands down & thats there are no toilets on site, during the day you can use Homebase for toilets but at night u have nothing so u can guess what people do. im going to fish the lakes alot more this year with hopefully some good results. at the moment the lakes are frozen over so unable to be fished. hope this helps you for now. p.s if your local why not join D.D.A.P.S at the end of march then u can fish brooklands free of charge. good luck & happy fishing. DAVE (carpy72)

you will have to forgive me as i'm still not sure of the names of the swims at dartford, but i can tell you i fish near homebase on the princes road side if i can & yes all my fish have been caught during the day here as like i said before i wouldn't do a night fish at brooklands, in my eyes its just not safe enough.

yes mate i've had loads of luck using the method on brooklands. Like i said before i use real or fake corn which can work really well. I caught a fair few of my carp within a rod lengh away from the bank, i've seen people bait boating & casting a long distance out trying to find the carp, but remember this. the carp can also be found right under your feet. when the weather picks up a little bit more, give the method a try you might be surprised. Not sure how many twentys there are in the lake but there a fair few i recon. let me know if you try the method out & catch

I'm a also a member of D.D.A.P.S & live 5 minutes from dartford lakes. I have fished it a fair bit with some good results. There are some lovely carp in these lakes but the condition of the banks & paths are awful. although it is part o D.D.A.P.S its also used by the public as well who im affraid treat it as a dumping site for all there rubbish. it's dirty, smelly & there are no toilets or bins around the lake, so it no wonder really. As other have said i wouldn't wanna do a night fish down there, if you do don't expect to find any of your fising tackle in front of you when you wake up in the morning, its well known for things to be knicked. Going back to the bait, i mainly use the method/ ground bait for my fishing with either a real or artificial bit of corn or pellet on a hair rig, & only a short hook link. I think if your going down saturday you are going to find it hard at he moment with the weather still all over the place, but i wish good luck & happy carping.