gidneyboy

Me and a mate have been given the opportunity to fish as a guest of the owner Worthing Carp Syndicate near Norwich, Norfolk. I have had a mooch round the internet trying to find some ifo on the place and have come up with not a lot! All I am after is a bit of general info on the lake (by PM if you want), size of the lake, stock, what kind of pit it is, ECT. Just to get an idea to see whether is it worth the drive up there for a few days fishing? Or will my time been better spent else where? Cheers fellas

Another one worth a look http://www.staffordmoor.co.uk/. Never fished it myself but a mate takes his family there every year and loves it.

It is/was a confirmed SVC site. As far as I am aware this status has not been lifted but happy to be proved wrong.

Hate to tell you this armadaw but I am almost certain that fishing a pop up at that depth, within a couple of hours that pop up will not be popping up any more and will be lying hard on the deck. A few years ago I did some experiments whilst diving a lake. I set various types of pop ups at various depths, down to around 15/16 feet and the results shocked me. At around 15 feet after 3 hours every pop up at that depth was sitting hard on the deck.So in 20 feet of water I would think you would be lucky to get 2 hours before that bait is sitting hard on the deck.

Zander I don't live down there but do spend a lot of time down that way. To find somewhere you can ride a push bike to, you have totally narrowed down your options mate. There are one or two decent waters that I know of but they are a good few miles outside of Bournemouth it's self. Club wise you have Ringwood District anglers association, Christchurch angling club and Wimbourne AC. All have waters that hold some decent fish but are somewhere between 5 and 10 miles away from Bournemouth. Day ticket waters you have none that really spring to mind that are really close. There are 1 or 2 around Wimbourne who's names escape me at the moment but as far as I am aware these are mostly full of pasties. Finally as a wild card you have Rockley Lake, right next to Rockley caravan park in Poole. A very deep, weedy, blue clay lake, that looks very carpy. Quality info is very hard to come by as those who do well on there keep things very close to their chests. But have heard of 30+'s and have personally seen fish to at least high 20's possible low 30's and also rumours of a couple of big cat fish to. Being blue clay it can get very messy there especially in winter and you do hear tales about the local kids not being to friendly but a couple of people have told me these are more rumours than anything to try and keep it fairly quiet. The best thing about it, is that it is totally free fishing so well worth a look.

Good luck on getting a swim mate. Me and a mate went there a couple of weeks ago for a change of scenery and so we thought a dabble for the cats on Roman. Arrived at 7am Thursday morning, no swims at all available on Roman, only 2 each on Kiln and specimen and 3 or 4 available on Plantation. Great looking place, just a shame it's so commercial, the place is a circus. After three nights I could not wait to leave, made me realise why I have not fished commercial day tickets for years and why I won't be fishing one again in a hurry!

Old news maybe but as far as I am am aware, as of last spring the EA had not still given it a clean bill of health. Who knows if they ever can or will? And it still suffers from far more fish deaths each spring than it should no matter what you get told. I have witnessed it and the clear up jobs that go on. The owners have not changed no matter what you hear. The bailiffs are newish and their hearts are in the right place and are trying their best with things that are in their control IE. litter, thefts ECT. And things have got a lot better on them fronts, without a doubt. The problem being stocking is not in their control no matter what you get told. It is still down to the same fella who has been stocking it for years and brought SVC to bowmans and the rest of the valley. Mention this blokes name to any clubs round the area and see the reaction you will get. I am not saying don't fish there but do make sure all tackle is completely dry before moving onto another venue. Even better have separate nets, mats ECT. For fishing there. Better to be safe than sorry.

Not saying you should not fish here guys but be careful as it is a known SVC site.

Think yourself lucky you even got a reply from Korda. I had a problem a couple of seasons back of korda hooks snapping on me. Not just one packet but from three different packets After three emails from me including pictures of said hooks,I did not hear a thing back from the great Korda. All I was expecting was an email back acknowledging that there may have been a problem batch and that they would look into it. So from then on, I have lost totally respect with Korda as a company. I have not and will never give that lot another penny of my hard earned cash. Shame that their customer service department and quality control department, does not work as well and mean as much to them, as their marketing department.

Might be worth having a look at this place . http://www.staffordmoor.co.uk/new/ It's a little further than you wanted to travel but not too much further and although I have never fished it myself I do know a mate who went there with his old woman and loved it.

There are a few waters round here that will suit you and allow dogs. Some quite hard others not so hard. Waters worth having a look at would be Verulam Angling. One rock hard pit, The Leather pit at Moor Mill (only a couple of miles from willows). Around a dozen fish in sevenish acres, the holy grail be Toadless the leather at around low 40's. the rest of the stock does not go much bigger than high 20's. There are also another 3 lakes on the complex that are much easier with much higher stocks of fish, with one or two surprises in the island pit. Pretty sure dogs are allowed on their waters. http://www.verulam-angling.co.uk/ Watford piscators is another that definatly allows dogs and is worth a look, providing you live within 15 miles of Watford town Hall. They have a total of 6 lakes, all of which apart from one, are on the same complex. The most well know of these is Tolpits and although this lake has lost all of it's real monsters over the last couple of years, there are still around half a dozen stunning original 30's still left and a fair few other crackers to back them up. http://www.watfordpiscators.co.uk/ Gerrads cross is another worth a look with a couple of cracking waters that are not easy but the rewards are there, not sure about dogs though. http://www.gxudas.co.uk/fisheries.html All the others mentioned in the first post along with a few other cracking waters in the valley that are accessible, are strictly no dogs. A bit of a left field one is Kings Langley Angling society. They only really have one lake worth targeting for carp and it's still a pretty much unknown lake in regards of stock. Only a small hand full of carp anglers on there and they keep things quite hush hush. I have heard rumors of 30's, but definably a good head of 20's in there but a lot of doubles to. The match anglers move anything they consider too big for them (basically doubles) in the match pond on the same site into the main lake. Word of warning if you look at this club, is when you apply don't say you just fish for carp! http://www.kingslangleyas.org/index.html

Expect plenty of pasties.

I wonder if another 60lb fish or two did turn up (because every fish farmer in the uk is inundated with 60lb fish!) if the owner would loose or choose not to disclose the paper work (depending on who you believe, of course!), like the last pair?

There's four fishable lakes at Moor Mill, The leather Pit, The Island Pit, The pike Pit and The School pit.

Verulum should fit the bill nicely for you mate. Another water on their ticket thats sounds like it could be right up yur street is The Island lake at Moor Mill.

In Smallford? Really? I didn't know that! If you ask anyone in the club offically they will tell you that there's not any cats in there but it is the worst kept secret in the angling world of St. Albans that there is one or two in there. A committee member (no names) has even showed me the pics of one.

Forgot to add in my previous post, there is also one, possibly two cats in there around mid 20's.

Thats the one Crapper, how it managed to sustain a 50 for so long is beyond me.

Selby there used to be a 50Lb common called Herman in Warmwell many years ago but it has long since gone to the big lake in the sky. How the lake managed to sustain a fish of that size and a couple of large 30's, low fortys to back it up, god only knows, as the is lake pretty much a puddle. I have a couple of good mates, who are very good anglers and live very close by and keep quite a close eye on the place and in their opinion it's not got the stock that is advertised but this is only their opinion. There are a hand full of 20's but these are hard to catch and most fish seem to be low to mid doubles. I fished it for about 4 days around 18 months ago and when I arrived I spoke to four lads who had been staying in one of the lodges on the lake side and they had fished it pretty much solid for a week and managed 3 fish between them biggest being 13lb something. I did manage a little better in the four days I fished it, taking 5 fish to 17lb but it was suprisingly hard going. What did suprise me and sticks in my mind was that I saw next to no fish showing themselves , which i found strange for the time of year, late May early June. I did find this video on youtube a few weeks ago that will give you a small idea of the place. http://www.youtube.com/user/spaggage08#p/u/5/EbArPQCOIXE The mark where these two caught their fish is the same mark that accounted for 3 of my fish. There are plenty of other waters within 10 to 45 mins of Warmwell that offer a better chance of catching some fish, if you really want a bend in your rod, especially this time of year. A couple of the closer ones you could try (within about 15 mins)are Arfleet in Corfe, Luckfield lake in Broadmayne and Wally's lake in Osmington Mills. If you wanted to go a little further then you could try Lyons Gate, Revels, Coking Farm or Todber Manor. With the exception of Luckfield which can be a little hit or miss, all of these will offer you a better chance of a fish.

Not fished myself for a good few years, but do know a few lads who have fished it recently. Great looking water with lots of features and a decent stock of carp to high 20's may be a 30 at the right time of year. It can get very busy in the summer months. As for it bring a hard water, let's just say it's not a runs water by any means but it's not exactly rock hard either like a certain other lake on the verulum ticket.

The way i have always set it up, is to have the the stop knot twice the depth of the water you are fishing away from the lead. I.E the spot you are fishing is 4 feet deep so the stop knot needs to be 8 feet from the lead. Also i always find that the closer you can get the rod to verticle the better the rig works.

Plenty of 20's in the GUC from Watford up to Tring. It just means spending a few days walking the banks to find them. If you are looking around Hemel then you a deffinatly have a good chance of finding a few, you just have to put in the leg work, because I can't see anybody who has done that leg work is going to just give you the info they worked hard for

Had a walk around moor mill today, got told that Toadless came out early Saturday morning at 41lb 8oz, chances are she won't see the bank till late August now. Anyway that explained why there was not a soul on the leather pit!

I have just picked up a nice big job (best part of a years work), building an extension and refurbing a decent sized house for a mate who lives out near Nazeing Essex. After a meeting today he took me to a nice looking lake about 5 mins drive away from his place. The lake is very close to Dobbs weir and is called Netherhall or possibly Crown Netherhall carp fishery. There is a sign by the gate saying that tickets are available from Simpsons of Turnford. Now i have spent the best part of 3 hours trying to find out some information about this place and i still know nothing! Now i am guessing as to why there is no infomation on this place. Is it because the place is pants? I am tending to think if this was the case then there would be plenty of info on the place knocking about on the net, slagging it off. Or is it because it's a little gem with a strick no publicity rule? I like to think this could be the reason. So what i am getting at is, does anybody know anything about this lake? If so would you be willing to share a little info with me IE. stock, rules, prices and chances of getting a ticket etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and if it does have a no publicty rule then i understand if it has to be PM's Thanks Gid

Craig last few times i have walked round willows, the water levels are that high, the match and farm lakes are now one lake. Jack the fish in all them lakes have seen just about everything bait wise and will eat just about anything. If you just want to catch fish then as craig said fish the match lake, you have got to be really unlucky or just rubbish if you consistanly blank on there.