no its for real checked with the council and thamesmead fishing club two fellas got the rights and there is about 70 members with tickets and thay aint taking no more and i live about 10 mile from there tryed fishing a few times with the same results always asked to leave not a ticket holder last time there was five people and me all had to go
southmere is now closed and only members can fish there and thay dont like new faces brichmere is ok the carp run to about 38pound that ive seen but there few and far between but if your in the right swim you can have a good day see 3 30's out in a day all from one swim with the rest of the lake being dead but its always worth a go if you have the time to get to know thw lake took me a year and ive still only had two carp
to be fair i think and bit of luck was in there as well just see a small show put the bait on its nose the bait was only in the water 5 min didnt even put the bobbin on went like a steam train happy days
i fished there about two weeks ago it was very slow on all lakes i had one fish of 32lb 6oz common but it was dead after that didnt have a bleep for 48hrs