shatterford lakes

[transitman]

This lake is prime big carp and cat water and is set in a lovley valley. the cats goto 70lb and the carp 40+. The lady that runs it must be the worst fishery manager there is. This year they have new live bait rules that you have to catch ur own, thats fine by me but you cant catch them from masters or erics (the cat lakes) so you have to go to 1 of the other pools to get ur lives, STUPID. The "lady" in question comes accross as rude and unaprochable. My other gripe is with the matchmen that make more noise than a heard of elephants while setting up then silence when it suits them. they should know better considering one of the match anglers "ivan" is married to the lady in charge. A fantastic fishery with fantastic fish but it goes downhill from there. Any comments?

[leggs007]

the walk with your kit to eric's pool is heart attack material and masters is a concrete bowl with two many pegs on it for 1/2 acre lake

[welder]

Transitman, was your final line deliberate? "It goes downhill from there."

 

EVERYTHING at Shatterford goes downhill if you let it go. The whole site is at 45 degrees from horizontal, except the drive from the gates up to the road. That's nearer to vertical!

 

They could replace the tackle shop with a vehicle workshop specialising in clutch and brake replacement.

 

If you suffer from vertigo fish elsewhere or take abseiling gear. I rather like the place, as it goes. It's different, at least. And once you've got your breath back, the views are panoramic, or do I mean paramedic?

 

Ian

[transitman]

lol, why cant they use the quad to take ur stuff to erics? they use it for the noddys. I rearly do love fishing there (after the walk) but she gets right on my nerves. if you ask about fishing for cats she will tel you that they dont get caught on live baits they only eat spam. If they got to 70lb eating spam then she must be a page 3 model. (shudddering at the thought). If you fish a day ticket there now its £17.50 + £5 to fish for your lives.

[transitman]

ah nearly forgot, the masters has a bad leek on the dam wall that she claims has been fixed, it is far from fixed. my mate fished erics last sunday and videod his son playing a nice double and you can see the puddles at the bottom of bank. this weekend erics is fully booked and masters is empty, this shows that the regulers know that the masters is not fishing well so they go on erics, but if you phone and ask "myra" she tells you that its all fixed.

[stoogi]

Shattys' only redeeming feature is the scenery. It'll be a very cold day in Hell before i return.

[transitman]

i love fishing there but if she keeps up that attitude then i will have to find another venue. i spend a lot of money there every year but if this stupid live bait rule is kept then im gona find another catfish water to go to.

[welder]

Shattys' only redeeming feature is the scenery. It'll be a very cold day in Hell before i return.

 

Agreed. It's unusual but doesn't have enough redeeming features to counter the aggravation of simply going fishing there. Shame, as I used to like them scruffy black goats and Llamas left over from when it was also a wildlife reserve......like I said, unusual.................

 

Ian

[russ_29]

i find her rude to we fished there one nite last year she said the gates shut at 8 no entry after fair enough we booked on for the weekend after got there a 7.45 and she told us no chance go home gate shut 7.30 it gets dark earlyer lucky we only live in worcester not 2 far a drive but if had come from further would have been p"$%"? off

 

dav the lad tht works theres ok apart from keep tellin us to fish stuarts your catch cats and carp all day and nite and zippin around on the quad like was said befor use it to carry tackle although went last weekend and the bloke that owns it was havin a party and his family were takin the quad up and down the hill and a bloke had 3 kids on it and went off the road throhg a barbed wire fence then tipped it up side down quad was beat to bits how no one wasnt hert is beyond me

[beza26]

Ive been there once, like whats been said, the scenery could be a lot worse. Thats about it.

I agree about the womans attitude too, felt like she had it in for us as soon as we got there, to later learn thats what shes like with everyone apparantly.

I wont ever go back, plenty of places local to me with more than beautiful surroundings to have to go there for it.

[transitman]

now that quad bike needs to sorted. thats not the 1st accident with that. Ivan dropped of some live baits to 2 anglers on the masters, he parked at the top of the bank and walked down with the bait. The halfwit forgot to put the hand brake on and it crept round from the fence at the top and came down the bank at a fair speed. A bloke on the other side of the lake shouted and the 2 anglers and ivan had to dive out the way as the quad crashed over the wall and straight into the lake (this was inbetween peg 3 and 4) just missing an angling techcnics bait boat. they helped him drag it out and for there efforts got a 24h sesh for free. not bad compo considering they could have been seriosly injured or the bait boat (£1000 with sonar) could have been distroyed. another great advert for shattyford.

[ward2k70]

Ive been there once, like whats been said, the scenery could be a lot worse. Thats about it.

I agree about the womans attitude too, felt like she had it in for us as soon as we got there, to later learn thats what shes like with everyone apparantly.

I wont ever go back, plenty of places local to me with more than beautiful surroundings to have to go there for it.

 

Too right we was branded stupid for turning up earlier than we should mind you she was right we handed her the cash over.

[redeye1977]

could not agree more mate she keeps telling me you wont catch on lives if lives dont work why even sell them ? o thats a fiver thow cant loose money can she

[russ_29]

i think havin to catch lives yourself is ridiculas valueble fishin time wasted

[transitman]

its not just the fact u got to get them urself, you cant fish for them in the cat lakes (erics and masters, i dont class stewarts as a cat water) so you have to take 2 lots of tackle and fish on 2 lakes. they need to sort this out.

[redeye1977]

live baits thats a joke iam a specimen cat fish angler shouldnt have to mess about with noddy rods thay should just sell them FACT END OF

[russ_29]

they always use to well pretty sure they did i was there a few weeks ago and the lad next to me was tryin 2 catch them from masters but as u can imagin it didnt go well lol he said they didnt keep them because they didnt have the right tank

[transitman]

A friend of mine has just called to say that he has seen sum1have a 19lb cat of the masters he was using a beachcaster stlye set up, my friend also told me that the guy cought it dangling a live bait (sounded complicated to me) . My point is that a big fish ate a little fish, did u here that myra.

[transitman]

live bait update: £1.25 and they bing them to ur peg. thank for common sense. i have also heard that to lads fishing in pegs spaced 1 apart ( to give them more water cos it was quiet) was asked to pay for the peg in the middle!!!!!!!! she said she would struggle to sell it. this is the best ive heard yet.

[penker]

live bait update: £1.25 and they bing them to ur peg. thank for common sense. i have also heard that to lads fishing in pegs spaced 1 apart ( to give them more water cos it was quiet) was asked to pay for the peg in the middle!!!!!!!! she said she would struggle to sell it. this is the best ive heard yet.

You have heard, is that 100% true?

[transitman]

yep 100%. i know sum1 there and will keep u posted any other changes.

[penker]

I dont mean about the live baits im on about the spare peg

 

MY mate works there so i was only wondering

[transitman]

the person that told me i trust, so i would say its the truth. and if yr mate is dav i know him to.

[penker]

ye it is, how do you know him?

[transitman]

cos ive been going there a long time and dav is sound.