carpologist09 Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Hi, I am thinking of doing a 24hr session at cuttle mill in Sutton Coldfield and was wondering if you guys have any tips Ie. -Lake Bottom -Most effective Bait -Pegs most preferred -Best Baiting Approach Any tips would be much appriciated Thank You Carpologist09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweyboy Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Best tip I can give you is don't what ever you do be late, I fished it 12 years ago and I am still suffering sleepless nights from the telling off, plus you just get what swim is left and I didn't catch anything, very mature lake pretty sure it is a silty bottom. Plenty of wildlife around. Entrance is just about opposite the entrance to the Belfry golf course. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules007 Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 shame you cant night fish on cuttle mill thats always put me off having a dabble there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 It's a fishing factory. Cuttle Mill is the epitome of the word "Commercial". It's 5 miles from my front door and I won't fish there. You'd have to be desperate. No, no, no. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmovillan Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Whatever you do. don't cast across anyones swim! Its all very regimented as to who gets what and where....and they just don't like it Bit of a bun-fight to be honest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leggs007 Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 the breakfast is nice tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasoncoggins Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 lovely place with some cracking fish!! its the original "commercial" as such, but is far from the holes in the ground you find these days! bait wise get on the cm1 that is sold there, hell of a lot of the stuff goes in there and it catches alot of fish. u wont get a telling off for being late any more as tony sadly passed away a few years ago, he was one to always speak his mind and came accross as a bit arsey alot of the time, his son ian now runs the place with his wife jane, and its alot more relaxed, roy and jules in the cafe make a bostin brekkie id highly reccomend the place, i like it, just very rarely fish it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divingtec Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 Fished it a lot back in the early 80s, when the late Albert Brewer owned the place. Was only open for the summer in those days but still rammed every day. Then fished it in the first couple of years of the Higgins family ownership, by which time my patience with the place was exhausted and I had had my fill. But to be fair it served a purpose, met some good anglers there in those days and had some cracking fish - it was one of the only waters in the country back then that provided the chance of a 20 on a day ticket. Made the mistake of re-visiting the place several years ago, though, and wished I hadn't: litter in pegs (unheard of when I fished there previously), anglers leaving swims unattended and going on social walkabouts (a hanging offence), and - incredible this - scaffolding posts stuck in every swim as markers to prevent over-casting - now that just aint proper carp fishing. But its all about individual choice, I suppose, and if its your bag thats great - but no longer for me and with so many excellent waters available to all these days I would strongly recommend finding somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottysscreamers Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 hi i fished cuttle mill a couple of years ago now and had fantastic time.me and a friend decided to give it a go as he had fished it a couple of times and had runs but never landed them,we arrived on the friday night and stayed in the barn and we were both really excited,we picked our pegs out of the hat and made our way to the pegs.my friend opted for using the source bait with stringers and was away within ten min of being out,which turned out to be his first 30!!what a cracking fish.i was watching what others were doing and they were using big beds of bait,so i decided to use small bags of pellets and a pop up over the top which caught me 10 fish over the 2 days,they ranged from 20.4 to 28.12 what a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leggs007 Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 if they halved the amount of pegs it would be much better place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 if they halved the amount of pegs it would be much better place And removed the scaffold poles from the water. It still wouldn't be the place for me. It's a "catch at all costs" mentality. Not for me, thanks. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ward2k70 Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 got to be honest a place like that would never appeal to me. Surely what water is avalible to each peg is obvious .(with the odd exception) For me this pool offers no chance to show watercraft or etiquette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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