ms1970 Posted January 12, 2016 Report Posted January 12, 2016 Cooks Farm Fishery formerly Oak lodge Farm. Dawes Heath EssexAnyone fished here at all recently or last year? Quote
carp1971 Posted January 12, 2016 Report Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) Never Have Never Will and i am local to it as well...... carp Smell very bad mainly of Garlic ....oh and Hercules the resident Catfish can only be landed by boat, last caught well over 100lb and there are others in there as well. Just looked on the website its now got new owners again and Hercules and grown legs again and is no longer there http://oaklodgefishery.co.uk/ Edited January 12, 2016 by carp1971 Quote
newmarket Posted January 12, 2016 Report Posted January 12, 2016 Never Have Never Will and i am local to it as well...... carp Smell very bad mainly of Garlic ....oh and Hercules the resident Catfish can only be landed by boat, last caught well over 100lb and there are others in there as well. Heard the same . Not for me . Quote
salokcinnodrog Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 The garlic was so fresh it was still in its skin when a certain catfish hit the headlines. Not the kind of fishery I would consider, and didn't when I was living just up the road a few years ago Quote
dalthegooner Posted January 20, 2016 Report Posted January 20, 2016 I wouldn't care what the fishery was like, the necessity to write rule 19 means there is no way I'd step foot on there!!!!! Quote
ianain Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 I wouldn't care what the fishery was like, the necessity to write rule 19 means there is no way I'd step foot on there!!!!! Must be a rough area dal Quote
salokcinnodrog Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 I wouldn't care what the fishery was like, the necessity to write rule 19 means there is no way I'd step foot on there!!!!! Must be a rough area dal Outside of the East End of London, probably one of the worst in the country! Gun crime in that area is commonplace, almost all police vehicles are ARV's! Quote
newmarket Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) I lived on Canvey for a while and can vouch for that Edited January 21, 2016 by newmarket Quote
carp1971 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 Outside of the East End of London, probably one of the worst in the country! Gun crime in that area is commonplace, almost all police vehicles are ARV's! Its not a bad area at all unless it's gone down hill within the year!!!! The fishery has had a bad name ever since I believe Steve Bond (I think that was the fish importer???) ran it as a Garlic water .... since then despite new owners nobody has turned the water around as it still lets the odd noddy on but the garlic is still fresh with the odd Koi & Goldfish in there for scenery!!! If the new owners turn it around then good luck to them, but whilst you are still living off the old illegally imported fish in there then people's opinion will not change. Quote
crusian Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 I wouldn't care what the fishery was like, the necessity to write rule 19 means there is no way I'd step foot on there!!!!! But what about Baseball Bats ? Quote
carp1971 Posted January 21, 2016 Report Posted January 21, 2016 But what about Baseball Bats ? You needed that to Unhook Hercules I think!!!! crusian 1 Quote
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