Nik077 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Hi all, fished Esne's Quarry 2017 caught 70 fish up to 16 lb. Looking for a good carp water with a decent head of fish over twenty pounds any ideas please after paying 400 to fish a water full of stockies i need to get back to Real Carp Fishing Any help ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Not my area , hopefully Cyborx will be along to advise you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyborx Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 On 1/15/2018 at 18:16, crusian said: Not my area , hopefully Cyborx will be along to advise you . haha!! thanks for the recommendation Crusian, On 1/15/2018 at 11:54, Nik077 said: Hi all, fished Esne's Quarry 2017 caught 70 fish up to 16 lb. Looking for a good carp water with a decent head of fish over twenty pounds any ideas please after paying 400 to fish a water full of stockies i need to get back to Real Carp Fishing Any help ?? welcome to the forum Nik077 was looking at Esnes myself as not a lot of waters to go at around wolves (day tickets excepted), would have thought a sindie with fish to over 40lb and 18 acres to go at the £400 tag would have been good, is the stock that bad then?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully-For-Me Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 If your on Esne's I am bit surprised that you have not considered Ed's own water at Market Drayton. Too far for me at present but one which is on my radar for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik077 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 I caught approx 70 fish from Esnes, spent the whole summer on there fishing nearly every peg. Watched most members struggle to catch more than one fish. The owners asked me to record the fish and me being a lover of carp I did. After time spent gaining local knowledge I hear fish deaths are rising. I'm not the kind of angler who hides my bait and tactics, I found tiger nuts do the business & simple rig I used in the late 80s accounted for most of my captures. £400 I feel is a lot of money to catch stockies and with only two fish over 20 isn't value for money. The fish are beautiful lookers but its going to take years to get them into 20+ pounders. Distance isn't a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik077 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 Apologies for not being on here eaelier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 10 minutes ago, Nik077 said: £400 I feel is a lot of money to catch stockies and with only two fish over 20 isn't value for money. I agree mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyborx Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 On 2/21/2018 at 09:47, Nik077 said: I caught approx 70 fish from Esnes, spent the whole summer on there fishing nearly every peg. Watched most members struggle to catch more than one fish. The owners asked me to record the fish and me being a lover of carp I did. After time spent gaining local knowledge I hear fish deaths are rising. I'm not the kind of angler who hides my bait and tactics, I found tiger nuts do the business & simple rig I used in the late 80s accounted for most of my captures. £400 I feel is a lot of money to catch stockies and with only two fish over 20 isn't value for money. The fish are beautiful lookers but its going to take years to get them into 20+ pounders. Distance isn't a problem. now i am confused, after visiting their facebook page and going for a long walk and a chat with the lads on there, i was informed that the stock ran into the hundreds and included various 20s, 30s and at least one regular 40lber so my £100 dep went in. are you seriously saying that numbers have been massaged and a little false advertising is going on? btw, not saying that your wrong but looking for confirmation about stock before withdrawing from the list. On 2/21/2018 at 09:59, yonny said: I agree mate. unfortunately i would too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigewoodcock Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 I can’t supply any comment on the stocking levels, other than there are some big ones in there. what I can say with authority though, is that dave and Ed certainly know how to manage a water. I would expect that lake to be a desirable ticket in the not too distant future. Suffering a couple of years worth of subs may not be such a bad thing if it secures your ticket for the future when it is likely to have a waiting list. As you know, there aren’t many to choose from locally. dayvid and cyborx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully-For-Me Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 The Quarry held a decent head of carp up to 28lb prior to it being acquired by the present owners. Before it officially opened a small number of anglers were allowed to fish for the original stock @ pictures were posted on the Facebook page. Decent looking fish as well. cyborx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik077 Posted February 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 After speaking with locals they said 'The old commons have all but gone, other lads who visit the lake have informed me that they're seeing dead fish regularly' . Local knowledge is far better than assumptions in my eye's. Donnygooner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik077 Posted February 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 As for the two fish that were stocked, the 40 was caught at 38 and the 31 caught at 28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Nik077 said: As for the two fish that were stocked, the 40 was caught at 38 and the 31 caught at 28. What time of year were they caught? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik077 Posted February 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 June and August, the larger being the first one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik077 Posted February 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Nige, as I fished for many days out of each week I've seen Ed once, Dave about 3 or 4 times. On 3 occasions I've seen him feed the place which isn't what their Facebook page implies. Talking with various people, the majority say you see Dave when he's collecting cash. In my eye's looking after a fishery isn't turning up once a month or so. Sorry I didn't reply to your comments earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigewoodcock Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 I can only go on what I know of the pair of them. As I say, I can’t comment on the quarry as never been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyborx Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 41 minutes ago, Nik077 said: Nige, as I fished for many days out of each week I've seen Ed once, Dave about 3 or 4 times. On 3 occasions I've seen him feed the place which isn't what their Facebook page implies. Talking with various people, the majority say you see Dave when he's collecting cash. In my eye's looking after a fishery isn't turning up once a month or so. Sorry I didn't reply to your comments earlier. hey Nik, is yer second name Phillips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpbell_ll Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Looking on their FB page the place looks like a good water, nice and natural looking plus Ian Macmillan does his tuition there, when anglers pay money for a days alround tuition they are going to want to catch something. I'd consider the place if it wasn't for the M6 that road comes to a standstill most days, not really what you want when heading out for a session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Posted April 21, 2019 Report Share Posted April 21, 2019 It's been a while since I've posted, cybrox is your last name Mathew's or Bailey?. Sorry to see that an over stocked lake has so many noddies defending it. I see the Pasties are still pasties and Where's all the big fish pictures?. In fact Where's all the pictures of these fish? The Noddies who probably haven't fished the place need to learn to fish it before they speak. Trying to make it look good makes it look more desperate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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