mart1979 Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Hi going back over 10 years ago my uncle took his family camping/fishing in this area, the place was/is call froggits farm ( spelling ) , does anyone have any info or contact info on these small pools?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
666carpcatcher Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Abbots Bromley in Staffs???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart1979 Posted September 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 yeah its a mile or so from blithfield reservoir, you over that to the T juntion take a left and its your first right. what im looking for is somewhere i can camp/fish/ maybe night fish/ and have no hassles, i remember going there and it looks great lol ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
666carpcatcher Posted September 1, 2008 Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 Didnt even know there was one there and spent alot of time in Abbots Bromley years ago (All girls school and about 8 diff pubs ) i cant think of anywhere you can camp and fish not around the Midlands anyway but there must be some Welcome to the forum aswell mate (Will see if i can find owt out about that place for you) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart1979 Posted September 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 cheers i dont know much about it as i was 15 at the time ( im 29 now ) , apart from it being a really nice place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmlpss Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 i know the place you mean mate We used to call it farringtons or forge farm. Or do you mean the place a bit further up the road with 3 pools? If you mean forge farm it got took over a few years ago by fosters and the police. I think they use it for kids with asbos and stuff . I was quite gutted because you could used to bag up on carp there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmlpss Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 sorry mate reading it again i think you was on about this place. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=abbotts+bromley&ie=UTF8&ll=52.83273,-1.887825&spn=0.00608,0.013733&t=h&z=16 The pool in the bottom left hand corner is supposed to have some big fish in but think they got nicked. He showed me a photo album once and john wilson had been there The other pool i was on about is here http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=abbotts+bromley&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=52.800238,-1.879027&spn=0.00299,0.00633&z=17 Also i found this other quite big lake around that area and i went and had a look at it. There was signs that people had been fishing it but it looked quite awkward to get to it http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=abbotts+bromley&ie=UTF8&ll=52.755334,-1.882997&spn=0.012181,0.027466&t=h&z=15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart1979 Posted September 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 yeah its the pool in the first pic , they also have a smaller pool a few mins walk if you look north. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmlpss Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 yeah its the pool in the first pic , they also have a smaller pool a few mins walk if you look north. Yeah theres a couple of smaller ones but they are really small. He showed me photos of 20s and a few 30s out the big lake but i think they got nicked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart1979 Posted September 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Do you know how i can contact the guy by any chance?. i was told the smaller on was really good?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmlpss Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Do you know how i can contact the guy by any chance?. i was told the smaller on was really good?? Yeah i was watching a bloke catching small carp in there. I dont know how you can contact him. Maybe if you knew farm name, is it called froggats farm? im not sure lol. I just had a drive over there one day to have a look but ive never fished it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart1979 Posted September 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 yeah im pretty sure thats what its called, ill probably have a drive down the weekend its only a 45 min drive from west brom. Do you know any other places i can camp/fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay R Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 The owners name is Edward, he owns the farm. I can dig his number out if you want it as i used to be allowed to night fish it. If you carry on up the lane from the lake and knock the door he is decent enough. If you want to fish it then he is normally happy to come down to the lake and take your money. I used to fish it around 10 years ago when is was very quiet. How good is the info about fish being stolen? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart1979 Posted September 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 if you could dig his number out chap ill be grateful. did you catch much when you was there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmlpss Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 How good is the info about fish being stolen? Bill Probably rubbish. I think someone told me when i was fishing forge farm ages ago. What size did you catch them upto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_2133 Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 Yeah it is Froggets farm just go and knock on the farmers door, if you show him that your a decent bloke he'll let you fish it for a very small price. Some good fish in it too. My dad fished it a couple of month ago but with no luck on that trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart1979 Posted September 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 did he blank? and was he just full on carp fishing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmlpss Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Yeah it is Froggets farm just go and knock on the farmers door, if you show him that your a decent bloke he'll let you fish it for a very small price. Some good fish in it too. My dad fished it a couple of month ago but with no luck on that trip. What size fish are still in there? id be intrested in fishing it if theres anything decent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpingod150 Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Didnt even know there was one there and spent alot of time in Abbots Bromley years ago (All girls school and about 8 diff pubs ) i cant think of anywhere you can camp and fish not around the Midlands anyway but there must be some Welcome to the forum aswell mate (Will see if i can find owt out about that place for you) Something about barrels, fish and shooting comes to mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
666carpcatcher Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Didnt even know there was one there and spent alot of time in Abbots Bromley years ago (All girls school and about 8 diff pubs ) i cant think of anywhere you can camp and fish not around the Midlands anyway but there must be some Welcome to the forum aswell mate (Will see if i can find owt out about that place for you) Something about barrels, fish and shooting comes to mind! Wrong order mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpingod150 Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Didnt even know there was one there and spent alot of time in Abbots Bromley years ago (All girls school and about 8 diff pubs ) i cant think of anywhere you can camp and fish not around the Midlands anyway but there must be some Welcome to the forum aswell mate (Will see if i can find owt out about that place for you) Something about barrels, fish and shooting comes to mind! Wrong order mate Well I was trying not to make it obvious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay R Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 How good is the info about fish being stolen? Bill Probably rubbish. I think someone told me when i was fishing forge farm ages ago. What size did you catch them upto? PM me if you want any info on it mate. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_banks Posted September 13, 2008 Report Share Posted September 13, 2008 Also i found this other quite big lake around that area and i went and had a look at it. There was signs that people had been fishing it but it looked quite awkward to get to it http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=abbotts+bromley&ie=UTF8&ll=52.755334,-1.882997&spn=0.012181,0.027466&t=h&z=15 Paul, I lived close by for years. The water was only known as 'The Floods' because it was originally caused by the Trent flooding. There never used to be fishing allowed but the odd local got permission occasionally. In about 1985/6 a friend and I once asked the farmer if we could fish there and he gave us permission. We only did one 3 day session there to see if there were any signs of it having carp in. We had no action and didn't see anything other than silver fish and the odd larger Bream. We never went back again which was a shame and possibly an opportunity missed. I did hear of a few nice pike being caught there over the years. It could/maybe had carp in from the Trent but I've not heard of any being caught. Of course this all may have changed and it could now be stocked with carp and heavily fished for all I know. Access is difficult unless you know the area well or the owner gives you access through the farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_2133 Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Yeah it is Froggets farm just go and knock on the farmers door, if you show him that your a decent bloke he'll let you fish it for a very small price. Some good fish in it too. My dad fished it a couple of month ago but with no luck on that trip. What size fish are still in there? id be intrested in fishing it if theres anything decent My dad blanked but he said that there were gale force winds as its quite open. There were no carp topping or no signs what so ever but judging by the photo album the farmer keeps there should be some good fish in there, a few of them looked close to 30lb. I haven't seen any carp come out so i'll hold judgement til a see for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmlpss Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Also i found this other quite big lake around that area and i went and had a look at it. There was signs that people had been fishing it but it looked quite awkward to get to it http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=abbotts+bromley&ie=UTF8&ll=52.755334,-1.882997&spn=0.012181,0.027466&t=h&z=15 Paul, I lived close by for years. The water was only known as 'The Floods' because it was originally caused by the Trent flooding. There never used to be fishing allowed but the odd local got permission occasionally. In about 1985/6 a friend and I once asked the farmer if we could fish there and he gave us permission. We only did one 3 day session there to see if there were any signs of it having carp in. We had no action and didn't see anything other than silver fish and the odd larger Bream. We never went back again which was a shame and possibly an opportunity missed. I did hear of a few nice pike being caught there over the years. It could/maybe had carp in from the Trent but I've not heard of any being caught. Of course this all may have changed and it could now be stocked with carp and heavily fished for all I know. Access is difficult unless you know the area well or the owner gives you access through the farm. Cheers mate I found a gate down a lane at the side of it and drove into the field as another car was there and it said public footpath. There was only the one peg that looked fishable without wearing waders and that looked quite shallow. Be intresting to know whats in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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