tim_2812 Posted April 16, 2009 Report Posted April 16, 2009 Hi all, havnt posted on here in a while nice to see the forum is still going strong. Just wondering if some of the essex boys have fished or got any details about this lake and as im considering joining there with my mate for this season. Cheers, tim_2812 Quote
tim_2812 Posted April 19, 2009 Author Report Posted April 19, 2009 Are you referring to the fish as saggy? Quote
fishtopher Posted April 20, 2009 Report Posted April 20, 2009 is this the one on the old Salvation Army farm? If so I fished over 40 years ago- God I'm old! Used to be full of crucian carp in those days. Quote
tim_2812 Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Posted April 20, 2009 Yeah thats the one. How did you get on over there, all those years ago? Tim Quote
fishtopher Posted April 24, 2009 Report Posted April 24, 2009 bearing in mind I was still an apprentice fisherman at the tender age of 10- 13 years old (now 30 years ago) In those days it was a mess, very shallow, lots of grass growing in the middle, many swims unfishable. The only swims I recall were fishable were at the top end nearest the hill. We use to use bread paste, a size 16, and a porcupine quill float - God I sound even older now. We use to catch 20-30 small crucian carp on a good day. I remember the grass snakes swimming all over the place and the maretail weeds. Are they still there or has some manicured the place like a back garden? Do you know what it was originally built for - I'll tell you what I was told when I fished it all those years ago. It was a ressy for the Army encampment at the top of the hill. There was a big gun emplacement for the AA battery having a pop at the Germany airforce in both the 1st and 2nd world wars who used the Thames Estuary to fly up and bomb London. Quote
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