tenchmagnet Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 can anyone tell me what willesley is like ? iv looked round it years ago but never fished it ,is it a runs water or a bit harder .i know theres some nice looking fish in there ! any info would be nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsg Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 hi mate theres a few threads on it do a search i fished it the other week and spoke to some regulars and they said its getting harder each year im back there sunday till monday and hoping to have a few out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenchmagnet Posted May 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 ok mate thanks ! just as a matter of interest have you caught much from there , i see your from sunny leicester do you fish anywhere else local ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsg Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 i havnt had any thing from willesley only fished it once will be the second time sunday i am going to get a season ticket for it though as there is so many nice fish in there i havnt fished anywere else in leicester as of yet not fished for a few years i am going to do a session on navies pit wigston at some point for some strange reason i keep getting the urge to fish it it could be because my pb came from there i would defo give willesley a bash though mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenchmagnet Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 yea gona try willesley , good luck tommorow mate let me know how you get on ,ive fished navies a few times had afew nice fish aswell but its not my sort of place anymore but each to there ownl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsg Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 i will let you know mate when i get back monday with some pictures hopefully i know what you mean about navies its still not the best place needs alot of work but dave doesnt want to it so will stay the way it is unfortunately could be a nice place with the right work done to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speersy26 Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 was there on Sunday and looks as if they are just about to spawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsg Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 your not wrong mate they were just cruising up and down all day and through the night im going to leave it for a few weeks before i return the place was packed when me and my mate got there at 5:30 sunday morning there as only three swims available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speersy26 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 your not wrong mate they were just cruising up and down all day and through the night im going to leave it for a few weeks before i return the place was packed when me and my mate got there at 5:30 sunday morning there as only three swims available I know mate me and 2 of my mates turned up at about 6:15 and well I was knackered after all the walking trying and trying to get swims which were close to each other and fishable lol! where abouts was you fishing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsg Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 we managed to get the last two swims on the wood bank on the sunday then by sunday night there was only 5 of us on that side all the others had left by about 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speersy26 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 yeah me and my mate was fishing them 2 swims sunday afternoon just had a couple of bream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsg Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 you couldnt have been fishing the swims we were on as we didnt leave untill monday at 11 mate i think you and your mate went on the swims past us at the top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louis84 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 I was down there on sunday aswell. I actually went and chatted to 2 guys who said they got there early on sunday morning. We were watching carp cruse past the swim and i left them with a few dog biscuits. This wasnt any of you two (carlsg or speersy26) was it? It was just too hot for the carp tbh. Although I watched one guy haul in a beauty 24lb common from by the island at around 10 am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speersy26 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 was that on the roadside bank? i was on the opposite side looked a good lump from where i was about 1:30 i moved up to the last 2 swims on the woodside bank and left about 7:30, only the second time i had been there looks alot better than it did in november lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsg Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 wasnt me louis speersy i was on wood bank buddy i think you and your mate started on the swim that looked like a picnic table lol think i spoke to you a couple of times im going to leave them alone now for 3 or 4 weeks to spawn then il hit again now i have my season ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speersy26 Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 haha yeah we were in the swim with the picnic table absaloute mare to cast in, yeah same going to fish my local water got a few nights planned there over the next few weeks although i heard the resident 30 came out yesterday so will see what happens hey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rad_tommy Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 I don't usually get back from work until 6:30pm but could get to Willesley for 7:00pm. I thought it might be worth going down here for a couple of hours during the week. What time can you fish here on a day ticket? I've only been the once to here when it was in the middle of winter just after the lake thawed and to say it was slow would be an understatement! Does anyone reckon it would be worth it? I would be traveling light targeting the margins mostly and generally trying to keep on top of showing fish. I'm very eager to get out since I haven't been fishing in over 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penker Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Any upto date info? Planning on doing a sesh here next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Any upto date info? Planning on doing a sesh here next week Joe, If you can you should go midweek, it's getting very busy at weekends. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penker Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Any upto date info? Planning on doing a sesh here next week Joe, If you can you should go midweek, it's getting very busy at weekends. Ian How busy ian? i wsas thinking of doing sat night and sunday night? theres 2 of us, will it be that busy that we will struggle for pegs next to each other? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Any upto date info? Planning on doing a sesh here next week Joe, If you can you should go midweek, it's getting very busy at weekends. Ian How busy ian? i wsas thinking of doing sat night and sunday night? theres 2 of us, will it be that busy that we will struggle for pegs next to each other? Thanks Joe, two approaches. Either get there serious early and claim the swims you want or arrive later and hope that the swims you'd prefer are occupied by day anglers who will vacate and allow you to move in for your overnighters. I wish you luck, regardless. Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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