Bosmere FMS

[bobthebailif]

Havent heard a thing, aint had the chance to get down there and have had no comunication from the club or landowner regarding new swims, mind you communication isnt the clubs strong point, I have just found out there is another Bailiff on bozy now, I found out through the grapevine this weekend, apparently he has been for the last month, not a single call to let me know, all good though as finally there will be the eyes down there that I have never had the time to do.

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Hows it going down there bob you got anymore news mate

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Had a wonder around yesterday still frozen but somone had been down there the ice was coverd with bricks cement sticks logs to be honest everything sham really that somone has to throw that lot in to let it sink to the bottom

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what can you say about vandalism at worst its malicious at best its just ignorance.do they ever think of the consequences?.

any way i am thinking of joining this year ,last fished there about ten years

ago , there werent many carp in those days. big fish kill (blue green algae)

finished my time on bosmere then.

could any one tell me when to buy this years ticket is it about march time.

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theres still not many in there fella and i think you can get tickets now

[ghost]

Thanks for that mate , had a walk around end of september looked as pretty

as ever, noticed theres a few more "permanent" swims now are there plans to build any more?

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Apparently

[bobthebailif]

Would have to agree with ya there Blank, apparently something will happen sometime, but in all honesty, I have given up, such a shame as the potential is there, but I am not dangling for fish I have caught so many times I have lost count, not when they have all lost weight anyway, there is another Baillif on there now as well, I would say as well as me, but I have been there less than half a dozen times last year, and fished it about 3 times. I think the only way forward on that place would be a syndicate of likeminded gents wanting to cover the rent, materials and a stocking program and bring it back to it's former glory as a team that are in it for the long term goal, as managed correctly the lake will do 30's.

 

For those who are interested though these are the 20's (or at least they were 20's, these fish were at their higher weights, they have all lost 2-4lb now )

 

Splitlinear @ 25-05

 

Pretty Mirror @ 24-08 (last caught at 21-14)

 

Linear @ 24-04

 

Nan's Ghostie @ 20-12

 

Half Lin @ 22-08

 

Starry Common, my boy's PB @ 21-12 ( have had her at 23-13 but couldn't be bothered to upload pic to photobucket)

 

so there you are, the Bosmere 20's, and for the record, the supposed 28lber ( then 29lb, then 30lb+ ) was Splitlinear, and the fish was in fact 22lb, so those scales were a loooooong way out........lmao, last summer when rescuing the boat I was drifting over the whole of the lakes stock, and, apart from the above fish, I saw no fish near 20, I had heard there were once more than these 6 20's, including a 28lb lake record 9yrs or so ago, but I think either the fish kill or Mr Otter had those, the Starry Common wasn't 100% identifiable, but my boy then caught it later to confirm that it was still there, when there are enough anglers on the lake to feed them properly these fish grow, but due to the lack of anglers that are generous with their bait, these fish have all lost weight, shame as they are gorgeous fish, and some of the smaller ones were rocketing up in weight when the bait was going in.

[bobthebailif]

Had a wonder around yesterday still frozen but somone had been down there the ice was coverd with bricks cement sticks logs to be honest everything sham really that somone has to throw that lot in to let it sink to the bottom

 

To be honest I wouldn't worry about them, there is much worse on the bottom of that place, and it'll all sink in the silt in next to no time anyway, have you not heard about the horse and carriage that went careering in their many, many years ago, few people died in that one, bet you wont find the remains of the carriage now though.

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nice looking fish bob how did you get on presenting a bait in that or are there hard spots

[bobthebailif]

The only hard spots are the odd mussel beds, and they will usually end up with a cut off, presentation is not a problem, I won't say a lot, other than that I didn't fish it in the usual paranoid manner that most people do when fishing in silt, I fished it exactly the same way I would a gravel pit.

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Thanks for that bob im going to give it a year and see what happens there nice looking fish and i dont care about there size.If theres anything else you would like to share about the place please feel free via pm

[bobthebailif]

I am only willing to divulge what I post on the open forum, sorry, though I don't really fish it now, if by chance things took a major turn for the better over there I may return, so I don't want to give away too much, what I know took 8yrs, and it didn't come easy, putting me in a position where a blank would come as a surprise, having said that, it ain't the ballbreaker it was 4yrs back.

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cheers bob do you no if your aloud to fish the river side of the lake

[bobthebailif]

Well as far as I'm aware you can, as long as A; you don't mind the nightmare of getting round there through all the sludge, and B; you can find a fishable swim, there is one new swim, 22, but if the water level carries on dropping it'll be like fishing Southend Pier.....lol

[ijp7586]

First of all got to say bob cracking photos but a shame in some ways you have put them on the mystery adds to it for me i have too got some experience of the lake and the fish pictured as you say are the bosmere 20s but there is 1 missing from your list. just really u after some updates on the lake apart from the obvious that it is iced over eg regards to work undertaken etc. i left and joined another place but bosmere is still in my system as i love the place and am convinced of a coulple of hidden gems but that is not for me to say. Hope to share info with anyone wanting too.

[bobthebailif]

Well to be honest mate, if people had weighed their fish properly this past season, then I probably wouldn't have posted the pics, but it is hard for the fish to be seen for more than what they actualy are now I have posted them.

 

As for gems.......I wish, and if I found out otherwise I would go back, but in 8yrs there has been a oxygen crash and otter predation, so it is a wonder that the ones above are still there, there may be one or 2 that slipped under my radar, but not under the radar of all of the good anglers in the last 6yrs that I can be sure of, and we all fished it a bit differently, if you fished it recently though there are a couple of fish that may have reached 20 now.

[mark1965]

Hi guys

 

What a very interesting thread, I know it was a while back but i hope you are all still around. I joined fms this year and have enjoyed catching lots of carp at thwaite and hill farm despite the cold weather and had a walk around bosmere last night as i prefer more established lakes. My favorite fish are tench and I wondered if these too have suffered along with the carp and also if any of you more experianced guys could give me tips on how to catch them there and how to fish in the silty conditions. Hoping to chat to some of you on the bank this year .

 

regards

mark

[bobthebailif]

Sorry the reply took a while, must be months since I came on here last.

 

TBH mate, the best way to fish for the tench is pretty much standard carp tactics, boilies and pellet, Trigga, Active-8, Spicy shrimp and prawn and SC-25 all do well for tench on there, I know some guys were fishing 10mm baits to great effect, and there is always the chance of a carp fishing that way, best swims are 3,6 and 10(left one of the 3 on the point and the 2 solid swims round to the left of the point) these are good tench swims, in all honesty if more of the swims on this part of the lake were fishable then most would be good tench swims, but strangely I have never done the bigger carp from these swims, well not by fishing them in a conventional manner anyway, and barely ever within their boundaries, although one of those swims has a little winter secret......lol.

 

Last thing to mention is to fish the night, or dinnertime till 12-2am or first light, not between 9am and 4pm, it is amazing how many anglers fished these hours for the tench, even though there is a chance, they have to surely be the worst tench fishing hours. I have had to wind my rods in at 1am after 13 tench just to get some sleep as I was going straight to work in the morning from the lake.

[mark1965]

Thank you for taking the time to answer, I have fished swims 1 and 6 in the last few weeks at first light and landed 1 tench each time both around the 5lb mark. One was caught at 6am the other at 8am although I did stay and fish well into the day both times catching some nice silver fish. I will hopefully get there again soon before the weather starts turning cooler.

 

Thanks again for the reply

 

regards

mark

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Hi sorry to jump on post, but i am looking to fish bosmere v soon. I am only able to do day session's and would like to know what would be some good tactics for a day session.

 

Im looking to maybe take one carp rod and fish with maybe pop ups. And maybe do a method on my other rod , but set this up on my barbel rod ,just to keep active:)

 

Also i don't know if any fms members are aware but hill farm have had a lot of fish death's. I was up there yesterday( 25th aug) and the baliff pulled four out & said there was many more that he had pulled out. I must say it still fished well , i had 15 carp out in about 4 hours , but not good news

[bobthebailif]

To be honest mate unless you don't mind catching them I would leave the pop ups till the tench stop feeding as they are more partial to them than the carp, I would aim for a quality food bait and fish the same spot very regularly either early morning or very late into the night, as for the Method, try it, would be good for the silvers bream abd tench, maybe a carp, but you would be lucky to land it.

[bobthebailif]

Oh also hill farm, yes there has been a problem, I am surprised it is still open while the fish are still dying.

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Cheer's bob,for the reply on bosmere. As for hill farm ,i think it was shut down for 2 week's and has only just opened again.

 

The fish that were pulled out, when i was there, i think were old & maybe were sitting on the bottom, before rising to the top. Just a shame & a bit of a worry, as it was a good little water to catch plenty of carp.

 

Just hope they sort it out ,because they had a big fish kill on there strawberry farm lake last year, That again was a good little lake with some nice size fish,which i think for the most part died off.

 

For me they are my local lake's, and would be a shame to have further problem's.

[bobthebailif]

Anyone had any joy on there this year?