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  1. Taking a trip to Heyford Fishery in Northamptonshire tomorrow, haven't been properly in ages so not sure what works nowadays although corn used to do the trick. Carp, tench & bream are main inhabitants so I'm not sure what I should use, especially this time of year! Another thing, fishing the far bank in a couple of feet of water always used to work, would that change due to the time of year? Also if anyone's heard of canons ashby lakes, I'm going to give it a go soon so any advice is welcome Cheers AN, Indy.
  2. I'm a member of TDAA, even worse than those two www.tdaafishing.co.uk/
  3. When I was 7 or 8 I was fishing with my dad and his mate at Gold Valley nr. Farnborough, for whatever reason at the time one of my rods did not have a baitrunner. Like the OP you can imagine what happened. Being that age though, I jumped in the lake... What went through my head I'll never know but the fish pulled the rod out further so I came back to shore and a few anglers tried to cast out and catch my rod as it was floating on the surface. Eventually one guy hooked the last eye on my rod and retrieved it. :
  4. When I was 7/8 I caught a chub trolling on the Thames with my dad. When it was in the boat my dad gripped the fish and while trying to pull the hooks out the fish slipped and one of the hooks on the trebles went into his thumb. This was in the days when barbed hooks were used and being this age I still demanded he took a picture as it was my PB at the time of 5lb5oz. So with a hook in one hand and camera in the other he took the picture, motored to a nearby restaurant and with the other 2 hooks corked, pulled it out with pliers. The reward for all this was a little piece of meat from his hand on the end of the treble! More recently, after a night carping I was shaving in the morning and being knackered from the night before, cut myself 5/6 gills on my jawline under my ear. Didn't stop bleeding for a good half hour!
  5. It all depends what's in the section you're fishing really. Bream, perch and roach will all take worm and maggot but in some sections there may be carp / tench as well which would take these. What section you thinking of going to fellow Northamptonian?
  6. I've had what appear to be exactly the same boots bar the colour for 3/4 years now and they're as good now as the day I got them. Brilliant boots, really good value for money at that price as well.
  7. I've walked past that section many a time but never fished it, is it free or club-owned? And the Stourton stretch is very odd, looks like it would be a couple few deep max but there's 15ft holes and probably 8ft average depth when the water was low at the top. Although its infuriating as you can look up from the top swim to see chub and possibly trout rising under a tree just out of casting range
  8. I was at blackstone on Saturday aswell, also blanked. Needs a hell of a lot more water in than it does currently. Only ever blanked the BAA stretches of the severn when the water has been like this Also, was the stour section you were fishing the BAA stretch near Stourton Castle? Been there once and had a few nice chub and a big perch.
  9. May try some late-season tenching on a club water tomorrow if the weather's nice. Torn between that or day ticket carping though.
  10. Well it really depends what you're interested in. Shatterford fishery (http://www.shatterford.com/) has some big cats and carp in their specimen lakes (also seen pics of people catching sturgeon but not sure if they're still there), also a runs water there which I've never fished. Furnace mill (http://www.furnacemill.net/)in the Wyre Forest is good fun but nothing big, a nice place to spend the day though. I fished Poole Hall in Kidderminster once a few weeks back and that was quite good catching fairly decent sized carp off the top. I have heard of Kingsnordley fishery being good but never been. Nordley lakes under BAA day ticket are fun IF the sun is out and the fish are on the top, otherwise its still good but not the best. Hope this helps.
  11. Hey Jack, I'm a BAA member and have fished the Bridgnorth and surrounding many times for barbel. The biggest I have seen caught is on the most productive stretch I've fished in BAA which is the R/B of Arley near Bewdley. Day tickets can be bought from the tackle shop in Bewdley and 99% of the time you are guaranteed to catch on pellet. The other 1% however is now as there is very little water in the river which makes it very clear and turns the barbel off feeding. Had my first ever blank the other day on the Arley stretch simply down to the water level and clarity. As far as Bridgnorth goes, under the bridge is probably the best stretch for big barbel, personally seen them up to 12lb here but saw a 14lber caught from the Arley stretch. Pellet is definitely the best bait for all of the BAA venues I've fished for Barbel. Good luck.
  12. I believe it's a common carp hybridised with a crucian carp.
  13. Well staying on at my 6th form for another couple of years then who knows!
  14. Unfortunately my club doesn't allow nightfishing And I'll be sure to try maggots but I've been put off corn! There's some big rudd to nearly 3lb there so may go after them at some point. Thanks.
  15. Thanks for the reply. I'll give the cocktails a go next time I'm there and any ideas how I could make a decent rake cheaply? Also, do you think a swan shot a couple of inches from the hookbait is the right way to go in water this clear or not? MH
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