*Ant*

Cheers Andy1, that's the one. Can you give any more info, i'm interested in fishing for the carp and was wondering about sizes and baits. Also do you know if the place gets busy with anglers night fishing.

Rich I've caught a carp on the bait everytime I've used it so far. I've been using two on a hair and been impressed uptil now.

Thanks SandTiger, much appreciated.

Also at the fishery entrance, which you would miss if you blinked, was a very weathered wooden sign that was unreadable.

It is on farm land and you can drive right up to the pools. Think there were 5 pools in all with (I think) trout in one of them. I was told that you buy your tickets from a large house which is only a couple of hundred yards from the pools. I am not local to this venue but did notice it was close to some of the BNR workings. :confused:

Just giving this a bump as someone must know this place, it's not far from the M42 in the Cannock area (ish).

A very Happy Birthday to little onions and Marie, hope you both have a wicked day.

whoops, should add that i'm looking for shore marks, beaches, rocks and harbours/jettys.

Hello, off to Exmouth at the end of the month for a week. Any tips on venues and species to target etc. Thanks for any help.

Had a walk around a fishery last night in Essington (?). There were a number of small pools and was told that night fishing was allowed at the weekend. That's all the information I could get, so was wondering if any on the forum have knowledge of this place. :confused:

The one on the right has got attitude, flicking the V's like that......"dear" me.

MikeyP I've done ok by adding a sprinkling of groundbait on to hemp/sweetcorn and leaving it for a few minutes to soak up the moisture. I then add some pure hemp oil to the mix and find this does the trick. I use Sensas hemp oil that comes in a white plastic bottle, it's a lot cheaper than some of the carp bait companies.

Howdyado.

Great read Newt, seems like it was a trip of a lifetime.

So you don't think the cemetry was vandalised because it was the resting place for Brits. Maybe i'm just getting cynical these days.

Isn't it great this lovely big happy family they call the EU!!!! Roll on the Euro so we can be an even closer happy family. French scum! :mad: :mad: :mad:

That's horrendous! I'd be lost without the use of my right hand.

Don't think you'll be disapointed. Shop around though for the best price, got mine for £36 from Jims Tackle, think they still advertise in SeaAngler.

Who cares if you catch anything when you can sit and look at that!

Crazzzzzzy! Loved it.

Get well soon Spasor.

I'm only an occasional beach angler with no great knowledge of beachcasters, but having read a decent review in Sea Angler I bought a Shakespeare Odessa when they were new on the market. Seems to me to be a good rod for the minimum outlay, but as I say, I have no great knowledge of beachcasters.

Your at the right place Andy. Think there is a few that fish it regulary on here. Over to you guys and gals.

Cheers guys, I was just trying to express how difficult these things can be sometimes. I'm sure there are many folk in the same situation as I found myself in many years ago. What really wrenches the heart is the thought of him lying in his bed wondering why I didn't go to see him. It is something that I will live with untill my time comes and this thread has just showed me how it can still hurt after all this time. Hopefully my reply to this thread will help others with their decisions should they find themselves in a similar position.

A friend died of luckiemia(sp?) when he was in his teens, it was the third time he had had it. I went with him the once for his bi-annual check-up at the Birmingham childrens hospital, he hated going as he thought it was a waste of time, he had been clear for a good few years. Things were going really well for him at the time as he had just got ingaged to a beautiful girl and had got a job working for Peugeot with his dad. He had only been working there for a while when one day he broke his wrist, sadly this led to him getting luckiemia again. I was beside myself when he told me that the doctors were unable to help him and he didn't have long left. Is was only a matter of weeks before he died after being able to spend his remaining time at home. Anyway, the purpose of this post is to say that after he had told me he was going to die I never had the courage to go and see him. I really wanted to but was just to scared of how I would react infront of him and his family, I only got to say goodbye at his funeral, the first one I ever went to. It's been 16yrs now and it still haunts me to this day that I didn't go and see him, I only hope he understood why and forgives me. Sorry Phil, you were a great person and true friend. Only the good die young, rest in peace. Ant