ray carper

Hi all anyone fished dungee lately and was it any good??? also need to find a bait shop somewhere near it ?? thx all

todays carp talk new world record common carp caught in german pit. 86Lb 6oz what a monster.

just quoting what it says on the website, they've obviously changed the rules trying to entice people to fish it.

not 100% sure but i think it's only drivers who hold a blue badge that are allowed on the pier. just been to the dsaa and found this. Fishing is strictly confined to the left hand side of the pier facing the Eastern Docks. The pier is run by the Dover Harbour Board (not Dover Sea Angling) and access to it is via the gate in front of the Clock Tower at the western end of the sea front. There is ample paid parking in the vicinity and while members of the public are able to promenade free of charge, anglers must pay a small fee at the machine at the beginning of the pier. Please retain your tickets as the Harbour Board does patrol this pier frequently. Failure to pay my incur a hefty fine. Anglers with disabilities are able to take their vehicles along the pier with prior arrangement from the Marina Office which is situated on the landward side of the swing bridge.

Got back a few of hours ago from monks mallard lake. To be honest i was a bit sceptical about going as no one had a good word to say about the place, and after spending 24hrs there i can fully understand why no one has a good word for it, although to be fair if your looking for a venue that's very well looked after monks is the place. pity the fish stock in the specimen lake don't match the grounds. At £37.50 for 24hrs this is one of the most expensive in the country i think, (waiting for people to tell me about more expensive venues) we arrived at 1pm yesterday and fished round till midday today. had 1 fish out during the night a 4lb common and another that took just as we was packing up 23.5 mirror. i know lots of people would be happy with a 23.5 fish but, when you consider there was at least 6 of us fishing the lake with 3 rods out each and for the 24hrs we were at the lake we did'nt hear another optonic go off. we did'nt even see any fish rolling or cruising round the top, which for yesterdays weather seemed very strange.!!! the fella i was fishing with ask the bloke in the office if he could give him some kind of idea on numbers of carp in the lake, he's reply was loads in there mate??? Not a place i'll be rushing back to to spend my hard earned money in. or maybe the fishing was just crap down there that day.!!!

Thanks for the advice tony. we're going mid-week so hopefully won't be to bad. will let you know how we do. 19/20 aug cheers again ray

Me mate who i'm going with is a barbel man so he should enjoy it. i take by very very scarce beult barbel there like rocking horse $h*t. do wish i'd ask about these lakes before booking not 1 person has had a decent word to say about them.

Hi tony, yes i do mean the staplehurst one. we're doing a 24hr session on there for carp, hoping to have more than a nice chub out the river. not a cheap venue, would normally fish elphicks but all of their specimen lakes are fully booked for the next month.!!! ray

Or do you mean there's more than 1 fishery called monks.? if so i mean the one in kent.

the specimen lake (mallard)

Hi all, has anyone recently fished the specimen lake at monks, also looking for any pointers anyone can give me on bait rigs etc that work well on this venue. thanks ray

Well lets hope they re-open the full length of the pier when the winter starts. i can't see many people fishing it for cod if you can't fish the extension. hopefully once we start getting a bit of a frost in the morning all the dross will give up going on there. Also just an update for anyone intrested the copy of my post that i emailed to dsaa has'nt even warranted a reply from them. THAT'S IT DSAA YOU KEEP YOUR HEADS BURIED IN THE SAND IT'LL ALL GO AWAY.

well did'nt expect to get as many replies as have been made. it's seems the general concensus of the people who fish the pier (not having a dig at you either 5 bellies) is, it's a place to be avoided like the plague now during the summer. which is a pity really. no doubt when DHB say enough is enough which seems to be the way it's going and the pier is closed to fishing. all the dross will move on to the breakwater. i'm surprised they have'nt clubbed together and bought themselves a boat to get out there already. i'll stick to me carping in future or the beaches.

and just to keep you happy brum phil i've emailed a copy of my post to dsac. but like i said i won't hold my breath waiting for them to do something about the problem.

I certainly don't consider it to be an issue close to my heart. if dsac can't be bothered to do anything about the way the pier is being used, (and have known for years) why should i give a toss. the post was to warn other anglers thinking of going to the admiralty how bad it is on there now. as i said in my opening post 1st time i've been down there for 6-7 years and it'll certainly be a lot longer before i go back there again. i have actually now put a post up on the dsac website which i'm sure dsac members will read. will anything be done about it. DOUBT IT