Newbie in Kent

[Paul Sherlock]

Hi Fellas,

 

I'm new to Carp Fishing, haven't got a personal best, nor a set of scales as of yet...I spent most of my early days match fishing.

 

So I'm hoping some of you can help me with some questions.

 

I'm looking for a list of good places (day tickets) in Kent where I can get some decent sized fish but the sport isn't overly difficult, just to get me started.

 

Also in Kent nr Larkfield is a lake called Alders, does anyone know the contact details for the club that runs it???

 

Are there any carp magazines that anyone would reccomend reading or even books worth buying???

 

With Kind Regards,

 

Paul in Maidstone

[chesters1]

this may be your alders

http://www.aldersfishing.co.uk/

[Paul Sherlock]

Nice one!

 

Any people fished these lakes?

 

Ta,

[DenisO]

Used to belong to Alders and have fished all their waters.

My favourite lake was the trout lake and had some nice carp to floating baits. Although the Big Lake has some great fish I didn't really enjoy it. I found it a featurless expanse of water.

The Ford Lake is very pretty and although I never caught anything much that was more to do with the fact I never really worked at it. It does hold some excellent fish.

The Medway can be difficult to fish with high banks but is still a good stretch with the usual crop of Medway fish. A very underated river by the way.

The Beult is my favourite local river and I think always best fished from dusk to dawn. The Alders stretch is not one of the best I've fished. Quite shallow and a lot of slimey weed. Like all the Beult you will get about 6-8 weeks fishing in before the Duck Weed decends and no more fishing till October.

You could also try joining Kingfisher who have a number of Carp lakes + stretches of the Beult and Medway and Rother. When I belonged to both and decided I could live with just 1 it was Kingfisher that got the vote. Their website address is http://www.kaps.supanet.com.

Hope this helps.

[Chris Shaw]

What about Brooklands (Dartford) on the A2.

 

Two pits joined by a very narrow channel, used to be free fishing with twenties a plenty years ago.

 

I do not know what goes on there these days, have not been there for years and years, could be worth a look though.

 

Thing is with Kent, they used to say years ago, if you fell in a puddle you would find carp.

[Stalker]

The link to Alders above is correct.

If you get into Alders and want to give the Trout Lake a go for some good mid doubles action let me know...... Although no longer a member I know the lake inside out and can give you a good head start.

Regards

Stalker.

[Richie]

Brooklands is run by DDAPS but on a day ticket basis. Try http://www.ddaps.co.uk for more info.