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mike1234

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I live within walking distance of a lake which is a cheap day ticket water(3 quid IF anyone bothers coming round) its not over stocked and fishes well

 

but its in the middle of an housing estate and seems to be a magnet for cider drinking teenagers, lager drinking anglers and general idiots

 

i dont tend to fish it often or for long sessions just when i get a spare hour and there is nothing on the telly or just for some fresh air but 9 of 10 times i go there i swear its the last time.

 

Last night i arrived at 7pm and fished at the end furthest away from the road where the yobs seem to hang about, all seemed quite and i had a few bites then splash a rock was thrown in the water and 2 idiots proceeded to run around the lake throwing stones and bottles at each other from either side,

 

when one passed me i asked him nicely if he would mind moving as he was scaring the fish and after a 20 min conversation of whats in here how do you catch the carp etc he seemed to move on

 

Another 10 mins later him and a few other morons decided to stand on a tree branch that hung out over the lake opposite to me and bump up and down on it and scream like girls trying to snap it or send one of them into the water.

 

after i told them i hope they fall and break there necks they moved off, threw a stone into my swim and scattered.

 

when i thought all the excitement was over i heard a noise from behind me that sounded like how i imagine a cat getting electrocuted would sound and a group of teenage girls singing along to some crap song being played from a mobile phone emerged,

 

 

added to the rats running over my feet, the litter everywhere, all the other unwanted company that hangs around there.

 

maybe its time to give up and just wait for weekends or days where i can get to other waters but living so close always makes me want to go and try new ideas or equipment out there and i dont want to let the b'stards win

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Time to move on, I think.

 

This season I have done the same thing with a very local gravel pit, but your lake sounds much worse! My problem wasn't with feral kids (I couldn't stand to fish among them) but just that the lake was far too busy and noisy. It's a real pity because it's a beautiful, mature gravel pit with some seriously big fish in it, but in the end I just wasn't enjoying fishing there, and it was time to move on. The most annoying thing is that I never caught anything decent from there, so there's a little part of me that wants to give it another chance (Richard has had to save me from myself a couple of times already this year!).

 

I guess it comes down to what you want out of your fishing in the end.

Edited by Anderoo

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music

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I think move on, fishing is supposed to be enjoyable and it sounds like it would be hard to enjoy a session at this spot.

 

It's a shame that a place so near to you comes with these problems, maybe it might be worth an hour or two when the weather turns colder? The yobs may find an old bus shelter to hang out in away from the water.

Stephen

 

Species Caught 2014

Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Species Caught 2013

Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

Species Caught 2012
Zander, Pike, Perch, Chub, Ruff, Gudgeon, Dace, Minnow, Wels Catfish, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Roach, Bream, Eel, Rudd, Tench, Arapaima, Mekong Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Marbled Tiger Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Thai Redtail Catfish, Batrachian Walking Catfish, Siamese Carp, Rohu, Julliens Golden Prize Carp, Giant Gourami, Java Barb, Red Tailed Tin Foil Barb, Nile Tilapia, Black Pacu, Red Bellied Pacu, Alligator Gar
Species Caught 2011
Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
Species Caught 2010
Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
Species Caught 2009
Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
Species Caught 2008
Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
Species Caught 2007
Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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Write it off as an evening venue and just go there early mornings when the kids are sleeping off the previous night's Evo Stik.

I agree,if the lake does offer good fishing and it's close by,i would bait a swim up late on in the evening and fish it from first light,at this time of year you should get three or four hours un-disturbed fishing.

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i used to fish a pond on harlow common that is free to fish but the litter and terrible kids forced me off. the worst is that some of these kids actually used to fish it and give grief to others. Always casting heavy leads right across the pond. i did find, as others have, that after september it was often quiet durig the week and in the mornings.

take a look at my blog

http://chubcatcher.blogspot.co.uk/

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... so there's a little part of me that wants to give it another chance (Richard has had to save me from myself a couple of times already this year!)

 

NO NO NO NO NO! Write "I will never fish that ****hole ever again" 100 times!

 

Rich

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