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Has anyone fished this canal recently? Someone on another forum (samoyeds) has just rented a house nearby it and was singing its' praises (plenty of space for walking the dog etc), but when I mentioned fishing she said....

 

John, I doubt you'll find many fish in the Basingstoke canel, have you ever seen it?

She also mentioned weils disease (well, we all know about that thing), but I'm wondering if it's as bad as she thinks it is. If it's any good, I might try to persuade her to let me stay in the spare room for a day or two ;)

 

Cheers, John

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Quanti Canicula Ille In Fenestra

 

Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow.

Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.
Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine.

Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.
Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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Has anyone fished this canal recently? Someone on another forum (samoyeds) has just rented a house nearby it and was singing its' praises (plenty of space for walking the dog etc), but when I mentioned fishing she said....

 

 

She also mentioned weils disease (well, we all know about that thing), but I'm wondering if it's as bad as she thinks it is. If it's any good, I might try to persuade her to let me stay in the spare room for a day or two ;)

 

Cheers, John

i spoke to one of the bailiffs a few months ago ,they were still having problems with huge numbers of crayfish ,putting in six traps they were full to bursting in 4 hours :o

despite having helped in the restoration (hampshire end) and it used to be included in the farnham permit i have never fished it myself (despite having intimate knowledge of its bottom when it was empty,ooerr mrs)

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i spoke to one of the bailiffs a few months ago ,they were still having problems with huge numbers of crayfish ,putting in six traps they were full to bursting in 4 hours :o

 

Might advise her (or her hubby) to get a permit from the EA to go trapping the things then.... :thumbs:

John S

Quanti Canicula Ille In Fenestra

 

Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow.

Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.
Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine.

Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.
Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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Hi John

 

I have not fished it for a while, we did get permits last season so we, Liam & myself, could go with Dad but he was too ill to go so we did not use them. There is a very mixed 'bag' in there. Ian Chillcott was fishing it for a while after the big carp, there used to be some good size pike and theres plenty of bream etc. I will have a word with a friend who sometimes match fishes it.

 

Which area are you talking about as there is 32 miles of it?

 

lyn

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Thanks all, I didn't think it would be as bad as she thought....

 

Lyn, I've emailed her asking where on the canal she will be moving to, still waiting a reply :)

 

If you ever see someone trying to control a selectively-deaf Samoyed, that'll be her :D

John S

Quanti Canicula Ille In Fenestra

 

Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow.

Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.
Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine.

Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.
Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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i spoke to one of the bailiffs a few months ago ,they were still having problems with huge numbers of crayfish ,putting in six traps they were full to bursting in 4 hours :o

despite having helped in the restoration (hampshire end) and it used to be included in the farnham permit i have never fished it myself (despite having intimate knowledge of its bottom when it was empty,ooerr mrs)

 

hi, just wondering about crayfish, i have just started fishing again a year ago. when i used to fish many years ago, i never heard of it.. but fished a venue close to me, before i went i was told they had cray fish problem, when i got there, the baliff told me they used to have prob with the cray fish, but they have seemed to have all gone.

 

he didnt know why or where they went. or what got rid of the prob.

 

has there suddenly been a boom in them, or has it always been a problem and i have just not noticed

 

s_mac

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