South West (Bath, Bristol etc) general

[great_badir]

Don't Amalgamated own Tockenham as well which has some good bream fishing?

 

Great perch to be had on the BAA ticket, especially down claverton under some of the trees and slacks. Does get deeper down Limpley stoke and TBH I found it very hard to fish due to the banks being so high....wasn't that productive either but wasn't fishing for Chub at the time and did spot some nice fish.

 

Tockenham has some nice fishing all over, but like Newton Park on the Bathampton ticket, it gets a fair old hammering all throughout the year, even during the week. I never saw it completely empty and even during very unsettled/very cold weather there were always at least five or six people there as it gives good winter sport on the silvers. Also they have a LOT of matches there. It's probably the nicest of the club commercial lakes round here, but also probably the busiest - I stopped going after my third year on the Amalgamation ticket, not because of any bad experiences, it was just so busy. And that was back in the late 90s - I dread to think what it's like now!

[Andrew PI]

Indeed, I would think that any stretches we find between us will not be shouted about too much.

 

Great-badir I tried to send you a PM regarding pike on the river but I think you are short of posts to be able to accept them. Will send it through when I can.

[Steve Walker]

Must get another amalgamated ticket in January. I didn't make full use of the last one I had, but I did have a few trips to Malmesbury and fished a cracking stretch of "natural" river with GlennB;

 

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/Lacock-Stevew-t54769.html

[Andrew PI]

Must get another amalgamated ticket in January. I didn't make full use of the last one I had, but I did have a few trips to Malmesbury and fished a cracking stretch of "natural" river with GlennB;

 

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/forums/Lacock-Stevew-t54769.html

 

 

Steve I think Malmesbury can be fished on a day ticket. If so, would you be up for a trip some time soon? I fancy trying out some stret-pegging for the roach.

[Steve Walker]

Yes, I'd be up for that, I've barely wet a line this season.

[Andrew PI]

Yes, I'd be up for that, I've barely wet a line this season.

 

Lovely. Are sundays good with you? I am low on leave at work till the new year and Saturdays are taken up with sport.

[Steve Walker]

Yes, Sundays are best for me too. I'm away for a week or two in October, but should otherwise be around.

[Neil G]

Tockenham has some nice fishing all over, but like Newton Park on the Bathampton ticket, it gets a fair old hammering all throughout the year, even during the week. I never saw it completely empty and even during very unsettled/very cold weather there were always at least five or six people there as it gives good winter sport on the silvers. Also they have a LOT of matches there. It's probably the nicest of the club commercial lakes round here, but also probably the busiest - I stopped going after my third year on the Amalgamation ticket, not because of any bad experiences, it was just so busy. And that was back in the late 90s - I dread to think what it's like now!

 

Newton Park got very busy and TBH started becoming populated by goons...were no free swims to roam/leapfrog rods etc so stopped going.

 

Never fished the river at Malmesbury....any good pike spots?

[Steve Walker]

Never fished the river at Malmesbury....any good pike spots?

 

See for yourself:

 

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=e...&iwloc=addr

 

It's narrow, slow, not very deep, lots of features, good head of roach. I'm absolutely sure I could catch pike from it on wobbled deads or lures, but it doesn't look as if it would hold very large pike. Could be monsters lurking in there, though, you never know with pike.

[Andrew PI]

I have sent Neil G a link to a site with a pic of a pike caught from the Bristol Avon. Looks a pretty decent size.

 

Steve, shall we look to do a sunday sometime early in November then?