Hello

Just been through Hillsborough Park and saw people fishing. I

I never realised you could fish there! lol.

Was wondering what people thought of it, what type of fish are in there, size and any comments on fishing it??

Thanks

Hello

Just been through Hillsborough Park and saw people fishing. I

I never realised you could fish there! lol.

Was wondering what people thought of it, what type of fish are in there, size and any comments on fishing it??

Thanks

dont know to much about it but i know you can fish the pond for free....

yeah always been able to fish there, living in hillsborough has always been good for fishing spots, could have a cracking day out fishing the ponds through riverlin, hillsborough park used to be hard to catch sometimes during the summer as it was over fished, don't know what it's like now, not fished it from being a kid, might be worth a go though, bring back some happy memory's

Im sure someone told me other week that there spending some money on the pond soon and putting more fish in it as well.

That sounds good!

Heard there were tench in there, along with couple of carp. Any1 ever seen these??

Looking at going down in next couple weeks

Hey,

Any1 else hav any info on this??

yeah always been able to fish there, living in hillsborough has always been good for fishing spots, could have a cracking day out fishing the ponds through riverlin, hillsborough park used to be hard to catch sometimes during the summer as it was over fished, don't know what it's like now, not fished it from being a kid, might be worth a go though, bring back some happy memory's

me and my friend used to catch the first bus and climb over the fence to fish hillsboro park,must be 30+ years ago now,it was stuffed with big shoals of perch,some big roach and a few big slabs.

can anybody tell me if u av to walk far at hillsbro park

hills park pond has a few big carp in and some nice roach and tench i use double red maggot under trees never had a crap day

no you dont have to walk far

ive never had a bad day on this pond, always found maggots to be best bait, im sure there are a couple of big carp in there to norm see them under the big tree on the island

is there actually any decent size fish in there? i always see plenty of men and woman fishing but never actually see anybody catch anything?

is there actually any decent size fish in there? i always see plenty of men and woman fishing but never actually see anybody catch anything?

Dont know about decent size fish, but there's defo fish in there :D

I saw one caught last sunday which was about 8 inches

Yes loads of fish in there. If you know how to fish you will catch every cast, not big big but not bad. Mainly roach and pike, not seen any carp. Hope that helps.

Yes loads of fish in there. If you know how to fish you will catch every cast, not big big but not bad. Mainly roach and pike, not seen any carp. Hope that helps.

No pike in HP,roach, perch, tench, carp and allegedly chub.No one has ever caught every cast,another fisherman lie.As has been mentioned in other threads Environment agency are advising not to fish due to blue/green algae.

Yes loads of fish in there. If you know how to fish you will catch every cast, not big big but not bad. Mainly roach and pike, not seen any carp. Hope that helps.

Pike:loopy: deffo not

Not pike, i ment perch sorry. But yes you can catch every cast as me and a mate have done nuff times. Never seen carp in there, not sayin there is none just not seen any.

how can there be fish in there, i didnt think there would be any room, not with all the junk in there!

Not pike, i ment perch sorry. But yes you can catch every cast as me and a mate have done nuff times. Never seen carp in there, not sayin there is none just not seen any.

The term 'catch every cast' don't really explain a lot JayNTray,
as the time period between casting out, getting a bite and hooking
a fish could vary from seconds to minutes or even hours.
And I'm not talking about Pike or Carp fishing with the aid bite alarms,
that's a different kettle of fish.

m&p

ive fished hp many times.there are carp and tench. you cant cach every cast they need feeding alot.go and try it.

once you have it baited up you can pull them out every few mins. as soon as you drop in. not in to lazyman fishing with the bite alarms an stuff

No pike in HP,roach, perch, tench, carp and allegedly chub.No one has ever caught every cast,another fisherman lie.As has been mentioned in other threads Environment agency are advising not to fish due to blue/green algae.i have caught every cast ,i have a regular friendly match there with my son he catches on most casts as well ,the secret is to ....and when the float dips let it go outof sight before striking ,never fails ;)

Environment agency are advising not to fish due to blue/green algae.
yes we walk the dog in the park and have seen these signs up too. I drove my uncle here a couple of months ago, dropped him off and took my auntie shopping round hillsborough and in the couple hours we were gone he didn't catch anything.

I once caught a dolphin. No really....

If there is this dangerous algae in the pond, surely eating the caught fish would be dangerous?

You should not eat dead fish anyway!

You should not eat dead fish anyway!

It's kinda hard to eat live ones - they die quite soon after starting....

Anyway....:suspect:
I've fished there many times (not in the last year) and have caught plenty of roach, a few perch and a few tench (one that was 4 - 5lb easy!). Seen but never caught the carp.

P.S. You're meant to put the fish back, not take them and eat them!

I was really hungry!

I ask a simple question the truth is all i wish, are all fishermen fibbers, or do all the fibbers fish??

I ask a simple question the truth is all i wish, are all fishermen fibbers, or do all the fibbers fish??

My Husband wants to ask what bait is best used there?

I pole fish usually,loose feed hemp,hook bait is tares.Maggot,sweet corn,bread anything really.

Mainly dead things. Fried eggs are the best!

Its mostly perch and roach...I have cached a few carp there but nothing over 10lb....I also got a large golden orfe there last month too
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Its mostly perch and roach...I have cached a few carp there but nothing over 10lb....I also got a large golden orfe there last month too
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http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d174/kneetrembler67/Fishing/S1050026-Copy.jpg


Crumbs nighthawk- that's a real nice Orfe, it would cost a few bob to buy one of that size for your garden pond:o:o


John:)

Crumbs nighthawk- that's a real nice Orfe, it would cost a few bob to buy one of that size for your garden pond:o:o


John:)

its surprising what some people release in ponds...i got an 8lb ghost koi in arbourthorne pond last year ..it must have cost somebody a fortune to buy

it was really good years ago, ive had carp to 5 and 6 pound and tench to 4 and ive seen pike in there on the top in the summer, also ive been told off lads night fishing theres carp to 17 pound! corn used to be the best bait and maggots for roach etc

jim

it was really good years ago, ive had carp to 5 and 6 pound and tench to 4 and ive seen pike in there on the top in the summer, also ive been told off lads night fishing theres carp to 17 pound! corn used to be the best bait and maggots for roach etc

jim

I have never seen pike in there,has anyone else?
I have seen a carp weighed at 22lbs,and the guy who caught it reckons there is one about 28lbs seen but not caught.This was a couple of years back.
They same bloke weighed a tench for me at 4lbs and about 45mins later he cayght one at 5.5lbs.

22 sounds good 28 sounds even better :-) iv 2 mates that have seen pike too think this spring il go down there for a bit of carping