Fishing at Wire Mill Dam

rmjohns2 · 08-06-2009, 10:51

Hi,

Not been for about 5 years and believe it's now on day ticket?

Any regulars out there who go? Is it fishing well? I used to catch crucians all day on bread and pellet.....is that still the best bait to use?

All help would

be much appreciated!

Total Chaos · 08-06-2009, 13:12

Where is Wire Mill dam

brianthedog · 08-06-2009, 13:49

It's up the Porter Valley - just past Bingham Park but before you reach Forge Dam. Lovely spot - although I have no idea about the fishing question. Perhaps go along and ask - there's always loads of people fishing...

jrowl · 08-06-2009, 17:10

I last fished it about 2years ago and was still free then.

algy · 08-06-2009, 18:22

The Council leased the fishing last year I think, and now there's a daily charge. i must say the person who has the lease has cleaned the place up.

leosharpe · 08-06-2009, 20:29

its poor im afaraid the place needsa alot of work full of silt. and shallow

superblade1! · 08-06-2009, 23:00

i used to go all the time before the guy took it over. to be honest i think he has ruined it. i think it seems to fish allot differently now. I used to catch allot of crucian's and tench but now it seems to be more roach and skimmers. so i havn't been back in a while.

bookbinder · 14-04-2010, 21:03

Grand children went with a 3 mtr whip the other day they caught 3 roach on bread bailiff charged them £3 to fish a bit steep they are only six and seven they enjoyed it but its not realy encouraging the youngsters i know everybody has got to earn a living but they only stayed an hour

UnkleBob · 14-04-2010, 21:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by bookbinder

Grand children went with a 3 mtr whip the other day they caught 3 roach on bread bailiff charged them £3 to fish a bit steep they are only six and seven they enjoyed it but its not realy encouraging the youngsters i know everybody has got to earn a living but they only stayed an hour

he's never going to get rich though, how many anglers can fish here in a day? 10? 12? 15? 20? He'd make more money running a shop but he's chosen this. Good luck to him. I actually think £3 a day is cheap, even for youngsters.

megalithic · 14-04-2010, 23:56

Ah, but is the terrapin still there. ?
Some of you will know what i'm on about.

gritter1960 · 15-04-2010, 05:04

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Originally Posted by megalithic

Ah, but is the terrapin still there. ?
Some of you will know what i'm on about.

I know what your on about and no i dont think it is, used to sit where that post stuck out in the middle,it looked like a ww1 helmet with legs

Ben_Cymru · 15-04-2010, 11:12

last time i went up their i had a good days fishing

mr carp · 26-04-2010, 18:06

ive fished it a lot .maggot feeder for carp. caught all day

bookbinder · 10-05-2010, 15:24

Fished the other day loads of crusians-tench-roach on pellets also there are some sturgeon mopping the bait up off the bottom a good day.

tallanddopey · 11-05-2010, 02:45

i used to fish it a lot about 6-8 years ago and it was a great day out. ive been a few times this year and so far its nowhere near as good as it used to be, the crucians are very hard to get going and there just doesnt appear to be the same amount of fish in there.

chsheffield · 15-09-2011, 14:59

hi, i'm going on saturday with my friend, any update for this year, sucessful baits or anything? thanks for any reply

jrowl · 15-09-2011, 23:18

Got charged £4 (or £3.50 cant remember) a few weeks back to fish it,
It's very shallow and very busy with dog walkers and walkers.
Sorry but I can't see the point of fishing it anymore when I can fish Pinchmill for the same price or put a quid to and a couple tins of plumbrose and go to the straight mile.
Ok when it was free but sadly not worth it anymore IMO :0(