[sheff 13]

Originally Posted by Azzbo

Dint no they wer that big at aston, il have a day on there when it gets warmer. Does many fish that specimen pond?

There was a few fishing it yesterday but I don't know what they fished for, I had a limp round in the summer & spotted the Carp sun bathing, there was just one chap fishing down the narrow end but he was struggling.
Don't know if live baits are allowed but he has no bait bans so long as anglers are sensible, & as far as I'm aware he closes the gate at 6 oclock.
But also don't take my word for the size of fish! check with the bailiff, that's where my info came from so if it's wrong don't blame me.

[spankysufc]

Originally Posted by sheff 13

There was a few fishing it yesterday but I don't know what they fished for, I had a limp round in the summer & spotted the Carp sun bathing, there was just one chap fishing down the narrow end but he was struggling.
Don't know if live baits are allowed but he has no bait bans so long as anglers are sensible, & as far as I'm aware he closes the gate at 6 oclock.
But also don't take my word for the size of fish! check with the bailiff, that's where my info came from so if it's wrong don't blame me.

going to give ken a ring then see what he says!, i was going to start going down tuesday evenings but if he closes gate at 6 then its pointless me going down as i wont be getting there til 4.30ish.

[sheff 13]

Good idea talk to the boss, let us know what he says.

[Azzbo]

you would think that lighter evenings he would keep gates open later, let us no wot he says spanky, also might b a good idea to get the size and stock of catfish

[spankysufc]

am going to have a drive up at weekend so will fill you in!!

[Azzbo]

Sound mate, I had a nice surprise this morning. Heard a knock at door, was city link delivery, with a parcel for me??? I opened it to find a greys prodigy fully loaded tackle box, i couldnt work out why id got it. Turns out id sent a question regarding catfish to anglers mail a couple of months ago, n theyve printed it as letter of week, so i won tackle box, so i went n bought anglers mail, got a nice size article, with some good catfish advice. Bout time i won sumat lol, hope i can send them a pic of my first cat this year

[spankysufc]

Originally Posted by Azzbo

Sound mate, I had a nice surprise this morning. Heard a knock at door, was city link delivery, with a parcel for me??? I opened it to find a greys prodigy fully loaded tackle box, i couldnt work out why id got it. Turns out id sent a question regarding catfish to anglers mail a couple of months ago, n theyve printed it as letter of week, so i won tackle box, so i went n bought anglers mail, got a nice size article, with some good catfish advice. Bout time i won sumat lol, hope i can send them a pic of my first cat this year

you lucky so and so !!! have spoken to my mate whos fished it loads of times last summer, he fishes for carp and caught a 24lb cat on the method feeder, he says he used to stay til later than 6 but he didnt know exact closing times. he also said that he had plenty of carp out of their but none over 12lb.

[spankysufc]

ive been up to have a look this afternoon, it is a lot smaller than i anticipated, the pegging looks a bit tight aswell wouldnt like being on it if there was a few people fishing, there is a sign saying it closes at 6 but spoke to a couple of regulars and they said they have fished later than this. there was a couple of blokes fishing and i was speakinh to one who was fishing the method and he said he had a couple of carp around 6lb each.

[Azzbo]

Might b worth a couple of evenings when nights get lighter. Did he say wot swim he got the cat? From wot I've heard they usually patrol the same areas

[spankysufc]

no but he is goimg to come up with me for a session in next couple of weeks!

[Azzbo]

let us no how u get on pal

[Azzbo]

Just had a look at astons website, it says that they do 24 hours for £20, is this the same pond with the moggies in?

[spankysufc]

which website mate av u gt a link?

[spankysufc]

ive had a look on google and cant find a website for these ponds, the only website i could find was aston park fisheries which is on the same site but theres 4 or 5 lakes owned by somebody else. dont think none of these have got cats in though and didnt even think you could night fish any of them as they were mainly match fishing, although i know the lilly pond used to be a specimen lake with big carp and bream in until alex the owner renovated it and changed it into a match lake.

[Azzbo]

Thats the one i went on pal, the aston park fisheries, ive never been to aston ponds, so i thought it was the same place. On the homepage of the site, in left hand corner there was a circle that said specimen hunters click here, so i did n it brought that lily pond up and said book now for 2012 24 hour sessions, ￡20

[spankysufc]

yes they are different ponds mate, dont know about stocking levels bur know there are odd big carp and bream still in so he must be advertising it back to specimen hunters

[Azzbo]

Its all about the cats tho lol i had i quick look through the specimen page, no mention so i wont b goin lol im on that private top pond at bradleys on 7th, spoke to roger n he sez there defo a 40 lb+ in it, it wer last caught on a piece of squid, im optamistic about it tho, even if i dont catch, gives me a chance to check rigs and practice casting using line clip, there ment to be some big carp in there aswel, so il settle for a couple of those

[spankysufc]

the small square 1 up the hill with the power lines?? we fished it a few years ago and my mate had a scraper 20lb carp on floating bread, might have a nip up on the 7th to see how you get on!!

[Azzbo]

That's the one, I've heard they get up to 30 in there. Pop up mate, il b there all day

[spankysufc]

are you still going up tommorow mate??