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So I went fishing today on the river Don near middlewood tavern. There is a weir there so I went fishing for some barbel ! I didn't catch any barbel and I'm not even sure if there is any barbel in there ! I did catch a small rainbow trout though on luncheon meat ! And also got caught to the bottom and ended snapping my rod Either way has anyone got any advice on fishing a weir pool or specifically that one , looked online and everyone says different. Thanks !

Going to go fish Loxley fisheries this weekend. Was wondering if anyone has fished it recently and how it is going ?? Thanks,

The don is good if you don't mind walking ! As for loxely its my favourite fishery in Sheffield ! Make sure you have 8-10lb line as they're snags and even if you are fishing for small fish you most likely will hook a carp at some point ! Biggest carp I had from their was 16 lb 4 oz I caught it margin fishing with 2 ml pellet feed and 6 ml pellet on the hook ! Every peg has some object to fish to ! If you are near the lillies try a small bomb with peperami on the hook and feed small peices of meat flavoured with groundbait and abit of hemp for carp and possibly a barbel ! Goodluck

Thanks for all the information! really helpful.

Thanks for that you have any recommended stick floats ?

I never use a stick float. What's the difference in stick float and waggler swims ?

What's in there ? I was just going to walk along with a waggler and some maggots!

Cheers! Have you been down recently ?

I have been advised to go and fish a place called Salmon Pastures , It's along the five weir walk! I was just wondering do you need waders to fish this spot or can you fish it from dry land ?? Thanks.

https://www.gov.uk/freshwater-rod-fishing-rules/fish-size-and-catch-limits You can eat the fish if you want, just have to be a certain size and only a certain amount , and it has to be okay with the local byelaws.

It's not illegal to eat the fish you catch they just have to be certain measurements

You should be careful at the ladybower because if it is owned that's a big fine if you take them out and normally even if you are a member you would probably have to pay per pound to take them hone with you ! The canal has no trout ,no but the river don does , but I don't think anglers would be happy to here of people taking out trout from the don ! But it's up too you , by preference most anglers catch and release to keep the fish in good numbers!

I pm'd you!

I went fishing today at plumpers stretch and then walked back into to town. As far as i can tell the canal is very full of small fry loads and loads of them as well as tons of silvers , you could see them all sat on the top ! Although you do always see a few polish walking along throwing in lures and bread trying to catch their dinner! The only problem is that the ones they want to eat are the ones most people want to catch i,e the carp and pike!

Whats the carp fishing like ? Are you allowed more then one rod out ? Can you night fish ? Thanks

There are 2 kois I want to try and catch , the hardest part looks like trying to get the carp feeding on the top as they don't seem bothered at all ! They also never go near the sides they stay well away from the bank so casting near them can be hard ---------- Post added 15-07-2014 at 21:31 ---------- How shallow would it be ? And how often would you feed ? Any advice on getting fish feeding on he top? Thanks

I think I'm going to have a go with dog biscuits , so the ducks can't eat them

Went fishing today after carp on graves park . I fished using a hair rig with peperami and a peace of floating corn. On that I added a big PVA bag with corn , pellets and small meat . I fished this for 2-3 hours and had nothing at all . I changed to floating corn because of all the carp on the top ! But again nothing .I fished 7 hours over all and didn't get a nipple ! Any advice on catching these ninja carp ? Also what is plumpers stretch like for carp?! Thanks

Sounds good, what's the name of your local lake !?

Going to head down sometime next week too have a look. Just in case I do want to join how do you join ? The website doesn't help much on that part ! Thanks

Are the two ponds just the one lake but they have built a barrier in the middle ? What is the river fishing like on the part of the don ? And are the carp good there ? Thanks

Thankyou do they have a website ? Definitely in the price range that I was looking for

Just wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of a good fishing club , as I know nothing of them ? Don't want a mega expensive one just one with a lake / river stretch and nice people at the club ! Always wanted to fish a nice carp lake where you can do stalking ! Thanks

Going to go and fish the River Rother ! I normally fish the Don and just trot down with a waggler float , as I have herd there arnt really any barbel in it and I am yet to catch a chub I thought I might give the Rother a go to catch a barbel. Any advice on baits technique and spots to fish will help , but the spot has to accessible via public transport ! I was going to fish a ledger with bread for some chub ! Before I go for the chub I was going to feed up 2/3 swims with groundbait(brown crumb , hemp , small sweetcorn) and fish with a big piece of meat on the hook , just on a normal cage feeder rig . If this went to **** I would do rolling meat method as it looks fun ! Any advice on this will help ! Thank you

How would you fish somewhere like that though ? Just get lots of ground bait in and hope they move onto it ? And his much is a lot of ground bait 1 kg 2 kg ? Thankyou