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Steve Baker
Guest
When i was a younger fisherman i had never caught a carp. The lake i used to fish had a good head of roach to over 2lb, Rudd 2lb and loads of big perch aswell as a few big carp up to 15lb (which was the lake record). I fished this from when i was 10 till i was 14 and used to dream of catching those carp that i used to see swimming around in the backwater when i first arrived at my peg in the morning. The problem is now that i actually miss catching roach to this size and where have all the rudd gone? I havent caught one for ages. I used to curse these bloody big rudd at brasside pond in Durham for stopping me catch my first carp.
The thing is i know its my own fault as the new generation carp pools are just to easy to fish with there car parks next to the lake and there overstoking of carp so they are so hungry the dont give a damn if its got a hook in it or not. Lately i have started fishing the severn at atcham and i really enjoy that even if i only catch a bloody eel, as when i cast my feeder out i dont knoe what iam going to get.
Another reason that i fish the local goldfish bowl is that i can see my car. So i know its safe and not being broken into by some scumbag. So i ask again what do you perfer a carp fishery that you know what you are going to catch and you know you car is safe or some place on the river where you have to leave your car at the mercy of the local toerags?
The thing is i know its my own fault as the new generation carp pools are just to easy to fish with there car parks next to the lake and there overstoking of carp so they are so hungry the dont give a damn if its got a hook in it or not. Lately i have started fishing the severn at atcham and i really enjoy that even if i only catch a bloody eel, as when i cast my feeder out i dont knoe what iam going to get.
Another reason that i fish the local goldfish bowl is that i can see my car. So i know its safe and not being broken into by some scumbag. So i ask again what do you perfer a carp fishery that you know what you are going to catch and you know you car is safe or some place on the river where you have to leave your car at the mercy of the local toerags?