Dave Smith
Active member
I'd been thinking of joining a small local club for the past few years, and after a telephone call from a mate explaining that next year there's a probationary period of 12 months before night fishing will beallowed (which is a good idea in my book).... I finally signed up. the club has a few waters but the only water I was interested in was the Mere... I knew that this year I'd not get many chances to fish but that was fine, the reason for joining this year was so that I didn't have to wait until 2009 to night fish there....
Night fishing the Mere closes at the end of August, again fine by me I only wanted to to the occasional Carp session and Eel fish the place during the summer.... but a call from another miffed member the other night brought news that the club will not be re-opening the water for nights next year. due to litter.... now the Mere is a beautiful place with very , very little in the way of litter, there are a few idiots with rods who camp weekends who do leave a very small amount of litter (usually cleared away by a mate who has done 3 or 4 nights each week since March (when night fishing opens). There's certainly less litter on the Mere than the other club pools.
Now I'm a liitle P***ed off with the club, for making a very knee jerk reaction (a bailiff would be a better idea).
I'm more than a little P***ed off with the idiot element again. when will these people learn. there are guys that have put a lot of effort into that place and are being kicked in the teeth, I and others have effectivley wasted almost £100....
My other problem is now I need to find a localish water where I can night for eels through the summer and keep my 9 year old happy with Tench/carp etc during the day... within a 45 minute drive of Walsall...
Night fishing the Mere closes at the end of August, again fine by me I only wanted to to the occasional Carp session and Eel fish the place during the summer.... but a call from another miffed member the other night brought news that the club will not be re-opening the water for nights next year. due to litter.... now the Mere is a beautiful place with very , very little in the way of litter, there are a few idiots with rods who camp weekends who do leave a very small amount of litter (usually cleared away by a mate who has done 3 or 4 nights each week since March (when night fishing opens). There's certainly less litter on the Mere than the other club pools.
Now I'm a liitle P***ed off with the club, for making a very knee jerk reaction (a bailiff would be a better idea).
I'm more than a little P***ed off with the idiot element again. when will these people learn. there are guys that have put a lot of effort into that place and are being kicked in the teeth, I and others have effectivley wasted almost £100....
My other problem is now I need to find a localish water where I can night for eels through the summer and keep my 9 year old happy with Tench/carp etc during the day... within a 45 minute drive of Walsall...