Hi Freeman, I have been fishing around there for 60 years and it has always been a predominately roach stretch with a few perch thrown in. It was stocked with a few small carp (1lb) many years ago at the maypole lane access. These spread as far as i know to Alcester Lanes end one way and the furthest that i know of to the drawbridge the other way. I've had 2 from behind the yardley wood road bus garage, 1 from about the 4th peg the otherside of the same bridge and 1 from the drawbridge section. These 4 fish were not targeted but caught whilst fishing for roach or chub on caster, as i said not too many were put in and they are probably very thinly spread. Re pike, i'd never seen or heard caught of any in the area in them 60 yrs. I would have thought that i'd have had a roach snaffled on the way in of the thousands i must have caught over the years if they had been there. BUT because of the rivers usually being out of sorts in the past few winters, i decided to take up drop shotting on the canals from last october for this winter and low and behold caught 2 jacks on the same day about half an hour apart in november. These were from the drawbridge section however but nevertheless proved to me that they are about. Again obviously i was not targeting them but was after perch and chub. Personally if i was you i would bait fairly regularly over a few weeks at night with a few casters and bit of sweetcorn mixed in and fish the caster for roach early morning (before boats) and see what happens, you can try a piece of corn every so often. You may get the chub to settle as well as i find they are never in the same place 2 years running.