RIGHT ON DUDE

These same committe members are the ones complaining that the carp in the small lake are getting to big and are snapping the match men everytime they hook one. They are actually telling anglers if they catch a double figure fish in the small pond, then transfer it over to the main lake. Are they mad or what???

What youve got to remember here is this water is not a carp fishery/syndicate.the main decisions to the future of the type/quality of fishing will and is decided by a majority..,or that would be the impression!.unfortunatley carp anglers are outnumbered in every way.sometime ago this problem was addressed ,or was attempted to be addressed by carp angling members who became committee members.in a fare system this would have some level of impact.ie fareness.unfortunatley as time passed a rule passed to only include CORUS employees onto the committee.,(end of that one i here you say)it appears here in this present situation the present direction of the management is catering for the majority ie,NODDIES. theres not a lot you can do as a small group of carp anglers,but i do wonder how many of you work for CORUS.TIME will tell if youre really bothered. ENJOY IT

Cough, cough, Corus employee here .

""it appears here in this present situation the present direction of the management is catering for the majority ie,NODDIES. theres not a lot you can do as a small group of carp anglers,but i do wonder how many of you work for CORUS.TIME will tell if youre really bothered. ENJOY IT.""


Correct me if i am wrong Addict, the present situation has always been to cater for the majority of anglers i.e. pleasure anglers. Not once in my 15 yrs as a member have they taken a stocking policy to look after the carp anglers. It is frustrating watching a fishery develope into what could become a first class water for all anglers develope into a bite-a-chuck water, personally this is not for me, so i will go elsewhere and fish, here's hoping those pike get extremely fat .

you are right , plenty of other places,why get involved in a continual battle where your outnumbered every time.they,ll still blank in their matches.they aint got a clue! ENJOY IT !

Yes working men`s club angling commitees - don`t you just love `em
Nothing new i`am afraid - Cons club and Ashby Institute (RIP) on Moorwell Rd went thru the same wrangles at one time.
Be thankful the Commitees arn`t still operating pike culls - this reason i left the `stute about a year before it`s final demise,drainage and backfill (and they never ever did bugger all with the land)

If you want to influnce these chappies then turning up at AGM`s and going thru the process of getting carpers nominated as club officals is a must.

Still the beer`s cheap in the clubs

Manton big lake producing a few - 3 for me last night to 19-06.

Catching a few myself on the trent, which is not like me 8 carp between two of us biggest going 18:04 to my m8, lost count of the number of barbel, biggest at 9:08 and quite a few of those bait robbing chub, don't you just love em and found out last week what i suspected for a while, there is catfish in the trent and one or two people are catching .

Wouldn`t mind a Trent sess with you Cal.
I`ll pm you my leave datesfor the rest of the summer over this weekend,but i`ll bear in mind you`ll be occupied by "other" matters in the not to distant future
11lb top,19-06 bottom

No problem Kev, thanks for the reminder .

I`ll sort the out dates tomorrow Cal.
It`s been the mid 70`s since i last fished the Trent on matchs for the `Stute

20-12 Common last night,that`s me fished up and out until mid July.