Kevin.

I have fished the Trent a little at Cromwell weir. The first peg above the weir. I had 1 mirror at 15lb, what a fight that was against the current.

i know a lad who had a thirty Near the North Muskham stretch, in a tidal section. Sorry I cant remember the name of it.

There are many pegs/sections that are favoured for Carp but it was in the Mid '80s when I knew, but my memory fails me now.

It might be worth asking in the 'Match Section of the forum. If they are not all nutters like the Game/Fly bunch.

Regards Axeman.

>Thanks for that.. I hope my post makes >sense to those, at least that have been >around a while and understand where I >am coming from.

Yeh, I'm with you here. I love small waters, and I fish one tiny, weedy one in the middle of a wood in farmland. Carp to mid doubles afaik.

Turn up one morning, 4.30, settle in quiet, margins, tucked behind a tree. Then he turns up. Clum, clump. Done owt mate. Plonks down next to me and puts the f'in radio on. I just went home and have'nt been back to the place since.

Axeman,

Did you ever find the type of water you were looking for ? If so I'd be interested to hear about it!

Also did you start on Motorway, and how did you get on ?

Hutchy

hi all.
just for the record it was not me as i have never been north of horseshoe. .
hope you find what you are looking for axe old mate.

Wow, this is an old thread!

Hi Hutchy.

The closest I found to a Yorkshire Wraysbury was the A1 pits. Just the type of fishing I ideally like and with fish of the standard I was looking for.

I never got to the motorway, for reasons I can't state here I'm afraid. (personal)

Axe.

Ps. I was under a lot of stress when I posted this topic. So please excuse the tone.

i dont think you are ever going to get away from some of the plonkers that go fishing[ most of them seem to be in our area ] yorkshire.
i you are looking for big fish try looking at sally walsh,s dam or nostal to lake both lakes hold large fish
or if you are looking for a lake with unknown quantitys have a look at cold hindley [ near ryhill ] or newmillerdam

Captain.

I have fished Cold Hiendly a few times for big bags of bream and have been told that it contains no Carp. Unless you know different...

Axe.

Axe,

I've mentioned this in a previous post I think.

If you're still looking, then there are waters just like Wraysbury around Lincs.
(Much more like than the A1 anyway). Sorry I must stop slagging the place off, it's just that it's such a barron **** hole ! It's very well stocked though, so I suppose it depends on how hard a water you wanna fish, the 2 lakes I'm about to mention would be much much harder, but rewards are there.

Apex is one for starters, in fact that's bigger than wraysbury, and there's plenty of the unknown in there. I would'nt think you would get problems with instants on there mate, too big, and too hard.
Alternately there's the SSI place but you would have to 'guest' ! If I did'nt have 2 fantastic quiet waters to fish in Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire then I would be 'guesting' there myself.

Neil

Thanks again Neil.

I do remember your last post on this, and have taken it all in for the future. I have to say, still, at the moment I'm not looking for ultra-hard waters as I have yet to re-gain some confidence in my fishing after an appalling season to date.

I agree that A1 is barron, but I like that too. It's a total contrast to Selby and both waters can provide me with my goals for the for-seeable future.

Cheers.

Axe.

Axeman,

contact me off line and i can give you some interesting info on a couple of north yorkshire waters which are rarely fished and hold possible uncaught thirties! (My father and I have had them up to 29.8 five years ago when I stopped fishing so seriously) So yes they do exist mate, but you will have to give me more details first.

Cheers

CA