Angler’s Mail – July 09, 2019

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WHERE TO FISH

MIDLANDS

WHERE TO FISH

Steve Cope

Walsall-based match and pleasure angler with a

comprehensive knowledge of venues and tactics.

Tel:01922 640247 or 07985 741178

Email: [email protected]

RIVERS

River Dove

Where? Tutbury Mill, Tutbury,

Staffordshire, DE13 9LU

(council car park). Members

only. Burton Mutual AA

membership £100 for the fi rst

year, including a £30 joining

fee; members’ guests £5. Tel:

Gordon Plant on 07767 637477.

What’s being caught? Fishing

brilliantly for lots of chub to

around 5-6 lb, the best this

season 7 lb. Coming back

to its former glory. Two

double-fi gure barbel at the

start, 12 lb and 13 lb, and there

are plenty of smaller ones and

chublets showing.

Tactics? Leger luncheon meat,

8, 10 and 14 mm boilies in the

evenings, or feeder and 4 mm

pellets with meat and boilies

on the hook. Float fi sh meat

in the daytime for the chub on

pegs with overhanging willows.

River Trent

Where? Burton upon Trent,

East Staffordshire, DE14

1TD (parking and access at

Washlands Sports Club).

Members only. Coors AC

membership £45.

Tel: 01283 512711.

What’s being caught? Alive

with small fi sh, mainly roach,

but lots of dace and perch,

too. A few double-fi gure

barbel being caught at night,

with occasional good bream.

Skimmers starting to show.

Tactics? Stick fl oat and

maggots for the silver fi sh and

perch, 2-3 rod lengths out.

Leger boilies and pellets for the

chance of a barbel or bream.

Warwickshire Avon

Where? Drennan Manor Farm

Leisure, Harvington, Evesham,

Worcestershire, WR11 8PA. Day

tickets £8; 24 hours £10 (no

pre-booking required).

Tel: 01386 870039.

What’s being caught? Barbel

of 10 lb, 12 lb and 13 lb this

season, with lots of 6-7 lb.

Venue regular Adam Davies

had the 13 lb. The best

early-season chub fi shing for

years, with lots to 5 lb being

caught. A few big perch to 3 lb

banked, too.

Tactics? For the barbel,

leger luncheon meat, pellets

and bunches of worms.

Waggler and maggots to the

overhanging trees and bushes

for the chub. The big perch

are being caught on pole and

worms under the platforms on

the inside.

CANALS

Birmingham

Main Line Canal

Where? Soho Loop, Winson

Green, Birmingham, B18

7HJ (parking and access,

Clissold Street), or B18 5RY

(Waterside), or B18 5RP

(Central Park Drive). Day

tickets £2, on the towpath.

Canal Kings AC waters. No

membership fee, just come

along and have a go. Tel: 0121

373 6627 or 07943 363923.

What’s being caught? Mainly

skimmers and roach. Bream to

3 lb on certain pegs at Clissold

Street end. Darren Massey won

Round Two of the 45-peg Soho

Loop Teams of Five Summer

League here with 136 roach for

10 lb 3 oz.

Tactics? Pole with squatts and

pinkies over groundbait, and

bread punch over liquidised

bread still working for the

skimmers and roach. Pole with

chopped worm and casters for

the chance of a good bream,

A

YOUNG chap called

Eddie Wills contacted

me the other day to ask if

Angler’s Mail could promote

his new day ticket venue,

called Magna Lakes, in

Sheepy Magna.

Eddie and his partner

Darren Reynolds took over

the pools, which are in

beautiful countryside near

Atherstone, in Warwickshire,

from Trout Ponds Farm last

winter, and have worked

tirelessly, refurbishing and

renovating the place, which

opened in April.

The pools were dug by

monks many years ago, and

there were originally three,

but two pools have now

been made into one ten-peg

syndicate Woodland Lake,

with seven members, but

they are looking for 20, for an

annual cost of £240.

The carp go to 25 lb, with

a couple of unknown bigger

fi sh, and they are looking to

stock two 30s this winter.

Day ticket Monks Pool is

£10 for two rods; 24 hours

£20, and along with carp also

has bream to 8 lb, tench of

Magna-ificent new water

4-5 lb, roach to 2 lb, perch to

1 lb, and plenty of skimmers

and gudgeon.

It has 12 pegs, but there is

room for 15 anglers, and it is

available for match bookings

and night fi shing. An annual

ticket is £120; £90 for OAPs.

There’s a new car park,

excellent wooden walkways,

just a short walk to your peg

with a trolley, and

on-site toilets. The place looks

immaculate and very inviting.

Check out their Facebook page.

They have lots of ideas for

the future, and are keen to

encourage families and school

parties to visit. Tel: Eddie

on 07891 022337 or Darren

Reynolds on 07973 830708.

Sat nav: CV9 3RT.

Adam Davies

with his 13 lb

Avon barbel.

Darren Massey won on the

Birmingham Canal with roach

and skimmers.

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TOP

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Head bailiff Adrian

Rattigan shows the

quality of Magna

Lakes stock.