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half to three-quarters of the
way across.
Trent and Mersey Canal
Where? Clay Mills, Burton
upon Trent, Staffordshire, to
Wychnor, Staffordshire (plenty
of parking and access points).
Day tickets £2. Burton Mutual
AA membership £15, from
Bacchus & Rhone, DE11 7DU,
Burton Angling, DE14 2DP, or
Fishermania Burton, DE14 2LG.
Tel: 01283 512711 or
01543 491228.
What’s being caught? The
Shobnall section is fishing
well for quality roach to 10 oz,
perch to 6 oz and skimmers
to 1 lb, 10 lb pleasure nets not
uncommon. Also chub to 5 lb
and perch to over 3 lb in the
deepest holes. Double-figure
carp towards Swarkestone, the
best 31 lb. Chance of a barbel
to over 6 lb at Wychnor and
Alrewas, where the Trent joins
the canal.
Tactics? Pole and casters
down the track at 4-5 m for
the perch and roach, evenings
best, after the boat traffic
dies down. For the skimmers,
put some groundbait in and
fish casters. Use a heavier
rig for the chub, with worm
and casters, to overhanging
brambles and bushes.
Lobworms for the perch, in
the deeper water or under
overhanging vegetation.STILLWATERS
Boddington Reservoir
Where? Near Byfield,
Northamptonshire, NN11 6XU.
Weekday tickets £6 one rod;
£10 two rods; weekends £7
one rod; £11 two rods.
Tel: 07740 534891.
What’s being caught? Two
300 lb-plus match weights off
the dam wall and another two
from the top end, with other
weights of 281 lb, 261 lb and
211 lb and lots of back-ups in
100s, mainly carp of 10-16 lb.
A recent Darlaston AC match
was won by Malcolm Davies
with 17 carp for 131 lb 4 oz. A
pleasure angler fishing for carp
caught a 2 lb 8 oz roach on a
boilie.
Tactics? Method feeder with
2, 3 and 4 mm soaked pelletsin the feeder and Ringers
pink and Chocolate Orange
wafters doing the business
for the carp, at 60-100 yards.
Pellet waggler will work as
the weather warms, or off the
surface on floating baits, but
be mindful of the waterfowl.Broad Acres Fishery
Where? Hanbury,
Worcestershire, B60 4HS.
Day tickets £7 one rod; £10
two rods; 24 hours £20. Five
anglers with three rods each,
or ten anglers with two rods
each, by prior arrangement.
Café and toilet blocks. Tel:
07866 721141 or Pete Rice on
07510 697224 (after 5.30pm).
What’s being caught? On
Main Lake, lots of carp moving
round the edges. A night angler
had 19 to 19 lb. A bite a chuck
for the skimmers and roach,
pleasure anglers doing
20-40 lb per session without
carp. No matches on Main
Lake now. Charlie’s Pool is
perfect for kids in the summer
holidays, a recent school party
of ten children all catching
roach, perch and F1s, one
child having 36, Pete Rice and
his son Mark are qualified
coaches. The Stock Pool is
fishing its brains out for carp
from 1 lb 8 oz to 8 lb, recent
match weights up to 180 lb.
Tactics? For the carp on
Main Lake, mainly Coconut
or Pineapple pop-ups 3-4 in.
off the deck, 25-30 yards out,
or 12-16 mm boilies, bigger
to avoid the skimmers. Pole
at 3-4 m with 4 mm pellets
for the silver fish. Whip or
stick float with maggots on
Charlie’s. On Stock Pool,strangely, Method feeder on
4 m of pole is working, with
micros in the feeder and
groundbait around it, using
8-10 mm pellets, corn and
luncheon meat on the hook,
just plopping the feeder out.
No floating baits allowed.Stanwick Lakes
Where? Kislingbury (off A45),
Northamptonshire, NN9 6QZ.
Day tickets £7 one rod; £10
two rods; £13 three rods; 24
hours £20 for up to three rods;
Elsons 24 hours £23 for up to
three rods, booked in advance
for Elsons. Tel: 07974 300015.
What’s being caught? Elsons
is fishing well for carp to over
20 lb with occasional 30s and
40s. On Mallard Lake, multiple
carp catches to high-20s, up to
half a dozen, one night angler
landing ten in 24 hours. Danny
Currie caught a 28 lb 4 oz
common carp on Mallard, on
fake sweetcorn. Swan Lake has
produced up to 15 doubles in
24 or 48 hours, 21 lb the recent
biggest. Coot Lake doing really
well for double-figure bream
and tench to 7 lb, and there are
carp to 20 lb, too.
Tactics? CC Moore Pacific
Tuna boilies doing really well,
or 12 mm pop-ups over a
bed of boilies and pellets, 6-7
rod lengths out best, then
the margins later in the day
and overnight. On Coot, float
fish for the tench with corn
and meat, feeding pellets
around the reed beds and lily
pads. Groundbait feeder with
worms for the bream, fished
a bit further out than the carp
anglers, but the bream do
come in closer sometimes.Danny Currie with his perfect 28 lb 4 oz Stanwick Lakes common carp.TOP
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