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Farmer Jim · Jul 14, 2025

Had another cracking little session on the float with my lad tonight :

11 x little Crucian. ( first time I`ve caught any for years )
2 x 1lb Roach
2 x Crucian hybrids
1 x Goldfish ( obs been chucked in by someone )

Transferred all of them to the pond on the golf course that we`re stocking on the sly.

My lad who`s a hard core carp man, was made up with the two decent roach he caught

Adge · Jul 15, 2025

Weather dependent, I’m planning on going on Wednesday again.

MusicDating · Jul 15, 2025

Gynnsthetonic · Jul 15, 2025

Had a Leamington AA season ticket for years, only £40, all sorts of waters to fish, rivers, ponds, lakes in and around South Warwickshire. Perch, carp, rudd, pike, roach, bream, all sorts!

Adge · Jul 16, 2025

Leamington Angling Association - Best Coarse Fishing in the Midlands

Leamington Angling Association has top Midlands waters including Jubilee Pools, Napton Reservoir, Ryton Pools, Snitterfield Reservoir, Warwickshire Avon and many others. Membership is open to all. Carp, tench, roach, barbel etc.

www.leamingtonangling.co.uk

Adge · Jul 17, 2025

Yep-they’ve got the stretch of the Avon near to where I am opposite the RSC. Haven’t fished it for a few years but am going to try and get down there before the football starts again and the rods go back in the garage

Adge · Jul 26, 2025

Another great day yesterday-this being the biggest of the lot.

oscillatewildly · Aug 7, 2025

Gynnsthetonic said:
Had a Leamington AA season ticket for years, only £40, all sorts of waters to fish, rivers, ponds, lakes in and around South Warwickshire. Perch, carp, rudd, pike, roach, bream, all sorts!

Cod?

Farmer Jim · Aug 7, 2025

Anyone got any tips for getting rid of blanket weed ?

Me and my lad have been stocking a new pond on a local golf course on the sly - Roach and Crucian Carp so far, with plans to introduce Tench and then a few Perch once the sliver fish and crap have established themselves.

It`s about half an acre in size, about a year old and looks to be healthy, as it`s got frogs and water insects. So far non of the fish we`ve put in appear to have died, but it`s got a lot of blanket weed on it.

I`ve been going down there when it`s dark and manually clearing it with a rake head and a rope, but I`m barely scratching the surface.

I`ve seen that you can buy chemical stuff that kills it, that is safe to fish and pond life, but it`s about £100 a tub, which I don`t want to spend.

I`m thinking of maybe buying some small Grass Carp from a local aquarium and putting them in, as apparently they love blanket weed, but I`m worried that once they started growing, they`d be visible to the golfers and word would spread and people would try and catch them.

Any ideas ?

Gynnsthetonic · Aug 7, 2025

oscillatewildly said:
Cod?

Yes with chips and mushy peas from Wolston Chippy on the way home, it's about the only fish I get my hands on

oscillatewildly · Aug 7, 2025

Farmer Jim said:
Anyone got any tips for getting rid of blanket weed ?

Me and my lad have been stocking a new pond on a local golf course on the sly - Roach and Crucian Carp so far, with plans to introduce Tench and then a few Perch once the sliver fish and crap have established themselves.

It`s about half an acre in size, about a year old and looks to be healthy, as it`s got frogs and water insects. So far non of the fish we`ve put in appear to have died, but it`s got a lot of blanket weed on it.

I`ve been going down there when it`s dark and manually clearing it with a rake head and a rope, but I`m barely scratching the surface.

I`ve seen that you can buy chemical stuff that kills it, that is safe to fish and pond life, but it`s about £100 a tub, which I don`t want to spend.

I`m thinking of maybe buying some small Grass Carp from a local aquarium and putting them in, as apparently they love blanket weed, but I`m worried that once they started growing, they`d be visible to the golfers and word would spread and people would try and catch them.

Any ideas ?

Go ahead with the grass carp plan but also invest in a sighted sniper rifle, cam net and seek some natural cover nearby.
Pick off any random golfers who venture too close showing an interest.

Adge · Aug 8, 2025

Farmer Jim said:
Anyone got any tips for getting rid of blanket weed ?

Me and my lad have been stocking a new pond on a local golf course on the sly - Roach and Crucian Carp so far, with plans to introduce Tench and then a few Perch once the sliver fish and crap have established themselves.

It`s about half an acre in size, about a year old and looks to be healthy, as it`s got frogs and water insects. So far non of the fish we`ve put in appear to have died, but it`s got a lot of blanket weed on it.

I`ve been going down there when it`s dark and manually clearing it with a rake head and a rope, but I`m barely scratching the surface.

I`ve seen that you can buy chemical stuff that kills it, that is safe to fish and pond life, but it`s about £100 a tub, which I don`t want to spend.

I`m thinking of maybe buying some small Grass Carp from a local aquarium and putting them in, as apparently they love blanket weed, but I`m worried that once they started growing, they`d be visible to the golfers and word would spread and people would try and catch them.

Any ideas ?

Just out of interest, why are you moving the fish to the golf pond?

Farmer Jim · Aug 9, 2025

Adge said:
Just out of interest, why are you moving the fish to the golf pond?

We intend to night fish it once the fish have established themselves next year

Sbarcher · Aug 17, 2025

After many years of fishing rivers and commercials, now concentrating solely on the Oxford canal.
Because of the fixed water width, I've bough a 6m and 7m telescopic whip for 2 different swims I fish which are perfect for float fishing. I see anglers pushing their laden trollies full of tackle and poles costing £100's. Real overkill for the cut!

Farmer Jim · Aug 21, 2025

So, after a couple of months of quietly putting fish into a new pond that`s been built on the golf course by us and raking some of the blanket weed out, me and my lad went down there last night to put a few more fish into a feeder pond that links in with it and there`s a Cormorant sat on the edge of the pond

I`m hoping against hope, that it hasn`t wiped out the couple of dozen Roach we`ve put in, as from what I`ve read they`ll keep visiting a pond until they`ve emptied it !!!!!

Adge · Aug 22, 2025

Farmer Jim said:
So, after a couple of months of quietly putting fish into a new pond that`s been built on the golf course by us and raking some of the blanket weed out, me and my lad went down there last night to put a few more fish into a feeder pond that links in with it and there`s a Cormorant sat on the edge of the pond

I`m hoping against hope, that it hasn`t wiped out the couple of dozen Roach we`ve put in, as from what I`ve read they`ll keep visiting a pond until they`ve emptied it !!!!!

Dougin · Friday at 6:30 AM

Gynnsthetonic said:
Any of that near Copsewood lol

There are trout to be caught in the Avon near Ryton on dunsmore, I’ve had them. Barbel in there now too.

olderskyblue · Friday at 5:18 PM

Farmer Jim said:
So, after a couple of months of quietly putting fish into a new pond that`s been built on the golf course by us and raking some of the blanket weed out, me and my lad went down there last night to put a few more fish into a feeder pond that links in with it and there`s a Cormorant sat on the edge of the pond

I`m hoping against hope, that it hasn`t wiped out the couple of dozen Roach we`ve put in, as from what I`ve read they`ll keep visiting a pond until they`ve emptied it !!!!!

Yep, they emptied my pond, and a pal of mines too.

edited to say it was a Heron we had

Farmer Jim · 2025-08-31T14:43:00+0100

olderskyblue said:
Yep, they emptied my pond, and a pal of mines too.

edited to say it was a Heron we had

The mad thing is that you have to get a licence to kill them, even if they are causing havoc.

Looking a lot of the fishing forums, a lot of them tend to get shot " accidentally " when the pond owner is shooting squirrels and rabbits

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