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Reading a few catch reports on here I see canal catches I could have only dreamed of back when I used to regularly fish canals, really impressive stuff.
It has me hankering to get back on a canal but the Staffs/Worcs near me can be difficult fishing, sometimes devoid of fish, at other times mainly full of Perch, which although fun to catch, is not quite the same for me as a bag of Skimmers or Roach which I want to have a go at on Bread after reading a few other posts on here.
I know of another stretch, on the adjoining Stourbridge canal, this runs next to a fishery and I believe the fishery might have stocked the canal at some point. I have only fished it once and caught a good few Skimmers and Roach amongst the Perch, which leads me to believe there's a good head of fish there.
To my frustration, the canal is only accessible through a gate from the commercial fishery which is only opened and closed at certain times. They only charge £2.50 a day or £10 a year to fish it, but hardly anyone ever fishes it, and the gate is sometimes closed by fishery staff without checking if anyone is fishing the canal, meaning you could get stuck there as almost happened to me the one time I fished there.
Luckily, with a bit of luck from the Covid situation, they're doing a bookings only system on the fishery, which means I should be able to phone them up and arrange for the gate to remain open for me to fish there.
Don't know what I'm waiting for really. I should just call them and see if they'll do that for me. Just thought I'd mention it.
I've never heard of another situation regarding access that can be so frustrating, but happy to hear any other stories of getting or almost getting locked in a fishery/towpath!
It has me hankering to get back on a canal but the Staffs/Worcs near me can be difficult fishing, sometimes devoid of fish, at other times mainly full of Perch, which although fun to catch, is not quite the same for me as a bag of Skimmers or Roach which I want to have a go at on Bread after reading a few other posts on here.
I know of another stretch, on the adjoining Stourbridge canal, this runs next to a fishery and I believe the fishery might have stocked the canal at some point. I have only fished it once and caught a good few Skimmers and Roach amongst the Perch, which leads me to believe there's a good head of fish there.
To my frustration, the canal is only accessible through a gate from the commercial fishery which is only opened and closed at certain times. They only charge £2.50 a day or £10 a year to fish it, but hardly anyone ever fishes it, and the gate is sometimes closed by fishery staff without checking if anyone is fishing the canal, meaning you could get stuck there as almost happened to me the one time I fished there.
Luckily, with a bit of luck from the Covid situation, they're doing a bookings only system on the fishery, which means I should be able to phone them up and arrange for the gate to remain open for me to fish there.
Don't know what I'm waiting for really. I should just call them and see if they'll do that for me. Just thought I'd mention it.
I've never heard of another situation regarding access that can be so frustrating, but happy to hear any other stories of getting or almost getting locked in a fishery/towpath!