is night fishing safe

hi alan, me and tony cooper night fished friday night, no problems very quite infact, wasn't even that dark with it been a clear night. didn't catch much though about a dozen perch between us.

the fish records you are after, biggest mirror i've had was 19lb 2 caugth last Oct, and common was a 24lb caugth nov, i tend to fish later in the year once it cools down, this weather is not good for carping, i would be interested in seeing any pics of the 27 if any one has one.
whats it like fishing the night, safety wise, do you need to be two up or is it very quiet

B.T.L.A.C match result

Match result - Sunday 24th July - River Swale at Broom farm

1. Paul Dinsdale 5lb 9oz

2. Adam Chapman 2lb 5oz

3. Steve Mitchell 2lb 3oz

Unfortunately the river was running off after being high during the week, but was still quite coloured which affected the fishing.

night fishing

Had the best catch of my life and dont ever expect to catch a fish of this quality ever again.At 1am on worm,close in i hooked on to a fish i thought was a carp,15 mins later to my amazment and surprise it was a tench of between 7-8lb.I have caught many tench over the years and up to date my best was about 5lbs this fish kicked butt.A absolute cracking place to fish.

Pond catch records

Have a look to the right of the blog and you'll find records of the biggest fish caught at the pond. I've put my own catches up there for starters (27lb Common belongs to Phil).
If you have caught bigger ones let me know and post a picture if you have one.
I'd really like to hear of all the catches so I can determine the stock levels before I meet with the Environment Agency next month.
No fishermans tales please.

what a whopper

tony with a nice tench

1st blog

first nice fish from pauls pond, been to pond three times this week, couple of tench plenty of perch. same thing every morning gets to about 10.00 a.m then nothing no fish no bites nothing. IS IT ME?? still had great time though .

The pond has always fished better either early a/m or evening. If fishing through the day - try to pick an overcast, breezey day.

Things are moving.

Had a very useful meeting with Elaine, Natural Habitats Manager, at the pond this morning who is very sympathetic to our point of view.
Also made contact with Jerome at the EA to get them on board with possibly re-stocking fish that were removed in 93.
Watch this space.

Sunday Suppliment

No Poachers again this week! Wow! Three new faces at the pond all BTLAC members. Cmon lads lets have a catch return on the blog.
Meeting with the council again Wed morning to discuss maintenance.

Had a walk around friday evening nobody up there but good to here about the carp. There were tench bubbles coming up all over the pond though.

I havn't night fished the water yet is it safe to go so on your own with it being a public park.

Sunday Suppliment

No poachers this week! Two members fished yesterday, Steve and Phil with Phil landing a 27lb Common Carp at 2am.

Christie Burrett and very nice Tench

B.T.L.A.C Match result Sunday 03.07.11 Sally Walsh's lake

1. Neil Handley 11lb 3oz

2. Andy Longbottom 10lb 7oz

3. Keith Dutton 7lb 4oz

Sunday Suppliment

Lovely hot day so knew there'd be poachers. Three guys who'd been up there on Friday took another chance. Left quite peacefully after a chat. If they're seen again without a ticket I'll let the coppers deal with em.

I actually fished the pond!!!

For the first time in years I took a rod down with me for a couple of hours yesterday. Lost 2 good Tench on spam and landed one Moorhen on corn.
One Tench snapped me (didn't check the drag and it had gummed up through lack of use.. DOH) other dropped the bait before I could set the hook.
Loads of activity with fish showing all over the pond. Monster Carp cruising everywhere. Tench bubbles all over.
Just missing a few more fishermen...

B.T.L.A.C Match list 2011

July 3rd - Sally walsh's lake
July 24th - Broom farm - river swale
Aug 7th - Sally Walsh's lake ( annual match )
Aug 28th - 100 Oaks lake
Sept 4th - Brafferton - ghost lake
Sept 11th - Sally Walsh's lake
Oct 2nd - Raker - Acorn lake
Oct 16th - 100 Oaks lake
Nov 13th - Brafferton - spring lake

All matches draw at 8.30....To attend please ring Neil Handley 0113 2874051 or Paul Dinsdale 07846 394914

Friday evening poachers.

One of our members - Mark Smith rang me earlier to say he found seven poachers at the pond this evening. He didn't get too heavy with them, but warned them that the fishery was private and if seen again would be reported to the police.

Look at the Police Priority on the website

Cookridge Neighbourhood

Neighbourhood Inspector Richard Coldwell

Online Contact Form

Telephone 01274 471 458

aa.nptnorthwestouter@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk

In an Emergency always dial 999.
For Non Emergenices dial 0845 6060606.

Local priorities for the Cookridge Neighbourhood are:

• Poaching - Pauls Pond, Pinfold Lane 6pm to 8pm Fri/Sat/Sun

Tench at Paul's Pond

This is my first involvment with blogging, so apologies if it is not what is wanted.

I do pleasure fishing, still water venues in North Leeds.

I get up to Paul's Pond several times in the year, it is a great location apart from the walk and the sometimes the blank days.

Interested in the talk of re-stocking, a boat load of roach would be good, I like to catch the bigger fish but catching anything can make a difference to the day.

Have included a picture of a 4lb Tench caught in April, not the biggest I have had but it is rare that there is anyone about to take a photo