I've Discovered A Number Of Spots For Repeated And Irregular Maggot Drowning In The Black Country
I am looking for more locations to go maggot drowning. A few spots have definitely presented themselves to be visited repeatedly and these include the canals around Brierley Hill. Permission to maggot drown here requires signing up to the Birmingham Angling Association.
Then there's Himley House, which has a large lake which ought to be enjoyable and easy to fish as it just wants a reasonably priced day ticket from one of the nearby fishing tackle shops. I'm afraid the constant issue will be that since it is so easy and you don't need annual memberships to anything, it will sell out quickly and I won't have a chance to unpack my fishing line as I am not very good at out of my bed in the morning.
Gazing further afield, there is the River Severn and I really fancy going to the gorgeous hamlets of Highley and Hampton Loade which are both stations on the Severn Valley Railway, and the tracks follow the river along other stretches as well so what could be better than getting out the fishing rods and hunkering down. How joyous, comfortable with my fishing tackle seeing the river flow by and having steam whistles as the engines scream by. I do now know what you have to do to get tickets to fish those waters yet, but there is plenty of time for research.
For a treat, for lake maggot drowning, I have driven past a lake on the journey into Telford many times which, like Himley is publicly owned and from looking it up, is stocked full of carp and, strangely, catfish. Now, I have no idea what fishing tackle you'd need to set up for catfish but it would be fun finding out. Apparently the carp are also of a size to bend the fishing rods considerably too. So that could be an intermittent treat.
As could some pond angling at the vineyards in Bobbington which have some good looking ponds in which to dip the fishing rods and these too are a day ticket from the vineyard office. The nice thing about this one is that it would be quite reminiscent of the fishing I did as a lad at the Cranleigh Fisheries which had a brace of large ponds, or tiny lakes if you'd rather, where I would often take my life in my hands as I piled fishing tackle bags on my back and ride to for a nice summer Saturday or, if I could get away with it, Tuesday or Thursday afternoons after school.
One place that I am not convinced about is a location called Fens Pools. This is another waterway owned by Dudley Council although unlike Himley, it does require a yearly ticket although it is very cheap. The problem is where it is situated, in Pensnett which is, how can we describe it? Along the lines of the exotic. Whilst I'm not a crashing snob, not all the time at any rate, I would worry that a trip would mean leaving with far less in the way of possessions than I'd claim to when I'd arrived. My fishing tackle may not be cutting edge or expensive but let's face it, you could get 5 for useless fishing line in a pub somewhere. So we'll re-examine that when all other possibilities are exhausted.
So, all we need now is the weather to reliably improve and then I will be off on a journey of discovery around the local area - man and fishing tackle expanding our viewpoints in the Black Country and getting to know the waterways.
20110207
Then there's Himley House, which has a large lake which ought to be enjoyable and easy to fish as it just wants a reasonably priced day ticket from one of the nearby fishing tackle shops. I'm afraid the constant issue will be that since it is so easy and you don't need annual memberships to anything, it will sell out quickly and I won't have a chance to unpack my fishing line as I am not very good at out of my bed in the morning.
Gazing further afield, there is the River Severn and I really fancy going to the gorgeous hamlets of Highley and Hampton Loade which are both stations on the Severn Valley Railway, and the tracks follow the river along other stretches as well so what could be better than getting out the fishing rods and hunkering down. How joyous, comfortable with my fishing tackle seeing the river flow by and having steam whistles as the engines scream by. I do now know what you have to do to get tickets to fish those waters yet, but there is plenty of time for research.
For a treat, for lake maggot drowning, I have driven past a lake on the journey into Telford many times which, like Himley is publicly owned and from looking it up, is stocked full of carp and, strangely, catfish. Now, I have no idea what fishing tackle you'd need to set up for catfish but it would be fun finding out. Apparently the carp are also of a size to bend the fishing rods considerably too. So that could be an intermittent treat.
As could some pond angling at the vineyards in Bobbington which have some good looking ponds in which to dip the fishing rods and these too are a day ticket from the vineyard office. The nice thing about this one is that it would be quite reminiscent of the fishing I did as a lad at the Cranleigh Fisheries which had a brace of large ponds, or tiny lakes if you'd rather, where I would often take my life in my hands as I piled fishing tackle bags on my back and ride to for a nice summer Saturday or, if I could get away with it, Tuesday or Thursday afternoons after school.
One place that I am not convinced about is a location called Fens Pools. This is another waterway owned by Dudley Council although unlike Himley, it does require a yearly ticket although it is very cheap. The problem is where it is situated, in Pensnett which is, how can we describe it? Along the lines of the exotic. Whilst I'm not a crashing snob, not all the time at any rate, I would worry that a trip would mean leaving with far less in the way of possessions than I'd claim to when I'd arrived. My fishing tackle may not be cutting edge or expensive but let's face it, you could get 5 for useless fishing line in a pub somewhere. So we'll re-examine that when all other possibilities are exhausted.
So, all we need now is the weather to reliably improve and then I will be off on a journey of discovery around the local area - man and fishing tackle expanding our viewpoints in the Black Country and getting to know the waterways.
20110207