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Below are some of the comments received to date - many thanks to all those

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I think the correct lakeside will be the one on Bentley lane in wrightington? Can someone who has been there confirm this?

Received from Simon 07/05/08

I fished Beacon View on Saturday 3rd May, fished really well. I bagged umpteen Carp and Tench the best being a 5lb Mirror :-). i used two different methods the first i pole fished using Pellet flavoured with Super Scopex, the second i hair rigged meat using my carp rods and also using a PVA bag with pellets.

Hopefully be going again in the next few weeks when i get some time :-)

Received from Craig 06/05/08

If this is the correct lakeside please see below link: - http://www.fisheries.co.uk/lakeside/index.htm

Received from Craig 23/04/08 - many thanks Craig

Well, first fishing trip of the year tomorrow just off to stannings which is one of the most unpredictable places on earth for fishing, but its a cracking little place with a bit of knowledge, will let you all know how I go on, and just for the record, an excellent local site for fishing.

Received from Nick 18/04/08

Hi all can some one tell me where LAKESIDE is as i would not mind taking a look or if Derek could email me asap i will take a look and fish it my self for both carp and silver fish Derek you can email me direct at ricardson647@btinternet.com i would love to hear from you about lakeside thanks

Received from Wayne 13/04/08 Derek let me know as well - webmaster

I heard that herlston hall opened again today, does anybody know how its fishing?

I fish beacon view all the time n i recently caught a 23lb sturgeon with no tail! me m8s caught the exact same fish about 2 months b4 me!

Received from Warren 01/03/08

LAKESIDE IS STILL A GREAT WATER STILL LOTS OF BIG CARP IN THERE THIS LAKE HAS HAD NO FISH REMOVED FROM IT.I KNOW THE OWNER AND I FISHED THERE ON THE 26/2/08 AND HAD A GREAT DAY ON THIS LAKE.IT FISHED WELL LAST YEAR ALL THE WAY UP UNTILL NOVEMBER.LET ME ASSURE YOU THIS LAKE WAS AND STILL IS A PROLIFIC WATER.MY AVERAGE BAG OF FISH PER SESSION WAS 90 POUNDS PLUS.THIS IS HOME TO SOME LUNATIC CARP DONT FISH LIGHT HERE.GIVE IT A GO YOU WONT BE DISSAPOINTED

Received from Derek 01/03/08

I have a really good bait wot you can get from the local shop..it is pepperami

Received from Kyle 23/02/08 - It's especially good at this time of year when the weather is a bit cold

I fished Lathom and i think on pond 4 light tackle with maggots is a real good fight with the carp in there. The carp are superb fighters and the fish clean and it is good all year round great place to fish

Received from Tommy 21/02/08

Fished harthill 28/01/08 had a good day on pva sticks took 16 carp best 18lb great place this set in the cheshire valley goes back 200yrs.   The roach in this place are huge, tench are fantastic, carp are fantastic up to mid forty I have seen bigger though.

This place is breath taking to look at and amazing place to fish

Received from Derek 03/02/08

I visited bluestones in late november and bagged up on silverfish bream and a couple of tench i also hooked into a large carp on the bomb which broke me on 12lb line so ne1's guess as 2 the size of it cant wait to return

Received from Sean 21/01/08

Can anyone let me know where there is any carp fishing near Liverpool?

Received from Kevin 20/01/08

First time visitor did not know there was so many day ticket waters in the preston area excellent! keep up the good work (post codes are good for the fisheries for those with sat-navs)

Received from Gary 19/01/08

Where is barrats fishery that Wayne has listed below, also does anyone ever fish twin lakes at croston for coarse fish?

Received from Greg 01/01/08

Hi Stuart may save you a phone call , its a bit patchy around leyland at mo not sure on barrats or fairhaven haven't heard this week , lostock fishing well with the odd barbel to 5lb , leisure lakes has had some new fish so could be worth a look (sorry dont have sams number on me its at the shop) would make one suggestion try borwick if ya don't mind a bit of a drive some good match weights coming out you can get jimmy on 07984399637 he will give you upto date info , if you want to stay local anglezarke for the pike barrats or fairhaven oh forgot you could try turbary at whitestake always been a good winter water on the old lake hope that helps if I can help in any other way just email richardson647@btinternet.com or give me a call on 01772 451177 in all weekends or most days after 4      have a good  christmas everyone and happy new year
Received from Wayne 21/12/07 Cheers Wayne

FYI, michael, the only water i can think of in liverpool is the leeds/liverpool canal which can be extremely productive on the right day.
Received from Paul 19/12/07

Hi folks, can anyone tell me if they've had any recent success in the Leyland area? Looking to do some Christmas fishing

Received from Stuart 18/12/07 Try Wayne at Leyland Angling, if anyone knows he will

Does any one know a decent piking water in liverpool?

Received from Michael 03/12/07  If anyone can help email Michael at bob@hotmail.com

hi im a boy of 13 yrs old i love fishing i go as often as i can but i was wondering where carr side or accers pit is it has been talked about on the feedback pg but i'm not sure where it is and it said that a thomas lad has fished it so if anyone or thomas goes back on this page can you please reply to my e-mail an tell me where it is or any roads by it. much appreciated

Received from Phil 02/12/07  If anyone can help email phil at mckenzie.p@hotmail.co.uk

Does anyone know of any waters in the northwest for zander or what the closest water is?

Received from Paul 19/11/07

HI is there anyone out there in cyber land that may be intrested in doing a small winter league , as we are thinking off putting something together . After reading your feedback , have you thought about a forum (this is to the owner off the site , who i do know ) as your guest book looks like one ..... just a thought bud any way as i've said before this a great site (must be as i  keep looking back 2 to 3 times a week)
Received from Wayne 19/10/07

OK, I'm going to have the last word on the under 18 issue.  We were all probably kids when we started fishing & probably all taught by our fathers.  We should be encouraging youngsters to take up our beautiful sport but they also need to be taught some important life values along the way.  They should be taught to respect other people, respect the rules, respect the fish and also learn to be tolerant of others.  If they make mistakes we should be there to help them so they don't make the same mistake again.  Wouldn't it be a better world if everyone learnt how to get on with everyone else?

The Webmaster

I disagree the people who are saying ban under 18's from certain fisheries. If a child is doing something wrong you should at least say something so they don't do it again. I think banning them is going a bit to far maybe they are not allowed without the supervision of an adult. ALL UNDER 18's ARE NOT BAD APPLE'S most under 18's go fishing without causing any trouble. I started fishing with my dad and i was brought up to respect the waters, fish and not to litter. tight lines
Received from James 02/10/07

Just had a look at your website and it looks pretty impressive.  I looked at some of the carp pictures and one says 66lb, and errr.....if its true then that would be a british record! it looks about 20lb so you may want to question it.  Most of the fish are brilliant apart from the people who think they can post
a 20lb fish and pretend its 66lb. No doubt if it was 66lb then they would be  on the cover of every angling paper in the country!
Received from Zac 04/10/07

I started fishing when i was 12, now 25, but i didn't do any of the kind you see now at fisheries. Still, I'm not saying they shouldn't start fishing.
Received from Paul 04/10/07

hi in response to the under 18 should be supervised or not be allowed , no i don't think so ............. when did you start fishing ?????? sorry this makes me mad yep the kid did do wrong , but in his mind may be he didn't, WHY DIDN'T YOU HAVE A WORD  help is all thats needed, as for the lad with his father a quiet word any way i agree with

Received from Wayne 01/10/07

Fished carr side farm last week, great day but does anyone know how much it is to night fish?

Can anyone help with this & also let me know where this fishery is?

Received from Thomas 24/09/07

I was fishing at wrightington fisheries yesterday on the horseshoe lake and on the bit in the middle. A kid on the other side was casting his leger rig into the margins behind me all day and then sent it flying past them and about a foot to my right. He was supervised but his dad / grandad did nothing and the kid didn't even apologise. I would love to see under 18's banned on some waters. From my experiences 99% leave litter, mess about, cause trouble and don't treat the fish properly.

Received from Crofty 23/09/07

Under 18's should be supervised. I will accept that. The thing that annoyed me was, me and my dad were having good sport, and a kid at the other end of the water, casted his ledger bomb 60 yards passed me and bang, right next to my dads line in the margins as he was playing a nice tench. One thing it could have been badly tangled lines or the ledger lead hitting someone's head, causing a knockout or worse.

Received from Paul 17/09/07

So kids under eighteen should be banned then, don't you mean supervised or how will they learn, young kids should be encouraged to fish, that's what the sports about , but respect SHOULD ALWAYS be given to other anglers - couldn't agree more, the webmaster

Received from Greg 12/09/07

Hi there - just moved to the Leyland area and wondered if anyone knew much about Farrington Lodges fisheries. Are these well thought of? IS it worth getting a licence or should i just stick with the day tickets? What is it stocked with? Also I'd be grateful if anyone could point me in the direction of a good chub and barbel river nearby (and how to get a ticket/licence). Thanks!!

If anyone can help then please email Stuart at stupdjob123@yahoo.com

Received from Stuart 11/09/07

Turbary house, Whitestake. - 2 waters. The new water has loads of bream, crucians and small carp and tench, float fished in the margins. KIDS UNDER 18 NEED TO BE BANNED! WHAT A PAIN! GET RID OF THEM! plenty of fish though. Enjoyable.

Received from Paul 10/09/07

Greenhalgh Fishery! wow excellent water and extremely well looked after i've never seen so many immaculate fish being pulled out by a full house everyone seemed to have a swim never seen anything like it before and is well worth the travel

Received from Danny Bridge 04/09/07

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Received from Ian 03/09/07

I started fishing about 2 weeks ago and yesterday went to Fairhaven fishery. would recommend it to anyone. so well looked after. you are certain to catch a nice size fish.

Received from Stuart 28/08/07

Caught a cracking 6lb Common carp on pond 4 at Lathom on halibut Pellet , my friend bagged a nicely sized Mirror as well as 2 small barbel - we got mixed up with the lakes - we thought we were fishing pond 1 ...but oh well it was still a nice carp!

Received from Matt 23/08/07

Greenhalgh Fishery, Kirkham. - Went yesterday and what a place. It was a very warm day and caught around 20 carp most double figure. Beat my personal best by catching a 17lb Carp. Everyone around the lake was catching. I strongly recommend Luncheon Meat and the pellets supplied in the shop at the lake. Going for the weekend next week. (Cant Wait)
Received from Dave Lavin 21/08/07

Information for Ollie. If you contact waynes tackle or Ted carters in preston, they should be able to advise on matches

Received from Paul 10/08/07

Lancaster canal at preston - where the lancaster canal ends in preston/ashton on ribble. Apparantly its full of pike. I have been 4 times with lures for a few hours, this summer, and not even had a take. has anyone caught much pike here and is dead bait better than lures here? as I usually catch more on lures than dead bait in the leeds liverpool canal.

Received from Paul 08/08/07

Can anyone help??

I'm only 16 and i want to start match fishing, do you know anywhere in the preston area where there are any 'open matches'? thanks. email ollie2376@aol.com
Received from Ollie 04/08/07

Just recently been to Brookside fisheries in Betley on one of my rest days! Gobsmacked to find the carp taking bread off the top right in front of you. Between me and my mate we had 74 carp and 2 big roach out just fishing on floating bread. Biggest carp was 9 1/2lb but they get much bigger apparently. Best fishing i have ever had.

Received from Danny 02/08/07

My first visit today to Martin Hall with my daughter. Lovely weather and fish all day long. Mostly small roach and perch but some good skimmers and two nice tench. Very well looked after and we'll certainly be back VERY soon. Superb place, especially for young anglers and beginners

Received from Paul 24/07/07

I haven't fished lathom in years... thinking of giving it a go on tuesday though.  How's pond 2 fishing recently - the specimen one?  If anyone's got any recommendations on techniques / baits to use on this particular pond, i'd be grateful for an email to:    efcrobmc@hotmail.com  Cheers!
Received from Rob 22/07/07

Good Site
Does anyone know anywhere in the Preston area where there are any open fishing matches for under 16's? please e-mail me if yes, thanks
Can anyone help?? If so, please email ollie2376@aol.com

Received from Ollie 10/07/07

Bluestones - mawdsley. Not worth fishing unless you're a beginner. A ridiculous amount of skimmers/bream/roach.over 40 in one session.up to 2lb.most tiny though.same as visit before. Couldn't get through them to get to the carp.there are some monstrous carp but there are other places with carp without bream.

Received from Paul 10/07/07

Fished at Lathom on friday the 06/07/07, had a good afternoon fished on pool 2, catching all day on chopped worm,caster, paste and pellets. plenty F1's a few mirrors,bream and some nice sized roach. very windy but worth fighting it!

Received from Dean 09/07/07

I fished Lathom fisherys on friday on the learners pool and had over 90 fish I also had a PB carp of 15lb and on the site it says that there are no barbel present I had at least 5 to 2lb thanks for the address

Received from John Jones 27/06/07

Lathom is by far the best lake I have ever fished because when your float goes under you just don't know what ur going to pull in, fished this lake  about 10 times now and nearly every time I have been its been a fish a chuck for me love this lake strongly recommend it and i will be fishing it plenty of times this summer.
Received from Kingy 27/06/07

Fished Lakeside for the last 3 weeks and hooked into one 8lb-ish. Fished it over 30 times last year and average was 10+ fish per session average 6lb. discovered that it has been stocked with hundreds of 3"-4" carp, great nuisance factor.  was aware of stock pond being full of these tiddlers last year. Don't know what's happened but most of the big fish seem to have disappeared and so have my father and I. Waste of time now.
Received from Jim Marsh 23/06/07

Hi found the website very interesting and is now in my favourites. can anyone help me im wanting to get help with barble fishing on the ribble any help or tips would be appreciated my email is shaunjukes@hotmail.co.uk

Received from Shaun 18/06/07

German lane? the worse place i have ever fished, rubbish everywere, the pond full of planks of wood and tree stumps? i no because thats all i dragged out. total garbage and would not recomend to anyone.  sounds like someone didn't catch!!

Received from Dean 13/06/07

Apparantly....Lakeside fishery, all the fish have died because of bad thunder and lightning. cant believe this though.
Received from Paul 18/06/07

Beacon View - last week, loads of small fish, and got snapped by something 2 seconds after i struck, went like a train!
Received from Paul 29/05/07

Excellent fishing venue - Beacon View. Went the other day and my brother caught an 11lb 8oz Sturgeon (see Fishy pix), An 8lb Carp and around 30-40 small carp, rudd, roach and bream. And it was raining all day. Will be definitely going again when its warmer.
Received from Dave Lavin 28/05/07

its a good pond, Beacon View, I had an 18 pound sturgeon out last month and a very big roach

Received from Mike 21/05/07 

Thanks for that Paul.  I will venture on down to give it a chuck in the next couple of weeks and let you know how it goes.

Received from Whitty 17/05/07

Whitty, FYI - Beaconview is my favourite fishery. Very deep close in. In summer, loads of small sturgeon and barbel and some big carp, all 2 yards out. Its great. Give it a go.
Received from Paul 14/05/07 - cheers Paul.

Fished Greenhalgh today, weather wasn't great but a good days fishing. Had carp to 10lbs on pole fished pellet. Lost a couple of biggies as well. Fished peg 30, plenty of fish being caught near to the island as well.
Received from Crofty 11/05/07

Fished Fairhaven on Sat 05/05/07, started at 9.30am very slow start.  Had eight fish until 4 pm (mirror, common and tench) but then it went berserk for my last hour and a half.  Ended up with another ten in the bag !!  Caught them on strawberry pellet and double red maggot.  Can anyone give me some information on Beacon View at Appley Bridge?
Received from Whitty 6/05/07

Fairhaven fishery, Leyland. - This fishery is kind of a hit and miss place. Fished a peg in April. Had 20 tench, then the next time the week after, same peg, 18 tench, one carp. Next time, week after, in same peg, 1 small roach. All 3 days were sunny days in the evening, pretty much the same temperature, hardly any wind.same bait used. Cant understand it. In March, not much, a few tench and a few ghost carp were caught, about (6lb). Should be very good in summer and probably sick of catching tench.
Received from Paul 4/05/07

Went to charity farm on sat 22/04/07. Found it on website, great days fishing on pond 2 plenty of roach and tench and a good 9 pound mirror, get there early as the place soon filled up. booked a day off on monday to go again.

Received from Jonathon 25/04/07

Another good one is http://www.whitmorefisheries.co.uk/index.htm. Always gets good reviews in Angling Times!!!

Received from Crofty 08/03/07

I fished Beacon View fishery last weekend on a saturday and had a great day from 7 to about 6 in the evening it was more or less non stop catching I must have caught about 20 + of fish and my biggest was a sturgeon of 9 pound and biggest carp was about 7 pound so if I was someone looking to catch a good amount of fish go to beacon view

Received from James Gibb 08/03/07

Lathom is a fantastic fishery one of the best I fish, am fishing a match there tomorrow can't wait going to be excellent

Received from Will 03/03/07

I would just like to advise of a good fishery that you can add to the website. It is Heskin old hall farm. You can find information on http://www.heskinoldhallfarm.co.uk.

Received from Paul Markowski 28/02/07

hey good site but got 2 admit lathom is a cracking fishery, am 15 but live quite far away from the lake but i'll go there any day 10/10 top for youngsters boss lake well done

Received from William Nelson 25/12/06

Any carp lake where it is possible to night fish? If any one has information about any carp lake in wigan or chesire please do not hesitate to send an email to owenbeeso@hotmail.com

Does anyone know any good piking areas in and around the Chorley area?  If so can you please

let Crofty know via email on crofty@june1981.freeserve.co.uk

I've been fishing Orcheton farm in Eccleston (next to the cattery) recently and its responding well to corn in the margins for plenty of carp and barbel. Also worth a go on the surface late on when all the carp are in the surface layers.

Received from Crofty 22/09/06    

I have spent all my life fishing for wild fish in Scotland,until I moved to Ormskirk and I spent £35 on a cheap feeder rod and tackle and went coarse fishing for the very first time at Lathom Fishery. I lost count of how many fish i caught in 1& 1/2 hours i fished on the beginers pool,then i moved to pool 1 at 7 o,clock and spent 1 hour catching several carp to 4 pound,2 3-4 pound barbel,1 tench about 2-3 pound and what i think was a roach of about a pound. All this fun for a beginner, excellent time for only £5. cant wait untill i learn more about coarse fishing.  A BIG THANKYOU AS I FOUND THIS GREAT PLACE ON YOUR WEB SITE. As i have 11 children i will be spending more time here and will teach all of them how to fish. 

Received from Ellis 17/09/06       

Can anyone help? can anyone give me some details over who to contact to become a member of Wigan anglers?  If so please contact crofty@june1981.freeserve.co.uk

Cattery - this place is on fire. Lots of fish being caught on the surface and in the margins on corn. Just make sure to beef up your tackle if fishing near the lily pads!!!

Received from Crofty 29/07/06

Beacon View - fantastic lake. great day out. had been fishing the canal and not a bite, so me and a mate upsticked and headed for this lake. bait not in water more than 5 minutes and a succession of nice roach were leaping out the bank towards me. luvly water, nice and clean. good fish. will be heading back with bigger tackle to get me some of the big fishies that were leaping about all over the place.
Received from Greg 30/06/06

Fished Beacon View for the first time on 30.05.2006, quite windy but not too bad. I settled into the corner swim by the bungalow, the one with the floating platform in it, someone mentioned fishing close to the raft was best. After about 1/2 hour no bites, so i switched to about 2ft out by the reeds and caught steadily from then on, catching bream, roach, common carp, crucian carp on corn fed over hemp and pellet. Unfortunately no sign of the barbel or sturgeon were showing. I will definitely be back soon.
Received from Tim 05/06/06

Got back from Thursland Hill a few weeks ago – Had 2 low double commons and a low double Mirror. Fished the “U” shaped lake and the alarms never stopped, fishing on halibut boilies loads of 4-8 Commons. Fished a day on the smaller lake with the pole and caught loads of smallish commons to about 3 lb. Helen’s great and the static caravan we rented is spotless.  Click here to see some pix.

Received from Chris 04/05/06

I've been fishing Lathom all year round, even in the winter on pool 3 andit has been brilliant

Received from Josh 29/04/06

Lathom Fisheries is Fantastic sport, 9 different species in one day. Cant wait for the 4th Lake to open, Apparently got the biggest carp in.
Charity Farm Good Loads of tench and 2 double figure Mirrors (Pond 2), Dont neglect pond 3 Small but Superb, Use Ringers Paste
 Looking forward to fishing more of the spots on the web site - Keep it going
Received from Chris 24/01/06

i think lathom fisheries is a crack place to fish it is so peaceful and the owner is a nice feller

Received from william age 14 10/01/06

I've only been fishing 12 months, mostly at lathom. I've had tench 4lb, barbel 4lb, chub 3lb and an 8lb common. PB. and these are only the babies, me and my lad try other places but just keep coming back.
Received from Jimmy 25/09/05

I agree with Colin re The Cattery.  There was a match on at Charity Farm so an unknown angler (thanks mate) suggested The Cattery to me and my son.  Only fished late afternoon but had plenty carp to double figures, although the nicest fish was my lad Chris's 6lb ghostie which he took from the margins on light float tackle and a scrap of Spam. We floatfished meat and corn in the margins to sort out the carp although they were also taking worm.  We also had success with the feeder towards the island and catching up in the water on maggots. Tight lines.
Received from John 23/09/05

Cattery at Eccleston - Excellent days fishing on the No2 lake fishing just as you go on where you can get on the islands either by pole or rod and line.  I fed with pellets and fished corn and wham literally a fish a cast for 3 hours solid. Started catching roach and bream but then the carp to 3lb took over.

Received from Colin 25/08/05

Just like to add my comments at how good beacon view lake is in Appley Bridge wigan. If was the first time i fished it yesterday 26.6.05. I caught many varieties of fish and thoroughly enjoyed the day, I recommend it to anyone who enjoys fishing :)
Received from Craig 27/06/05

Its great to see a site which is dedicated not just to the mature angler, but is encouraging young people to enjoy the sport. Keep up the good work.
Received from Wayne 16/06/05

I found your site very useful, thank you for your effort. I fish Gorsty Hall lake near Crewe in Cheshire quite often and have had some good results. I will get you some pictures next time I go of the lake. I don't know if you know it. The day ticket is £6 per rod per day with carp to 30lb, my biggest being 20lb so far. Still trying for the big one,,,,aren't we all. Also there is a Chadwick dam in Stalybridge, which is at the back of Stamford park boating lake which holds a good head of fish, perch, roach, tench and carp. The biggest carp i have seen was around the 15lb mark though I have caught a good number of smaller ones up to about 6lb. The fishing is free but a current rod license is essential as water board do visit on a regular basis. If you would like more details and pictures please let me know. Thanks again.
Received from Dave Careless 07/06/05

we have found the best ever place for perch fishing for any one in the leyland area. at leyland daf near farington there is a man made pond and if you cast a worm in then reel it in slowly you will get a perch every time. they averaged at about a pound. great fishing !!!

Received from Mark alex & Dixy 30/05/05

Hi There, I would like to tell you of the most fantastic haul I have ever had, or ever seen caught in all my years of fishing man and boy.

 It was around a month ago (April) and I had decided to introduce my fishing buddy to Brookside Fisheries in Betley nr Crewe .  I had already had some big catches of around each between 5 and 15lb carp (mirrors and common) Maybe 20-25 per session – so my arm has been aching here before!  It was quite a windy day and this was putting the sheeny ripples on the water making float bite indication a bit hit and miss. So my friend Ian decided to go on the ledger – but I persevered with the float. – Thank god I did! While all around wheren’t getting much action – I began pulling them in one-a-chuck! – Ian wasn’t close behind.  All the roach we caught felt like bream (but fighting back!) and all the carp I caught were around the 8-10lb stamp.

 It was getting a tad embarrassing calling out our running totals to each other everytime we landed – the looks of envy from the other anglers – I was revelling in it because for the first time ever, the boot was on the other foot and I was catching FOR A CHANGE!!

 I actually stopped at the magic total of 100 – then Ian said go on go for another to top the ton! – so I dipped my line one last time an pulled out a corker roach of around a pound and a quarter.

 Species ranged from Roach to one and a half pounds and Carp (mirror and common) from 3lb to 15lb  Bait all day was smelly three day old – kept in the garage Maggots – all on size 16 barbless on one and a half pound line!  No doubt I could have gone on to more – but I wanted to leave a breakable record for myself on this water one day.  I would have always recommended this swim – but now even more so!

Remember the name Brookside Fisheries in Betley, Crewe – NOT to be confused with Brookside in Warrington !

 I have attached a couple of photos – hope they can be of use…see photos on Fishy Pix page

 By the way – the guy who owns the fishery is called Dave.

Received 20/05/05 Tom McLean

Good fishing at Beacon Fell did not have the right gear though only went will pole and a net not big enough to get the fish in .Will definitely be back this summer.Cracking fish in good condition. 

Received 11/02/05

I fish lathom regularly,taken a few friends as well .recommend you try .only good comments from all my friends,a fourth lake in the offing as well ,what more can you ask for. good casting to you all.

Received from AJ 30/04/05

I would like to thank you for your help and advice when I was down on holiday last October though I only managed one day it was brill caught several jackies which is better than nowt and now that I know where the brickfield fishery is we have booked up again for two weeks hol in early October so i will get several days on the pond (hopefully give mrs's some cash to keep her sweet :-) ) tight lines everybody for the coming season
Received from Paul Budge 20/01/05

had some real good flounder fishing on the bullnose at preston docks uptill xmas any one know if they are still about  just found this site good stuff

Received from Peter Wallis 08/01/05

a mate took me to lathom fisheries last week, in one word fantastic,
a fish a chuck, landed my first barbel appr, 2lb what a scrap, there are now 3 lakes go see for yourself. a junior a carp and a mixed or match lake.
Received from Ken Elliot 15/08/04

Just found your web site, think it is a brill site. I am in North Wales, one day ticket fishery is called the Brickfield pond believe there are some good Carp upper(20`s) in this water, along with good Bream, Perch, roach, tench, rudd. It is a day ticket water and tickets can be got on the bank. Local tackle shop is Geoff`s tackle on Wellington Road, Rhyl, which is approx 5 mins from fishery
Received from Steve 25/08/04

good site look forward to trying some of the venues hope the site just gets bigger and bigger. its so much easier to look on the web and find a good river or lake that someone has fished and get good information on how to fish it ,what baits to use ,where it is and how much it costs to fish keep up the good work -BlueBen
Received 20/04/04

Are you aware of Hill Farm in Little Crosby, Merseyside. Hill Farm is not far from a popular fishing location called Carr Side Farm in Ince Blundell. Any way the point is, Hill farm was leased to Merseyside Police for a number of years. The owner has obviously realised its potential and has re-taken control. You can now fish on one of the 5 small or 2 larger interlinked ponds for £4 a day. The larger ponds at their deepest are about 8 to 10 feet. I've seen 20lb+ carp being caught by other anglers and i've caught 3 figure qtys of small roach and perch since january 04.  Don't listen to me, investigate because i think its worth knowing about.

David Ashcroft - received 04/04/04

just had a browse through your site looks very good mate. I have just come back in to the fishing scene after a 4 year lay off due to work etc etc and i have been slowly getting my collection back together again i found a good tackle shop through your web site Lostock Tackle Box and i must commend the owner Brian and all his staff for the expert advice and friendliness' i received i ended up with 2 very nice rods and a pole i have viewed many different models and visited may other tackle shops to find just what i was looking for and after just one visit to Brian i came away with everything at a very good price anyway a big thank you to everyone there i can guarantee i will be going back.
Anyways as i have said thanks for a great site and i look forward to visiting a few of the waters u have previewed i must admit greenhalgh is my fav choice up to now .......
Al Peters - received 30/10/02

Not been on in a while and a little disappointed not to have seen more interest in such a great site. Now that winters here and many of us keen as mustard (mad, stupid or just plain crazy!) anglers are still itching to wet are lines I have to mention the river darwin just before it reaches the river ribble. After foolishly agreeing to take my brother fishing I thought I'd try the stretch under the duel carriage way near the capital center. Not expecting a great catch I just brought the basics , a pint and a half of "disco maggots" , some river ace groundbait, a pint of casters and the highly under-rated , good old bread.
Using lightweight rod's with a light set up (stick float's with rubbers , trotting number 8's down the line and 2lb line with 1lb hooklength's) we set to feeding the far bank with river ace mixed with a few casters. After about a good hour the bites started coming and within the four hours we were there , we managed a reasonable bag of 17 roach and four chub. This might not seem a big haul but considering the weather and the flow of the river we had a great time. We have been told that this stretch is even better in summer , that is if you can find a peg!!!
One word of warning is that some area's of the bank are quite slippy so if you are taking young children be very careful, but apart from that , well worth a try if you want something a bit different from the usual commercial fisheries that dominate fishing too much these days  - received 08/01/02

As I always mention , great site , just a quick suggestion , if anybody out there knows of anywere thats free to fish for the kids then contact the site.I know there's two places listed on the site already but lets here from other free places in other areas to give them a wider range , plus it will get my brother out of my hair!,thanks - received 10/01/02

Anyone living in the leyland area should really visit shruggs wood angling club , also known as stannings as it really is an excellent fishery and at £1 a day for seniors and 50p for juniors and O.A.P's you cant grumble.
There's a wide range of fish including common carp up to 20lb , mirror carp up to 5lb , good sized roach (up to 1lb!),perch , skimmers , tench up to 8lb and a few big bream approaching 7 to 8lb.
This really is an underrated fishery and a top tip for the bigger fish would be "felix kitten food" fished just off the bottom and for the majority of other fish try curried maggots now the temperatures have dropped for a good sized haul.
I hope that in the future I see many more anglers on one of my favourite fisheries as it really is a shame to let it go to waste.
 Also (gasp!) , anyone with kids who wants a free day out with small game why not try "the tench pit" as it's normally called by locals , just off brindle road on the new housing estate. This pit is packed with perch ,roach , rudd ,a few crucians and if you can catch them (good luck!) some huge tench. Top bait tip for the tench is worm over hemp and for everything else maggots, good luck!

Thanks for the excellent site. I was looking for North West fisheries and found the descriptions and especially the pictures very useful. Its good to be able to see which ponds are more than just a newly dug rectangle!  I'm looking forward to trying some of the featured waters.

received 14/02/01

I was looking all over the internet for a site that was specific to my angling needs, and local too.
The venues that are listed will definitely have me paying a visit once it warms up a bit, the ones around apply bridge / parbold have an excellent description (not saying that they all don't) and will look forward to seeing my rod bent double at these and more of the other venues.
I've added you to my list of favourites, and will be connecting to this site regularly.
Keep up the good work. - received 19/12/00

As a keen angler but can only go some weekends it is difficult to chose from the different fisheries out there. But after going through your guide the decision making has become easier. THANK YOU

received 10/10/2000

Great site, Very Very well made, but could you feature some stuff on pole fishing and a few more tips wouldn't go a miss!!!!

Apart from that a very good site - received 17/08/2000

I have found difficulty in finding anything worth looking at on the internet but I have recently been told about your web site and i am impressed by it. - received 10/8/2000

excellent site,  I will be a regular visitor and maybe be able to contribute in the future, this is one of the best sites I have been on, not only because it covers the north west, it is also an easy/user friendly site that gives good information, tips, pic's etc. I wish you every success in the future and look forward to visiting on a regular basis. - received 08/08/2000

Just recently logged on to your site. Great idea!

Hope people use it so it will be worthwhile keeping the site going.
I hope you will be adding lots more fisheries to your site because i know
there are loads out there and it will be great to find out which are fishing
best so you can plan where to go. - received 13/7/2000

I am just letting you know that the Shimano Aero Pole has been sold.  Thanks for advertising it.  Its a great web site, well done - received 21/6/2000

CAN I JUST SAY I FOUND YOUR SITE VERY INTERESTING,I HAVE JUST COME BACK FROM MY CARAVAN WHICH IS IN BANKS JUST OUTSIDE SOUTHPORT,

I FISHED LATHOM FISH FARM WHILE I WAS OVER THERE AND I ENJOYED THE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH PLENTY OF FISH COMING MY WAY - received 25/4/2000

 Good idea for a site. I looked on it in the hope of finding somewhere that my
11 year old son and a friend could get some tuition. We've taken him to
Wyreside Lakes, Cabus Nook Lane Caravan Park and Claylands at Scorton.
I will keep looking as the site develops. I'm sure they'll find the Tips and
Tricks useful. - received 5/4/2000

Hi got your ad from Tackle box, good page very informative well done - received 20/3/2000

 Great website. Very informative. I haven't heard of any of the fisheries, with the exception of Wyreside, but I will certainly visit some of them this year. You even supply directions.
received 28/04/2001

Very impressed with your site.  Noticed the two ponds for kids at Walton Summit - Do you need any particular permits or permission to fish these? No, they are free to fish

received 29/04/2001

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