Astbury pike

[carpshy]

will be doing sum pike fishing in the next 2 weeks. will start off by spending my first session spinning using abu toby slims and toby fats, also will try sum plugs i have. any info on astbury pike would be of great help as i've not fished it b4

[nick]

the clsoe margins are deffinatly best had nouthing on dead bait just shads and only to about 10lb

[whogotmelighter]

any one know if the use of boats for fishing is allowed yet on there?

[Nige]

Was brought up recently, they are still finalising everything with the sailing club, so that one is basically "on hold" for the time being.

are they getting rid of the sailing club yet ?

[Nige]

Not sure. But although they can be a pain, they can also be a good ally to the society if anything ever hapened.

[TheDoctor46]

Originally Posted by Phil highlander

are they getting rid of the sailing club yet ?

Are they really on about getting rid of the sailing club?
They have been there years.

[Rick]

They may have been there for years but in my short experiance of Astbury they hate Anglers, the boat driver is a clown, and they dont want us on there.
Dont get me started on the dog walkers.

[miffa]

NO THE SAILING CLUB IS THERE 4 A WHILE
AND YES YR RIGHT WAT U SAID
THEY R A PAIN
DONT HAVE A CLUE WHAT NIGE IS GOING ON ABOUT
NOT SURE IF HE DUZ TO

[Stig]

Originally Posted by Nige

Not sure. But although they can be a pain, they can also be a good ally to the society if anything ever hapened.

What might happen ?

[Nige]

Well there ahve bene a few disputes in the past between local residents and dog walkers, for instance the problems with the Swans 2004/2005

[Nige]

Originally Posted by miffa

NO THE SAILING CLUB IS THERE 4 A WHILE
AND YES YR RIGHT WAT U SAID
THEY R A PAIN
DONT HAVE A CLUE WHAT NIGE IS GOING ON ABOUT
NOT SURE IF HE DUZ TO

Yep, they are a pain, granted. But the point I'm getting at is that the dog walkers used to see the place as their own, when the signs for SOTAS went up, they were ripped down, and they didn't like the fact that we OWN the lake. My point is that if anything ever happens, then there should be support from the sailing club, and not just SOTAS vs. Joe Public.

[Cliff]

Ahhh Had never thought of it like that! Good point

The boats dont have respect for us
The windsurfers and canoeists dont have respect for us
The dog walkers (emptiers) have no respect for us
The only people who care about us on there are ourselves (oh and trhe curry house)

But seriously do you think the boatclub would do anything to back us up ? I think not...............

Ive had so many arguments with the little boy (he aint no man) who rides round in his little boat causing a wash everywhere he goes............... he doesnt give a toss about us, when i have complained the p***k drives the rescue boat into your swim so he can hear what your shouting at him !..............still the boat might make a nice feature to fish to when i sink the little f****r with a 6oz lead

SACK THE BOATYARD OFF
AND GET BACK THE BEST SWIMS ON THE LAKE

[whogotmelighter]

Originally Posted by carpshy

will be doing sum pike fishing in the next 2 weeks. will start off by spending my first session spinning using abu toby slims and toby fats, also will try sum plugs i have. any info on astbury pike would be of great help as i've not fished it b4

i've done a bit of spinning on there a few weeks back before the work partys had a couple of jacks on my rubber shads, good fun with light tackle, used my telescopic 6 footer with 6lb line and a wire trace