Astbury coarse fish

[James Furness]

Has anyone fished Astbury for fish other than carp? I've only ever seen people carping and the odd pike fisherman when i've walked round. Surely as the carp have grown pretty big in there on basically a natural food supply there must be specimans of other species in there too, but i never see anyone targeting them.

ive seen some huge shoals of humungous perch they must be 3lb + as an average

[nick]

seen 1 guy course fishing and he said he had, had perch to 4 lb and big roach soooooo yer there is some in but think there not to easy to catch as the margins shallow off to gently

[Stig]

This is second hand but it came from a reliable source who told me of some big bream in the place along with all the other big perch and roach etc . Just get down there chuck out 2 feeders 1 with maggots on the hook and the other with a worm on the hook and see what happens give it an hour or two and if you have caught nowt by then find a carper and scrounge a brew off him

[James Furness]

Sounds like a good plan Stig!!

[Rick]

I understand that bream from redesmere and silver fish from another water are being put into Astbury. Not sure if this was last weekend or in the very near future. After being "stocked" into a water how long before they start feeding? or is that something they will do from day 1?
After seeing that mahoooosive perch in my swim on friday i think a third rod being used for coarse fish sounds like a nice way of spending my time while blanking on my carp rods.

[Stig]

Originally Posted by Rick

i think a third rod being used for coarse fish sounds like a nice way of spending my time while blanking on my carp rods.

Ive made a whole lifetime of carping doing just that mate give it a few hours and if nowtsa doing drag a match rod out and my trusty abu closed face reel and bash a few bits and very often some bigger bits boardering on lumps for their species .Its all about doing a bit of what you fancy

Originally Posted by Phil highlander

ive seen some huge shoals of humungous perch they must be 3lb + as an average

what is the record perch currently at?

[Al Green]

6lb 2oz caught 8th jan 08.

[rogue trader]

Originally Posted by Al Green

6lb 2oz caught 8th jan 08.

thats one big stripey!

[peterpike]

yeah but its never 6lb!

[kermit]

I dunno - it's difficult to scale the size of the fish due to the size of the angler! It's an epic Perch and I'd have no reason not to believe the quoted weight.

[DIRTY DOG]

he looks like a right numpty, if that fish is 6lb then he must weigh atleast 26 stone.

[James Furness]

Originally Posted by DIRTY DOG

he looks like a right numpty, if that fish is 6lb then he must weigh atleast 26 stone.

He does weigh 26 stone!

[DIRTY DOG]

i had some cracking tench out of there this year , the biggest i had was 8lb 12 oz but i did hear of bigger.