Bradshaw fisheries bolton

[clueless]

Been on the website but it is not too informative. Anyone got any idaes of price, rules and of course any good for carp?

[daveabbott]

nice place

used to fish it a few years ago, think there is 5 different lakes day ticket only, No nights, Number 4 is full up to the brim with small carp around 5lb, few other lakes got 30lbers in and some got some big ghosties!

what you fishing for?? pole ect

small carp or are you after waiting for a biggie?? using alarms ect

and i will tell you best lake to go on pal tactics ect

[clueless]

Cool, looking for the bigger ones, using alarms etc. any help would be great. And if you know any rules at the fishery, cheers pal!

[Rick]

Fished it once early last year mate, had 15 fish to 5lb only 2 of those fish had lips, they should fill the place in with concrete.
You have to dip your net b4 you can fish it, although i would advise you to dip it on the way out.Its up to you buddy

As the "MANAGEMENT" says :YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

[crafty carper]

sure your on about the right place? there are ALOT LOT worse than bradshaw hall kid.

i have been, its nice. not a specimen carp fishery though...i'd reccomend leaving it to the matchmen

[Mutley]

Originally Posted by crafty carper

sure your on about the right place? there are ALOT LOT worse than bradshaw hall kid.

i have been, its nice. not a specimen carp fishery though...i'd reccomend leaving it to the matchmen

Fished it about 6 times this year, number 2 lake has the biggest fish in it, my biggest to date is 17lb. However most are in poor condition and I do actually feel bad catching some of them as their mouths are totally battered. Number 2 lakes is about an acre at most, and has around 25 anglers on it when it's busy, it gets too crammed to cast out at any range. Most of my fish though have come right under my feet, I usually feed up two swims, one about 2o yards out, and one just under my feet and you can see the carp move in, I just lower the method in gently and you can actullay see them take the thing, it is a good site to see.

I fish the place with a feeder rod and method feeder and 10mm drilled pellets, you do get plenty on there with bite alarms etc, I just think it's complete overkill, I 've had more out each visit than anyone I could see using boilies and alrams etc.

Number 4 lake is a reasonable size, this lake does have a high stock of carp, mostly low singles though.

I would say in general it's a pleasure/match venue, any serious carp anglers expecting to turn up and find a serious carp fishery would be thoroughly let down. Number 2 and number 4 are the lakes to fish if you want carp. The place is full of idiots too, people who just let carp bounce around when unhooking them, people dropping fish, people shouting across the lake to a mate, I'm sure you get my drift.

One of the owners says a 25lb'er came out of number 2, the biggest I've seen is the 17lb'er I had out.

If you want to turn up and catch plenty of single figure fish with the odd low double thrown in, then you will be happy, that's if you can put up with the morons who reside there. If you want anything more, look elsewhere.

I think it's £150 for the year, for that you can fish nights. Day tickets are: £6.50 for one rod, £10.50 for 2 rods.

p.s the cafe is OK, nice bacon and egg

[Mutley]

Having a few hours on Bradshaw tomorrow with my tip rod, should have a few out, hopefully.

[Tricky]

Bradshaws used to be a great place about ten years ago and had carp to 26lb that fish is long dead now it is owned and run by noddys its a shame could have been a nice place has boillie bans now etc and the fish are not looked after ripped mouths etc ...

[kopite]

he`s obviously not bothered aslong as the money`s coming in

[Mutley]

I didn't bother in the end.

I agree about the state of some of the fish, and the guys who run it don't seem to care one bit. The place needs to close for a few months at some time of year, so the fish can recover. However when it's a persons source of income, they will be loath to close the place.

As for the boilie ban, I've never heard of that, and the owners have seen me and plenty of others using boilies when I've fished it this year. He even suggested a few that get better results.

[Tricky]

They must not know there own rules like i said noddys....TARGET SPECIES:-
Re-stocked with roach to 1lb, bream to 4lb, double figure carp, 2lb plus perch, good chub and gudgeon.... not to mention a massive head of small mirror carp averaging 2-3lb.

TACTICS:-
Pole works best with maggot, pinkie or caster in anything from 4ft to 14ft. Most carp anglers concentrate on lake 2 with sweetcorn, pastes and luncheonmeat for double figure fish. Main species is carp to 4lb to long pole. Any bait is likely to be snapped up. Catches up to 100lb.
Restrictions:- No night fishing, bloodworm, joker or boilies.

MOST PRODUCTIVE PEGS:-
Not Known

NUMBER OF PEGS:-
The six pools hold a minimum of 135 pegs.

FACILITIES:-
Open all year. Match bookings available.

HOW TO BOOK:-
Telephone 01204 307197

[iggy]

sounds alot like cheshire fishing [tattenhall].makes me sick to see a carp come from there.mouths are non existant.