which club

[ringo]

ok as im getting back into carping im looking for a club with some reasonable waters i looked at adac but having read the posts i think it maybe to much of a match mans lake so im wondering does any one have a recomendation for a club ??

[Stig]

Depends on how much you are willing to pay and how long you are prepared to wait .
IMHO the best club without a waiting list is SOTAS but get your name down for PAAS as well . However looking at your location there is always Stockport fed you get Poynton pool and compstall on their card

[Carper90]

i agree with stig it depends how much your willing to pay and what size fish your looking for and what type of fishing i.e. runs waters, challenges etc
SOTAS is probaly the best without a waiting list but probaly one of the best anyway

[ringo]

thx guys am a 3 month member of stocky fed at the moment but dont fancy there waters to much i fish the 2 small ponds "bramhall new house farm " and i live 5 mins walk from woodbank pool both of which you can spit bank to bank however they do hold 20 plus fish i saw a 18 common taken from woodbank a fortnight ago off the top so handy for quick sessions i fancy something a bit more challenging i like the look of booths apart from the falling trees that is i like a challenge so any ideas would be great thx

[mancity]

woodbank park looks very dodgy to me..........had a look around 2 nights ago and was full of kids with £5 set-ups messin around.

Dont think id ever try the place

[ringo]

lol ok mate get down there after the kids hols nice and quiet good for stalking in the messy end however stocky fed are not bothering with the water at all and it is going down hill fast which is a shame yes the kids do mess about but a good loud shout usally puts them back in line as with all kids there is talk of a few anglers getting together and applying to stocky fed to rent the water from them and apply to stockport council for any grants that maybe avaliable to tidy up the place and then charge a day ticket minimal price to help cover rental costs good idea but stocky council are notoriously tight with there pennies lets hope some one does something soon as another cracking little water and some big carp will go the way of the dinosaurs

[mancity]

totally agree pal......looks like if it were full of proper anglers, tidied up abit and looked after, that it could be a nice little water, I was thinking that at the time.........

Proper anglers
Nice little made pegs
baliffed

Could be nice

[Ronin]

when you say woodbank holds 20 plus fish do you mean quantity or size ?, i don't think it holds anything over 20lb but the fish in there are absolutley stunning, from what i've been told it holds about 15 fish most are around the 16-18lb mark, both of the 2 fish i've caught from there were commons and scale perfect

[carpking]

what about northwich or middlewich anglers, middleton anglers, lymm anglers, warrington anglers,old glossop anglers (a few secrets in one of there waters 30+) its hard to get in but if your name is on the list it cant hurt can it, bay molton anglers, apparently there are a few waters in hazel grove.hope this helps mate

[mancity]

Lymm anglers has no waiting list pal..........I was gonna get one two weeks ago but decided not to in the end

[ringo]

cheers guys all good points there and a few clubs to look at in respect of woodbank my daughters freind "a boy " who is a FREIND so im told lol has seen a 22 caught and ive seen a cple of fish that would easily bend the needle at 20 but yes the majority of carp are upper dble commons in excellent nick

[mancity]

You know how big the carp are in Compstall pal?........and stock numbers (ish) ???

[Ronin]

compstall is absolutley rammed with 8-10lb commons there are hundreds of them there are about 3 or 4 low 20's backed up with plenty of doubles the larger fish are usually caught away from the islands which tend to hold the smaller fish

andy-s is your man for compstall really he's put in a lot of time on there

this is the largest i know of to come from there @ 23lb >>> what a stunning fish

[mancity]

Your getting me all excited now 'rammed with fish' going tomorrow for my first time

[Ronin]

if the sun is shining take some mixers coz they will be in the top layers and they're suckers for a surface bait ........... strictly speaking it is against the rules but everyone is at it

its a little harder to pick up the larger resedents they are often found in the margins