Never really seen anything posted on here about fishing before so was wondering if there were any fisherman on the forum?
Looking for some recomendation of what lake to take my misses to! She's never fished and im trying to get her into it somehow! Was thinking of taking her to "Monk Lakes" just past Maidstone but haven't been there in a few years, so has anyone else got any suggestions or has anyone been Monk Lakes recently thanks.
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Just got back from fishing this morning. Blanked. Haha
I'm a member at Sutton at Hone RMC. Hard lakes but the surroundings are worth it.
Monks caters for everyone but there is a very plastic feel about it. No nature, surroundings etc The difference between the old stadiums and the new i guess.
Edit: As you're going to be taking your lady for the first time i would suggest Frant lakes near Tonbridge i believe http://www.frantlakes.com/. I preferred them to Monks
Frant is a day ticket. About the same cost as Monks i believe.
I have a disdain for fisheries such as Monks. The lakes are overstocked which normally result in fish kills each summer and there is no vegetation in the water so the carp are litterally stuffed full of rotting high protein baits. If you're a fisherman you can tell the difference between the carp from these places and more natural lakes. Some would say its hypocritical but fish welfare always comes first and the suffering that the carp are under in these nu-age fisheries is a disgrace and all because some people don't want to work for their fish and maybe learn a thing or two. There is some very interesting literature on the net about these carp fisheries. If i've got my numbers correct a pure wild stock is about 300lb/acre whereas the carp fisheries are now stocking up to 7000lb/acre but then you start getting into water imbalances and so on.
I suggested Frant because, although not quite the polar opposite of Monks, you've got a lot of tree life around with good numbers of smaller fish. If you would like your lady to get into fishing then you're probably gonna have more success using a float and going for roach. Saying that if you want to get straight out onto carp you'll probably pull some out of there still.
If you have any other questions let me know. Be nice to have a fishing thread on here. Good luck with getting the lady into fishing. My gf has suggested going fishing/charlton and ive told her to back off. I don't want the fish or the club knowing im seeing someone else
I recommended Frant because my un
Will let you know what lake we choose and how it goes.
The snake comment gave me a good chuckle.
I've never had a massive amount of luck at Frant but that is probably down to my lack of skill as much as anything!
Have fished Monk's a couple of times and had my UK pb last time out, a 24lb mirror. Am going there with a mate on Monday.
I'm a member of Edenbridge, which is a cracking little club and worth looking into for next season if you like mixed fishing.
For trout fishing you can't go wrong with lakedown which is mentioned above, beautiful surroundings and even got to meet Mr Daltrey himself on my visit.
Great stuff!
I've only been once SoundAs, on my first ever fly fishing trip and caught two lovely rainbows. It's something i really want to give a proper go next year (completely different to my normal carping and float fishing thing). The fella that runs it down there couldn't have been more helpful and even gave me 15 mins free tuition just to help me out. As a Who fan, seeing Daltrey was a bonus!
http://www.fishe.net/kent/fisheries/luckslane.php
I used to go there in the 60's with my Dad. Often a bit of a wade to get through to the causeway between the two gravel pits.
Happy days.
Would recomend Chidingstone Castle (except Saturdays as is closed for fishing) £10.00 day ticket beautiful scenary.Commons up to around 10lbs perch roach bream, been told one time record perch was caught.
Nice pub called wheatsheaf on the railway bridge for a pint on the way back home