Saturday 26 April 2008

Moreton Fisheries Review





Spent a recent Day Session at Moreton Fisheries Astbury Congleton.First impressions were the guy at the lodge Mal I believe his name was,had to be one of the grouchiest guys to run a fishery ever,gave the impression that coming to the front door to get the money for the session was a major pain.£7 I paid, for two rods might have been more but I was reluctant to ask as he cursed f&&&in hell when I gave him a tenner and he had to get change.With those jollities out of the way I decided to walk around the lake for a closer inspection,there was a pond across the road called peck's pool which has some sort of float fishing only rule,for a largely bottom feeding fish seemed more trouble than it was worth,and there had to be some bigger monsters in the main lake didn't there?,also there was a cottage pool but this was a bit too close to the grouch for comfort.I wasted the first couple of hours trieing some pop ups recommended to me from Pickerings before I tried my trusty home made boilies,bang into a carp about five minutes after it was in the water,after that I picked up fish roughly every 2o minutes ranging from about 8 to 15 pounds on simple bolt rigs,about 1.00 pm when I was musing if there was anything bigger a couple of lads set up on the corner of the island opposite and cast across my main lines,fair due I was fishing some 100 yards out,but I had to reel them in before we snagged each other.They picked up a few fish mainly off my baited area, try as I might couldn't locate any carp closer in,so effective end of session,something was regularly crashing to my left,this would have meant a move which I contemplated wasn't justified for the time leaft.I've included a few pics of the fish I caught,I've seen carp in better condition,but they fought well and gave cracking runs.In conclusion if you can get over the inital shock of the grouch at the lodge and the drone off traffic on the A34 behind you it's a nice enough place to fish with herons and ducks(a pain as usual!),some of the pegs could use a little refurbishment,wellies are in order as maybe to recent downpours/flooding you can't walk all the way around the lake.marks 3/10 with new guy at lodge 7/10. the lodge ogre was the the only monster I came up against that day.

8 comments:

CarpNation said...

I have fished there any that guy is never happy, unbelievable how some people us think customer service does not apply to them. How they stay in business I do not know.

Anonymous said...

hi ther he as gone no and its 110percent betrer its a good day or night and all good keep going from nigel

Anonymous said...

Fished the larger water last week and had a cracking day, LITERALLY!!!!
Struck into a lovely Carp and hey presto 'SNAP' goes the rod!!! Never saw the fish, but high double figures comes to mind.
Fished the rest of the day and ended up with 9 Carp to 19lb. All from the middle (ish) part of the lake.
All in all, a bloody good days fishing and if the weather forcast permits, I'll be there this Sunday (16th Oct 09) to have another go.
Cheers and tight lines to all

jamie dyer said...

myself and one of my friends fished this lake a few times last year (09)i will be going this weekend 8/5/10 to fish again...it is a very gud lake(s) for beginners and for the carpers..... and for the record the new people who own it are the nicest people you will ever meet at a fishery!!! and if you stay the night make sure you have some money for the full brecky in the morning...lovely!!

Anonymous said...

I have fished here many times this year its a good water if your just looking for a few runs. The new people are great they will do any thing they can for you well worth a visit good luck and tight lines

Anonymous said...

Fantastic main lake for carp and some 5lb bream, biggest yet out was just over 25lb but heard there are bigger. Mal past away last year and although grouchy (reckon I would be if woken every day at 5) had some good knowledge to give. New guys in are great and although its now 8 quid a day still worth going.

Anonymous said...

mal the grouchy guy u all keep on about was a freind of mine and he was one the funniest guys i know before a few things happend in his life that none of u lot know about i know he did have his moments i have some very fond memories of my intire youth spent at the lake with mal collectin litter so i could have free fishing so lets remember mal

Anonymous said...

mal was a horrible man i should know he was a relative.anyone who says hes got cancer just for the collection when there was nothing wrong with him is sick.just shows how things come back to bite you on the arse.