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neighbour
Location: evesham Date: 27.11.2011 Time: 15:10:53 Rating:  |
First visit to see the bishop, arrived 8am friday quick look at swims with no one in them, chose peg 2, walk back to van met shaun , he said peg3 would be a better choice, move into peg 3 , shaun came over to explain features infront of me, 3/4 hr with marker bait a spot @ 65yds 20ft deep leave swim for a couple hrs (go chat with mates in4 5 & 6 ,couple of strongbow) 1pm 3 rods out, midnight 1st fish 17.12 3more smaller fish upto 8am rest the swim till 1pm . NO fish through very windy night ,bobbin twitched twice while taking bivvy down, fish on!!! 20.02 mirror to finish wk end nicely. THANKS, shaun 25-27/11/11 |
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pete ( geordie )
Location: nuneaton Date: 27.11.2011 Time: 10:43:39 Rating: |
fished the challenging greenhill lake again,opted for a completely new swim on a,after a trek across the lunar landscape ! settled down for a overnighter,landed a new personal best fish, perfect commen weighing 22.3 lb  , keep up the good work shaun the place is really taking shape 
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Marek Bien
Location: Coventry Date: 20.11.2011 Time: 12:21:50 Rating: |
Fished the Mitre Pool on 12/11/11. Started dead bating for pike with no bite all day. It got to early afternoon and noticed carp jumping and swirling on the surface so decided to chuck out a zig rig fishing 9 foot up in 15 foot of water using a piece of cork as bait. Wasnt expecting much using a piece of cork but after an hour the bait went. 10 minute fight and pulled in a 23lb10oz common. Caught the same fish a year before at 20lb. |
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Ian MacDonald
Location: Warwick Date: 20.11.2011 Time: 03:09:24 Rating: |
Visited the Bishops Bowl lakes for the first time 18/11/2011 after a look around spoke to both Sarah and Shaun who are very helpful and knowledgeable people who know what they are talking about with a passion that shines through. After being so impressed with the beautiful layout we decided to come back and fish the following day. Arrived at 7am and fished pegs 7-8 on Walworth lake after a very slow start had a couple of small roach then the wind started to affect the float so decided to move to pegs 13-14 which were a bit more shaded from the wind. what a move after picking up some good roach started hitting into some lovely tench largest being 4.5lb but great fighters then my fishing partner had a couple of nice carp followed by a gorgeous bream I finished up with another 4 tench and a nice common netting it just as shaun came around for a chat. What a geat place and probably my best days fishing in a while, didnt want to go home, catching good condition fish in a fantastic environment. Would thoroughly recommend this to everyone and cant wait till next week to visit again. thanks again shaun for all the advice..... |
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Rhys Overton Location: Bishops Itchington Date: 09.10.2011 Time: 20:44:38 Rating: |
Went fishing yesterday (8/10/11) a caught a few little carp in the wallworth lake and a couple of perch too. i am going down tomorrow to spend the day there so i will update tomorrow evening and let you all know how i did but so far it's a thumbs up!
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James
Location: Rugby Date: 02.10.2011 Time: 19:23:54 Rating:  |
Fished greenhill today, didn't do very well, on a 8 hour session. Hard fishing, I think I need to spend more time there, that would hopefully do the trick. Great setup though. |
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richard king
Location: Banbury Date: 17.09.2011 Time: 20:05:08 Rating: |
Decided to revisit Bishops in the hope of bagging some carp. Turned up to an empty lake on Tuesday and after checking out each swim on the lake decided on swim 12. On walking back to the car i bumped in to shaun who advised swim 7 was fishing well and the carp had been holiding up in the middle of the lake. I have visited mitre pool on a few pevious ocassions and deciced to take shauns advice and dropped into peg 7. It was always my plan two find two seperate areas where i could bait one swim at night and fish the other during the day thus alternating each swim giving the fish the opportunity to get confident. The strategy certainly seemed to be paying off with 4 runs the first night and three fish on the bank. The top weight that night was 15lb , however all those of you that are regular to this lake we all know this is only half of what is capable to this water and it wont be long before someone hits the big time and manages to not only hook those buties but actually bank one that is the real challenge!!!!! The session ended with 20 runs, 11 fish on the bank, some hook pulls at the net and those that were crafty enough to let me go shortly after the pick up. The sessioned started tuesday at 13.00hrs and ended on Friday at 15.00nrs. I met a sound colleague who i am sure will be back and tight lines Try this lake as you will be shocked at how these fish bend a 3lb tesct curve!!!! 
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pete ( geordie )
Location: nuneaton Date: 05.09.2011 Time: 16:54:07 Rating: |
fished the ever challenging greenhill lake, decided to fish all the way to the bottom of the lake, baited up all around the small island in front of me,took 1 fish and lost 2, a new personal best fish, a really dark mirror @ 19.1lb fish was in excellent condition and was possible the first time it was out of the water. looking forward to going back again to my regular water.
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Harry Harrington
Location: Leamington Spa Date: 02.08.2011 Time: 14:43:49 Rating: |
Hello to you all, I have just completed another 3 day session on the Bishops Bowl (BB) Mitre pool. The session went well, it wasn’t my best, but better than others. It was 0500hrs Thursday morning, the car was already loaded and ready for its 2 hour journey from Salisbury to BB, I was full of excitement and caffeine. During my journey I reflected on my last session (See guestbook entry No 30), before I have even arrived at BB, I had already decided to fish peg 15, again. I know this is the wrong way to approach a session, but I love that peg, the question was, is it free? I arrived at BB just before 0700 hrs, already there was a queue but Sarah opened the gate bang on seven. I parked the car and headed round to peg 15. As I approached I could see carp crashing out over by peg 1, even better, I could see that peg 15 was empty and carp were chilling up against the wall (as usual)... sold! Time to get the gear. My plan was simple, repeat what I did in my last session and feed the swim during the day and fish during the night. Once again the marker float was out and I quickly found the front edge of the gravel. I got two rods clipped up to the gravel and the third was going to fish against the wall. With the rods set and the bivi up I had 3 days of fishing ahead of me, brilliant! The first night produced 8 runs, I landed 4. (15lbs mirror (taken of the wall), 10lbs mirror, 12lbs common and a 6lbs common). The fish I dropped was close to the edge, I think this was because they were spooked by my head torch. On the second night I decided to fish the back end of the gravel (towards peg 1), this produced 4 runs, with only 1 fish on the bank, (a 10lbs common). I dropped one under the rod tip. I was snapped off twice (on the strike) this was down to the mussel beds, on several retrieves I bought in clump of mussels, so beware. On the third night I decided to come back to the front edge of the gravel, this produced two fish and gave me my best fish of the session (20.6lbs mirror), this was followed by a 13lbs common. Overall the session was slow not just for me, but for everyone however I still had a great time thanks to the company of my fishing buddy Keith, who unfortunately blanked. If he spent more time in his own swim and less time routing through my tackle box and drinking my brews he might of picked up a fish or two, lol. Thanks you Shaun, your advice, as always I’m welcome and thanks to Sarah and the ice cream sold in her shop, it was a life saver. 
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Ian Gardner
Location: Birmingham Date: 13.07.2011 Time: 18:17:42 Rating: |
I had my new PB of 17lb out of Mitre pool on Tuesday 12th July on a day ticket . I haven't been into big carp fishing for long (mainly a river man b4 i found big hard fighting carp). Huge thanks to Shaun for his help and advice which helped me to 6 runs in total, i lost 2 to the weed and one hook pulled under the rod tip. Had a 8-9lb and 12.5lb common as well as the PB. All came on snowman rigs with Weston bait boilies from the shop on site. The access and swims are perfect and would be excellent for 24+ hour sessions, I really like this fishery and will be spending alot more time here. Cheers Shaun, will be back soon! |