Does anybody fish coombe abbey near Coventry, was thinking of getting the season ticket and was wondering if it's decent or if anyone fishes it
Thanks
Thanks
In reply to Post #1
I haven't fished it but I know someone who fished albeitHow a few years ago now.
He had 2 fish to low 20s in 5 years of fishing so I would say the carp fishing on there is hard to very
Hard.I have also read a blog a few years back about a bloke who fished it quite hard over 2 or 3 seasons
And he had a few to mid 30s but he also had a lot of bream and the story sounded quite frustrating with a hell of a lot of blanks.
I have a feeling that there is some special fish in that lake but if you are limited to time or your a newcomer to carping your time would probably be spent fishing elsewhere.
I wouldn't expect to much response from current ticket holders as you can imagine they probably have the place to themselves and would probably like to keep things quiet.
I haven't fished it but I know someone who fished albeitHow a few years ago now.
He had 2 fish to low 20s in 5 years of fishing so I would say the carp fishing on there is hard to very
Hard.I have also read a blog a few years back about a bloke who fished it quite hard over 2 or 3 seasons
And he had a few to mid 30s but he also had a lot of bream and the story sounded quite frustrating with a hell of a lot of blanks.
I have a feeling that there is some special fish in that lake but if you are limited to time or your a newcomer to carping your time would probably be spent fishing elsewhere.
I wouldn't expect to much response from current ticket holders as you can imagine they probably have the place to themselves and would probably like to keep things quiet.
In reply to Post #2
Thanks for the reply, yea thought it might be hard as couldn't see anything about it anywhere
Thanks for the reply, yea thought it might be hard as couldn't see anything about it anywhere
In reply to Post #3
I've lived on the new estate next to it for 20 years and never bothered it's rock hard probably for not many fish it's £100 a year and empty for a reason thr stock is pretty much non existent...shame as it's a cracking place
I've lived on the new estate next to it for 20 years and never bothered it's rock hard probably for not many fish it's £100 a year and empty for a reason thr stock is pretty much non existent...shame as it's a cracking place
In reply to Post #1
Drive past it everyday to work and most ive seen is in 10 cars in the car park.
...very large water. best pegs are right over the far side, good 50 + min walk or so...
Ive also read the blog that was mentioned, im tempted at giving it a go myself, but you'd need to invest some serious time and effort clearing spots, pre baiting and small stock so finding them wont be easy, think its quite shallow tho
Drive past it everyday to work and most ive seen is in 10 cars in the car park.
...very large water. best pegs are right over the far side, good 50 + min walk or so...
Ive also read the blog that was mentioned, im tempted at giving it a go myself, but you'd need to invest some serious time and effort clearing spots, pre baiting and small stock so finding them wont be easy, think its quite shallow tho
In reply to Post #5
There was an article in a recent BCSG mag on Coombe. And what others have written here seems correct, very low stock and rock hard.
There was an article in a recent BCSG mag on Coombe. And what others have written here seems correct, very low stock and rock hard.
Real shame as would be lovely to fish there
In reply to Post #7
Why is it a shame. Sounds perfect to me. Let's hope nobody gets their greedy mits on it and stuffs it with fish.
Why is it a shame. Sounds perfect to me. Let's hope nobody gets their greedy mits on it and stuffs it with fish.
In reply to Post #8
Totally agree. Horses for courses and all that but these are exactly the sort of lakes which I am interested in....quiet, low stock, mysterious.....sounds perfect.
Totally agree. Horses for courses and all that but these are exactly the sort of lakes which I am interested in....quiet, low stock, mysterious.....sounds perfect.
In reply to Post #9
We are not alone!
We are not alone!
If only I had the skills the catch!
In reply to Post #11
Give it a go mate. Fishing such a place is how you develop the skills.
Give it a go mate. Fishing such a place is how you develop the skills.
In reply to Post #11
There is a certain beauty in leaning to blank and not give a sh*t
In all seriousness - as mentioned you will learn a lot from this sort of fishing. The first ever 'hard' water I fished really helped me to develop as an angler. I did 25+ nights before my first bite
Its the best feeling in the world landing that first hard earned bite. Knees knocking while playing it in the dawn light. You just don't get that feeling when fishing more prolific waters.
Phil
There is a certain beauty in leaning to blank and not give a sh*t
In all seriousness - as mentioned you will learn a lot from this sort of fishing. The first ever 'hard' water I fished really helped me to develop as an angler. I did 25+ nights before my first bite
Its the best feeling in the world landing that first hard earned bite. Knees knocking while playing it in the dawn light. You just don't get that feeling when fishing more prolific waters.
Phil
Yea that's true guys, I'll look into it see how to join etc
In reply to Post #1
. . .am local and know people that have fished it . . .however as all others have said it is rock hard - not only because the stock levels are low / relatively unknown / kept hush hush to all but a few diehards but that a lot of what is quite a large expanse is out of bounds (apols if this has now changed - my knowledge is 20yrs old!) From memory a lot of the captures back in the day were from the OOB areas and under cover of darkness / SAS style missions . . .
Shame cos other than that its a great, mature looking venue and not far from me. . .if I win the lottery I'll buy it and fill it with Simmos!
. . .am local and know people that have fished it . . .however as all others have said it is rock hard - not only because the stock levels are low / relatively unknown / kept hush hush to all but a few diehards but that a lot of what is quite a large expanse is out of bounds (apols if this has now changed - my knowledge is 20yrs old!) From memory a lot of the captures back in the day were from the OOB areas and under cover of darkness / SAS style missions . . .
Shame cos other than that its a great, mature looking venue and not far from me. . .if I win the lottery I'll buy it and fill it with Simmos!