I havnt got a story myself but post yours up im sure theres 1 or 2. There was a really good thread a couple of years ago.
In reply to Post #1
I used to be a member of a syndicate in Market Bosworth that was next to a single track gated road. I used to fish it on my own at nights as none of my mates could afford the ticket (£400 15 years ago) and the other members only did day sessions. Being 17 on my own there I used to be scared most nights but I was determined to be there to catch.
It was made worse when I read the story by Chris Yates in one of his books where a ghost was supposed to have screamed "Chris" very loudly on the opposite bank when he was alone. Every owl screech made me jump 10 feet in the air!
It was worth it for the dawns though.
I used to be a member of a syndicate in Market Bosworth that was next to a single track gated road. I used to fish it on my own at nights as none of my mates could afford the ticket (£400 15 years ago) and the other members only did day sessions. Being 17 on my own there I used to be scared most nights but I was determined to be there to catch.
It was made worse when I read the story by Chris Yates in one of his books where a ghost was supposed to have screamed "Chris" very loudly on the opposite bank when he was alone. Every owl screech made me jump 10 feet in the air!
It was worth it for the dawns though.
In reply to Post #2
(£400 15 years ago)
(£400 15 years ago)
In reply to Post #3
Back then the options were a few day ticket waters or secret syndicates. When I applied for membership they weren't happy I'd found out about the lake. Plus the internet didn't exist so finding venues wasn't easy.
Back then the options were a few day ticket waters or secret syndicates. When I applied for membership they weren't happy I'd found out about the lake. Plus the internet didn't exist so finding venues wasn't easy.
In reply to Post #4
did you have much look? or were you to scared to get out the bag lol i get paranoid as hell when night fishing on my own even though im a big guy lol
did you have much look? or were you to scared to get out the bag lol i get paranoid as hell when night fishing on my own even though im a big guy lol
In reply to Post #5
the thing is even if your big or small
theres always something at th back of your mind
the thing is even if your big or small
theres always something at th back of your mind
In reply to Post #6
A lump of 4"X2" if you're un lucky!!!
A lump of 4"X2" if you're un lucky!!!
In reply to Post #5
I did really well, the far bank was just reeds and a no fishing bank and I found a channel into the reeds that was the hot spot. I was OK when I got a take, instinct takes over, it was the time when everything was quiet that was creepy.
I did really well, the far bank was just reeds and a no fishing bank and I found a channel into the reeds that was the hot spot. I was OK when I got a take, instinct takes over, it was the time when everything was quiet that was creepy.
In reply to Post #8
Are you sure about the £400 15 years ago!
I know the water your talking about and find that hard to believe.
Are you sure about the £400 15 years ago!
I know the water your talking about and find that hard to believe.
In reply to Post #9
Yep, looking back now I reckon I was the only one who paid it, I joined via the tackle shop in Barwell, miserable bugger that ran it. Being 17 I didn't ask enough questions. Still, I out fished everyone!
Remember there was no internet so if you didn't know anyone else, you couldn't get information on venues. Imagine it................no internet!! Just found the ticket, I keep everything!!
Edit: sorry for going way off thread.
Yep, looking back now I reckon I was the only one who paid it, I joined via the tackle shop in Barwell, miserable bugger that ran it. Being 17 I didn't ask enough questions. Still, I out fished everyone!
Remember there was no internet so if you didn't know anyone else, you couldn't get information on venues. Imagine it................no internet!! Just found the ticket, I keep everything!!
Edit: sorry for going way off thread.
In reply to Post #10
No internet = no free porn...... doesn't bare thinking about
No internet = no free porn...... doesn't bare thinking about
In reply to Post #1
I shat myself a few times at redmire, its the darkest and quietist place i have ever seen at night, even walking from my bivvy to the car in the dark (which for the first few days was through the evening pitch, the supposed haunted pitch!) made me a bit edgy
I shat myself a few times at redmire, its the darkest and quietist place i have ever seen at night, even walking from my bivvy to the car in the dark (which for the first few days was through the evening pitch, the supposed haunted pitch!) made me a bit edgy
scary places 
wanstead park lakes, hollow ponds, and the dead mans swim at fairlop waters!(nothing worse than having to step over and around floral tributes to land a fish) 
being the sensitive type i never fish the back bay!
ron..
wanstead park lakes, hollow ponds, and the dead mans swim at fairlop waters!(nothing worse than having to step over and around floral tributes to land a fish) being the sensitive type i never fish the back bay! ron..
In reply to Post #12
ive got one lake and peg 1 and 113 both scard me when ive done mgith on there only cus of a huge wood and sheep that have a habbit to roam around it at 2 int he morngin and standed and fall over everything and the fact i was only 14 didnet help with no one else about and steep banks and i found a massive bettle thing in a tesco bag humming at 2 in the morngin in the bang moved it and it flew at me and i half a house and couldent get it out of the bivvi so had to wait for it to fly otu b4 i was goign back in! but i no theres nothign to hert you its just the noise
but up linear its a different matter if some one was to come they will have to put up with my base ball bat or a spair bank stick!
ive got one lake and peg 1 and 113 both scard me when ive done mgith on there only cus of a huge wood and sheep that have a habbit to roam around it at 2 int he morngin and standed and fall over everything and the fact i was only 14 didnet help with no one else about and steep banks and i found a massive bettle thing in a tesco bag humming at 2 in the morngin in the bang moved it and it flew at me and i half a house and couldent get it out of the bivvi so had to wait for it to fly otu b4 i was goign back in! but i no theres nothign to hert you its just the noise
but up linear its a different matter if some one was to come they will have to put up with my base ball bat or a spair bank stick!
In reply to Post #14
SCARY PLACE WHEN FISHING burges park on the old kent road 
SCARY PLACE WHEN FISHING burges park on the old kent road