In reply to Post #7
Hello mate. Is Winghams taking on new members? Is the waiting list open do you know? Tried contacting them 2 or 3 times and no reply :(

In reply to Post #1
Check out Wintons.

Thanks for all the replies guys.

Slack lines

In reply to Post #23
Hello mate.

What "reputation" was that then? Did it used to have a band name?

How busy does it get at Wintons? Is it a nightmare trying to book a swim or?

In reply to Post #20
I probably will to be honest. I just wish the stock of Kingfisher lake was in Mallards lake haha.

I'm not sure how big Kingfisher lake is. It doesn't say on their website but looking on google maps it's smaller than Mallard lake and it says Mallard lake is only 4.6 acres. I'm not a huge fan of having hardly any water to fish. Menards was pushing the limit as it was on that respect. He has too many swims on Menards.

I appreciate the feedback guys.

I think I'm going to give it a miss. I've had my doubts about the stock for a long time and you guys are just confirming my suspicions. :(

It amazes me how some people are just so bad at basic business.

Let me know if it ever changes management. I'd love to go back there!!

In reply to Post #14
Why would you net the lake and not video of take pics of it and update your customers on the stock and put that info on the website. I just can't understand why. Other than he doesn't want people to know it's just full of pasties with a few nice fish that are struggling to gain weight because of....all the pasties.

Yeah i looked at Wintons. The stock is impressive and it's very private and secluded which is what i love but the lake was a bit too small for my liking. I'm thinking of going down the syndicate route now. Not heard back from anyone though lol.

In reply to Post #12
Morning mate.

You say they netted it for silvers? You mean like only silvers? I'm not sure how that's possible. Surely when you net the lake you net everything in it? Impossible not to. Unless he used a landing net lol. If they netted it then there should be a recent account of the stock. But i can't find any mention of the current stock or netting on the website. This worries me even more. Why net it and not brag about the amazing stock? Also in this day and age you film or take photos of the netting and release of the fish so punters know what's in there!
I can remember when he asked my mates to put anything under 20lb in a holding net for removal. Which i thought was good. But one time they saw a bloke putting a decent sized fish in there and when they asked him what he was doing he said Paul said to put anything under 25lbs in the net. Why would he want to remove 25lb'ers?? I'm starting to think he was selling them because he needed the money and maybe that's why there's no mention of the stock when it was netted. It's all so bizarre. Trust is a very important thing.

When you ask for £85 for a 48h we have a right to know what's in the lake.

EDIT: Blue dye is to control algae and weed so that's good. As for the fish not putting on weight, the main reason for that is too much competition from other fish or bad oxygen levels etc. Plenty of bait goes in there from anglers. I don't get why he lets people fish the stock pond. He should be heavily feeding that pond himself with no fishing allowed.

In reply to Post #8
Yeah it really is one of the most beautiful lakes i've fished. But the catch report terrifies me. I don't want to get woken up at 2am by a 15lb'er! Or Paul lol

In reply to Post #4
Nothing wrong with a Jamaican woodbine

I'll never forget him coming into our swim late one night in his Y fronts! Pissed as a skunk lol. He's not still coming into your swim at 2am is he??!!

Does anyone know if he's netted the lake at all in the last 10 years? This is vital to encourage growth and could explain why big fish are shrinking and the 20's and 30's from 10 years ago are not all 30's and 40's now. Has it been dredged?