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Drinkwater Park Lake Carp Fishing

11th August 2024 by Mike Duddy

I have never claimed to be an expert at Carp fishing

They’re a species I’ve caught while fishing for other fish – and only occasionally have I visited commies with the specific intent of “bagging up”

Trying to catch carp on my local pond, has never really attracted my interest – until recently … and now I’ve decided that they’re worth catching and a worthy target.

These fish are hook shy, and pressured.

Catching one is an achievement.

I had a great time – and will be coming back for more in future months/episodes

Drinkwater Park Again

20th September 2020 by Mike Duddy

After a few recent visits to my local Drinkwater Park Lake, I decided to have a try for the lakes larger residents. So the maggots were left at home, and the pellets and pop-ups were brought out from the depths of my fishing shed.

I’m not that much of a carper – as evidenced by my lack of carp fishing exploits on this blog — and I guess this lack of carp knowledge is proven in the video below, and the fact that Phil caught and I didn’t

It doesnt really matter, we had a few enjoyable evening sessions, and I threw plenty of bait in which will have cleared the bottom of the swim we were fishing of blanket weed until next spring.

Makes me laugh though, because as soon as we had cleared the underwater blanket weed, the floating surface algae drifted in and made the swim unfishable. lol Thats fishing.

Anyway have a click on the link below and watch Phil catch and me blank.

Pineapple Pop Ups — Pahhh

If anyone wants to give me any weedy lake carp fishing tips, please feel free to do so in the comments section

Parklife Fishing

9th June 2019 by Mike Duddy

Its Parklife weekend in North Manchester – a huge weekend long outdoor music festival that people 30 years younger than me find enjoyable.

Now that I am a curmudgeonly 50+years old – I just get grumpy at the traffic, the noise and the litter (though the views are not too bad).

So – instead of heading in the direction of Heaton Park where Parklife is held,,,, I turned in the opposite direction and headed towards Drinkwater Park.

I’m glad I did – as Drinkwater Park Lake has been fishing much better than Heaton Park Lake recently.

I’ve been on a couple of times this week – been smashed up a few times by some unseen monsters in the weeds – hooks straightened…. lost a monster tench maybe 8lb+ at the net 🙁 and landed a few nice fish too).

My swim for the day – an alternative view

My set up recently has been pellet waggler rod, hand made float by my mate Mike Cootes, and simple waggler tactics of worm or corn over a bed of hemp and pellets. Nothing fancy but very effective.

Don’t be put off by the weeds,,,, step up your tackle and have some fun, the lake has been fishing really well this year.