Last week I attended the AGM of Taywood Angling Society, a club that has been having some trouble. A couple of years ago they suffered a massive fish kill on one of their waters, their prime carp fishery at Staines and since then their membership has slumped. This water was not the reason I joined the club three years ago, I was interested in one of their lakes at Chertsey. This lake is gin clear and heavily weeded but full of natural food, it has a very low stocking level and very few small fish. It is a hard water to fish but holds carp, bream and tench to very large sizes and has very little angling pressure.
I fish this lake about a dozen times a season and blank more often than not but I have had a few of the smaller tench and one monster that weighed 9lb 4ozs. This lake is possibly capable of breaking the tench and bream records so I fish on in hope. I wouldn’t dare guess how big the carp are but I have seen some huge fish.
The club also has a stretch of the Thames at Sonning which I will get round to fishing this summer. They have now gone into partnership with Mid Kent Fisheries who have promised to help with the problem with the lake in Staines. They will be doing a fish survey with a view to restocking if necessary.
To recruit new members Taywood AS have dropped their joining fee this year so if you fancy a challenge and have a little time on your hands, why not join?
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