Not a great day.

[Newferrylad]

Fished at Claremont on Tuesday, weather was wet and cold, only caught a couple of silver fish all day.

[Steve1]

Thanks for the Post
We get very few from Claremont.
Not the best of days for fishing, well done for getting out there.

[B19j4y]

is claremont any good i have heard very little about the facilities and the swim itself really, is it weedy,gravelly,deep??? does anyone know what the best form of fishing would be for this fishery?

[NeilQ]

Fished it a few times because it's on the estate where I live. Very comfortable fishing, with level concrete slabs on every peg. I suppose the shape is a sort of pear-shape. One end is quite deep & I've never bothered fishing it, but I have heard that it fishes better in the winter. The other end (narrow part of the pear, if you like) has an island in the middle & is perfect for an 11m pole all around. This end is also fairly shallow at around 3-4 ft. Never encountered any weed but reed beds had grown and some decent lily pads, the last time I looked (about a year ago).

Personally, I've never caught any decent sized fish but I know there are some in there, as I quite often chat to the farmer, with him being a family acquaintance. Whenever I've fished it, it's always been a fairly short session but I've managed a decent mixed bag of hand-sized crucians & commons. I remember I did waste a good hour, fishing the pole right across to the island (that's the canal matchman in me!) and discovered I could catch at my feet when it was time to have a fag.

Facilities wise, there's nowt....no toilets or shop, just a bin to dip your net when you arrive. They've laid some gravel for a car park though.

[B19j4y]

Fished here today on a peg at the bottom end of the pear and had a stinker! not only did i get the car stuck in the mud and had to have people push me out....i caught nothing all day! not even a nibble....However i was not the only one...There was another 6 pegs in use and most fishing with 2 rods each. No one caught a thing....and everyone was using different baits, i was told the sweetcorn is useless there by one guy who says he goes there every week, i asked the bailiff on one of his rounds to collect money and he said he doesn't have a clue whats in there, he was just there to collect the money...Anyway, the weather wasn't even that harsh either....am so gutted!!!

[Wend1]

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[lewiskeen97]

Fished claremont today slow stard my friend had two crucians on corn and i had roach but then later on around 5/6 i had two carp and a tench deffinetly recommend it but only later on (night) ,i fished off the island it was very shallow but still good. also in the winter i had a 7lb carp from margins.
overall it is a okay water plenty of big and small fish around but best thing is it doesnt turn off all year round
cheers lewis

[haydn12]

i fish corn there every time and it works well for me!!