Love places like that Bill!You never know what's in them! Where I live (The Wirral),is full of them!Old farm ponds and old flooded marl pits quite often stuffed with small true crucian and tench.lovely!Thanks Bill.
There's a marl pond on a farm not far from me which has crucians over 2lb, roach up to 1lb some biggish mirror/common carp, biggest carp I've seen so far was 11lb 8oz, (been snapped a few times by something large), perch up to 2lb, lots of smaller roach and perch and some hybrids. £3:50 a day. I'll be going there once we're allowed to fish again.
@Michael Hi Michael.Well some are private some are day ticket ie Park field, Caldy AC,Larton Fishery,Damhead Fishery,Claremont Fishery,Yew tree Fishery,and if you look on Google Earth or just drive through the Wirral you'll see quite a few scattered about that look disused but probably aren't. There are many,including Thornton Hough AC,Wirral AC ,Port Sunlight AC loads!Hope this helps....
Hi i don't expect monsters but as you say you never know. Now i don't know the Wirral at all but if you have lots of these small venues you are very lucky make the most of them Bill
Another enjoyable little video of a small neglected water on a sunny spring day. Thank you for that Bill and keep them coming. As always keep well and safe mate, Chris.
Hi Bill I didn't realise this pound WAS still here I used to go their when I was a boy it still looks a nice place to be catching fish with a 8ft rod, or probably a whip I won't give away the venue , a hole in one is near by thanks for a nother great vidio
Hi Bill yes it held some rud ,roach crucian carp and common carp & small bream, and golden tench magot bread sweet corn ,on a center pin reel light line and small quills. Best of luck after lock down oh and a split cane rod take care budy
Thanks Bill for another interesting Vid. I often have to cut my way into swims, so I take some old Secateurs with me. Your Vid on the Fox EOS1 Chair was very helpful. I know you needed a light chair. My Wife also has a bad back so I bought the EOS2 as it has a higher back, and she finds it very comfortable out on the Patio, many thanks. The Gnome in next-door's garden pond is still getting more Fishing than we are!
Hi glad your wife finds the chair comfortable. Are you getting Gnome envy? I often carry a cheap pair of secateurs if i am going to a difficult access swim but try to keep swim manicuring to a minimum. Glad you found the video interesting Bill
Glad to see that they've finally come to their senses and allowed fishing again Bill. And there is still plenty of the Summer left in which to enjoy it thankfully
You bet and i am still chasing a double figure Tench from the river as a good friend had one of about 13 lbs but any size will bring a big smile to my face Bill
Hi Bill love your channel great vids very inspiring . I have recently got back into fishing after a 35 year break! I know this pond but I had forgotten all about it. When I get a minute I may try it with a whip I'll let you know how I get on.
I hope so too and can't wait to get my rod out! Small ponds hold a special appeal for me as that is what i fished in Norfolk from a very early age and still love them Bill
I hope so too and i do so love this time of year outside, i'm missing it but i will be wetting a line in that pond in the not to distant future, hopefully! Regards Bill
Hi yes but a lot of waters in my area are " bivvy city" and that doesn't appeal overly to me hence the waters i fish are mostly ignored other than by a few like minded people Bill
@@easyfishing1936same here billy, dont like crowded places, good bit is when things get back to normal ie when they all get back to work us boys can go through the week. take care.
i fish a pong very similar to this but the water is very clearly. pick three spots and dump a load of bread mash in. every few days for a week or two, then come back with a light spinning rod dawn or dusk, bait the same spots but very lightly and free line floating or slow sinking bread. catching the tench and crucians and even carp this way is some of the best fishing iv ever done. the tench will come torpedoeing out of nowhere from their weedy silos and slup the slow sinkers, they will take the bait off the bottom too. same for crucians althouguh it did once manage to get a 2lb (current pb crucian) off the top. the pond is i fish is river fed and also has a low stock of pike and an abundance of wasp perch that suicidally hit lures. iv also had a 3lber from there. epic sport. its one of my favourite places to fish in the entire world there sa school of chub there too plenty of 1lbers but also a hanful and ahalf of 3-6lbers. iv fished it lots in the last 4 years and only managed one or two of the bigger chub half on topwater lures half on floating bread. i coukld witter on about this place for years.if you are every going to be in yorkshire ill bait you a swim with a clean bottom. if you are interested go onto my channel and any of the tench videos will probably be that same pond. also my fly fishing for perch is the same pong but in february best of all its a free venue that is very unknown
Hi yes but a big snag as well but it would make a nice spot planted with pretty ornamental lily's. I will take a look at your tench video. Take care and stay well Bill
Hi well go and take some exercise walking around them and do a bit of fish and swim spotting. Great way to get some exercise away from people and recharge your mental batteries. It works for me! Bill
Another great video Bill, myself and Big AJ know the venue well. Didn't realise there was crucian and tench in there. Fingers crossed you get amongst them when you fish it. Stay safe.
Hi so your local to me then. so if you see me fishing say hello. I had a big argument with some belligerent angler who called me a liar' stating there were no tench or crucians in there' right up until i caught a Crucian in front of him!! Stay safe and well Bill
Bill - myself and Big AJ are local, we are just down the road. I will certainly say hello if I see you fishing - that would be good! Really enjoy your videos, keep up the good work mate, your hard work is appreciated. Have you ever thought of having a Q&A video?
Hi David first i hope you staying well and it is a lovely urban pond that i have caught fish from and i am looking forward to wetting a line on a nice summer evening when the noise has died down Bill
Easy Fishing I’m doing all I can to stay healthy. Thank you. I love a small water like that, probably more so than a larger venue. I think it’s the seclusion I desire. Cheers
Lovely Bill, one of my hobbies is going on Google earth, and finding ponds in the middle of fields, sometimes you drop lucky, then try to find out who owns the land, think I enjoy it as much as the fishing sometimes, take care, and hopefully wont be too long now
Hi hope you keeping well and yes i'm hopeful about catching some fish tho' most will probably be small. However i do feel there may be an odd bigger fish in there worth catching Bill
Hi well there used to be a few carp in there, mostly dumped i guess and while i'm not interested in catching the carp i am willing to bet they have not all been caught and eaten! I'm more interested in the possibility of maybe a couple of better Crucians, Tench and possibly a big perch. Stay well Bill
Bill what approach would you take to catch fish on this pond if you didn't know anything about this venue ? Do you ever take a bit of bait to throw in when your just mouching around a fishery ? Tight lines for the future
Well first i may introduce some corn, pellets while walk around new waters but i am mostly assessing the water and looking for fish or signs at least. For a new unknown water water, similar to this i would probably just use a short pole and/or a light waggler approach and my bait would include punched bread corn and worms. The snags and size of expected fish will dictate tackle strength but if possible i will use light tackle and small baits just to get a bite with loose feed, I would expect a soft silty bottom so would plumb up so that my bait just touched bottom. I would try to plumb around looking for underwater features and if i had the time and space would look for two areas to fish. One would be in open water with fine tackle and small baits and another near features, lily pads, rushes etc with much stronger tackle and more selective baits for bigger fish ie corn bigger worm baits etc and would bait but not fish it for a couple of hours to let any bigger fish settle on the bait and gain confidence. I hope this helps Bill
@@easyfishing1936 Thanks Bill , I tend to fish light to get bites , step up my tackle if the bigger fish show , hope not to get snapped up . Good to get your take on things .
Looks nice little spot apart from road noise .like your hat! I'm wearing one cos the missus has cut my hair lol! The owners of a pond near me opened their fishery but had to close it quick because of having nasty remarks from outsiders keep safe
Hi well i would love to but i only own two long poles, the Red Range Carp, which i have reviewed and my new DS7 Combat carp which i will do a quick run down on later. If Drennan were to send me a pole for review i would be delighted but there is very little chance of that happening. However i may get a chance to test and review some from Cadence this year, fingers crossed Bill
@@easyfishing1936 cheers bill drennan should send u full tackle setup for all the positive reviews u give them anyway look forward to ur next video bill take care...
Some years ago a pond no bigger than yours, and much less attractive, turned up a 5 lb perch. It was a desolate looking hole in the shadow of a derelict mill. The main features were bike frames and oil drums, not a place one lingered in daylight never mind after dark. Nevertheless some local kids winkled out the monster fish during a school holiday, and a passer buy photographed it and the picture made the local newspaper. You have to marvel at nature sometimes.
There's a pond 40 mins walk from me that's neglected, there have been talks about dredging it out cleaning it all up and re-stocking it but, sadly, nothing been done about for 2 years, very sad indeed.
Hi i think for too long venues like this have been forgotten which may be good for the wildlife and fish but a weeks work by a team could transform this pond to a local gem offering somewhere for the local kids to go fishing and it would be beautiful. Some acoustic fencing would not go amiss either! Bill
I love these little natural looking ponds. Makes me itch to get back out fishing.
google maps is your friend, they dont usually contain monsters butcan definitely get you some of your more memorable days bankside
Love places like that Bill!You never know what's in them! Where I live (The Wirral),is full of them!Old farm ponds and old flooded marl pits quite often stuffed with small true crucian and tench.lovely!Thanks Bill.
There's a marl pond on a farm not far from me which has crucians over 2lb, roach up to 1lb some biggish mirror/common carp, biggest carp I've seen so far was 11lb 8oz, (been snapped a few times by something large), perch up to 2lb, lots of smaller roach and perch and some hybrids. £3:50 a day. I'll be going there once we're allowed to fish again.
@Michael Hi Michael.Well some are private some are day ticket ie Park field, Caldy AC,Larton Fishery,Damhead Fishery,Claremont Fishery,Yew tree Fishery,and if you look on Google Earth or just drive through the Wirral you'll see quite a few scattered about that look disused but probably aren't. There are many,including Thornton Hough AC,Wirral AC ,Port Sunlight AC loads!Hope this helps....
@@CB-xr1eg Hi Clive,is that on the Wirral?
@Michael 👍
Hi i don't expect monsters but as you say you never know. Now i don't know the Wirral at all but if you have lots of these small venues you are very lucky make the most of them Bill
Another enjoyable little video of a small neglected water on a sunny spring day. Thank you for that Bill and keep them coming. As always keep well and safe mate, Chris.
Glad you enjoyed it and while this lockdown continues i will try to walk around other local venues. Stay well Bill
Hi Bill I didn't realise this pound WAS still here I used to go their when I was a boy it still looks a nice place to be catching fish with a 8ft rod, or probably a whip I won't give away the venue , a hole in one is near by thanks for a nother great vidio
Hi did you catch fish there? Well hopefully i can catch when this lockdown eases! I'm glad you enjoyed the video Bill
Great pond to try again. Thanks for taking the time to film and share. All the best Pete 👍
Glad you enjoyed it Bill
Hi Bill yes it held some rud ,roach crucian carp and common carp & small bream, and golden tench magot bread sweet corn ,on a center pin reel light line and small quills. Best of luck after lock down oh and a split cane rod take care budy
Thanks Bill for another interesting Vid. I often have to cut my way into swims, so I take some old Secateurs with me. Your Vid on the Fox EOS1 Chair was very helpful. I know you needed a light chair. My Wife also has a bad back so I bought the EOS2 as it has a higher back, and she finds it very comfortable out on the Patio, many thanks. The Gnome in next-door's garden pond is still getting more Fishing than we are!
Hi glad your wife finds the chair comfortable. Are you getting Gnome envy? I often carry a cheap pair of secateurs if i am going to a difficult access swim but try to keep swim manicuring to a minimum. Glad you found the video interesting Bill
Lovely wee pond, bet there's some good perch in there!
Hi well i intend to try for them when i get the chance and this type of venue can produce a surprise Bill
It's crazy that we can queue in crowded supermarkets, but you can't sit and fish in solitude at a tranquil venue such as this
My thoughts exactly Bill
Glad to see that they've finally come to their senses and allowed fishing again Bill. And there is still plenty of the Summer left in which to enjoy it thankfully
Roll on long summer evenings fishing for tench another great video Bill long live the go pro your videos always put a smile on my face
You bet and i am still chasing a double figure Tench from the river as a good friend had one of about 13 lbs but any size will bring a big smile to my face Bill
Thank you Bill for taking the time to do this. Look like your keeping well.
Hi thank you and i hope you are keeping well Bill
Hi Bill love your channel great vids very inspiring . I have recently got back into fishing after a 35 year break! I know this pond but I had forgotten all about it. When I get a minute I may try it with a whip I'll let you know how I get on.
Brilliant Bill thanks for uploading love the small ponds stay safe fella and hopefully we be back on the bank soon
I hope so too and can't wait to get my rod out! Small ponds hold a special appeal for me as that is what i fished in Norfolk from a very early age and still love them Bill
Hi bill .your looking well out enjoying the good weather .im looking foward to hopefully seing you fish that pond .best wishes 😀👍
I hope so too and i do so love this time of year outside, i'm missing it but i will be wetting a line in that pond in the not to distant future, hopefully! Regards Bill
Nice little hidden gem there Bill, it will be nice to watch you have a dabble in it
all the best
Hi can't wait to find out if there are any bigger tench and crucians in there Bill
looks very inviting bill, youve got some nice waters that you fish nearby, keep safe.
Hi yes but a lot of waters in my area are " bivvy city" and that doesn't appeal overly to me hence the waters i fish are mostly ignored other than by a few like minded people Bill
@@easyfishing1936same here billy, dont like crowded places, good bit is when things get back to normal ie when they all get back to work us boys can go through the week. take care.
i fish a pong very similar to this but the water is very clearly. pick three spots and dump a load of bread mash in. every few days for a week or two, then come back with a light spinning rod dawn or dusk, bait the same spots but very lightly and free line floating or slow sinking bread. catching the tench and crucians and even carp this way is some of the best fishing iv ever done. the tench will come torpedoeing out of nowhere from their weedy silos and slup the slow sinkers, they will take the bait off the bottom too. same for crucians althouguh it did once manage to get a 2lb (current pb crucian) off the top.
the pond is i fish is river fed and also has a low stock of pike and an abundance of wasp perch that suicidally hit lures. iv also had a 3lber from there. epic sport.
its one of my favourite places to fish in the entire world there sa school of chub there too plenty of 1lbers but also a hanful and ahalf of 3-6lbers. iv fished it lots in the last 4 years and only managed one or two of the bigger chub half on topwater lures half on floating bread.
i coukld witter on about this place for years.if you are every going to be in yorkshire ill bait you a swim with a clean bottom.
if you are interested go onto my channel and any of the tench videos will probably be that same pond. also my fly fishing for perch is the same pong but in february
best of all its a free venue that is very unknown
if that tire was in the middle of the pond it could actually provide some really good habitat
Hi yes but a big snag as well but it would make a nice spot planted with pretty ornamental lily's. I will take a look at your tench video. Take care and stay well Bill
Good to see your out and about Bill, I know 2 relatively unfished ponds that I plan to investigate when things return to normal.
Hi well go and take some exercise walking around them and do a bit of fish and swim spotting. Great way to get some exercise away from people and recharge your mental batteries. It works for me! Bill
Brilliant.
Another great video Bill, myself and Big AJ know the venue well. Didn't realise there was crucian and tench in there. Fingers crossed you get amongst them when you fish it. Stay safe.
MJ 87 are you inspired? Bill is staying safe and still producing the videos we all need 🤩
Hi so your local to me then. so if you see me fishing say hello. I had a big argument with some belligerent angler who called me a liar' stating there were no tench or crucians in there' right up until i caught a Crucian in front of him!! Stay safe and well Bill
Easy Fishing - that’s the best way Bill. Let the rod action do the talking. We used to pass the Parrot 🦜 pub a lot.
Bill - myself and Big AJ are local, we are just down the road. I will certainly say hello if I see you fishing - that would be good! Really enjoy your videos, keep up the good work mate, your hard work is appreciated. Have you ever thought of having a Q&A video?
Always a thumbs up to to mate
Much appreciated and i hope you enjoyed the video Bill
It's great to see you back Bill , I can't wait to see you fishing again . Take Care Mate 👍
You and me both! Bill
Looks like a lovely spot. I would fish the hell outta that, as we say in the South.
David
South Carolina
Hi David first i hope you staying well and it is a lovely urban pond that i have caught fish from and i am looking forward to wetting a line on a nice summer evening when the noise has died down Bill
Easy Fishing I’m doing all I can to stay healthy. Thank you.
I love a small water like that, probably more so than a larger venue.
I think it’s the seclusion I desire.
Cheers
Lovely Bill, one of my hobbies is going on Google earth, and finding ponds in the middle of fields, sometimes you drop lucky, then try to find out who owns the land, think I enjoy it as much as the fishing sometimes, take care, and hopefully wont be too long now
Hi i used to the same with ordnance survey maps but like you i now use google earth and yes i enjoy the thrill of fishing new waters. Bill
Nice pool that mucca
Hi yes i grew up fishing small ponds and still love them Bill
Reminds me of Andy Griffith TV show from the 1960's....USA I was hoping to see you fishing....hopefully soon
Hi well i have never heard of that tv show and i have great hopes that it will not be long before you see me fishing again Bill
Looks a nice spot to chill out for a few hours bill.
You got that right! Bill
Its a lovely pond. Bigger fish will be near the reeds.
I hope so!
I fished a local mud hole tonight.. hope you pull a few out of there in the near future...
Hi hope you keeping well and yes i'm hopeful about catching some fish tho' most will probably be small. However i do feel there may be an odd bigger fish in there worth catching Bill
Great video. I've been doing a bit of this myself over the last few weeks 🙂.
Good stuff! That's the way to find good fishing Bill
Nice peacful day there bill hope you're keeping same
Hi other than the traffic noise, which dies down in the evening, it is a lovely spot. Keeping sane? I think the men in white will be here soon! Bill
looks like a margin fishers dream...
Possibly some nice tench around those lily pads.
Well it will be fairly close range work and i hope i can catch a couple of better fish Bill
Hi Bill I know that pond well ! I thought all of the bigger fish had been " spirited "away . Keep up the good work and stay safe Paul K
Hi well there used to be a few carp in there, mostly dumped i guess and while i'm not interested in catching the carp i am willing to bet they have not all been caught and eaten! I'm more interested in the possibility of maybe a couple of better Crucians, Tench and possibly a big perch. Stay well Bill
Bill what approach would you take to catch fish on this pond if you didn't know anything about this venue ? Do you ever take a bit of bait to throw in when your just mouching around a fishery ? Tight lines for the future
Well first i may introduce some corn, pellets while walk around new waters but i am mostly assessing the water and looking for fish or signs at least. For a new unknown water water, similar to this i would probably just use a short pole and/or a light waggler approach and my bait would include punched bread corn and worms. The snags and size of expected fish will dictate tackle strength but if possible i will use light tackle and small baits just to get a bite with loose feed, I would expect a soft silty bottom so would plumb up so that my bait just touched bottom. I would try to plumb around looking for underwater features and if i had the time and space would look for two areas to fish. One would be in open water with fine tackle and small baits and another near features, lily pads, rushes etc with much stronger tackle and more selective baits for bigger fish ie corn bigger worm baits etc and would bait but not fish it for a couple of hours to let any bigger fish settle on the bait and gain confidence. I hope this helps Bill
@@easyfishing1936 Thanks Bill , I tend to fish light to get bites , step up my tackle if the bigger fish show , hope not to get snapped up . Good to get your take on things .
Lovely Bill.. you'd need some headphones and a recording of some bird song and you'd be in a world of your own!
Hi i love hearing the birdsong and when i'm out there i am in my own little world Bill
Cheers Bill ! I see the subscriber numbers have ticked up handsomely
Hi glad you liked the video. I never expected to get this many subs or views when i started, even a 1000 subs seemed impossible! Bill
Looks nice little spot apart from road noise .like your hat! I'm wearing one cos the missus has cut my hair lol! The owners of a pond near me opened their fishery but had to close it quick because of having nasty remarks from outsiders keep safe
Hi there is always someone who just has to be nasty! Hopefully we will be out there soon tho' Bill
If u get chance bill could we have some long pole reviews thanks ..
Hi well i would love to but i only own two long poles, the Red Range Carp, which i have reviewed and my new DS7 Combat carp which i will do a quick run down on later. If Drennan were to send me a pole for review i would be delighted but there is very little chance of that happening. However i may get a chance to test and review some from Cadence this year, fingers crossed Bill
@@easyfishing1936 cheers bill drennan should send u full tackle setup for all the positive reviews u give them anyway look forward to ur next video bill take care...
Thanks Bill.
Hi your welcome stay well Bill
Some years ago a pond no bigger than yours, and much less attractive, turned up a 5 lb perch. It was a desolate looking hole in the shadow of a derelict mill. The main features were bike frames and oil drums, not a place one lingered in daylight never mind after dark. Nevertheless some local kids winkled out the monster fish during a school holiday, and a passer buy photographed it and the picture made the local newspaper. You have to marvel at nature sometimes.
Hi yes monster perch and eels have been caught in tiny ponds that are neglected! I do marvel at nature and what it can do if we give it a chance! Bill
Nice vid. If allowed, a few volunteers could clean up the pond?
Absolutely but few can be bothered Bill
There's a pond 40 mins walk from me that's neglected, there have been talks about dredging it out cleaning it all up and re-stocking it but, sadly, nothing been done about for 2 years, very sad indeed.
Unfortunately this is a common scenario and i have watched a lot of fishing disappear Bill
Shame really bill could be tidied up nice that theres one where I live and i used to fish as a boy loads of nice tench but its seen better days ...
Hi i think for too long venues like this have been forgotten which may be good for the wildlife and fish but a weeks work by a team could transform this pond to a local gem offering somewhere for the local kids to go fishing and it would be beautiful. Some acoustic fencing would not go amiss either! Bill
@@easyfishing1936 totally agree bill be great for youngsters ...
Bill you said you've seen some small fish just walking around............i hope they were social distancing.
They where from me! but wait until i get my rod out! Bill
It boils my piss seeing rubbish thrown into any pond.
Hi don't get me started as hate littering/fly tipping etc and wish for much harsher penalties that are ENFORCED Bill
Too noisy for me Billy
Hi yes it noisy during the day but early in the morning and evening it does become more tranquil Bill