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22nd June 2008
Met Ian Crispin, his son, Ellis and his father-in-law, John in the car park at 9am on a warm, bright and windy day.
We walked around the lakes and decided on a good spot where all three of them could fish together on the Car Park Pond Lake.
All three set up using waggler gear with maggot and corn hook baits. It was a slowish start but gradually got going as the morning wore on. Ellis was determined to prove that beginners luck does work as he caught roach, rudd, bream and carp on a fairly regular basis and had the largest fish of the day; a carp at 4lb 14oz. Ian, not wanting to get left out, caught several fish during the morning with his best a bream of about 3lb.
Poor old John was just having one of those days. Similar tactics and rigs, same baits but he just could not get in amongst the fish. We tried a few rig changes but no matter what we tried they just managed to avoid him. He eventually caught a few fish up to about 1lb but it was a real struggle. It just shows how fickle angling can be when you have three people fishing side by side with the same gear and bait and two are catching and one can't.
Come early afternoon, when we packed up, it had been a reasonably successful day for all concerned. They didn't do too badly as everybody was finding the conditions hard and the fishing was a bit slow.
This was the first time I had been to Crow Green but it won't be the last time. The venue is well laid out, it has good variety of species and accommodates anglers of all abilities. Access is reasonable and most of the swims are disabled friendly. It has a drinks vending machine and a bait vending machine in the very clean and well presented toilet block.
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