Ossmere

[ian g]

Hi , Oss mere and Marbury are both PAAA waters , I've fished Marbury more than Oss both nice places to fish . Link below for PAAS . I live fairly close but am more of a river angler

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[Dave123]

Hi , Oss mere and Marbury are both PAAA waters , I've fished Marbury more than Oss both nice places to fish . Link below for PAAS . I live fairly close but am more of a river angler

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Welcome to the Prince Albert Angling Society Stocks Reservoir in the Forrest of Bowland 2024 Season Permits

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Hi, im not a member yet because I don’t know the stock of these lake Marbury and OSs mere and I was if u could just give me a quickie overview of the stock In the lake I will mostly be targeting carp but am open to fish on the maggot feeder for orther species.

 

[ian g]

There are carp in both lakes but neither are runs waters . Marbury has roach , bream , tench and pike . I am pretty sure Oss mere has the same . PAAS have plenty of good lakes and meres and a lot of river fishing . Waiting list is 3 or 4 years I believe.

 

[The bad one]

Oss is sadly a shadow of it's former self for all species. Carp cannot be stocked as it's a SSSI and Natural England and the EA won't let you stock invasive species into a SSSI, and as far as they are concerned carp are invasive species.
To my knowledge the carp that are present have only spawned once over the last 40 + years. Circa 1980
They won't even let you stock Bream or tench which have been present for 10,000 years in Oss and the meres of the 3 counties.
As Ian says Marbury is the better fishery of the two meres.
At 18 you'd be classed as an Intermediate and go on the waiting list which as Ian says is around 3 years.

 

[The bad one]

PS
Get your name down on the waiting list ASAP and just forget about it until you get the letter to join. Here you go

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[Dave123]

PS
Get your name down on the waiting list ASAP and just forget about it until you get the letter to join. Here you go

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Membership Our membership year runs from 1st January until 31st December every year and we welcome

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Hi, I have just purchased my prince Albert ticket and am looking to go OSs mere very soon. Can anybody give any and advice on peg choice and bait and methods to catch carp. Anything would help

 

[ian g]

I don't fish it often and when I have I haven't targetted carp . I am pretty sure the bailiff lives very close and was always around so that would be my first contact.

 

[Dave123]

I don't fish it often and when I have I haven't targetted carp . I am pretty sure the bailiff lives very close and was always around so that would be my first contact.

Who is the bailiff and how would I contact him.

 

[ian g]

Not sure , but as I say he is there most days so if you fish there you will bump into him

 

[The bad one]

The Bailiff is called John and he lives very near to the water. Turn up on the water and he'll come a visit you to check your card. Do not go bothering him at his home unless he says you can.
Don't fish for carp so no info on swims baits etc.
Oh btw Ossmere is now closed until June the 16th due to it being a SSSI