Thanks for that will look them up. Have you heard of Pinchmill Fisherie?
Don't bother with Hickleton pond. My bath is bigger than that. Same goes for a few of the old 'pit ponds'. Fine if you like sitting within fifteen yards of five anglers, but not for me.
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I know the owner of Hickleton pond. Doubt if anything that could be sold is still in there
Occassionally I used to fish the small private pond in the park at the back of the Sue Ryder Home when I had permision to shoot on that land. It was full of small golden orfe and crucians.
He seems to have very little interest in the place, I`ve only had to pay to fish it once. And he`s allowed the bigger pond to become choked with weed to the extent that it`s pretty much unfishable. I believe he used to have another pond on his land but that`s been emptied and filled in.
Whereabouts is that?
Once he realised there was no money to be made, i.e. he thought it was just a matter of putting a few carp in a hole in the ground and anglers would queue up to pay him to fish it, he lost interest. There is a guy supposed to collect payments but he can't be ar$ed to go round every day as he doesn't get paid. My mate used to be the gamekeeper up there and I had the run of the place.
Err. The clue is in my post: "At the back of the Sue Ryder Home" mg:
(His Father used to rent the sporting rights for the estate when I used to shoot there. I think he lost the rights many years ago. No idea who has it now. The pond is still showing on Google Earth )