Focus on Boldings Pools and great weekend swims to try
LOCATED in the beautiful Shropshire countryside, Boldings Pools is a mature complex that offers excellent match and pleasure fishing across 14 lakes. Match weights are increasing every year, and numerous bags to over 150lb have been taken in recent weeks.
Oak Pool is one of the oldest and most popular pools on the complex, and a simple pellet approach will serve you well. Fish the short pole and in the margins, making sure to keep the feed going in steadily to keep the fish interested.
The Willows is an attractive pool surrounded by weeping willows and rolling countryside, where fishing caster shallow has worked well lately.
A banded caster or pellet on the hook can help you avoid the attention of small silvers as well as putting you in touch with the pool’s high stocks of ghost carp.
If you enjoy catching doublefigure carp, head to Sycamore Pool that has a very high proportion of doubles. Pellet is a hard bait to beat on this water, where fishing in the margins can be very effective, particularly late in the day.
Be sure to use strong tackle such as black Hydrolastic, 0.17mm mainline and a 0.15mm hooklength. A size 16 or 14 hook will complete the set-up nicely and give you confidence to land anything you encounter.
The sheltered Deepdale Pool is the perfect place for a relaxed
day’s pleasure fishing, where a stock of smaller carp, tench and silvers will bring bites all day. LOCATION: Astley Abbotts, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4SS CONTACT: 01746 763255 PRICES: £7 day tickets, £6 OAPs, £5 under-16s, £1 extra rod WEBSITE: http://www.boldingspools.com