“thanks ive only fished it 8 time so far and as it stands ive had 4 commons out of there..you dont see alot of common come out of most lake they are a hard carp to cach..i think that commons are the best carp to catch they just look the best..”

“Yeah have to agree with you mate.... Commons are the best to catch... They just seem to fight a bit harder than mirrors. Clattercote is definately up there as one of my favourite fisheries for runs. Im going to try and get up there soon so may see you there.

Fish anywhere else round that way? ”

“no just there dont know any where els around there bud....i look at it like this if you know your going to catch fish 99 of the time when go down there y fish any where els lol....ive do quite a bit down linear last year and im going to do the same this year but fish stjohns the most ill also try manor now and then but my goal is to get a 20 or 30lber this year weath it will happen or nots down to the fish,rigs time spent fishing on the lake oh and the weather...what about you bud??”

“ill send you a massage the week im off down clattercote again bud if you like?”

“Yeah.. Same here.. After a 20 this year! They seem to escape me everytime and go to Bazil Brushs baits instead!! )

Theres a couple of reservoirs around Clattercote.. Boddington is a similar fishery.. Fish havent grown on as fast as they have a Clattercote but its another one of those waters where I would guarentee fish. Naesby aswell.. Bit further afield but another clattercote like reservoir. Clattercote is my favorite out of the three though.

Never fished Linear or St Johns... Any good? Im planning on a season fishing lakes I havent before so very interested to get opinions before casting out!

I aslo fish Furnace Lakes in Sussex a lot.. Its kind of turned into my local lakes now. And with 7 lakes and Carp over 50lb as well as Catfish over 90lb it becomes interesting. Not an easy fishery though.. Roman Lake and Kiln are the best 2 lakes in my opinion... Bazil Brush will tell you about his 64lb Cat from Roman! Bazil... Is it not time you posted up a picture of the beast??

Yeah definatley let me know when your going next and Ill try and get up there.. and visa-versa. Never have too many fishing buddies!”

“we was thinking of going to boddingtion a few times but we always end up at clattercote some how lol...as for stjohn its got to be the most fished lake at linear id say witch makes it a med to a hard water and the fish are line shy so back leads are a must on there well id say on all linears lake your best of back leading....bait is a hard one i tend to use what i think is right i dont tend to go with what most people are using or catching on but in my view i dont think that there is ever a wrong bait no matter what some people say just do what is normal bud also they have some big cats in stjohn so bazil brush will be happy or if you dont like the sound of fishing there you could always try Orchid lake for there carp or there club lake for there cats....your right you can never have to many fishing buddies the more you have the better you will all become as you will swop tips tricks over the years oh try oxlease on linear thats a good lake for a 20 or brasnose 1 thats there runs water there have you looked on the linear web site??”

“Just checked the site out.. Looks very nice.. Add it to the fishery section on here and write a review if you can... Think I may well be having a trip to StJohns for a couple of days... Looks llike a hard lake but thats part of the challenge! ”

“http:www.fishing4carp.co.ukphotogallery?speciesFilter=catfish

The infamous Catfish!”

“ill try and put it up on hear write a few bits about it.....it well worth ago bud im going there next month for a 24h if a can...i think a challenge is what we all should be looking for cuz fishing is not ment to be easy all the time its nice to have them days sometimes but it would get boaring if it was like that all the time...”

“now thats a nice cat ive got to get me one of them a.s.a.p lol ive never hook one b4 it must be some fight.”