I fished here at the start of August 2009. I had intended having a go for some of the huge carp that are in here, but upon arriving in the car park I realised I'd left my carp rod at home.
So I just went with the quiver tip, and fished maggot on the feeder, hoping to attract some of the big roach I'd been told were in here. Initially all I was getting were small perch, but it wasn't long before I was getting bigger perch. Nothing special, around the 3/4 of a pound mark I'd say,...
On my second visit to Lathom I fished on the pool immediately to the left of the car park. I think it's pool 1 but I'm not sure. Anyway, the bailiff told me that it had a good head of babrbel in there, and given that I'd never caught one before (other than the tiddler I bagged on my previous visit here) I thought I may as well give that one a shot.
I baited two swims close in with punched luncheon meat, one to my left and one to my right. I was going to start by using meat on the...