Owl Barn Farm 7th May 2016 Banter

[Warden]

Should be a good one with the response we had to the winter knock ups.

[pontylad]

Under new ownership as from todaym when i went the ide where like pirahans

[bridcarper]

This is the one match that I would have loved to have attended. Used to work for Frigoscandia and spent many hours on the site in South Kirkby - and would have been a perfect excuse for visiting that neck of the woods again. Unfortunately, I work continental shift pattern and this happens to be my weekend for working. Hope you all have a great time.

[Warden]

Unlucky.there will certainly be one or two practice sessions before the match if your work allows,people will usually post when they are going.

[bridcarper]

Thanks for the info Warden.

[pontylad]

Are they providing keepnets or do we have to bring as barry no longer owns it

[suggsy]

Wot yer gonna do kel. Thought you'd flogged yours

[suggsy]

Is bait shop still open.

[pontylad]

I got some new smaller ones. Yeah bait shop still open.

[zathras]

Are the rules the same or has the new owner changed any ?

[pontylad]

He said he wasnt changing nothin when i spoke to him. But forgot to ask about nets.

[suggsy]

I'll tek mi own.

[pontylad]

Yeah i bring my own as well juat in case dependin if i hear different.

[Warden]

hoping to get over tomorrow for a short session will give an update on the place.

[pontylad]

Hope the carp are startin to feed. They wasnt when i went few weeks ago. They was just interested in the frog spawn. But the ide where in feeding frenzee

[crofton blade]

Can you stick the rules up too please Phil?

[suggsy]

There on booking on page. There's a link to em

[crofton blade]

Cheers Paul, seen em now. More fishery pellets to add to my stockpile then!

[stiglet]

Someone else on this money making racket then !!!! I will stick with casters/worm then !!!!!

[pontylad]

Its always been fishery pellets. So you been not using them for past matches we been on. Shame on you

[stiglet]

Nope someone has got to stand up to these greedy people Kel because that is what they basically are and that is being very polite rant over !!!

[pontylad]

Lol only joking. They strettling anyway so long as not trout pellets u fine. Yeah i know what u mean. I got pellets from 5 different places

[Warden]

Had a chat with the owner of Loxley a few years ago must admit he opened my eyes up regarding having to use fishery's own pellets,fish are living creatures needing nutritious food to grow and thrive,would you give your dog food from £ land that is (you get) exactly what you pay for a big bag of worthless (nutrient wise)pellets and I know "we" use proper pellets but some don't the other thing is anglers want a stocking level far higher than the fishery can naturally support food wise fishery's do feed the fish otherwise they would die and over a period of time the owners can work out what to feed better when they have an idea on how much food they have sold "empty bags in bins etc.most pellets are no dearer than you buy at a local shop,yes it is a pain especially for such as me who has access to 20 kilo bags that we use to feed the fish at our waters

[crofton blade]

Dont entirely agree Phil. I never put put bags in fishery bins, I take them home. In fact I rarely use full bags in a session (Ive lots of half full bags in the garage), so how can they possibly estimate what bait has gpne into the water? And how do they reckon up all the corn, maggots, meat, casters, groundbait, worms etc?
I agree that the fishery owners only want good pellets going into their fisheries but I think its the profiteering that most anglers object to.
I fished a commercial on saturday and paid £2.85 for a bag about 800g. Our local shop has 1kg for £2 and I know one that has 1.3kg for £2.85. What's a 20kg bulk bag cost? Do the maths and some places are overvharging ony opinion.
Having said all that, the owners make the rules and if you dont like them either dont fish there or use bait other than pellets.

[stiglet]

I totally agree Rich it is the inflated price I object to as you say if you don't like the rules don't fish there quite simple really I may of opened a can of worms here quite by accident Sorry guys !!!

[crofton blade]

How many worms in a can Steve, and are they fishery only worms?
And dont forget- no cans allowed on the bank.

[zathras]

I can see both sides of the argument (and own quite a few half bags too). When you look closely at them they all appear the same - and possibly are since there are only two major bulk suppliers!!
The best example of forward thinking I have found is Makins Fishery who specify SwimStim pellets - at least you can use any pellets you used three weeks ago on a match 150 miles away and not add a few hundred more nibbles for your resident mice !!

[pontylad]

What i dont understand for example moorfields say use their own pellets but dont stop fact anglers use 10 or more tins of sweetcorn each time. Surely the sweet corn is worse for the fish and lake than loads of pellets. I may be wrong. I know meat is bad for lakes but unsure on sweetcorn. Next it be you can only use specific maggots bought from somewhere and green giant swet corn lol. I think if rule was you can only use strettling then its fine. I know some places say no trout pellets

[Warden]

At the end of the day by the time any of us have gone to Cooks (Rotherham)about 1 & half hour trip round from Owl Barn paid for the petrol paid between £30/£35 for a big bag of pellets bought some bags to put them in and spent hours bagging them up into 1 Kilo bags sealing the bags then selling them for £2 per bag (Owl barn price)you would not think you were ripping anyone off.
all fisherys have to make a profit and the smaller ones cannot just put the prices up,too much competition from such as Chapeltown & District who could run at £3 a day ticket and (no disrespect) have a better choice of waters.
Owl barn are charging us the same as they did 3/4 years ago,just a case of balancing the books.

Time we had a day at Westwood Rich you can chuck all your leftover pellets in there when you have done ,

[suggsy]

I'm old school. I'll be using slugs .collected a good pint this week and cost mi nowt