New member in Honley

[opleyer]

Hello all

I've just moved to Honley having left Uni and am looking to get back into fishing more regularly. I'm not overly experienced an certainly lack knowledge.

I've had a wander around Magdale dam with it being local but haven't seen anyone fishing down there as yet. I was wondering if there any other good local fisheries that would be worth a go?

Cheers

Oli

[paulcarp]

hi opleyer

welcome to the site

there are a couple of fishery's in the area one at lindley park a mixed of silver fish and carp to 15lb day tickets from Calder angling centre Brighouse or sainsbury mini market round corner from the park.

hopton lake upper hopton day ticket on bank on wakefield road above mirfield silver and carp


ladywood lake just past mirfield off dewsbury road silver and carp to 8lb.


huddersfield canal

good look

cheers
paul

[BOF]

ladywood lake just past mirfield off dewsbury road silver and carp to 8lb

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That would be Ladywood Match lake Opleyer, Ladywood main lake, (just across the road), see here:-



holds Carp to over the 30lbs mark. But they are both a little further away than you may be looking.

Magdale is well worth a good look, (there are a bunch of us mainly retired folk, (yes, I have just rejoined the club), that fish the spot regularly who may be able to give you one or two pointers if approached correctly.



Other than that there are lakes that hold Carp down at Armitage Bridge, also the Holme Valley Caravan Park lake off Woodhead Road between Honley and Thongsbridge, see here:-



plus Paris Piscatorials water in Scholes, see here:-



A little further away and you have the Bait Kitchen's water in Meltham Mills, Cellars Clough at Marsden, and of course the Slaithwaite AC waters like Bottoms Mill dam outside Holmfirth, then further afield the Huddersfield Narrow Canal at Linthwaite, Hilltop Res, and Square Dam at Slaithwaite, yet all are still within a few miles of the village.

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[BOF]

Went down to the Mag on Monday afternoon for 3 or 4 hours just to bring myself back to reality from my recent trip to France, and had this modest Mirror (C 12 - 14lb). Not huge by any standards, but quite average for Magdale. At least it showed my new baits work and the fish were still mooching around the same areas.




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