Great video of my local res 👍try looking at tibshelf and newton ponds in tibshelf Derbyshire,great little venue for all the family,very clean and tidy ,and friendly people who run it too 👍
Hi Ben great video , I fished codnor years ago , put it on my bucket list now for a visit , probably try a burger as well while I’m there , got to agree it looks very nice Reservoir & fishery 👌
I've fished "the park" since the late 70's and it's not a patch on what it used to be like - due to the modifications they made in the mid 80's - dropped the water level by about 3 foot and diverted the old cromford canal into the res. Before this it was crystal clear, weed in the margins and extensive lilly beds at the top end (shallows). The colour of the water now is because of the canal now running into it. The former feeder stream for it comes in under the little bridge you walked across - which you probably noticed was very clear water. It used to be a brilliant tench venue and was so rich in natural food it was doing carp to mid 30's in the late 80's - which for the East Midlands was a massive fish at the time. The lake had a stocking of carp by the then lease holders - Ripley and district angling club and the water became a really good mixed fishery with a good head of 20lb plus carp. Unfortunately the modifications came shortly after and the water quality started to deteriorate due to run off from the surrounding fields into the canal which now fed directly into the res. Ripley and district lost the lease to the res not long after and the new lease holder decided to turn the res into a match fishery and stocked a lot of small carp. Within days of this stocking nearly the entire original stock of large carp died and the general course fishing had been declining since the modifications had been done - all of the weed and lilly pads died off due to the dirty water coming in from the canal blocking sunlight from entering the water. No weed = less natural food and less spawning area's and no where for any fry to take cover. The water quality also killed off a lot of the bloodworm beds. Further stockings of different species of fish did nothing to improve the situation until the current lease holders started stocking large bream from butterley res a bit further up the valley. The koi carp that are in their came from my granddad's pond after he died. When his house got sold the new owners filled the pond in and the fish ended up in the res. If you stand on the overflow bridge with a torch at night you will see a lot of smaller fish swimming over it into the the stream that used to be the canal. The canal used to have no fish in it further down but is absolutely stuffed with all species now. The canal empties into the river Erewash at jacksdale which is also stuffed full of fish now. Cracking video mate 🙂
Hi Ben I have just seen a comment on Facebook someone asking where all the Bream from Butterley Res went and they said a lot went in Codner and they are removing more from Butterley because the carp men don't like catching them, Great filming again
Really enjoying your videos, Ben, and seen a few venues I'd fancy trying. Out of interest, I saw a video from about 7 years ago when they were netting the pike. Sounds like there are still some in there. Do you know if they left some bigger ones in there? I think we are lucky to have so many decent local venues. Keep up the good work! Cheers
Cheers Mike, it’s quite nice being the middle man helping people decide on a new venue. It definitely makes me want to have extra sessions that’s for sure. Codnor has some huge pike in mate. Absolute crocodiles in there. I’m not sure if it has many anglers after them but years ago I remember tales from the locals of fish in the high twenties. Unlike most species where there’s big pike, there’s always one bigger. If you’re after done pike fishing Codnor would be a great water buddy. I never fished for them but they definitely fished for my skimmers all them years ago!
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Great video of my local res 👍try looking at tibshelf and newton ponds in tibshelf Derbyshire,great little venue for all the family,very clean and tidy ,and friendly people who run it too 👍
Hi Ben great video , I fished codnor years ago , put it on my bucket list now for a visit , probably try a burger as well while I’m there , got to agree it looks very nice Reservoir & fishery 👌
I've fished "the park" since the late 70's and it's not a patch on what it used to be like - due to the modifications they made in the mid 80's - dropped the water level by about 3 foot and diverted the old cromford canal into the res. Before this it was crystal clear, weed in the margins and extensive lilly beds at the top end (shallows). The colour of the water now is because of the canal now running into it. The former feeder stream for it comes in under the little bridge you walked across - which you probably noticed was very clear water.
It used to be a brilliant tench venue and was so rich in natural food it was doing carp to mid 30's in the late 80's - which for the East Midlands was a massive fish at the time. The lake had a stocking of carp by the then lease holders - Ripley and district angling club and the water became a really good mixed fishery with a good head of 20lb plus carp.
Unfortunately the modifications came shortly after and the water quality started to deteriorate due to run off from the surrounding fields into the canal which now fed directly into the res.
Ripley and district lost the lease to the res not long after and the new lease holder decided to turn the res into a match fishery and stocked a lot of small carp. Within days of this stocking nearly the entire original stock of large carp died and the general course fishing had been declining since the modifications had been done - all of the weed and lilly pads died off due to the dirty water coming in from the canal blocking sunlight from entering the water.
No weed = less natural food and less spawning area's and no where for any fry to take cover. The water quality also killed off a lot of the bloodworm beds.
Further stockings of different species of fish did nothing to improve the situation until the current lease holders started stocking large bream from butterley res a bit further up the valley. The koi carp that are in their came from my granddad's pond after he died. When his house got sold the new owners filled the pond in and the fish ended up in the res.
If you stand on the overflow bridge with a torch at night you will see a lot of smaller fish swimming over it into the the stream that used to be the canal. The canal used to have no fish in it further down but is absolutely stuffed with all species now. The canal empties into the river Erewash at jacksdale which is also stuffed full of fish now.
Cracking video mate 🙂
Hi Ben I have just seen a comment on Facebook someone asking where all the Bream from Butterley Res went and they said a lot went in Codner and they are removing more from Butterley because the carp men don't like catching them, Great filming again
Really enjoying your videos, Ben, and seen a few venues I'd fancy trying. Out of interest, I saw a video from about 7 years ago when they were netting the pike. Sounds like there are still some in there. Do you know if they left some bigger ones in there? I think we are lucky to have so many decent local venues. Keep up the good work! Cheers
Cheers Mike, it’s quite nice being the middle man helping people decide on a new venue. It definitely makes me want to have extra sessions that’s for sure.
Codnor has some huge pike in mate. Absolute crocodiles in there. I’m not sure if it has many anglers after them but years ago I remember tales from the locals of fish in the high twenties. Unlike most species where there’s big pike, there’s always one bigger.
If you’re after done pike fishing Codnor would be a great water buddy. I never fished for them but they definitely fished for my skimmers all them years ago!