We’ve put together a few clips of us restocking our clubs waters……
Enjoy the fishing….. take your children/grandchildren with you – its your duty as an angler and as a good parent
Take you litter home with you when you’re finished
Restocking Drinkwater Park Lake And Agecroft Pond
December 14, 2018 by Leave a Comment
We are delighted to share with you the videos and photos from today’s’ restocking of Drinkwater Park Lake and Agecroft Pond by the Environment Agencies Fisheries Team.
These two lakes are extremely popular with young anglers from the local housing estates, and todays restocking will ensure their popularity for years to come.
We had no idea that these fish were on the way to our lakes until Monday — with the fish arriving today Friday… a great Christmas present from the EA. We were initially informed that the EA had a few hundred fish to help our existing restocking efforts on these lakes, and were gobsmacked when they turned up this morning with 7,500 fish of the highest quality.
A mixture of Tench, Rudd, Bream and Roach – the fish which are only a year old have already reached a good size… helped by this years long hot summer.
We are continuing our fundraising efforts – to enable us to add a few new carp to these lakes to help stir up the bottom, which we hope will hinder blanket weed growth which has plagued the lakes in recent years, and also to colour the gin clear water as a deterrent to predation from above.
Take a look at these videos and pictures below
Salford Friendly work very hard to improve fishing in Greater Manchester – if you would like to know what makes us buzz – take a look at these two pages “Awesome Fishing In Greater Manchester” and “Family Fishing With David and Emily”
Wonderful young bream from the EA National Fish Farm
Young Tench
Restocking Agecroft Pond
Restocking Drinkwater Park Lake
EA Restocking
Please enjoy the fishing, respect other park users, and take your litter home with you
Again – Many thanks to the Environment Agency Fisheries Team and the National Fish Farm at Calverton – you have made a lot of young anglers (and old uns) very happy indeed.
Agecroft Pond Restocking
April 13, 2016 by Leave a Comment
We were recently awarded a grant of £750 from Salford Fund 4 Good to help us re-stock Agecroft Pond (situated behind Forest Bank Prison)
With our grant money we purchased hundreds of small crucian carp – which well go on to breed soon and create a permanent population of crucians in the lake.
Great news, as it adds another species of fish to a lake which was created in 2000 by the construction of the prison.
Here are some pics from the day.
The Arnold brothers – cock a hoop that new fish are being stocked into their local fishing pond
beautiful Crucians
Agecroft Pond
Agecroft Pond Gets Help From Salford 4 Good
April 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
One of our club waters Agecroft Pond has been off most anglers radar for a while now. I think that might change !!
Located behind Forest Bank Prison, is a small lake tucked away, and only has half a dozen pegs.
During most of 2015, anglers were denied access to the lake as United Utilities and the Forestry Commission were conducting works nearby. A result of this work was that a new access road was constructed to take the heavy machinery needed to complete their works. Great News – a new access road.
In addition to the new access road to facilitate the construction of a new sewage pumping station, the Prison has also undertaken building works – resulting in section 106 monies (community improvement cash !) being payable to Salford Council – the conditions attached to this money was that it had to be spent near the Prison…. Now there are not that many community facilities/areas near the prison – so the money was spent on Agecroft Cemetry improvement works – and also on creating disabled fishing facilities on Agecroft Pond
These pics show the pond un-improved – and then with the new pegs. The new pegs are a bit in your face at the moment – but should a lot better with a soon to be applied tin of green hammerite paint.
So – now we have a pond with a new road, a car park, new benches and new pegs. Brilliant.
18 months ago we stocked 1000 roach into Agecroft Pond – courtesy of the Forestry Commission.
Yesterday we secured a grant from the Salford Community Volunteer Service to restock 200 small carp into the lake.
Crucian Carp
common carp
Phil Clayton played a blinder answering the questions from a committee of 9 non fishers – and we came back home last night with a cheque for £750 – which was originally fund raised by people in Salford who wanted to make community improvements in our area.
How it used to be
How it is now
And here are our new disability friendly pegs
New platforms
Now we are looking forwards to a re-stocking of carp next week – and seeing the place take off as an angling venue.
Roach Rudd Perch Pike, the odd small chub, now crucians and small mirrors …. a great place to get some peace and quiet and a few fish too