Grantham Canal?
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 2:35 pm
Does anyone still fish the Grantham canal? I used to fish the stretch near Cotgrave (10 -12 years ago)and had some nice tench and rudd, a few common carp, and a couple of quite large perch. It has always been very weedy and shallow, but I walked some of the stretches last year and it was very short of water indeed and exceptionally weedy. I saw very few fish - small jack pike and a few tiddlers. I think Notts Angling Association has given up on the Cotgrave Road stretch and I don't think the EA dredge it any more. A great shame because because it was a nice little venue and the tench, when they were in your swim, gave their presence away by knocking the far bank reeds and then fizzing away. Loved catching them on my Old Sealy Octofloat and a centrepin. Cheap fishing too; all you needed was bread or sweetcorn. Happy days...