Stew Pond, Epsom, Surrey.
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Stew Pond, Epsom, Surrey.
I noticed that this pond was mentioned in a recent River Mole thread.
Does anyone here visit or fish it these days? If so, how is the fishing there?
It & the Mole were my first fishing venues as a teenager in the 70s & I caught my first larg[ish] fish, a tench, from Stew Pond.
Does anyone here visit or fish it these days? If so, how is the fishing there?
It & the Mole were my first fishing venues as a teenager in the 70s & I caught my first larg[ish] fish, a tench, from Stew Pond.
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Re: Stew Pond, Epsom, Surrey.
Chavtastic.
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Re: Stew Pond, Epsom, Surrey.
I have very fond memories of catching lots of tench there as a youngster.
But these days the comment above hits the nail on the head
But these days the comment above hits the nail on the head
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Re: Stew Pond, Epsom, Surrey.
" Angling is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it..."
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Re: Stew Pond, Epsom, Surrey.
I too fished the Epsom Stew Pond. You could hear the lions and tigers roaring during the night in Chessington Zoo a mile or so up the road. This was in the 60's. They were some big crucians in it - this being the closest lake to the road by walking over the old infill and before the second pond was created. I never caught a tench but had crucians to over 2lb when night fishing with a float and a torchlight shining on the tip! No isotopes then.
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Re: Stew Pond, Epsom, Surrey.
Nearly 5 years on, is anyone fishing it?
At nearly 61 & only @ 35 miles away I'm getting nostalgic.
Maybe my 12 oz tench of 1975 is now 12 lbs or .....
At nearly 61 & only @ 35 miles away I'm getting nostalgic.
Maybe my 12 oz tench of 1975 is now 12 lbs or .....
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Re: Stew Pond, Epsom, Surrey.
Four years on Olly and your still a forum 'salmon'? I have to say that a session of crucians caught by float in torchlight sounds absolutely traditional and also bloody marvelous!
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Re: Stew Pond, Epsom, Surrey.
Epsom has gone from being a pleasant little market town, the home Mrs Beeton, Norman Wisdom and a big race course. With some nice clap board houses in and around the high street, decent pubs and even a theatre into a bit of a thug town.... especially on Saturday nights.
Why is this so?
Probably a general malaise besetting blighty.
As ever,...
Moley
Why is this so?
Probably a general malaise besetting blighty.
As ever,...
Moley
Say aye tae'a pie!
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Re: Stew Pond, Epsom, Surrey.
They did close the asylums - care in the community and all that!
The 'walking wounded' were allowed out to roam and go into town. I had them, men and women, jumping into the pond fully clothed where my float was - fortunately it was usually as we were packing up to cycle home in the morning.
I did get to fish the RAC lake in Epsom, how and why we were allowed I have forgotten, but the fish were goldfish x crucian carp mostly, 100+ each a day plus the odd tench, koi, etc. A house owner adjoining the water stocked it with ornamentals so his children could catch them!
Twenty years later I also collected water rate arrears in the town for 3 years
The 'walking wounded' were allowed out to roam and go into town. I had them, men and women, jumping into the pond fully clothed where my float was - fortunately it was usually as we were packing up to cycle home in the morning.
I did get to fish the RAC lake in Epsom, how and why we were allowed I have forgotten, but the fish were goldfish x crucian carp mostly, 100+ each a day plus the odd tench, koi, etc. A house owner adjoining the water stocked it with ornamentals so his children could catch them!
Twenty years later I also collected water rate arrears in the town for 3 years