The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

I got a little excited when I saw this on the map view and of course immediately wondered what would be in the lake next to the river which had clearly belonged to the Augustine priory. The satellite photo is less encouraging. Do you think it has been filled in or is that just very dense rushes and weed growth ?

Hard to tell! I think you'd need to visit to be sure. And if that's all weed!!

Ooooh. How can you not investigate? Monasterial wildies perhaps? Thats intriguing enough to get me back to a stillwater.
Regards Mark

I looks like a species of 'Juncus' Rush - which grow in wet places. The pond seems to have all gone - except in winter floods.

The stream that fed the pond appears on the left of the old pond.

Woking and District water - always loved fishing near the derelict monastery. Some great chub fishing.

That little river near the ruins looks great, even if the pond is no longer good for fishing!

What's wrong with a weedy pool? Cheshunt was very weedy when those big "wildies"/ferals/whatever were coming out between 1910 and 1920...not that I was alive then, you understand!?!
Even if the pond really dries up, it's possible that a few carp might survive in the mud? Who knows...?
It's worth a cast.

Cheshunt was filled with lilies and surrounded by huge Alders. Some of the replacement stock after the deadly 1960's freeze are still living in a gravel pit not too far away from where they were stocked.

The 'pond' at Woking is just a memory!

The river is nice with some big chub & barbel in it now. Come on in leaps & bounds the river in recent years.