Patshull Park Carp

[Shaun Harrison]

Just wondering if anyone can shed any light upon where the Patshull Park carp originated from?

I have attached a couple of pictures of fish I caught there in the 80's


This one really is a sign of the times as it won the carp of the month competition in the Anglers Mail back then yet in this day and age you wouldn't even get a print mention of a fish that size let alone a picture.


A brace of 80's commons from the Church Pool at Patshull when it was pretty normal to picture them together. Unfortunately poor quality pictures as they are prints from a projector screen. I have 1,000's of slides but not got around to sorting a decent scanner for them. Those long fish didn't half pull the string!

[Woolly Bear]

Shaun, beautiful golden scaled long commons what more can I say I doff my hat once again . Regards Woolly Bear .

[Chevin]

I love dark commons, such a shame that these days fish like this are considered inferior.

[Skeff]

Hi Shaun - Funnily enough I'm searching the Leney records for Patshull as a couple of us have some pointers in that direction. There is a definite Leney stocking nor far from the pool with an order for "all-scalers" as Leney recorded requests for commons.... The theory is they were stocked at the same time. If I do find anything, I'll let you know. My one regret from my time in the North west is that I didn't get to fish this water - those commons are/were magnificent. Regards, Skeff

[Snape]

I have 1,000's of slides but not got around to sorting a decent scanner for them. Those long fish didn't half pull the string!

Shaun I have found it is better to use a slide viewer box in a dark room with a DSLR mounted over the box on a tripod and set it to a 2 sec timer then snap away and finish the crop electronically. I found the quality was better than I could get with a scanner and far quicker as well.

[Gary Bills]

In grew up quite near Patshull, but only fished it for pike. However, my understanding was always that the carp were Leneys...

[The Sweetcorn Kid]

Stunning fish Shaun, really stunning.

[Skeff]

Any clues on stocking dates? Even the year would save a few days searching.....

[StalkingLuke]

Wow they really are special fish!

[Gary Bills]

This is real memory stuff, going back to when I was 13 or so, but I do seem to remember that Patshull commons were quite often in the the Mail or the Times, and sometimes the Leney name was mentioned. I also recall John Sidley fishing Patshull using 2lb bream and carp live baits. That was a feature in the Times, and I remember being slightly shocked by it. Good angler, Sildey; but it still shocks me, actually.
I fished Patshull twice for pike, later on - deadbaiting in a deep hole by a tree, a spot said to harbour a monster pike.
I caught one jack....