Until 2012 I used to fish Redmire pool every couple of years, usually in July. Long before the recent restoration project and before it the agricultural run off turned it chocolate brown.
Here are some short videos I filmed in July 2010 to try to catch some of the atmosphere of the place.
No fish landed unfortunately....
Redmire pool short videos
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Thank you for posting. Visited Redmire 6th May 2007. Never got to fish there though.
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Very nice viewing those Snape, thank-you. I was invited to go and visit many, many years ago, but it was winter and I didn’t want to spoil my imaginary picture of it all. Of course, the real magic was in the early to mid-fifties when everything had the absolute mystery.
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Really enjoyed them Snape, thanks for posting ... "A short glimpse into some tranquility in this crazy world"
Like many of us, have read and drooled over its history but it dose seem now best kept to our romantic side.
Thank you Snape.
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Like many of us, have read and drooled over its history but it dose seem now best kept to our romantic side.
Thank you Snape.
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Lovely videos Nigel.
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Well done Nigel, thoroughly enjoyed those. What a place.
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Really nice videos Nigel. Brings back memories for me of a 1.5 acre pool I used to fish between 2007 and 2010, where weed growth and water clarity looked exactly like in your videos.
Now that everyone knows there are no longer any giant carp in Redmire, since the draining and restoration back in 2018?, it seems strange that they have kept it such a closely guarded secret about what they found the stock actually consisted of when it was drained.
Now that everyone knows there are no longer any giant carp in Redmire, since the draining and restoration back in 2018?, it seems strange that they have kept it such a closely guarded secret about what they found the stock actually consisted of when it was drained.
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Thanks JulianJulian wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:21 am Really nice videos Nigel. Brings back memories for me of a 1.5 acre pool I used to fish between 2007 and 2010, where weed growth and water clarity looked exactly like in your videos.
Now that everyone knows there are no longer any giant carp in Redmire, since the draining and restoration back in 2018?, it seems strange that they have kept it such a closely guarded secret about what they found the stock actually consisted of when it was drained.
It’s pretty well known that nothing over 30lb came out in the restoration but most of the fish died when relocated to Little Redmire. They were replaced by stocked fish of Redmire lineage. There now is a fish around 30lb and plenty of 20s.
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Well done Nigel. I enjoyed viewing the videos. Never had the chance to visit the famous water. Perhaps I would be disappointed to visit now when many of its earlier characteristics have changed. I am not keen on returning to old haunts for change is inevitable. Memories though remain of the past experiences.
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Thanks for that info, I didn’t know any of that, other than the restocking had Redmire lineage fish included and that they have now reached over 30lbs .Do they know why most of the fish died when removed ?Snape wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 1:25 pmThanks JulianJulian wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:21 am Really nice videos Nigel. Brings back memories for me of a 1.5 acre pool I used to fish between 2007 and 2010, where weed growth and water clarity looked exactly like in your videos.
Now that everyone knows there are no longer any giant carp in Redmire, since the draining and restoration back in 2018?, it seems strange that they have kept it such a closely guarded secret about what they found the stock actually consisted of when it was drained.
It’s pretty well known that nothing over 30lb came out in the restoration but most of the fish died when relocated to Little Redmire. They were replaced by stocked fish of Redmire lineage. There now is a fish around 30lb and plenty of 20s.
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