I was planning on giving this fishery near Maidenhead a go this weekend. I've not been before or heard any reports about it. Does anyone have any experience of it ?

I havnt fished sheephouse and dont plan to,i phoned twice and finally got some sense out of the gov, he was miserable and non helpful, so B****CKS to him i wont waste my money

do a search - loads of stuff written about this place (on old site). Been 3 times myself and wont bother again, most of the negative remarks are true in my experience and unless it changes ownership i wont go back.

Shame as intrinsically its a nice fishery......

I work near there and have been a couple of times. I found the bloke OK but poor value with no C&R.

I did evening tickets and caught pretty easily but have heard of others struggling. I keep promising myself to go up there one evening this time of the year. Not many people there so I normally just ignore the no C&R rule

Charlie

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Thanks for the replies guys. Doesn't sound that brilliant but I committed now.

Let us know how you get on - I might try and evening session if it's fishing well.

Charlie

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Went to Sheephouse yesterday; 1/2 day ticket and fished 07.00-12.30 ish.

On the plus side, the place is remarkably peaceful given its proximity to Slough, Maidenhead and Heathrow. Very few people (only 5 of us) at peak, so although it's not a huge lake it's big enough to easily find your own spot.

The big negative is the guy who runs it. A more unwelcoming, unfriendly, miserable prat it would be hard to imagine. He's a dour Scot, nothing against Scots of course, but this one takes the biscuit. Of the 5 of us who were there, none of us had been before - ie Saturday in June and no return customers; not the best business model. His wife told us they had been advertising to get more customers; personally I'd start with some customer care first.

It's probably a little unfair to comment on the fishing because it was brilliant sunshine with virtually no ripple. I didn't catch but my mate did get 2 on a slow retrieve booby. The 2 weighed in at 3 1/2 lbs total, the smaller been a rather thin, lanky specimen. I didn't see anyone else catch either and evidence of fish around seemed fairly sparse.

I wouldn't put anyone off completley - you don't generally go fishing for the social skills of the owner - but equally I won't be rushing back either.

Sorry its a told you so

I cant understand people like that chappy who runs it, if it makes him that miserable then you should pack it in.first impressions count If i ran a fishery , anglers would be queing up to get in