This 40 acre fishery run by Rotherham Town Council is probably the oldest put and take stocked trout reservoir in England.

It is incredible value for money. I pay £132 a season for 30 visits which gives me 2 fish to take home plus C&R. The fish stocked are browns, rainbows and blues from a pound up to 6 or 7 pounds on occasion. The fish quality is superb, having full fins without a mark on them.

The fishing is NOT easy. Many anglers do blank, yet Thrybergh is one of the most rewarding fisheries around. It's often said that if you can catch fish on Thrybergh, you can catch them anywhere.

Look out for a full report on this water in TF, spring next year starring Peter Gathercole, David van der Merwe our local expert and moi.

Thrybergh can be very rewarding and yes its a cheap day ticket water too..unfortunately it closes end of Nov until March 09 ..

There has talk that they may open it all year.

Sorry.... the council wont allow that ..as its also a country park the "Twitchers" and the dog walkers appear to have priority Buts thats nothing new on this fishery.. but do have a feeling that something it in the wind so have sent you a pm..

Unfortunately the twitches do seem to have priority at Thrybergh,

& I mean unfortunately as it now shows in the condition of the fish, if they haven't got marks where the cormorants have hit them, they have marks where the pike have had a go.

This month has shown a rise in the cormorant population there are now 12 to 14 eating each day.

The twitches should pay for their hobby & the trout that the cormorants eat then maybe they wouldn't be so keen in trying to rule the roost.

& maybe the council should ensure when stocking fish that they stock only good sized ones.

The 11" fish which seem to be slipping in is just encouraging the cormorants.

Just a few of my thoughts.......... Paul

I caught a fish yesturday of about 12 inches long that had a number of stab marks along its body. It looked like a pike had had it to me.

The gentleman responsible for stocking policy told me last year that all fish stocked in Thrybergh were of taking size even though some appear 11" and smaller....and he assured me that different length/weights were ordered... but as value of fish rise with length/weight perhaps this is a cost-cutting measure by the council..... or perhaps when the fish are delivered no-one is available to check the fish ....as this has been the case in the past !!!

I look forward to this report in TF....

Without wanting to start a riot or a debate about cormorants can I point out that (as a keen "birder") the right term for the keen person-who-watches-birds is a "birder" not a "twitcher". The latter term is properly reserved for maniacs who hurtle around the country when the latest rarity is sighted! And as far as I am concerned there is no reason why birders shouldn't pay for access to private land - Thames water used to run a permit scheme for example for access to their reservoirs.
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A few years ago I happened to be fishing a remote drain in Cambridgeshire for pike.

All of a sudden 3 cars arrived. They were travelling at a hell of a speed and came to a halt with a screech of brakes. Out jumped a number of red anoraks with Leica bins in their hands, screaming at each other that here was where they last saw some particular duck!

To cut a long story short, I have never seen such crude behaviour in my life.

Obviously these were twitchers!