Blenheim Palace have finally opened their trout fishery.
Anybody been yet? I bet the large resident population of pike can't believe their luck! (Or for that matter, the cormorants...).

https://kiosk4.ts.com/k;jsessionid=1...HOICE&pageid=4

Cheers

Andy

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Is this a joke? there is absolutely no mention of it on the website.

No joke...

Try this link

https://kiosk4.ts.com/k?BlenheimPala...racker=fishing

Andy

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Gobsmacked!! let me know if try it or hear any reports.

You'd have thought that at Blenheim Palace they would be able to spell "coarse".

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A Fisherman’s Diary

...I'm sure they had 'people' for that sort of thing in the past...

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Of course [sic] you would...


In the past the agent and head-keeper would probably have known that brown trout also had a close season.


From the link above:

Interestingly, the 'Lake' in question is actually a much widened stretch of the lower Glyme I.E. a river. The passage upstream to the Main Lake is blocked by a 50ft waterfall but there is nothing to stop the newly stocked trout finding their way downstream into the Evenlode and onto the Thames below. Knowing Bladon Lake as I do I think that they would find it a much more suitable habitat.
Bladon Lake (the venue for last years game fair and not to be confused with the Main Lake which does hold a few large browns that have migrated down from the upper Glyme) is very shallow and silty with no plant life to speak of and very little insect life. Water temperature gets very hot in the summer and flow is very slow.
When I put this point to one of the keepers who was supervising the electro fishing operation to remove pike prior to trout stocking (they missed a few, I caught a couple on the fly the next day!!) he very stuffily told me that hey had had 'expert' advice that it was suitable for trout. Possibly from a prospective trout supplier… or am I just being a tad cynical? Round here we know all to well that the people at the big house know best...
Good luck to em. I can't wait for them to open it up for FF for pike in a few years time, they'll be some fat old girls in there by then.
I would be very interested to hear how it fishes and the quality of the fish after they've been stocked for a while.
As regards closed season for browns on stocked still waters I understand that this is under review by EA but as stated above this water could only be regarded as a river.

Andy

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So...
The other half fished Blenhiem today and apparently it's fishing urrr... 'Very Well' (Not her exact words, they were slightly more how can I say 'Descriptive').
She had 4 very good and hard fighting fish in 1 hour, had a small break to go home and gut and freezer catch and returned to catch and release a further 6.
From her description of conditions and fish activity it looks like the lake has been very heavily stocked with good quality fish. Only another 3 anglers there.
Anybody else been there yet?

Andy

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What size were the fish? What's the day ticket pricing? Nymphs or Lures?