Simple Match Fishing Forum

After recent failures on coseley canal (by the school) i have been trying around the locks by the barge and barrel pub, had a nice day down there and caught quite a few small roach, good days fishing.

Today i had some free time so decided to go down again but this time a little further up past where the canal boats are moored, landed my first perch from the canal and all decent size!








i would recommend this spot, was a bite a cast even though they were shy bites but plenty going on there.

on this occasion i was using maggot on 12ft waggler rod and small float with size 18 hook (my whip is only 4 metres and wouldnt reach the sweet spot for the bigger fish)

Go further down by the mosque, it's full of tench, bream and Rudd.

Matches are usually won with 50lb+ in summer.

you mean down past the locks? or the other direction as i cant find a mosque in the direction i went on google maps.

Down under the locks, past the train station then anywhere past the boatyard

Thanks for the tip, might try it out soon, its double the distance i normally travel and as i dont have a car its a fair distance from where i live so will have to be when i have the day free.

You been down since Fluke?

went down by the boatyard sunday and it wasnt that good at all, a lot of people fishing down there too.

went back to the same spot from this post and it was almost instant bite a chuck, caught plenty of roach and perch, then another guy joined me and he was catching the same and also landed a 3-4lb tench, both of us were on maggot, think this will be a regular spot for me.

its also good because you hardly get anyone go down that way, just the odd cyclist or jogger, if you are not after a competition bag and just want some good relaxation and catch plenty then this is the spot i would recommend.

this is the 5th time i have been there and every single time its a good days fishing without fail in this spot.

went down again for a few hours today seeing as it was a sunny 21 degrees!!

water was super clear and didnt expect much but turns out i was wrong.




this is definately gonna be a regular spot for me.

Should explore more on the cut

Find more hotspots, that possibly aint been fished before?

Nice one tho fluke!

Should explore more on the cut

Find more hotspots, that possibly aint been fished before? 

is that possible?

exploring is limited due to having no transport.