Sad News
June and Mick, the owners of Watersmeet, have reported that the venue has suffered a series of unfortunate events. A few weeks ago the Dam wall suffered some damage due to the exceptionally dry weather and small cracks appeared which meant a leakage of water and consequently the levels lowered. Sadly this combined with an algae bloom and consequently the oxygen levels dropped and some carp unfortunately died. The secondary lake was not affected but the main carp lake was.
A total of 34 carp died. Even more sadly many of them were 30’s. This has meant that the lake stock has now dropped by approx 1/3rd, which will clearly affect catches in 2011.
Action taken
The owners and bailiffs took immediate action and the Dam wall was rapidly repaired and restored. The lake was refilled (happily the lake has its own water source) and the remaining fish are already actively feeding again though obviously in depleted numbers. However for obvious reasons the lake cannot now restocked until the forthcoming winter and this means fishing will be more difficult during the coming months.
As a result of this news all the clients booked on in 2011 were contacted individually with a full report and offered various options; either a full refund and cancellation, transfer to another lake or to maintain their booking but with a £500 reduction to reflect the lower stocking level. I am pleased to say that because of the high standard of accommodation many regulars have stayed with the lake and maintained their booking. This is not entirely surprising to us here at Angling Lines as Watersmeet gets many repeat bookings, year on year.
Additional Stocking
The owners have already arranged for the lake to be netted in October 2011 and then two separate additional stockings will take place a few weeks later. This should ensure that the stocking numbers are back up to normal. A full report of the netting and stockings will appear on our website as they happen. So full confidence for 2012 can be resumed.
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