Paul's Pond.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Thu 27 Jun, 2013 9:07 pm

I took this photo today (June 27 2013) during a walk by Paul's Pond from Golden Acre Park. I wonder if anyone knows what this structure was used for? It is heavily silted up and no obvious water was joining from the pond, but that could be because the water level may be lower than normal with the dry spell. I wonder if the structure may once have been used by very small rowing boats, as there is clearly a way that they could have got into and out of the pond before the enclosed area silted up. I have tried other sources but have not been able to readily find any information on the structure.

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Thu 27 Jun, 2013 10:13 pm

Leodian wrote: I took this photo today (June 27 2013) during a walk by Paul's Pond from Golden Acre Park. I wonder if anyone knows what this structure was used for? It is heavily silted up and no obvious water was joining from the pond, but that could be because the water level may be lower than normal with the dry spell. I wonder if the structure may once have been used by very small rowing boats, as there is clearly a way that they could have got into and out of the pond before the enclosed area silted up. I have tried other sources but have not been able to readily find any information on the structure. The best guess I have is it's a pool for bringing on young fish before letting them into the pond.It's a farmed fish pond and so the designs and structures would I wildly guess match that.Don't big fish eat little fish?

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Thu 27 Jun, 2013 10:15 pm

Leodian wrote: I took this photo today (June 27 2013) during a walk by Paul's Pond from Golden Acre Park. Two lads had caught a whopping Carp there the other week and they said there were large Bream in the pond.These are freshwater fish nobody seems to eat nowadays although I used to work with a guy who sought out Pike to eat.In the days of fish farming for food I assume the local populace would eat Carp and Bream??

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Fri 28 Jun, 2013 9:30 am

The Parksider wrote: Leodian wrote: I took this photo today (June 27 2013) during a walk by Paul's Pond from Golden Acre Park. Two lads had caught a whopping Carp there the other week and they said there were large Bream in the pond.These are freshwater fish nobody seems to eat nowadays although I used to work with a guy who sought out Pike to eat.In the days of fish farming for food I assume the local populace would eat Carp and Bream?? The angling community will tell you that there is quite a problem with eastern europeans taking them from game fisheries for that exact purpose: http://www.fisheries.co.uk/news/news/thefts.htm

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Fri 28 Jun, 2013 9:36 am

The Parksider wrote: Leodian wrote: I took this photo today (June 27 2013) during a walk by Paul's Pond from Golden Acre Park. Two lads had caught a whopping Carp there the other week and they said there were large Bream in the pond.These are freshwater fish nobody seems to eat nowadays although I used to work with a guy who sought out Pike to eat.In the days of fish farming for food I assume the local populace would eat Carp and Bream?? This aint 1950's Britain"Otley Angling Club is the oldest organisation still running in Otley and it's existence is under the biggest threat ever seen Foreign gangs suspected of being Eastern Europeans are poaching large numbers of fish from the River Wharfe in Otley with all waters in the vicinity under serious threat. Anyone near the river who suspects poaching MUST not approach the offenders but MUST report the incident immediately to Otley Police using the Poaching Hotline Number which is 0845 6060606 The committee will be putting together an action plan which includes daily patrols of the River and new signage"

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 28 Jun, 2013 7:00 pm

Talking of fish at Paul's Pond the location of the private fishing sign in the photo here amused me (I took the photo on June 27 2013). I'm not an angler so I don't know, but the masses of water plants there may make fishing very hard. Much of the pond had these plants which seemed to be just opening, so it may be a very pretty scene any day now.Many years back now I saw an enormous fish in the same area that I took the photo. It was huge! It swam along the edge of the wall of the pond (it seemed to be scraping pond weed off, but I was not sure) and then slowly moved into the centre.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Fri 28 Jun, 2013 10:57 pm

Who is Paul anyway?Leo, I've passed by in previous years on way to GAP when the yellow water lillies have been out, lovely too. I'm just back from a 30min run round the park and v tired too.Carling's new 'British Cider' has never tasted as good

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 28 Jun, 2013 11:10 pm

Jogon wrote: Who is Paul anyway?Leo, I've passed by in previous years on way to GAP when the yellow water lillies have been out, lovely too. I'm just back from a 30min run round the park and v tired too.Carling's new 'British Cider' has never tasted as good Hi Jogon. I've just found an 1986 photo of Paul's Pond in the Leodis website. It has some information about the pond. This is the link to the photo:- http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... LAY=FULLIn the comments there is a query that a Lancaster Bomber may have crashed into the pond and that people were drowned. I wonder if there is any support to the claim?

liits · Post by **liits** » Sat 29 Jun, 2013 7:32 am

raveydavey wrote: The angling community will tell you that there is quite a problem with eastern europeans taking them from game fisheries for that exact purpose: http://www.fisheries.co.uk/news/news/thefts.htm A few years ago, a couple of enterprising Polish lads were prosecuted by British Waterways for polluting the Regents Canal between Camden and King's Cross. They were emptying bags of cement into the water which suffocates the fish and they float to the surface.I didn't think that with all the other junk that was in there, there would be room for any fish. Surprisingly, it seems that there are some whoppers swimming around in it!

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sat 29 Jun, 2013 12:15 pm

The bad ba*tards! Could I venture to suggest that be tried on them