Pike fishing near Glasgow

"Les Crossan" wrote in message
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Loch Awe, River Leven, Loch Gelly, Loch Ken, Strathclyde Park, River
Clyde, Union Canal.

Strathclyde Park??? According to North Lanarkshire Council and the
Strathclyde Park Rangers there are no pike in Strathclyde Park Loch!

There are large pike in the golf course pond across the bridge from
Strathclyde Park but this is now a nature reserve and fishing is not
allowed. The other ponds covered by the Strathclyde Park permit only have a
few small perch.

There are however numerous cars broken into within Strathclyde Park every
day and the North side of the loch is a no-go area for the Police (the side
with M&D's "theme" park - the theme of course being Buckfast and Shell
Suits) and leaving your car for any length of time in this area is not
recommended.

"Dave" wrote in message

Strathclyde Park??? According to North Lanarkshire Council and the
Strathclyde Park Rangers there are no pike in Strathclyde Park Loch!

Not only are there no pike in the loch but there are very few fish left at
all.

Initially there were bream, carp, roach, tench and perch but most of the
fish died. I have a friend who is a park ranger within the park and North
Lanarkshire Council have no intentions of maintaining stocks in the loch as
encouraging fishing is not a priority.

You would be very lucky to find anyone fishing in the loch nowadays as
although permits are still available and sold most of the loch is a no go
area due to the large number of young drunken gangs frequenting the park
from afternoon til evening.

According to Strathclyde Police there have been a number of recorded
incidents where anglers have been robbed and assaulted within the park
grounds.

Car crime in the car parks and surrounding area is rife and no matter what
time you visit the park you'll find various vehicles with smashed windows.