I spent two nights on peg 11 this week, Monday night i took my youngest Kyle who is 10 and on Tuesday night i took Josh who is 13.

On Monday night Kyle managed 9 fish with his biggest been a personal best 16 pound. (wasnt happy with the scales i had so i got some new ones but 16 will be fairly accurate).

On Tuesday night in not so good weather Josh managed 14 fish with his biggest been 14 pound.

Had two cracking days and on behalf of the boys i would like to say thanks to Gaz for allowing them on the pound, not charging for the kids is a very generous offer and been a Dad of three budding carpers it is very much appreciated.

I've put on a few pics of the kids enjoying themselves.









Shame about the mouth on this one.

Great pics Dave!

Weldone Dave, great to see the kids getting wll amongst them.
Agreed shame about the mouth on that 5th picture,absolute disgrace,clearly an old wound tho,shame that people have to treat fish like that with such a lack of respect.
And that 6th picture,the fish looks like it still has a hook in its top lip(unless its yours and I cant see the line)
Great session by the looks of things.

Cheers for comments guys, think its his little whisker mate you can see on pic 5

ive nothing but respect for you sir, those boys will soon be out on the banks by them selfs and with the guildence that you are giving them means one thing. that they know how to play and land a fish and show it the same respect as you do......has always a pleasure to read your post dave. top angling

Great catches there Dave and good to see ya teaching ya lads the tricks of the trade. Real shame about that fishes mouth poor bloody thing, it must have been snagged up real bad somewhere. What did u get them dave, that peg has been on fire all week!! Good to see the Gazebo is still standing!!

cheers again guys. dont get that much chance to take them but now we are into holidays and i dont have to pay for them its great enjoyment for us all.

Caught on a mix of baits including Cell boilies, white pop ups and XS dumbells

well done Dave and kids and it goes without saying your very welcome
i've just had a couple of days at the lake with friends and family we caught some lovely tench as well as carp and had a great time.
Its good to see dads taking their kids fishing,its a great way of having one on one time.The response to the free fishing has been quite good,the one thing that shocks me though is that people are amazed when i say kids are free, I didn't realise that so many other places charged full price for kids.

Top bloke Dave them Carp look huge in your youngest's hands ... top man mate and i can see that they know how to hold a carp correctly too which is more than i can say about some people i see on the bank good job Dave

Cheers Dan, what you dont see are the other 47 pics i had to take to get a good one....

To be fair they are pretty good and without promting they do seem to be more concerned with the fish's welfare. There was one and i dont mind admitting that he dropped on the mat and rather than trying again he wanted to get the fish back cause he felt bad.

Not a good place to learn to hold a fish though i aint held a quiet one yet, sounds daft maybe but i reckon as you get the slightly bigger ones they dont seem to flap quite as much.

yeah they do have a habit of still fighting whilst on the bank !