There's a small pond local in a new housing estate that I take my lad, it never held more than a few sticklebacks until me and my mates started stocking it with roach, rudd, perch, chub a few jacks and a load of pasties commons etc-we would fish it every now and again-well -12 yrs on it holds a few good 17/20lb carp pike to 14lb loads of carp 3/9lb that have come from the original fish spawning . Few months ago the local fishing club took it over... All good as now it's patrolled and has stopped the idiots... Speaking to a few of the youngsters who are fishing it, showing me some pristine fis