Birmingham Anglers Association

Hi. I can only speak for Coppice, I used to fish it regularly as it's fairly local, mainly for carp, twice a week in the warmer months and now and then in the winter. In the colder months you could guarantee some silvers, that's why I went. However, a couple of years ago I went several times to fish for silvers and blanked, albeit it it was part iced over a couple of times.
My point is it's not what it used to be, have been a couple of times since and no joy. It seems pretty much it's all carp fishing there now, and I did plenty of that there, but has it gradually upset the balance as an all round fishery, i.e. if there isn't a boilie on the hook the fish don't want to know.
Rarely fish a pool now, the chuck and hook got boring but each to their own. far more interesting on the river.