High PoolHigh Pool
 The deepest of the Woodland View waters, High Pool also holds the biggest fish, being popular not only with anglers going after the venue's carp which run to 25lbs plus many in double figures but also with those after the 10lb-plus barbel in the lake.
At an acre in size with 35 pegs, High Pool is unlike the other pools in that it ranges from eight to 10 feet deep and has an irregular bottom, making plumbing worth the effort for those in search of holes and features. Stocked with a wide variety of species, it again holds big shoals of roach and rudd with catches of 60lbs in one sitting not being unusual whilst the pool record of 160lb was taken in five hours.
For both pleasure and match angling, the pole and waggler are both popular with waggler anglers fishing further out towards the centre of the pool. Despite its depth, few anglers use the feeder. Whilst maggots, casters and pellets are all popular baits on this water, anglers going for the carp and barbel tend to use sweetcorn and worm although by and large the bigger fish will tend to have whatever you put in front of them.
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His Personal Best came from High Bilston's Mark Taylor takes the strain as he hauls out a net which weighed in at 114lbs from High Pool. His personal best - 146lbs - was taken from the same water. |
In addition to attracting pleasure anglers, High Pool is also a popular competition venue with the record currently standing at over 200lbs for a five-hour match.