Can anyone help?

[dave fish]

went for a drive in the car the other night and was doing a quick recce out the window while the wife was driving,any way i spotted a small stream about 3 foot across and probably 2-3foot deep with long grass on iether side it wasnt flowing much pretty stagnant really but would this be a good place to fish as its not far from home and i dont live near any big rivers i thought id give it a go can any one advise me on what may be lurking in such waters.

[BoldBear]

The only thing that would make me doubt whether there were any good fish in it would be that you say it wasn't flowing and was pretty stagnant.
It sounds like it could be a drainage ditch and if there were any fish in it it would just be sticklebacks and if you were lucky a few bootlace eels.
However if it had some kind of flow or joined a river then I would think it could be worth a look.

Small healthy flowing streams of that size can hold some surprising fish such as Chub, Dace, Gudgeon as well as the usual minnows etc. but I would expect it to have some flow, and stagnant water is a definate no no.

You would be better off looking for a side stream on the Canal that you fish.

[dave fish]

there is one side stream that forms a weir pool and in it thers trout but im not sure who owns it or if im even allowed to fish there ive herd thers also carp in there would love to have a do but like i say dont want to offend ant one fishing where im not supposed to be

[ben lee]

Ur best bet is to ask in the local tackle shop they normaly know who owns what and how it fishes

If there are trout in the wier pool then its defantly owned by someone.

[Rossthedon]

Originally Posted by ben lee

If there are trout in the wier pool then its defantly owned by someone.

HOW IS THIS SO? maybe its different down south but i have a small burn that runs into the river almond and a couple of weir pools not far from me, full of loveley brownies and no one owns it, same with most hill lochs up here, theye are full of brownies, pike, perch, roach.....and you just fish them for free as no one holds the rights to a lot of them