A lovely pond in Patching, West Sussex. Once rented by The Worthing District Piscatorial Society from the mid 1950s until the early 2000s. A lovely place to be for an angler whether you caught anything or not. Patching Pond holds a good head of big if not massive carp, good sized tench, good sport with pike in the autumn/winter/spring, nice roach and monster common eels mostly caught late at night
or in the early hours of the morning. The lake was used as a source of water and food in the 16th Century and is rumoured to be owned by Henry Vlll (He owned England really didn't he?) who organized the first stocking of northern pike (Esox Lucius) in English Waters; so possibly the pike in Patching Pond are descendants of the original fish in the pond - or maybe not! NB: I get a few messages enquiring about the availability of fishing on Patching Pond. Unfortunately, as it stands, a closed syndicate runs the pond. As far as I'm aware, there is no chance of a guest ticket.
