Hi Carole and Nivard, It seems I didn't make myself too clear - oops. I was referring to the historic fish ponds where the monks would have kept their fish stocks, not easy to find but still there. The ones you would have fished, Nivard, are still in action. My kids fished there too. Lesley -----Original Message----- From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: 05 December 2007 10:16 Lesley mentions the fish ponds which we used to fish many years ago, they were certainly well kept then, although shallow there were good Rudd, Roach and some Carp, being shallow the fish were very wary and all the harder to catch