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Kevin Tingey with ‘Blackeye’ at 28-2 October 2016

Night Fishing Bookings

Night fishing is available on The Carp Lake and we limit it to 12 anglers per night. In order the secure your place we require a 50% deposit per night. As the summer months arrive its best to book in advance to guarantee your place on the lake, as we tend to get busy.
24 Hour fishing starts from 4pm. Setting up is available from 3pm.

The Carp Lake was established in 1997 and stocked with common, mirror and a few koi carp. The current stock is around 300 carp averaging between 16lb and 19lb with approximately 60-70 20lb+ carp and, depending on the time of year, around 3-5 30lb+ carp. The carp in the lake breed very successfully so some smaller carp are present though the majority of the carp in the lake are over 15lb. There is also an abundance of perch and tench present in the lake though but are rarely seen as not many people fish for them. This year, however,  John Patmore targeted the tench and on one occasion had a bag of over twenty around the 6lb mark and up to 8lb, he was float fishing sweetcorn a rod length or so out.
The lake is 4 acres in size with 1 island and depths up to 13ft although averaging 7ft and is probably our most popular lake and many have smashed their personal best here, it can get very busy on summer weekends although night tickets are limited to 12. There are many regular faces on this lake, some coming from far and wide to fish it with multiple catches of 16 or more fish in a session not uncommon. The bottom of the lake is largely covered by a thin layer of silkweed, though there are clear areas, particularly in the deeper areas of the lake. As well as the island features there are gravel bars which can be very productive in the warmer months, as can surface fishing.

Fishing Tips

Zigs are very productive in the winter months and into spring on the carp lake. As the weather warms up solid bags are a very effective tactic, staying mobile and moving on to showing fish can make short sessions very productive. The mainline high impact range has been very productive on the carp lake, with the essential IB in particular catching a lot of fish. Surface fishing can also be productive on the carp lake though the fish can be very finicky and the carp lake is not one of the easier lakes on site for surface fishing, though holds some of the best rewards if you can get the fish feeding.

Miller Woskett 18-08 Carp Lake Oct 15 Steve Berrington 29-04 Carp Lake Oct 12 Steven Freear Carp Lake Oct 1 Steven Freear 21-06 Carp Lake Sep 23 Paul Andrews 21-05 Carp Lake Sep 20 Steve Berrington 20lb Carp Lake sep 20 Sam Lancaster 20-07 Carp Lake Sep 21JPG Adam Stevens 23lb Carp Lake Sep 16 Dan Jackson 22lb Carp Lake Sep 17 Paul Cook 21-03 Carp Lake Sep 16 Craig Daniels 18-02 Carp lake Sep 9 Spencer Hedingham 20-12 carp lake Sep 9 Steven Freear 21-01 Carp Lake Aug 19 Stephen Chambers 23lb PB Carp Lake Aug 10 Andy Uhl 16-09 Carp lake Aug 11 Gary Hatchett.20lb Carp Lake July 29JPG Steve Berrington 23-02 Carp Lake July 20 Steven Freear 23-12 carp lake July 16 Keith Collins 15lb carp lake July 16 David Burnham 17lb Carp lake July 16 Steven Freear 19-10 carp lake July 16 Ross Baines 11-04 Carp Lake July 6 Steven Freear 22-06 Carp Lake July 8 Steven Freear 20-12 Carp Lske July 15 Steve Berrington 18lb carp lake July 13 Steve Berrington 6lb tench Carp lake July 13 Jack Davison 18lb Carp Lake July 4 Jonny Fromant 4 Jonny Fromant 5 Jonny Fromant 2
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