General News:

BREAKING NEWS - BRIDGE POOL OPENED ON 30TH APRIL 2010

This is our second big carp water which is approximately 13 acres ranging from 8 - 14 feet deep.  It has 10 pegs all on the same bank about 30yards apart with a double peg in the middle if you want to be together!

This will be a bivvy water to cater for the anglers that don't like fishing from huts.  You will have to bring your own bivvy, large carp landing net, weigh sling and large unhooking mat which must be completely dry.  The rest of the rules and prices will be the same as our existing carp water.

As with our original big carp water this has not been fished before, so we are not sure what size the fish will run to. Stocking took place in 2005/2006 and we are expecting the carp to be 20lb plus, but the pike are an unknown size.

The bridge pool opened this weekend, and there has been 15 fish caught up to 18lb, unfortunately none of the twenties have shown yet, but there has been some nice looking scaley mirrors caught. Andrew Lynskey had a 16lb on KG1, Pat Brotheridge had a 14lb on Tutti Frutti, and Dave Williams had five doubles using SBS corn. The anglers that had most success were fishing to the far bank.

 

 

The Specimen Carp lake opened in June 2007. Follow the link for more information.  At the moment you can only fish with two rods as the pike season has ended.

We have moved our office premises to the main building at Baden Hall, where there is now a bigger shop with lots more bait and tackle such as floats, swim feeders, fishing line, pva bags and lots more including the usual pellets, sweetcorn, paste, pop ups and boilies that we sell.

We also now sell a range of food, including delicious sandwiches, rolls and pies, as well as chocolate and soft drinks. These can also be purchased at the reception.

Breakfasts are now available between 7:30am and 10:30am weekend mornings in the clubhouse.

We have relaxed the keep net rule now, but we ask that you empty them after five hours, and that they are completely dry before being put in the water.

We have just installed a credit/debit card machine in the office, so you can now pay by card if you so wish.

To see what matches are on this week, click here.

Fishing Matches:

Any matches booked this year for 2010 will still be charged at £7.00 per peg. If you have already booked and paid deposits your balance will be altered accordingly. Any matches paid in full can have a six hour match instead.

Any winter matches booked before December will be charged at £5.00 per peg. These matches must be from 1st November until 30th March 2011.

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Fishing News: 06/09/10

The lodge pool is fishing very well at the moment for pleasure anglers.

The Old Dam Pool has seen  a few of  the big bream caught this weekend.  It fished well for night fishing with lots of double carp coming out.

The Old Match Pool is  picking up with a lot of barbel and carp being caught. A lot of pleasure anglers this weekend did very well.

The Duck Pond is now producing lots of carp and tench.

The canal has been fishing well  with pleasure anglers catching between 40 and 50lb of fish in mixed bags, but it is well worth the extra walk up to the top end pegs as these are rarely fished and they think this is a safe zone!

The New Dam Pool has been fishing reasonably well.

The Doughnut is fishing well on the pole over to the far bank, and down the near margin due to the low water line.

Mallards saw a lot more anglers this weekend than normal, and fished well in the warm conditions.

Night Fishing:

August's night fishing went really well with the Dam Pool producing lots of double carp up to 12lb.  Unfortunately none of the bigger doubles showed, but George Lock caught 186lb of carp, Stuart Moss caught 173lb of carp and Ian Armstrong who just fished the two days had 47lb of carp. The average fish was 8.5lb.

On the Middle Pool Josh Hulme who was fishing on the far bank caught well in the margins landing a 20lb mirror, an 18lb common, two 15lb commons and lots of other doubles. He also had an 8lb barbel.  Rich Beardmore and Will Ferry also caught well on the low numbered pegs, landing lots of double figured fish also.

The next night fishing will take place on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th September on the Middle Pool, Duck Pond and Old Dam Pool. The cost is £40.00 for an adult 48hour session and £30.00 for a junior (under 16). All pegs must be pre booked.

Big Carp News: 06/09/10

Adam Bates landed the best fish this week it was a 35lb 4oz caught on chocolate malt boilies.

The best fish to come out this weekend was a 36lb 6oz common caught by Antony Guatella on maggot.

A very busy weekend on the big carp water with a charity match being held on Friday and Saturday. The match was won by Richard Greatrex and £450.00 was raised for cancer research.

The biggest fish this week was caught on Sunday 11th July by Darren Bailey and weighed in at 36lb.

The best fish caught this weekend was Rob Kemsley's 30lb 7oz common caught on chocolate malt pop ups.

Anthony Edwards had the best bag this week catching a 30lb 4oz common then a 33lb 8oz mirror followed by a 32lb common. He certainly went home a happy chap as he had never caught a 30lb fish before.

Chris Dale did well this week landing 3 mirrors up to 27lb 7oz on SBS corn he seems to catch on most of his visits now.

The Big Carp Lake has fished really well all May, with 168 fish being caught 16 of which were 30lbs and over. We are still waiting for our first 40lb fish to be landed - hopefully by October !

 

The lake record was broken again on 4th April 2010 by Paul Marsh. He bagged a 39lb 10oz common on source boilies.