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THE brilliant Where to Fish This Weekend section in Angler’s Mail is the place to look every week for hotspots near you.
Here in a special online report we take you to Ireland with a man who knows the waters exceptionally well.
Baz Smith is the star – and appears at the front of our latest (January 17) mag
White Acres Country Park near Newquay in Cornwall has been producing excellent silver fish and F1 nets, in particular from Pollawyn and Jenny’s Lakes. For more information on the winter fishing call 01726 862526.
In Devon near Crediton is the Salmonhutch Coarse Fishery where carp sport has awakened on the Island Pool. Levels were up from the rain in recent weeks
Partridge Lakes, Culcheth, Warrington, Cheshire. Visitors should find plenty of silver fish in all the neatly laid out pools easy enough to entice with maggots, pinkies and bread punch all viable baits in this cold weather period. Tickets are £7. Call 01925 767505.
The River Ancholme around Brigg, North Lincolnshire offers some decent sport in the winter, mostly with perch, roach
The Shropshire Union Canal at High Onn, Church Eaton, Staffordshire, is controlled by Izaak Walton (Stafford) AA and is members only or it can be fished on a day ticket bought in advance; the nearest tackle shop would be Ian’s Tackle in Penkridge (01785 715744).
Season permits cost around £25 for adults and day tickets are £5. Both are available from
ONE of the best winter feeders is the ide. However, due to the Environment Agency few fisheries in the South East have gained permission to stock them but Churchgate Lakes at Battlebridge in Essex is a notable exception. Day tickets on the three lakes are £10. Tony Runnals is in charge on 07798 902315.
The EA has just added a new
DESCRIPTION. Durham City AC control the fishing, in between the boundary markers, on the banks as listed on the diagram. The river holds some very decent sized species including barbel to 10 lb, chub to 6 lb 8 oz, bream to 6 lb, some roach to 2 lb 8 oz, dace to 1 lb plus the occasional but very large
Naseby Reservoir, Naseby, Northamptonshire. It’s £6 for one rod or £10 for two, on the back. If you want to know more on Naseby call 07904 493417.
Shropshire Union Canal at Autherley, Wolverhampton.
Day tickets are available on the bank at £2 – £3. For more at Mid Leisure call 01902 783491 or for the Wolves AA section call Alan Gough on
On the Main Lake at Goodiford Mill near Cullompton, Devon, carp regularly dominate, ably backed up by silvers aplenty. Call 01884 266233.
In Hampshire the Greenridge Farm’s ‘chevrons’ or canals are so well stocked that you can still enjoy action packed days even in winter. For more info call 07742555951.
The Royalty Fishery of the Hampshire Avon is good for pike right
The River Wharfe consistently provides good fishing from Pool, West Yorkshire, all the way downstream to Tadcaster, where the more erratic tidal water begins below the weir. Call 01937 849848.
In North Yorkshire the River Ure offers the chance of chub and quality perch. You have to work for your prizes here, and that entails travelling light and trying a few
The rewards at Wilstone Reservoir, Wilstone, Hertfordshire are great with perch to 5 lb 13 oz plus the odd tench topping 9 lb. Day tickets are £6 for one rod, £10 two. Dick Pilkinton has all the latest on 07796 178313.
Despite some very low and clear conditions the CALPAC section of the River Kennet at Padworth in Berkshire has produced
