60 | 9 JULY anglersmail.comWHERE TO FISH
SOUTH WEST
Brian Gay
omerset matchman turned specimen angler,
loves to unearth hotspots across the region.
Tel: 07768 612872
Email: [email protected]WHERE TO FISH
Brian Gay
Somerset matchman turned specimen angler
loves
Tel:
Email:RIVERS
Dorset Stour
Where? Throop Beat 2,
Holdenhurst Village Road,
Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8
OEF. Day tickets £11. A key is
required to enter the fi shery,
from local tackle shops.
Tel: 07791 451265.
What’s being caught? Plenty
of chub of 4-6 lb with several
possible per session. Some
good bream showing in places,
too. Barbel sport also steady,
with a number of 11-12 lb fi sh
matted already this summer.
Tactics? Legered pellets
picking up a lot of chub, as well
as a few barbel. Freelined meat
also effective. Bread is always
worth a go under fl oat gear in
summer on this section.River Brue
Where? Cowbridge Road,
Street, Somerset, BA6 8DN.
Day tickets £7. Glaston Manor
membership from £40.
Tel: 01749 673786.
What’s being caught? Good
bream and tench to 6 lb with
‘bits’, in match nets of 20 lb-
plus. Bigger bags by pleasure
anglers in the evenings, as
more bream show then. Lydford
or Barton Road also well worth
a try for those seeking carp.
Not guaranteed sport, but there
are some good fi sh up there.
Tactics? Pole, feeder or
waggler with casters, worms
and maggots all producing. Try
the allotment area at Barton
Road for a carp, on boilies or
pellets.River Huntspill
Where? Woolavington, B3141,
Causeway, East Huntspill,
Somerset, TA7 8DN. Day tickets
£5. Bridgwater AA membership
from £37.50. Tel: 01278 671868
or 07947 910522.What’s being caught? Plenty
of bream around Woolavington
Bridge, good average stamp
fi sh. Match bags hitting
50-60 lb, pleasure hauls even
bigger, fi sh to 8 lb possible.
Tactics? Crumb feeder, red
maggots and worms for the
bream, casting to the middle
to three-quarters across. Long
pole and maggots or casters
over crumb for the smaller
silver fi sh nets.DRAIN
King’s Sedgemoor Drain
Where? Greylake, Somerset,
TA7 9BP. Day tickets £5.
Bridgwater AA membership
from £37.50. Tel: 01278 671868
or 07947 910522.
What’s being caught? Plenty
of fi sh opposite the Sowey at
the bottom end of Greylake.
Bream, a few tench and big
perch with roach. If the bream
get their heads down, some
decent bags can be had. Lots
of ‘bits’ throughout the canal
at the moment, with pockets of
bigger fi sh from time to time.
Tactics? Pole or waggler
over loosefeed with maggots,
casters or chopped worm on
the hook works well. Corn can
pick out bigger bonus fi sh when
the small fi sh are intercepting
smaller baits ravenously.
Crumb feeder is a great way to
bag-up when on the ‘slabs’.STILLWATERS
Amalwhidden Farm
Where? Amalwhidden Farm,
Towednack, St Ives, Cornwall,
TR26 3AR. Day tickets £7.
Tel: 01736 796961 or
07842 089760.
What’s being caught? Fir Tree
Pond silver fi sh lake is in good
form, with bags of 40 lb-plus.
Heron Lake dominated by carp,
in decent bags.Tactics? Best baits are
pellets and corn for the carp,
and maggots or casters over
groundbait for the silver fi sh.
Island swims among the best
on Heron.Burton Springs Fishery
Where? Lawson Farm, Burton,
near Bridgwater, Somerset,
TA5 1QB. Specimen Carp Lake
day tickets (Mon to Fri only)
£11; 24 hours £21; 48 hours
or more £20 per 24 hours per
angler. Kingfi sher Lake day
tickets £11 (Sun to Thu only).
Tel: 01278 732135 or 07838
152968 (8am-8pm only).
What’s being caught? On the
Specimen Carp Lake, grass
carp to 28 lb have been out,
and mirrors and commons
averaging 17 lb, with a good
few 20s. Kingfi sher producingcatfi sh to 50 lb-plus, too.
Tactics? The Specimen Carp
Lake carp love boilies in the
margins or towards the island.
The cats are coming to livebaits
on Kingfi sher.Coking Farm Fishery
Where? Near Gillingham,
Dorset, SP8 5SF. Day tickets:
Clover, Orchard, Woodland,
Oak, Long and Meadow Lakes
24 hours £25; 48 hours £48; a
week £140. Tel: 01747 839879
or 07789 003044.
What’s being caught? Plenty
of lake records still falling, with
a good number of 30 lb carp
across the venue. Lakes in great
form include Oak, Woodland
Meadow and Clover.
Tactics? Boilies favoured over
freebies and pellets. Target
the features, near margins
or to island, or look for depth
variations into shallower water.Kia Ora Lakes
Where? Knowle Lane,
Cullompton, Devon, EX15 1PZ.
Day tickets £5. Exeter & District
AA membership £50.
Tel: 07970 483913.
What’s being caught? Gold
Pond still in great form for
plenty of nice carp, a good
number doubles, and mixed
bags, including perch, crucians
and tench.O
N the River Kenn at
Clevedon’s Strode Road,
in North Somerset, in the
space of a few hundred yards
you go from a drain-like river
bordered by Norfolk reed
and trees, to open seascape
of a shoreline.
It’s home to a decent head
of quality coarse fi sh, and
each season it delivers some
fi ne specimen bream, tench,
roach and perch, as well as
big roach and rudd.
In early summer,
100 lb-plus bream hauls are
a feature, though more often
you are seeking a few quality
‘slabs’ and a tench or two
among the roach and perch.
The venue responds to a
variety of tactics, such as
pole and maggots, casters
or worms over crumb,
chopped worm and casters,
supplemented with loosefed
casters.
Crumb feeder across toCatching on the
far bank cover is a good way to
tempt the big fi sh, or waggler
and casters over loosefeed
on this sluggish watercourse,Hightown Lake, Ringwood,
Hampshire, BH24 1QR.
Local angler Troy Bell landed
this 30 lb mirror carp on a
Dynamite CompleX-T boilie
cast tight to an island, with
free offerings catapulted
over the top, at this 22-acre
gravel pit, controlled by
Ringwood & District AA.
Venue latest:
07840 316161.TOP
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