STILLWATERS

We have seven well stocked stillwaters that are open all year from 7.30 a.m. until dusk.

Windmill Lake

The Windmill lakes site covers an area of approximately 30 acres and has six lakes:

 - Windmill Lake 35 pegs
 - Boundary Pool 42 pegs
 - Bottom Pool 25 pegs
 - Middle Pool 30 pegs
 - Island Pool 39 pegs
 - Ash Pool 25 pegs

The site has been completely redeveloped during the Summer of 2002.

Windmill Lake (35 pegs)
This lake is stocked with carp from 8oz to 6lb, tench, roach, perch and bream. At the moment, best baits are maggot and corn. Pleasure anglers are having a fish a chuck of all sized fish. Down at the bottom end around peg 14 it is 12ft deep and at the top end by peg 4 it is 5ft deep.  There are a lot of trees around this lake providing shelter on windy days.

Boundary Pool (42 pegs) 
The carp go up to 20lb in this lake but it is predominantly a mixed lake of most species.  Pleasure anglers are having a lot of 21b carp on corn and hook-pellet, feeding micro pellet to attract them into the swim.  This lake is 3 acres in size with a shelf all the way round at approximately 5ft depth. Over the shelf there is a drop off of about 18".

Bottom Pool (25 pegs)
This is a specimen pool with carp of between 10 and 20lb and a large number of 1lb carp. It is ideal for floating bread and dog biscuit fishing.

Middle Pool (30 pegs)
This pool is not as deep as the other pools.  There is a shelf all the way round of 4ft with a drop off of another foot.  This is a purpose built match pool. Best baits are maggot, corn, meat and pellet. The winning weight can come off any peg, making it a fair and even match venue. This pool has carp averaging 12oz up to 2lb and tench to 12oz.

It is quite common in matches for every angler to catch more than 30lbs with a winning weight of about 90lb.  Current match record on this pool is 239lb 8oz.

Island Pool (39 pegs)
This pool is a match pool of 3.5 acres with an island in the middle.  Depths in this pool range from 4ft to 8ft. The carp go up to 5lb but the majority of them are between 8oz and 1.5lb.  There is a good head of tench with a few going up to 4lb.  Skimmers up to 2.5lb.  Open match weights on this pool have been up to 215lb. Best baits are maggot, corn, meat and pellet.

Ash Pool (25 pegs)
This is a small match pool, ideal for clubs or small opens.  The fish range from 8oz to 6lb. There are carp, ghost carp, golden tench, golden orfe, skimmers and roach. Best baits are maggot, corn and pellet. Depths in the pool range from 4ft to 8ft.

The Wood Pool
The Wood Pool is a small farm pool (12 pegs), which is heavily stocked with carp, tench, roach and perch. This pool is suitable for beginners and youngsters.

Fishery News Now Added Here

Fishery Rules
Open from 7.30 am till dusk. No night fishing.
Day tickets available on the bank at £7.00, Concessions £6.00, Juniors £5.00. Evening tickets are also £5.00.
Barbless hooks only
No braid
No tiger nuts, boilies, joker or bloodworm.
Keepnets are only allowed in organised matches (when two nets need to be used).
All visitors must dip landing nets and keepnets on entry to the lakes.
Regular opens, club matches and pleasure anglers are all catered for.

We reserve the right to change the fishery rules at any time.

The Windmill Cafe is now open daily, providing good value breakfasts, snacks and drinks.