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BROOKSIDE FISHERIES, WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE

The F1s are shoaling up towards the far bank on the Snake Lake but can be caught from down the edge later on. Try an expander pellet or a kernel of corn on the hook and feed 4mm softened pellets. Contact: 01925 730893 Postcode: WA4 4DT

BROOM FISHERIES, ANNAN, DUMFRIESSHIRE

With more than 100 pegs on a wide choice of coarse waters, including the purpose-built canal, Broom is well worth a visit. Specimen fish of all species can be caught at here, the main ones being carp, F1 hybrids, roach, perch, ide, chub, bream, tench and barbel. Right now the pellet waggler is scoring 50lb-plus weights on Bruce’s Acre Lake. Contact: 01461 700209 Postcode: DG12 5PF

BRICKYARD FISHERY, LOUTH, N LINCS

This lake contains some excellent bream. Fish to 8lb are caught regularly throughout the year, particularly on groundbait feeder tactics at distance. Natural baits are your best bet for these, although banded pellets do work as well. Contact: 01507 358271 Postcode: LN11 7PY

FLEETS DAM FISHERY, BARNSLEY, YORKS

The maggot feeder is catching some pretty impressive bags of roach and bream here, especially at 30 yards range. It pays to have another rod set up with the cage feeder, groundbait and worm on the hook if you’re being plagued by smaller fish. Contact: 01226 292579 Postcode: S71 1NL

GREAVES END FISHING POND, EASTRINGTON, E YORKS

The bream and tench run to 8lb in this lake and they’ve been caught throughout the summer on worm and corn hookbaits from most pegs. There are also roach and rudd to 3lb to be had on maggot, using waggler tactics shallow. Contact: 01430 410619 Postcode: DN14 7QW

HALLCROFT FISHERY, RETFORD, NOTTS

Pellet and maggot fished shallow is catching carp to double figures on the Moat Pool. Feed some bait in the margins and try here later on. Pellet recently caught 193lb of carp for one angler fishing at 8m and down in the margins during a recent match. Contact: 01777 710448 Postcode: DN22 7RA

HAYFIELD LAKES, DONCASTER, S YORKS

The Method feeder is scoring heavily on Dannie’s Island Lake for carp to almost 20lb. Corn, luncheon meat cubes and mini boilies are all scoring on the hook. Make sure you rotate your hookbaits to keep the bites coming. Contact: 01302 864555 Postcode: DN9 3NP

LAKEMORE FISHERIES, CREWE, CHESHIRE,

The fishery’s famous catfish are being caught daily, with fish to 58lb showing from the Long Lake. The best baits for these are sub-surface-fished worm, meat, Cell boilies, pop-up squid boilies or Lakemore 22mm halibuts. All should be fished in open water or down in the margins at dusk. Contact: 07771 848801 Postcode: CW1 5SQ

LINDHOLME LAKES AND COUNTRY PARK, DONCASTER, S YORKS

The 85-peg Bonsai Lake is fishing its socks off, with anglers taking F1s averaging 2lb on caster and 4mm pellet shallow at 11m. Alternatively, fishing worm or corn at 14m up to the island is also proving to be a successful tactic for the F1 stocks. Contact: 01427 872905 Postcode: DN9 1LF

REDWOOD PARK, YORK, N YORKS

Big tench are feeding well on the Redwood Lake and taking corn and worm hookbaits quite readily. The lake is rich in reeds and lily pads and these are hotspots for the biggest fish. There are also some good perch to 3lb which love dead red maggots and whole lobworms fished on the float close in. Often you’ll pick up the perch while tench fishing. Contact: 07909 956532 Postcode: YO61 1JE

RUFFORD MEADOWS FISHERY, RUFFORD, LANCASHIRE

Chub to 4lb and carp well into double figures can be caught here down the edge at all times of the day. Worm is the best hookbait, fished over groundbait. Maggots work well for silverfish bags of roach and skimmers. Contact: 07771696999 Postcode: L40 1TB

WOODHOUSE GRANGE FISHERY, HATFIELD, S YORKS

Alternate between the long and short pole on the Cobble Lake for carp to 5lb and bream to 4lb. Use a 4mm pellet and feed softened pellets of the same size after every fish. You can also put together a 20lb bag of ide by fishing caster shallow with sloppy pellet feed. Start off by fishing 3ft deep and keep the feed going in via the catapult. You’ll find that the fish will come shallower as the day goes on. Contact: 07802 518612 Postcode: DN7 6DU