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BAIN VALLEY FISHERIES, TATTERSHALL THORPE, LINCS
Lake Wellington holds tench and bream to 7lb. A cage feeder with red maggots, casters and worms will catch. Switch to corn if you’re plagued by silverfish. Contact: 01526 342275 Postcode: LN4 4PQ
BEECHWOOD PARK, ELVASTON, DERBYS
Swan Lake One holds hundreds of carp from 4lb-6lb bracket which are being caught on the short pole, feeding micro pellets down the marginal slope with single maggot on the hook. Contact: 07973 562689 Postcode: DE72 3EQ
EYE KETTLEBY LAKES, MELTON MOWBRAY, LEICS
Perch to 4lb on Lake 5 are taking legered worm. Cast a maggot feeder tight to the overhanging trees on the island where the water drops to 7ft. Use a short hooklink and expose plenty of the point for a better hookhold. Contact: 01664 565900 Postcode: LE14 2TN
DECOY LAKES, WHITTLESEY, CAMBS
Pellet to the island on Beastie Lake will catch plenty of carp to 9lb. Start on the bottom, adjusting your rig accordingly as they come up in the water. Perch to a potential 4lb are being hooked and lost by anglers fishing for carp with worms. Contact: 01733 202230 Postcode: PE7 2AD
LARFORD LAKES, STOURPORT-ONSEVERN, WORCESTERSHIRE
Small carp and F1s are being taken close in on the Match Lake. Fish the pole at 4m with pellet for fish to 5lb. On the Specimen Lake, straight lead and the long pole are both catching carp to double figures on hard 6mm pellets. Contact: 01299 829373 Postcode: DY13 0SQ
MAKINS FISHERY, WOLVEY, WARKS
The Method fished to the island on Lake 5 in Phase One is catching carp to 9lb and the odd tench and bream. Head to pegs nearest the car park and switch between corn and 6mm banded pellets. On Lake 2, Phase One, pellet waggler is still catching the odd carp shallow but corn fished down in the margins is producing the better numbers. Contact: 01455 220877 Postcode: CV11 6QJ
OLD OAK FARM FISHERY, RUGBY, LEICS
Up to 60lb bags of mixed fish are coming out of the Main Lake and Island Lake. Bream to 9lb, tench to 5lb and carp to 12lb will take pellets on the feeder or on the pole close in. Switch to smaller pellets and red maggots and worms for roach and perch to 2lb. Contact: 07816 878943 Postcode: CV23 8UX
SHORTHEATH WATER, MOIRA, LEICS
Head to peg 16 and chuck a Method feeder loaded with damp 2mm pellets into the V-shaped cut into the island for carp to double figures. Alternatively, fish the early pegs with corn in the margins for carp to 5lb, or maggot shallow for bags of roach and the odd crucian. 01283 763777, Sat Nav: DE12 6BW
SNIBSTON DISCOVERY PARK, COALVILLE, LEICS
The Carp Lake holds a good stock of roach to 2lb. Cast a waggler to the central island with maggot or breadpunch or try the margins with corn for a bigger fish. Contact: 07730 582209 Postcode: LE67 3LN
STANWICK LAKES, STANWICK, NORTHANTS
On Coots Lake bream to over 10lb fall to swimfeeder tactics. Alternatively, fish a waggler next to the lily pads with breadpunch or maggot for tench to 4lb, roach, rudd and the odd crucian to 2lb. Contact: 07974300015 Postcode: NN9 6QZ
TUNNEL BARN FARM, SHREWLEY, WARKS
Despite the weather cooling, pellet and maggot on the pole is still working well on the High Pool for F1s while on the Top Pool it’s silverfish, ide, bream and carp that are making up weights to 100lb. For a net of barbel, head to the Canal Pool and fish down the edge with bunches of maggots or paste. Contact: 01926 842188 Postcode: CV35 7AN
WESTWOOD LAKES, BOSTON, LINCS
Fish as close to the island as you can on Skylark Lake for carp to 8lb and barbel to 3lb. Use a 4mm pellet on the hook and loosefeed softened pellets in a small pole pot after every fish. On the Falcon Pool you can catch F1s by fishing a top kit with maggots shallow. Hand-feed maggots to keep the F1s in your peg. Contact: 07846 769003 Postcode: PE21 7JA