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ALVECHURCH FISHERIES, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDS

Catch 30lb of barbel and ide in Horseshoe Lake by fishing shallow with caster or down the near shelf with worm. Contact: 0121 445 4274 Postcode: B45 8BW

BELVOIR LAKES FISHERY, GRANTHAM, LINCS

Both Lower and Small Lakes boast perch to 4lb and you can catch them in the margins on maggots or lobworms. Contact: 01476 870647 Postcode: NG32 1LU

CHEQUERED LAKE, WHITCHURCH, SHROPSHIRE

The star-shaped island is a hotspot for perch to 3lb on floatfished prawns or cockles. Contact: 01948 871282 Postcode: SY13 4EH

CURBOROUGH FISHERY, LICHFIELD, STAFFS

On Oak Pool you can catch a 50lb bag of carp to 8lb by fishing corn over micros at 8m and pellet down the edge late on. Contact: O7890 333227 Postcode: WS13 8ES

LITTLE JOHN LAKES, NEW OLLERTON, NOTTINGHAM

On the Friar Tuck Lake fish on the deck at 10m with caster or corn on the hook for a mixed bag of carp, skimmers, ide and the odd small barbel. Contact: 07715096738 Postcode: NG22 9RG

WATERLOO FARM LEISURE, MARKET HARBOROUGH, LEICS

Fish maggot down the edge on Waterloo Lake for a mixed bag of small chub, barbel and the odd crucian – although the odd big carp will show even this late in the season. Contact: 01858 434098 Postcode: LE16 8NB