TEN TOP COMMERCIALS WHERE YOU CAN BAG BIG NETS OF ROACH
BRADSHAW HALL FISHERIES, BOLTON, LANCASHIRE
Fish on the deck or shallow with maggots and casters for quality redfins on Lake Three.
Contact: 01204 307197
Prices: Adults £9, concessions £7
POOL BRIDGE FARM, YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Short pole tactics work a treat on Horseshoe Lake, where you can put together 25lb-plus nets of roach on hemp and caster. Contact: 07928 359420
Prices: Adults £7, concessions £5
LLOYDS MEADOW, CHESTER, CHESHIRE
On Heron Lake, fish strung-out shot on a pole rig and regularly loosefeed casters 6m out. Contact: 01928 740710
Prices: £10
FLAXLANDS FISHERY, WOOTTON BASSETT, WILTSHIRE
Floatfishing with maggots will catch lots of small fish. Corn sorts out the 1lb-plus specimens and there’s no need to fish more than 6m out.
Contact: 07707 789272
Prices: £9
LAWN FARM FISHERY, ELSWORTH, CAMBS
Nets to over 30lb are likely on Crab Tree and Cherry Lakes. Use double caster hookbaits for quality roach to over 1lb. Contact: 01954 718269
Prices: Adults £7, concessions £6
SUMNERS PONDS, HORSHAM, WEST SUSSEX
On the Match Lake it’s a fish-a-chuck from redfins from 3oz-8oz. Set rigs up to fish both shallow and on the deck. Contact: 01403 732539
Prices: Adults £10, concessions £7
WOODLAND VIEW, DROITWICH, WORCS
On Arles you can easily bag 20lb of roach in a few hours by pole fishing casters or pinkies. Contact: 01905 620872
Prices: Adults £9, concessions £8
THE RIDDINGS, ATHERSTONE, WARKS
Rotate pole lines at 6m and 10m on Riddings Pool, using red maggot hookbaits over a bed of dark groundbait.
Contact: 01827 713244
Prices: Adults £9, concessions £6
SPRING COTTAGE FISHERIES, SWADLINCOTE, DERBYSHIRE
The Poplar Stretch has all the hallmarks of a traditional canal and holds stacks of roach to 1lb. Fish maggots down the track. Contact: 07377 873161
Prices: Adults £6, concessions £5, under-12s free
BURLEY FIELDS LAKE, CHELTENHAM, GLOS
Open water often produces big nets of roach. Fish maggots on the deck over groundbait around 12m out.
Contact: 07831 734683
Prices: £7