STILLWATERS
A12 CUTON LAKES, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX
Chopped worm is catching bream and carp in bags of up to 50lb. Fish 11m-13m out with a large section of worm on the hook to take fish to 6lb. Feed a small ball of groundbait and micro pellets on each line to draw in the fish. Contact: 01245 461651 Postcode: CM2 6NX
ALDERS FARM FISHERY, MILTON KEYNES, BUCKS
Fish close in with pellet on the early pegs of Ash Lake to take carp to 8lb in bags of 100lb-plus. Use a banded 6mm pellet and feed 4mm pellets via a pole pot to draw in the fish. You can also catch a few monsters down the edge late on with paste or corn. Contact: 07917 260804 Postcode: MK17 9AH
COLEMAN’S COTTAGE FISHERY, WITHAM, ESSEX
Start off fishing 5m out in front of you on Wood Lake before switching to the margins in the last couple of hours of your session. Use a 6mm banded pellet on the hook and feed 4mm pellets to catch carp that run into low double figures. Contact: 01376 516383 Postcode: CM8 3EX
LANDSEND FISHERY, WEDMORE, SOMERSET
Anglers are reporting big catches of carp from most pegs here. Fish out in open water with 6mm soft pellets for carp to 8lb in 100lb bags. Tadham Lake is also the place to be for a specimensized fish. Fish paste down the edge line in the last two hours of your session to claim some real zoo creatures. Contact: 07977 545882 Postcode: BS28 4UQ
OAKFIELD FISHERY, AYLESBURY, BUCKS
Big catches of carp and F1s are being caught up in the water from Red Kite Lake. Fish 11m out with 6mm pellets to catch carp to 7lb and some decent F1s. Recent match results are proving that near-100lb nets are being caught from the pegs in the teens. Contact: 01296770899 Postcode: HP18 0SN
RAYNE LODGE FISHERY, BRAINTREE, ESSEX
Feed a mixture of sweetcorn and maggot on the Bottom Lake for the carp and skimmers. Fish out in open water with double maggot or a single grain of corn on the hook to catch. Switch to fishing tight over to the island late on with 6mm cubes of meat to catch a bigger carp and, if you’re lucky, a 3lb crucian. Contact: 01376 345719 Postcode: CM7 2QT