10 WATERS TO BAG UP ON COMMERCIAL CARP
ALDERS FARM, MILTON KEYNES, BUCKS
Pegs 2-6 and those in the centre of the dam wall on Ash always hold carp in winter. Try the pole with maggots at 13m or chuck a small maggot feeder 20m.
Contact: 01525 261713
ROSEMARY WOOD FISHERY, HASKAYNE, LANCASHIRE
Moss Lake rarely fails to produce, and a Method feeder chucked 40-50 yards is a good bet. Mould the frame with dampened micros and try bright wafter hookbaits.
Contact: 07957 434325
TODBER MANOR, STURMINSTER NEWTON, DORSET
Homeground is still capable of 200lb-plus hauls to long pole and pellet. Method feeder to the islands or bomb and corn are both worth trying.
Contact: 01258 820384
ALVECHURCH FISHERIES, BIRMINGHAM
Long pole and hard pellets continue to score, with a banded 6mm hookbait and six 4mms as feed enough to draw fish in. Catch a couple and then move.
Contact: 0121 445 4274
HARESCOMBE FISHERIES, CHELTENHAM, GLOS
Select a peg on the widest part of Field Lake and use a small Method feeder or long pole into an area of space. Feed sparingly, rotating corn and pellet.
Contact: 07896 959071
SHERWOOD FOREST FISHERY, MANSFIELD,NOTTS
Peg 31 on Holmedale is known as ‘The Bore Hole’ and is a top-notch winter peg. Dob with maggots and corn, setting the rig 6ins off the deck before regularly lifting and dropping.
Contact: 07721 316334
PUDDLEDOCK FARM, UPMINSTER, ESSEX
Start on a straight lead with corn or a small Method feeder within a couple of metres of the island on Road Lake. Prime a long pole line with pellets for a late flurry.
Contact: 07788 716837
MANOR FARM LEISURE, EVESHAM, WORCS
Pegs 4-6, 16-20, 23 and 32-34 are great winter pegs, producing carp to 10lb on the Method feeder. Cast tight to the features, chucking to different spots.
Contact: 01386 870039
LINDHOLME LAKES, EPWORTH, LINCOLNSHIRE
Long pole with a 6mm banded pellet hookbait will help you be a little more selective and find carp to 8lb on Beeches. Present your pole rig tight over a few freebies and wait for float to dip.
Contact: 01427 875555
WOLD FARM, PODINGTON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
The bays at either end of The Oaks lake are always full of carp in winter, where a corn and pellet attack is the way forward. Rotate three pole lines.
Contact: 07974 000230