10 RED HOT PLEASURE-ONLY LAKES TO FISH THIS MONTH

1 Woodland View, Droitwich, Worcs – The Club Korum Pool provides excellent sport for quality silverfish, with roach to over 1lb featuring heavily in catches. Plenty of carp to low doubles provide that added excitement throughout the year. Tel: 01905 620872. Postcode: WR9 0AU

2 Lakeview Fishery, Melton Mowbray, Leics – Ocean Pool is home to some huge carp and fish to well over 20lb are banked every season. Fish close to any features and use a bright hookbait to help pick out the biggest specimens. Tel: 07813 276623. Postcode: LE14 4SX

3 Cudmore Fisheries, Newcastleunder-Lyme, Staffs – The complex has pleasure-only pools that respond well to a variety of tactics. Avoca is home to plenty of big carp to

over 20lb, with giant perch over 4lb and pike well into double figures in Tara. Tel: 01782 680919. Postcode: ST5 5HW

4 Partridge Lakes, Culcheth, Cheshire – Tweed Pool is a canalstyle lake that is home to a wide variety of species including carp, F1s, tench and bream. Pellets and maggots fair best under a light pole rig. Tel: 07469 981743. Postcode: WA3 4AQ

5 The Oaks, Sessay, North Yorks – The Oaks Lake is extremely popular with pleasure anglers – one cast could produce a big roach and the next could see you doing battle with a double- figure mirror, common or even ghost carp. Tel: 01845 501321. Postcode: YO7 3BG

6 Orchard Place Farm, Paddock Wood, Kent – One of South’s

premier commercial fisheries and only two of the 11 lakes open for matches. Big carp and catfish play a big part in the venue’s popularity, with large pellets and boilies scoring well in spring. Tel: 07568 176058. Postcode: TN12 6NY

7 Dents Fishery, Hilgay, Norfolk – Kingfisher Pool is a small pool located in a picturesque corner of the complex and produces 50lb-plus nets of F1s, carp and silvers. It is fairly deep so feed balls of micro pellets so all your freebies get to the bottom and aren’t eaten by small roach on the way down. Tel: 01366 385661. Postcode: PE38 0QH

8 Willow Lakes, Foston, Lincs – Poplar, Willow and Sycamore are never match-fished and provide lots of different opportunities. Pole, waggler

and feeder will score on all three for a real mixed bag that will include carp, roach, bream and tench. You can even use a keepnet! Tel: 01400 282190. Postcode: NG32 2LF

9 Harescombe Fishery, Gloucester – Pasture Lake is the ideal venue for newcomers as they’ll be almost guaranteed plenty of action from the resident roach. There’s also a good head of carp that will also fall to maggot or caster baits. Tel: 07896 959071. Postcode: GL4 0XD

10 Janson Fishery, Elton, Notts – Tomo’s Pool has 18 pegs and the carp have really packed on the pounds over the years. There’s lots of 5lb-8lb examples but there is every chance of a double-figure specimen during your next session. Tel: 07555 892127. Postcode: NG13 9FA