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Carp Fishing North Region – Fairview Lake – Fosse Hill – Four Seasons Fishery

May 17, 2012 in Carp Fishing Waters UK

Fairview Lake

Location: Fairview Lake, Cawood Common, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3RB

Size: Two acres

Difficulty Rating: Easy/Medium

Contact: 01757 242799

Comments: Fairview Lake was previously a clay pit in the 1800’s. The fish are originally of English strain and composed of about 70% commons. The fish offer the carp angler a challenging carp fishing experience and also a fantastic reward. There are approximately 100 stocks with half of them going more than 20lb and a head of a carp weighing 30lb. Fairview is also popular and known for a number of very huge Pike, Tench, Perch, and Roach.

Fosse Hill

Location: Catwick Lane, Brandesburton, YO25 8RY

Size: Up to two acres

Difficulty Rating: Easy

Website: http://www.fossehillfisheries.co.uk/

Contact: 01964 544357

Comments: The Fossehill Fisheries have five lakes that range from an acre to three acres and the depths of the lakes vary between three feet and 16 feet. The Pond 2 is the more popular because of the specimens that weigh 34lb and also the catfish that reach 42lb. These lakes are only day-only waters but with pre-arrangement, night fishing can be allowed. The site has luxury toilet block for women, men and for the disabled. The anglers don’t have to take long walks to their peg. There are six car parks available. In the two lakes, match fishing is allowed. Children brought to the site should be supervised by adults.

Some of the rules to follow include the use of two rods only, no boilies, no keepnets, no barbed hooks, no ground bait, no fires and no litter. Fishing should only be done on the assigned pegs.

Four Seasons Fishery

Location: Staining Road, Staining, Blackpool, FY3 0AY

Size: Three acres

Difficulty Rating: Easy/Medium

Website: www.fourseasonsfisheries.co.uk

Contact: 01253 894357

Comments: This new-day ticket fishery comes with three lakes on the location and the two sites are great for catching a single carp or two. The Mill Lake is about 2 ½ acres and it has four tiny islands and varied underwater features as well including plateaux and gullies. There are around 250 carp up to mid 30’s and the average is around 18lb. The Lodge Lake is great for the more advanced angler and the smallest carp begin at 15lb and some fifty going to mid 30’s. The Lodge is about three acres. There are many other facilities on the location such as café, tackle shop and shower rooms.

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Carp Fishing North Region – The Delves – Emmotland Ponds – Eyres Pit

The Delves

Location: Fieldside, Thorne, Doncaster, DN8 4AA

Size: 15 acres

Difficulty Rating: Easy

Website:

Contact: 01405 817294

Comments: In Delves, there are two ponds where you can fish. If fishing specimen carp is desired then one can go at the Long Pond and the some action, the Round Pool is a better option. The carp are quite aggressive. It is great to use flavoured mixers and for static fishing, use some mixed particles fished near the pads. Season and day permits can be obtained and also night fishing. However, fishing at night time is only for members. The carp here can weigh up to 27lb.

Emmotland Ponds

Location: North Frodingham, Driffield, YO25 8JS

Size: One to three acres

Difficulty Rating: Medium

Website: www.emmotlandponds.co.uk / http://carp-lakes.co.uk/#/emmotland-ponds

Contact: 01262 488226

Comments: The Emmotlands Ponds predator, specimen carp and coarse fishing lake for over several years has been restocked with large numbers and varieties of fish. There is more than ten acres of stillwater between four lakes and more than 60 pegs for you to fish. This is known in the past as Langholme Hill Fisheries and these lakes are in the location that has been fished for more than 500 years and is one of the favourites in Yorkshire for specimen coarse fishing. Recently, Pond 4 is added and shower block and toilet are being constructed. Pond 1 and 2 are interesting to the carper since this has specimens past 30lbs and 40lbs in Pond 1. There are also catfish and pike in this water. Pond 3 is stocked with 100 carp to 30lb and only offers bookable pegs.

Eyres Pit

Location: New Warrington Road, Wincham, CW9 6DB

Size: Two acres

Difficulty Rating: Easy

Website: www.northwich-anglers.org.uk

Contact: 01606 786787

Comments: Eyres Pit is a recent pool that can be accessed close to the middle of Northwich. This has really become popular for both general and carp anglers. The locations has slow slope on the field side while on the other side is a good reedy area. Some stages provide good access to the pit’s centre. A few excellent swims are featured on the road bank divided by weed beds and reed.

Boilies are allowed only on the stringers.
Floating baits not allowed.
Keepnets are not permitted between 15^th of March and 15^th of June.
Using spods is banned.
Bait must just be introduced with the use of swim feeder, stringers and PVA bags or it can be loose fed.