Draw 09:00 - Fish 10:00-16:00

(Also doubles competition - £2 each fee)
 

The North's Premier Coarse Fishery

Covering an extensive 66 acres, the superb fishing is set in beautiful surroundings and caters for all types of angler from top flight match men to the dedicated club match angler, pleasure anglers of all abilities and specimen anglers alike who can target a variety of species.

 

Islands Lake is the most scenic match lake, full of features, full of fish...

The lake has 65 well maintained pegs with the vast majority of the pegs having adjacent features to fish up to including: islands, lily pads and rushes.

Every peg is somewhat different and offers the anglers a wide variety of tactics to consider.

Depths vary around the lake and range from 2ft in the margins and up to the features, increasing to 8ft in the middle areas of the lake.

The lake contains a terrific head of carp, with the lake match record currently standing at 335lb 6oz.

However, do not rule out the huge head of silverfish this lake has to offer. Mixed bags of silverfish of 150lb+ are regularly caught and certainly play a huge part in matches when the carp are not so dominant.

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Best Baits

Pellets, corn and meat.

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Tactics

If carp are the target species, the fishery 8mm and 11mm pellets are without doubt the standout bait, although meat and corn can also be deadly in the correct conditions.

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Fish tend to hold around the features this lake has to offer so a range of methods including long and short pole, both shallow and on the deck, bomb and waggler are all equally effective.

The silverfish tend to respond well to the fishery 4mm and 6mm expanders fished over a bed of 2mm micro pellets.

Maggots, casters, worms, corn, meat and paste can also be effective. In the warmer months, the short pole shallow is the best method to catch the larger weights of silver this lake has to offer.

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Rules:

• Barbless hooks only, maximum size 10.

• No braided hooklengths.

• Maximum match duration 6 hours.

• All anglers shall have in use one rod or pole, one line and one single hook at one time. Feed may be thrown in by hand, or by the use of a catapult, however you must NOT introduce any bait with a pole or bait dropper attached to an extra pole or rod whilst fishing with a rod or pole.

• Maximum permitted pole length is 16m.

• When fishing with a pole, a float must be used at all times. No overshotting. The jigga float is allowed providing it is shotted and stopped correctly.

• No tapping the water with the pole tip.

• No floating poles.

• ALL nets must be dried out on the bank prior to use. Keepnets must only enter the water 15minutes before the start of the match. This is in order to help prevent the transmission of diseases between lakes.

• Anglers must not lift their keepnets from the water under any circumstances. Our fishery staff will be on hand at the end the match to weigh all fish. This is to prevent damage to our fish stocks. If you are seen or found lifting your keepnets, all fish will be tipped back and you will be disqualified from the match.

• We have a net limit in place of 100lb per net. Any weight over the 100lb net limit will be knocked back to 100lb. Is it the responsibiity of the club secretary / match organiser to ensure that the 100lb net limit is enforced.

• All fish weighing 6oz and above MUST be both landed (in the water (not airborne)) and introduced to the keepnet via a landing net.

• Any Dead fish will not be weighed.

• Gardening - Sensible gardening is permitted however you must not enter the water under any circumstances.

• No Dogs allowed.

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Match Fishing – Bait Restrictions

All methods can be used unless otherwise stated below:

• Fishery pellets only (including both feed and hook pellets). These can be purchased from the on-site fishery shop. Spot checks are undertaken on a regular basis and if you are seen or found to be using non-fishery pellets, you will be asked to leave the fishery.

• No cat or dog meat.

• No Bread. (Permitted from November - March ONLY)

• No floating baits.

• Popped up baits may be used provided that the bait is without any doubt a minimum of 12 inches below the surface.

• Boilies / Wafters etc. are allowed.

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