Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 26/1/20 You can pretty much predict when the bream will be keen to feed, by looking at the temperature and whether it’s rising or falling. Mark Lambert took advantage of a rising thermometer and double-figure values to land nine bream of around 4 lb 8 oz from peg 14,…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 19/1/20 When the Old Lake carp want to feed, there’s no stopping them, including using baits and tactics intended for bream. The 19 anglers in the Wednesday Open landed seven, despite tackle more suited to landing fish a quarter of their size, and Geoff Vallance had three of them,…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 12/1/20 Chris Bean always manages to make the most of his visits to the Old Lake, and this time it was four carp that he added to his tally. Fishing peg 2 on Sunday and Monday, and casting half way to the channel, he landed a 22 lb common,…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 5/1/20 The Old Lake’s bream fishing attracted plenty of interest during a busy few days between Christmas and New Year. Brian Nesbitt, from Hastings, landing 40 lb of them on Method feeder, fishing on the Long Bank and finding that they came in spells throughout the day, on 6…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 29/12/19 The fishery will be closed on New Year’s Day, but reopen as normal on Thursday. Next month it will host a Predator Day, on Saturday, February 15. Tickets will be £21, £16 for under-16s and OAPs, and all participants will receive a Gold Label Tackle goodie bag that…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 22/12/19 Making an extra effort to get a couple of days fishing proved worthwhile for Chris Bean, whose long journey from Greenwich ended in success. Taking four trains, and a taxi from Dorking, Chris finally made it to peg 2 on the Old Lake for his 48-hour session, and…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 15/12/19 Bream can be finicky fish when the temperature begins to fall, but at Bury Hill they seem willing to feed even in the coldest weather. It could be the aeration system, which keeps a constant flow of water through the lake, making them want to feed to replace…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 8/12/19 The lively south-westerly winds this week should stir up some action with the Old Lake carp and bream, and put colour in the water for those hoping to catch some zander. The Polish Anglers Association social on Sunday was attended by some lure specialists, and among their catches…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 1/12/19 It was cloudy and mild when Barni Kocsis set up on the Old Lake’s peg 18 for a 48-hour session, and by the end the Croydon angler had landed 14 carp, the biggest a personal best 22 lb common. Barni had others of 19 lb, 18 lb and…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 24/11/19 It’s good to see Bury Hill chosen as a venue for the Pemb Wrighting Guru Feeder League, and there was plenty of action for the 30 anglers who took part in the latest round on Saturday. Robbie Taylor came out on top, from peg 70, with 53 lb…
As one of the country’s top fisheries, Bury Hill has long been a favourite of the angling press, having been featured in many articles, spanning multiple decades.
Featuring many of the country’s best-known anglers and covering a wide selection of angling techniques and species, these historic articles cover all of Bury Hill’s infamous lakes and species and offer a great source of information wherever you choose to fish
