Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 8/9/19 The cooler temperatures and overcast skies at the end of the summer are good bream fishing conditions, as was shown by the latest midweek contest, which was won with 99 lb 12 oz. Greg Andrews was the angler falling just short of the ‘ton’, fishing peg 2 with…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 1/9/19 It’s a good time to catch numbers of carp and bream at Bury Hill, with the water temperature warm but the air temperature giving a hint of cooler weather around the corner. John Graham, from Wallington, took advantage of the chance, beating his personal best four times, as…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 25/8/19 Good numbers of carp continued to be caught prior to the spike in temperatures, a trio of anglers sharing a 48-hour session banking 29 fish. Lake regular Richard Urquhart and his son Charlie and friend Paul Downey were fishing pegs 34, 35 and 36 from Friday to Sunday,…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 18/8/19 While brisk south-westerly winds and overcast skies may seem like disappointing weather for August, it is much better for catching fish than the expected hot and dry days. That has been shown in recent catches of good numbers of Old Lake carp, two visitors banking 20, to specimen…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 11/8/19 Wet and windy weather such as anglers experienced last week can be a blessing and a trial. Carp are encouraged to feed, but conditions on the bank can be testing, as Paul Jeffery and Paul Fletcher found out on a 48-hour session. They shared a catch of 14…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 4/8/19 The bream fishing on the Old Lake is probably as good as it is likely to be all year, as Paul Baker proved when he landed 46 fish to 5 lb in a single session. Paul, from Walthamstow, was fishing peg 33 with a big waggler and corn…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 28/7/19 The Old Lake bream are known for their tolerance of extreme weather, as anglers who have broken a covering of ice to catch them in winter will testify. And this week they proved that temperatures at the other extreme are also no deterrent to feeding. Part of this…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 21/7/19 July is a good time for multiple catches of carp on the Old Lake, as two anglers proved on separate visits this week. Stephen Spear has had some good catches on previous visits, and this one followed the same pattern, producing 17 carp, six of them mirrors, the…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 14/7/19 Fishing friends Adam Rogers, Dan Nash and Nick Driver had an enjoyable four-day visit to the Old Lake, sharing a catch of 43 carp and a fair few bream for just short of 700 lb. Fishing pegs 15, 17 and 19 respectively on the Front Bank, Dan landed…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 7/7/19 You can take your pick whether you want to catch numbers of bream or carp at the moment, as visitors have been showing this week. Simon Jackson made the most of a short trip from Spain was a day of 17 bream to 6 lb from peg 50,…
As one of the countries top fisheries, Bury Hill has long been a favourite of the angling press having been featured in many articles which you can download.
Over the coming months, we will be developing a series of ‘CATCH MORE… Fact Sheets’ aimed at helping you increase your catches at Bury Hill!
A short 4 minute film showing the different lakes, the diversity of the fishing and just what’s on offer at one the countries premier coarse fisheries.
A series of short fimsshowing the angling diversity that Bury Hill offers throughout the year.
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