Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 21/4/19 The traditional time for tench is always considered to be June, but anglers in the know realise that they start feeding well a lot earlier than that, and some of the best catches come in April and May. In past years up to 20 Old Lake tench have…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 14/4/19 A cold but sunny week made fishing difficult, but with warmer weather forecast, there’s a good chance of a return to the sort of form that provided Chris Chapman with a dozen carp on a 24-hour session. Chris was fishing peg 2, and in addition to carp to…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 7/4/19 There are carp to be caught in numbers now on the Old Lake, as two groups discovered during sessions this week. Adam Rogers, Nick Driver and Dan Nash shared a five-day session on pegs 2, 3 and 4, and landed 24 carp between them. Adam had 12 for…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 31/3/19 The bream fishing on the Old Lake is just coming into its own, as Mark Hathway showed during a midweek pleasure session on peg 14, with 37 of them to 4 lb, along with some skimmers. Mark was fishing Method feeder to the island with dumbbells on the…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 24/3/19 The bream fishing continues to provide plenty of action, despite some frosty nights recently. It took 61 lb to win the Andy Ryan Sunday Sweepstake, and yellow seems to be the colour to go for in terms of hook baits. Andy drew peg 38, which is where Mark…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 17/3/19 The Old Lake’s carp are showing more of an interest with every passing week, though the biggest fish reported fell to a zander angler finishing his season the day before the close. Anthony Ashbolt, from Godalming, was fishing peg 24 with a one-inch section of roach, cast three…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 10/3/19 As soon as we leave the chilly nights behind, the bream fishing takes off, and this week the wet south-westerlies spurred the bream into feeding, producing an 84 lb winning net in the latest Steve Gardener midweeker. Steve Ellis drew peg 72 and fished a Method feeder and…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 3/3/19 March is a prime month for a big zander, and with mild temperatures and overcast days, this next week and a half could produce something special. Good numbers of fish are still being caught, last week’s 11 lb 1 oz captor, Martin Chennell, landing another three on Friday…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 24/2/19 Just when zander anglers were thinking that this is a good time for a chance of a big fish, along comes an 11 lb 1 oz one to whet their appetite. Martin Chennell, from Jacobs Well, was fishing on peg 14 in the middle of the Front Bank…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 17/2/19 Brothers Tony and Graham Vary and fishing pal Graham Harris, from Uxbridge, shared a catch of six carp and numerous bream while fishing overnighters on the Front Bank, on pegs closest to the car park. Tony had commons of 18 lb 10 oz and 16 lb, and mirrors…
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
