Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 23/9/18 The recent windy weather got the Old Lake fish feeding, it taking 75 lb to win the midweek match, and up to 11 carp being landed by pleasure anglers. Mark Hathway led the way in the Wednesday contest with 75 lb 8 oz of bream on feeder or…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 16/9/18 When the Old Lake carp want to feed, there’s no stopping them, as new Specimen Carp Club Member Arthur Piersa discovered when he set up for his first 24-hour session on the lake this weekend. Putting out three rods at peg 3, he had three runs at the…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 9/9/18 The bream fishing on the Old Lake this year has been impressive, providing consistently good sport right through spring and summer, despite the heatwave. Even back in April a match was won with 99 lb of them, then in May 18 big fish, two catches of 21 to…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 2/9/18 Carp fishing on the Old Lake continues to be lively, the best reported catches being a shared 22-fish and two individual catches of 14, the biggest 28 lb. Father and son Dan and Connor Lucas shared the 22 fish to 20 lb and four tench on a 36-hour…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 26/8/18 It’s often said that double-figure carp fight harder than ‘twenties’ and ‘thirties’ and Matthew Howe and Ben Hansell got the chance to find out when they landed 49 of up to 20 lb, the average 15 lb, during a 48-hour visit. The High Wycombe pair fished pegs 2…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 19/8/18 Three anglers shared a memorable session around the back of the island, landing 30 carp between them up to 19 lb, including the distinctive ghostie at 14 lb 8 oz. Stephen Spear, Andy Pitts and Tom Murphy, from Crawley, fished pegs 73, 74 and 75 for 48 hours,…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 12/8/18 The Old Lake bream shoals continue to attract match and pleasure anglers, and keep them busy with regular action and big bags of fish. The Hackbridge AS contest produced a winning weight of 112 lb for John Swann, just a week after losing his glasses at the lake.…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 5/8/18 This year’s 24-hour Carp Pairs Match was the best for several years, producing 44 fish for a total weight of 590 lb between the 18 anglers, all but two landing fish. Top weight was Adam Bennet and Phil Middleton, on pegs 9 and 10, whose 13 carp weighed…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 29/7/18 No matter how hot the weather, the Old Lake bream seem keen to feed, as the latest Matchfishing-scene contest showed, producing a winning weight of 81 lb 8 oz. Steve Parkin, from Mickleham, led the way among the field of 18, from peg 74, behind the island, casting…
Old Lake Latest Catches week ending 22/7/18 The Old Lake is in good form leading up to the 24-hour Pairs Carp Match this Sunday, producing plenty of fish, mostly upper doubles with a sprinkling of 20s. Andy Wiltshire, from Reigate, did a 48-hour session on peg 2 and landed 17 to 22 lb on Urban…
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
