Kingfisher Lake (middle) this is our largest lake over an acre in size, with depths ranging from 2ft to 5ft.

A popular visitor to the lake is the kingfisher often heard and seen.

There are a good mix of Common, Mirror, Linear and Ghost carp. Also present are Roach, Rudd, Tench and Perch which average 1-3.5lb so offer a real treat to those targeting these species.

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All techniques work here with the pole and waggler being most popular but do not neglect the feeder.  Pole and waggler fishing between 9 and 11 metres is productive, the bed contours can easily be found with careful plumbing.  Start by fishing the deeper part of the swim but be aware that the fish may come up in the water particularly where loose feed is being used. Do not neglect the margins, good numbers of fish can be caught close in, literally within a rod length of the bank.

Maggots, casters, worm, corn, meat, pellets and paste all work well.  Whatever bait is chosen the golden rule is accurate feeding, use a pole pot or a catapult when waggler fishing.  If small roach become problematic on maggot, a change to a larger bait such as corn will bring a better stamp of fish.

In winter, good catches of roach can be taken on red maggot and pinkie with the odd bonus fish falling to corn.

Floating baits such as bread and mixers can be used to target the Carp during the warmer months with the evenings being a favourite time to use this exciting method.

To submit a Kingfisher Lake Catch Report, select "Add New" below. Please supply as much information about the date you fished, the fish you caught, the conditions and the tactics and bait you used.

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Jane Westway  - good day fishing   |217.155.192.xxx |2008-10-19 14:14:09 I had a fantastic day fishing.I caught 20 mirror and 5 common carp.The largest was 15lb.I had never been here before but i will be coming back.Very nice people that own the lakes and very helpfull.Thank you for a great day. Quote 1   10

lee hunt   |217.155.192.xxx |2009-03-02 13:21:14 i had a realy good day bream fishing on the bottom lake despite the cold weather. I fished corn and paste on the pole and had 12lb of nice sized slabs and a few nice roach 15-11-08 Quote 0   5

James Buckingham  - Great day   |62.171.194.xxx |2009-04-23 09:40:24 Good day in the middle of april. 20 commons and 5 mirrors. Most fell to large hair rigged bread on the alarms. Manic action. Beautiful scenary and look forward to returning asap! Quote 1   2

Neal Courtney  - 14th july 2009   |217.44.85.xxx |2009-07-14 20:44:20 Had a good day in the rain!! Started off a bit slow with small roach taking sweetcorn, changed tactics to floating bread in under a tree and had 5 carp upto about 8lb. Quote 0   1

Adam reed  - 27.1.2010   |90.217.153.xxx |2010-01-27 21:23:22 i have a great day on kingfisher i got 8 carp on hair riged pellet.the biggest 14ponud.cant wait till next time Quote 0   0

dominic graside  - great fishing sessions at south view fishery   |92.9.234.xxx |2010-01-31 14:58:56 i had one of the best fishing sessions ever at south view last weekend with one carp rod and one float rod. with the carp rod i casted tight to the plug or hole in the lake behind that from the corner near the reeds where i had 5 fish. from the hole i had an extra 2 fish. float rod had to be taken out because i was catching so much. my uncle had also a great fishing time on the same lake in the corner nearest to the car park. casting to about the same area as me and trying for perch near bulrushes. dad had lots of smaller fish on the top lake with no carp being pulled out very much apart from one at the very beginning. overall great. cheers. i think ten carp in total. sure to be back again Quote 1   0

Bill Richards  - Good winter fishing   |94.0.87.xxx |2010-02-01 18:37:19 Hi I Fished Kingfisher Mon 1st Feb, I had 11 carp (common and mirror) from 3-4lb to low doubles using pole fished maggots over micro trout pellet. I also had some good sized silvers. Excellent winter fishing as always. Quote 0   0

Anonymous   |87.114.10.xxx |2010-02-08 18:43:55 went saturday 6th and had 8 carp 5-9lb on home made pop up used as singles, the 1st session of the year aswell so well chuffed. Quote 0   0

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