The Fishing Lakes
Carp fishing at its
best
Well known
angler Bill Rushmere of the magazine Course Angling Today
visited us in December and wrote this review of the fishing at Warren
Park.
Two medium sized mature lakes that I estimated at about 2.5 acres
each.
The lake with the lodges is stocked with carp to about 20.lb,
Tench, good Roach, Perch that in
winter run to well over 2.lb
and Crucian Carp.
The similar sized lake to the rear is predominantly stocked with Carp.
There are also several smaller sized ponds on site.
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30
plus Crucian carp
in 1.5 hours |
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1lb
6oz roach |
Fishing
At Warren Park
I concentrated my efforts on the front lake fishing directly outside my
lodge.
I started off fishing with a 13ft waggler rod with a centre pin loaded
with 2.5 lb b.s. line.
My terminal tackle was a pole float holding three
number 6 shot down the line with a size 12 hook
baited with a paste made
from Richworth multiplex mix with corn steep liqueur. The feed was
a
couple of pints of trout pellets that had been shaken in a plastic bag
with corn steep liqueur
and left for a few hours so that the flavor had
been absorbed on the pellets.
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of the second day catch |
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A
double figure carp |
I started off by baiting a swim about 13ft from the
bank in about 4ft of water before casting my
pole tackle on running gear
into the swim. I did not have to wait long before I hooked into my
first
fish that turned out to be a mirror carp of about 7.5 lb. This
was followed by another
two similar sized carp before the
crucians started to feed. As I expected, the crucians gave very
shy
bites that were hard to detect but as the session progressed I got used
to them and was catching a
crucian on most casts. I placed the crucians
I caught in my carp landing net for 1.5 hours and was
surprised to find
that I had had over 30 of them. I photographed these and returned
them.
I continued to fish on, catching crucians with the odd roach to 1.lb
6oz for the next 4 hours.
The best crucian was weighed at 2lb. 6oz.
and my bag was estimated at over 150.lb.
The following day I fished on
using the same tactics to make a similar catch.
However I did manage a nice
double figured mirror carp in with the bag.
The next day I decided to
fish with the same tackle but set the float shallow.
I fed heavily with
pellets and started to catch nice roach, many of them were
pushing the
pound with the best at 1.lb 4oz. I also had crucians and ordinary
carp in the catch.
The last day I fished with floating crust and caught
mainly large single-figured carp.
It was very pleasing but very tiring
as I spent most of my time playing fish!
Unfortunately few of the fish
were double figured but there were clearly bigger fish present.
"There is no doubt that Warren Park is a top
class fishing venue and
a real bag-up water. The accommodation was also
good, making it the
ideal place for fishing holiday. You can even have
your breakfast in the swim by your lodge!"

A view Down the lake
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The above article is reproduced with the
kind permission of Bill Rushmer
and Course Angling Today.
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To
read more fishing articles by Bill Rushmere click here

A 14lb Carp caught by Tom Gittins
For further
details of Warren Park Fishing Holidays
please use the links provided or send us an email
with your enquiry.
We look forward to seeing you in the near future.
John and Vivien Huzzey.
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Warren Park Farm
Fishing Holidays
Ringwood Road. Alderholt. Hampshire.
United Kingdom. SP6 3DE.
Tel.044 (0)1425 653340. Email enquires@uk-fishing-holidays.co.uk
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