Apr 2025

Welcome 2025, 11th Apr

Here are a few snapshots, taken just a few days ago. Everything is set and ready to welcome this year’s guests!  

Jan 2025

January 2025 Lake Update, 25th Jan

We've had a busy couple of weeks in the lake, around the lake and throughout the grounds. We've made a number of improvements to aid the general fishing of the lake or the accessibility. In the last two weeks we've...

• Drained and netted the lake, counting and weighing the stock. We've 2 x 50lb carp, 3 x 40's and 16 x 30's with many upper 30 that will be pushing beyond 40 over the next year. There's plenty of variety with commons, mirrors, ghosts, ghost commons and grass carp. We've left one sturgeon in, a mandarin catfish and a dozen pike weighing up to almost 20lb.
• Installed a new diffusion pump across the lake, to oxygenate the lake 365 days a year and encourage feeding and activity, especially in the warmer months. The pump uses a super silent compressor that pumps air up to the surface through diffuser membranes situated on the lake bed. This allows air to travel up to the lake surface, entraining water, breaking through the thermocline layer and reducing the risks of thermal stratification. In other words, it naturally oxygenates the lake water and increases the dissolved oxygen levels. Each diffuser circulates an approximate volume of 11,605 litres of water per minute at the depth of 2m and we've 5 diffusers across the lakebed.
• Cutback and removed all overhanging trees and snags.
• Raked the lakebed to remove and fallen branches and twigs.
• Strimmed and cutback all banks around the lake to increase areas to fish from, especially if you fancy stalking. 
• The main swims, on the island, have been levelled and landscaped to increase the area to fish from and improve the area for playing and landing fish. It's comfortably easy to set a couple of bivvies along with all your tackle.
• Built a new pathway down to the island, using railway sleepers to improve footings during wetter, winter months.

Dec 2024

New stock, 6th Dec

New stock was added last weekend, and we will have a little more arriving soon. The largest addition was 50lb, followed by another at 35lb, with five more between 26lb and 30lb. We are also looking to manage the small carp and roach during the netting process, which we plan to complete before the new season starts.