Development

Plans are being drawn up for a specimen lake to be built, and also a on site cabin which will cater for food and drinks. Watch this space.

Beckets Pool

Beckett's pool opened in March 2007, the Wednesday opens and summer evening match's have proven to be very popular with nearly a full turn out on each of the weekly matches. The weights have been very good and provided fantastic sport for all styles of fishing. pole close in had dominated during the warmer months and feeder or long pole during the cooler months. Over a hundred pound is the match record in its first season.

Pay Station

The pay station is located at the entrance to the fishery. Please take time to read the notice boards as it holds relevant information.

How to use the big orange pay box.

Fishery Rules and regulations

Future contests dates so that you know if a match is on or not. " being anglers it is frustrating to set up, catch fish, then find out a match is booked on those pegs your fishing"

Gallery section of latest specimens

General info

Midlands Angler report Dec 2005

Purchased in February this year by a group of three anglers from the midlands, Coppice Lane Pools are being transformed from three farm pools into a well balanced mixed fishery where pleasure and small club match anglers can enjoy year round sport.

Changes have included the installation of a pay station where anglers deposit their peg fees before fishing, restricted the use of keepnets to match's and requiring junior anglers under 16 to be accompanied by an adult. Top pool is the first water you come to and is heavily stocked. Deepest at the end furthest from the entrance, where a 9ft hole can be found just of the end of the island. The pool has a shelf all the way round where about two feet of water can be found to about three feet out. Top pool predominantly holds mirrors and commons carp to about 8lb, but is also stocked with chub to 1lb 8oz, crucian carp, roach and rudd to about 1lb. A large number of skimmer bream to about 2lb and a small head of tench. An ideal water top pool is fairly shallow in the main and is also popular with waggler anglers. When fishing the pole a minimum of a No10 with a 14 or 16 hook is recommended, although those going for the silver fish should go as light as required. It also fishes well in the winter last March one angler took 35 carp by fishing only one foot deep with maggots whilst spraying maggots every cast. In the colder months most anglers tend to go for a more traditional approach fishing worms, maggots, casters, corn or pellets.

Middle pool virtually surrounded by trees and shrubs, is the place to head for silver fish crucians and carp to about 8lb. Around much of the margins this water is only two to three feet deep, while five feet can be found just off the island in the main body of the pool with a maximum of six feet in the centre. The most popular techniques are to fish between 12 and 18 inches deep in the open water with a single maggot or caster for the rudd and roach or close in in the margins, up against the reeds for the carp, tench and bream. If you fish near the reeds you will need to scale up your tackle as the fish know immediately where to head for. Middle pool is a good year round water and almost anything goes as far as bait id concerned, although in the colder months maggots, pellets, casters, corn and worm work best.

Bottom pool is another pretty out of the way water with some interesting features at its far end. An ideal place to head for if you want to fish for the unknown. Bottom pool is about two feet to three feet deep around the margins, while shallow at just three feet at its deepest at the inlet end, it drops to between six and seven feet in the centre by the outlet. With carp up to 6lb but averaging 2lb bottom pool is again mainly a silver fish water with perch, tench and skimmers to about 1lb and roach and rudd to about 8oz, Bottom pool is again ideal for the pole or waggler with anglers tending to use fine tackle. Techniques vary from fishing up in the water for the roach and rudd to fishing on the bottom in open water or close into the margins for the patrolling carp. The most favoured winter bait again tend to be maggots, casters and worms. Author: Peter Cliff.