COLLIER ROW ANGLING CLUB

FISHERIES

 

  CHURCH LANE LAKE, OCKENDON       

OUR OLDEST CLUB FISHERY, DATING BACK TO 1956. ORIGINALY A THREE ACRE FARM IRRIGATION LAKE, THE CLUB STOCKED IT WITH CARP, CRUCIANS , ROACH RUDD & PERCH. THE FISH THRIVED AND MADE THEIR HOME AMONGST THE DENSE LILY PADS THAT COVERED THE LAKE . IT BECAME ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN CLUB LAKES IN HAVERING.
IN 1997 WATER LEVELS REACHED A  CRITICALLY LOW LEVEL CAUSED BY THE HOT SUMMER AND THE BIGGER FISH WERE REMOVED. THE FOLLOWING YEAR WATER LEVELS RETURNED TO THE CORRECT HEIGHT AND THE FISH WERE RETURNED ALONG WITH A LOT OF SMALL CARP AND SKIMMERS.  THERE ARE 40 PLATFORMED SWIMS . IT FISHES WELL ALL YEAR ROUND WITH PELLETS SCORING FOR THE CARP AND MAGGOTS, CASTERS  WORM AND BREAD FOR THE OTHER SPECIES.  MATCH WEIGHTS TO 50 LB IN SUMMER.

 

 
 

 

    FROG STREET LAKE, BRENTWOOD.

THIS 4 ACRE LAKE WAS ORIGINALY A FARM IRRIGATION LAKE. THE OWNER THEN STOCKED IT WITH TROUT ALLOWING SELECTED PEOPLE TO FISH THERE. IN 1970 THE TROUT WERE REMOVED AND HE STOCKED IT WITH BREAM AND ROACH. COLLIER ROW A.C. FIRST ACQUIRED IT IN 1995.WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE CARP, PERCH AND RUDD ALSO PRESENT ALONG WITH THE MANY ROACH AND BREAM.  MOST OF THE CARP ARE 7 LB UPWARDS  TOPPING 20 LB. 

  IT IS 7 FEET DEEP AVERAGE SHALLOWING UP TO 3 FEET DEEP AT THE FAR END. LILY PADS WERE PLANTED IN 1998 AND ARE DOING VERY WELL, PROVIDING COVER FOR ALL SPECIES.  SOME HUGE PERCH TURN UP FROM TIME TO TIME, WITH A 3.5 LB SPECIMEN FALLING TO FRED THOMAS IN 1998 AND A 3 LB SAMPLE TO TERRY HYDE DURING A MATCH IN 1999. USE CASTERS TO SORT OUT THE BETTER QUALITY ROACH AND SKIMMERS. TROUT PELLET FISHED OVER A BED OF LOOSEFED PELLETS IN THE MARGINS FOR THE CARP. FLOATING CRUST ALSO WORKS IN SUMMER IN THE SWIMS AT THE FAR END BY THE OVERHANGING TREES.
 

 

 UPTONS LAKE, MARGARETTING      

FIRST ACQUIRED IN 1994 THIS SMALL 1.5 ACRE ESTATE LAKE USED TO BE USED AS A SWIMMING POOL, (COMPLETE WITH DIVING BOARDS),  FOR THE FARM WORKERS - THE REMAINS OF WHICH CAN STILL BE SEEN TODAY ! A VERY PICTURESQUE LAKE SURROUNDED WITH TREES AND BRAMBLES WITH A LARGE WILLOW TREE IN THE CORNER. 

A CRAYFISH EXPLOSION IN 1995 WAS SWIFTLY DEALT WITH BY PROFESSIONALS WHO PROBABLY MADE A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM THEM. LOTS OR CARP AVERAGING 6 LB , WITH SPECIMENS UP TO 20 LB. BREAM TO 7 LB, ROACH TO 1 LB TENCH AND RUDD  ALSO AVAILABLE. TOP METHOD FOR CARP IN SUMMER IS DEFINITELY FLOATER FISHING WITH BREADCRUST OR CHUM MIXERS. MAGGOTS ARE GOOD FOR THE OTHER SPECIES FISHED ON POLE OR WAGGLER ROD. MATCH WEIGHTS TO 30 LB TAKEN IN SUMMER.
 

 

RIVER RODING, STANFORDRIVERS

 

A  MILE STRETCH OF THE RODING NEAR PASSINGFORD BRIDGE. QUITE NARROW IN PLACES, OVERHANGING TREES, DEEP GLIDES AND WIDE BENDS. CHUB TO 5 LB, ROACH TO 2 LB, PERCH TO 1.5 LB, AS WELL AS PIKE AND A FEW DACE AND GUDGEON.
WEEDY IN SUMMER BUT CLEAR DURING THE COLDER MONTHS. IT FISHES ESPECIALLY WELL WHEN 'FINING DOWN' AFTER HEAVY RAIN. THE RIVER PLAYS HOST TO THE 'FUR & FEATHER' IN DECEMBER AND THE 'RODING CUP' IN FEBUARY WHICH WAS WON BY PETER MILANO THIS YEAR.