A strong week of returns again, with several of the double figure fish we have stocked making an appearance. The water is crystal clear and the fish are fighting like stink, so make sure you have plenty of heavy leader material – we recommend at least 8lb breaking strain. Keeping on the move has been … Continue reading Week ending 23rd December 2018
We have had an exciting week here at the Sportfish Game Fishing Centre! On Thursday we stocked Haywards Farm Lake with 12 wonderful double figure rainbows in preparation for our annual Fur and Feather competition, as part of the stocking we also released many fish in the 6-9lb bracket. The event itself was an extremely … Continue reading Week ending 16th December 2018
We were greeted with high winds and rain last week and this really stirred the fish up. The weed has now died back nicely and the bank fishing has improved as a result with good numbers of fish caught on small buzzers throughout the day. We have our annual Fur and Feather competition this coming … Continue reading Week ending 9th December 2018
The warm southerly winds we experienced last week helped the fishing tremendously by warming the upper layers of the water and the fish were really on the feed! The water is clear as glass at the moment and small godheads fished on floating lines are all that’s needed to enjoy a good day’s sport! The … Continue reading Week ending 2nd December 2018
Fishing on Haywards Farm Lake has been particularly rewarding for those anglers who have ventured out in the boats, with the yellow buoy near the fish cage producing some good fish this week. Bank anglers need to roam the banks to make the most of their day as the fish are currently in small shoals, … Continue reading Week ending 25th November 2018
The lake continues to fish well with over 120 fish caught and regular rod Simon Mann caught and released a 7lb rainbow that took a black buzzer. The majority of fish were taken on damsels, blobs, and leech patterns, even daddies were fooling fish this late in the year and now it’s starting to turn … Continue reading Week ending 18th November 2018
The fishing last week was outstanding 137 fish from 33 anglers giving a strong average of 4.15 fish per visit. The biggest fish of the week fell to Davy Monroe. It weighed 7lb 1oz and fell to a black leech fished on an intermediate line. The second green tagged fish was also caught by John … Continue reading Week ending 11th November 2018
The water quality on Haywards Farm Lake is getting better and better after the long hot summer with the temperature now dropping to 10 degrees and the water clarity is also excellent! Regular rod Colin Jordan caught 21 rainbows and a cracking 4lb blue in two fishing sessions this week with small fry patterns doing … Continue reading Week ending 4th November 2018
The cold weather has arrived and the fishing has been challenging for some, but brilliant for others! 11-year-old James Penwright from Wales had a fantastic day’s sport on Sunday catching six rainbows to 4lb 8oz. James was very savvy and switched techniques throughout the day and kept on the move fishing from both the bank … Continue reading Week ending 28th October 2018
The fishing was consistently good all week, with all patterns working once you found the fish, they still remain quite localised, enforcing the old adage it’s not what you fish, but how. Blue flash damsels, cat’s whiskers and blobs all produced, as did Diawl Bachs and buzzers under indicators. Just keep moving until you find … Continue reading Week ending October 21st 2018