Fishing conditions have been challenging this week but some great fish have been caught by those who have ventured out and fished to the conditions, including Mr. P. Power who caught a 13lb 14oz rainbow from Duffer’s Point fishing a tadpole on an intermediate line. Fish are still mainly concentrated still in that top 4ft … Continue reading Week ending 20th January 2019
It was a mixed week at Haywards Farm Fishery but both bank and boat fishing proved successful with two cracking fish of 12lb and 13lb landed. The majority of fish were showing in the top 4ft of water and differing retrieves was the trick to get amongst them. The classic ‘strip and pause’, used by … Continue reading Week ending 13th January 2019
This was another great week on Haywards Farm Lake and the mild temperatures saw lots of hatching buzzers and plenty of surface activity. Small shuttlecocks and F-flies accounted for a few fish to those willing to try a dry fly, others stayed sub-surface with sink tips and intermediate lines coupled with mini lures and caught … Continue reading Week ending 06 January 2019
A superb week again with the highlight an incredible bag for Martin Thumbwood, who landed 24 fish including doubles of 12lb and 15lb using tadpoles and di3 lines, what a day! Game Fishing Centre team member, Nick Clewlow, took a day out from work to land around 15 fish, including a 13lb 8oz fish which … Continue reading Week ending 30th December 2018
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