Specimen Carp Lake
This pond is reserved solely for the use of carp anglers and is the only pond on which night fishing is allowed (subject to having the correct permit). Details of how to apply for a permit and cost can be found on the membership page.
There is a large stock of specimen carp with most in excess of 15lbs, going to high twenties. The average fish weight of fish caught in 2007 was between eighteen and nineteen pounds with thirty two 'twenties' being taken. The three largest fish caught in 2007 were 25lbs 4ozs, 23lbs 2ozs & 23lbs. The situation improved in 2009 when Dennis Campini landed 26lbs 12ozs mirror and Mark Dunwell landed five mirrors weighing 17lbs, 19lbs, 20lbs, 21lbs and 23lbs during one night! By March approximately 59 catches of 20+lbs fish had been made, many of them commons.
2010 started slowly but improved during the autumn when a 26lbs 14ozs fish was taken together with a number of other 20lbs fish.
A group of small carp around three to five pounds has been seen recently, but none of these have been caught yet. The origins of these fish are unknown, but they may be offspring, or perhaps they were washed down from Firsby during the floods.
An outline of the pond depths can be seen below,.jpg "Carp pond depth")