Plantation Lakes
opened in 1994. The complex has three lakes open at the moment and
all are all heavily
stocked with a wide variety of coarse fish. The coarse and carp
lakes were dug in the summer of 1994 and opened for fishing the
following November. The match or horseshoe lake as it is also known
was dug in the autumn of 1999 and opened for fishing in February
2000. During the summer of 2007 a major maintenance program was
undertaken, pictures can be viewed via the 'Photo Gallery' -
'Maintenance 2007' link button at the top of this page, otherwise 'Click
Here'
The job entailed draining the coarse
lake and moving the fish to the other lakes on site, up to a metre
of silt was then dredged out all over the lake and the swims and
banks cleared. Also the trees and bushes were given a short back and
sides ! We then refilled the lake and put the fish back in. During
this time the larger carp were moved into the carp lake. The next
job was to lower the water level in the carp lake to enable us to
catch the vast majority of the under 10 pounders, these were put
into the coarse lake to replace the bigger fish that had earlier
gone the other way. We then refilled the carp lake after fitting a
pipe which now links both lakes and enables us to top both up at the
same time !
We
then moved across to the match lake where all the overgrown areas
were pruned and the new bagging match lake was dug out and filled.
This will be stocked over the course of the next 6-9 months prior to
opening next summer. Both match lakes have been piped to ease
filling in the future.
Hot and
cold food and drinks can be purchased from the on site restaurant
cafe which is just over the road from the car park and taken back to
your swim if you so wish. The restaurant has a varied menu and can
also be booked for functions weddings etc, etc. Ring Ed or Lucy on
07784 169234 or 'Click
Here' to go to their
website for more details.
Why
not come along and give it a go, we are certain you won't be
disappointed !
