Cantelupe Reservoir

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We will be adding to this page gradually but for now here's some information on our new stillwater.

The Lake itself holds a good stock of Carp that seem to range in size between a pound and double figures. A few Perch have been caught as well as a handful of small Roach.

Depths seem to range between 2-6ft in the margins up to 20ft in the middle.

We are trying to keep the methods allowed as simple as possible; we do not want to create a commercial type fishery where every fish has a badly damaged mouth.

Here are a few photo's of our recent visit to the Reservoir at the Cantelupe Farm Estate.

Top Right. Looking along the North Bank of the Reservoir.

Middle Left. Looking towards the West Bank (which is out of bounds) from the South Bank.

Middle Right. Using a boat to retrieve a rake that got lodged on the bottom.

Bottom Right. An album of some of the stamp of fish you can expect to catch.

Rules and guidelines

In addition to those in the club book -

1) No keepnets unless in organized matches. Carp sacks are not to be used.

2) Maximum of one rod per angler.

3) No method feeders, fixed leads or bagging wagglers to be used.

4) No Boilies or nuts to be used as bait.

5) No cars to be brought through the gate, parking by the edge of the field only.

6) Lake will be closed on match dates, dates will be displayed on the website and in the club book.

7) No rods to be left unattended.

8) Fishing from dawn until dusk only, no night fishing.

9) No fish to be transferred to any other reservoirs on site.

10) Fishing on our lake only. Any member fishing on any other lake will be banned.

11) Day ticket anglers must be accompanied by a member at all times. Day tickets cost £5.00 and must be purchased in advance.

12) The committee have the right to amend any of the rules listed above.

Complaint by a Member

During the past week several members of the committee have had to endure complaints from a member. The complaint is that we can not use keepnets at the new Reservoir.

This ruling is from the complex management, BUT IS FULLY ENDORSED BY THE USSC CLUB COMMITTEE. and is a rule we would have placed on the complex ourselves without any prompting.

IF YOU DONT LIKE THIS RULE DON'T JOIN. The rule will not be removed, it is there to stay. Live with it or go elsewhere (and thank God he did!).

Dave Kennedy.

Andrew Peters (Secretary).