Over the years White Acres has earned an enviable reputation as probably the best British match fishing venue. You will have seen in the angling press (and reported in FISHINGmagic) anglers winning £ 25,000 on one-off finals: the very biggest names in UK match fishing fighting out the Spring and Autumn festivals.
What sometimes gets overlooked is that White Acres is primarily and very importantly a superb venue for the genuine pleasure, or as we’d rather think of them ‘leisure’ angler. With our new match complex now fully operational we can offer even more swims and guaranteed better sport for the angler and his family who just want to fish for fun. Outside the festival season it is our intention to peg ALL contests on the new lakes, which have been specifically designed for match fishing. That means that the more established lakes on the site will be available for anyone to fish virtually every day.
Pollawyn has produced fabulous sport for our contests and with the match fishing pressure lifted should provide marvellous arm-aching action. Mind you, it’s certainly NOT all big carp. They are there of course, and in numbers, but there is fantastic roach sport to be had from virtually every swim. Feed casters or maggots little and often and fish closer in, no need to fish more than 5 or 6 yards out, with rod or pole and big bags of ‘silver fish’ are on the cards. Expect plenty of bream, some tench and the odd very big perch too. Don’t forget your worms. Python is more dedicated to tench (to 6lb+) and bream. There are also some wonderful crucian carp and ‘brown goldfish’ as well as plenty of ‘pasties’, carp up to 2lb well named after our famous Cornish delicacy. Again shoals of roach and rudd provide hectic action for anglers fishing close in with less substantial tackle demanded by the Pollawynn carp. Under the bankside vegetation is the place to try for roach to 1lb+ and some ‘surprises’, there are BIG perch in Python. Eery was the first lake constructed at White Acres and this wonderful mature fishery holds some serious carp, including lovely ghost carp…ghosts, Eery? See it all adds up! Floating baits or simply fishing the margins with luncheon meat over a few carp pellets is usually all you need to bag up.
My own favourite for a day’s sheer angling escapism is Jenny’s Pool. Your float, if that is your chosen method, will not be still long as there are huge numbers of roach and rudd to good size, plus thousands of tench from ounces to B-I-G, lots of crucians/brown goldfish and some of the most handsome ghost carp you will ever lay eyes on…if you can beat them that is, a 20lber is a near-certainty in 2003. Float fishing with a waggler, the pole or feeder, all score well on Jenny’s and never ever ignore the margins, particularly towards the evening. Scatter some bait VERY close in while you are fishing and keep your eye on the water. When you see ‘tail patterns’ or the water muddies up, drop a bait in…and hang on tight, because that is where the biggest carp like to feed. On days when there are no competitions the new lakes are of course open to any residents, and super sport can be had there too, with heavy stocking of ‘match-sized’ fish you are sure to get loads of bites. It has never been truer to say that White Acres is far more than the best match fishing venue certainly in the South West, if not the whole of England. In fact it’s possible to leave the word ‘match’ out altogether, because we think as an angling holiday destination, White Acres is the best for ALL coarse anglers, whatever their aims or experience. Book Online and save £ 20 in 4 easy steps! Enquires reception@whiteacres.co.uk Phone 0870 4445590 |
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