Winterley Pool

Description
Winterley is situated alongside the A534 just through Haslington,and consists of two smallish waters, an 8 acre specimen lake and a 4 acre match lake which both contain good numbers of fish including pike to 20lb+, perch to 3lb and eels to 4lb. It is in the specimen lake that the majority of the predator species are found but match anglers have also caught pike and eels from the smaller lake. If its the better fish that you are after then you would be better concentrating your efforts on the larger lake. Situated at the bottom of the specimen lake is is a large island, to the left of this is some of the deeper water the rest of the lake tends to be shallower and consistent with depths from 3' to 8'. Most of this shallow water can be found in the bay next to the house or to the right of the island, where it is surrounded by reeds-good for pike here. Water clarity can vary from visit to visit but is for the majority of the time peaty in colour.

Tactics
All methods and baits tend to work well at Winterley, during the warmer months it is nice to walk around the lakes lure fishing for the pike and perch. The size of fish caught tends to be small 3 - 9lb but you will find that there can be plenty of action, especially around the shallow bay or reeds. Small spinners take quite a few of the smaller perch, but if you use a small shallow diver you will get plenty of follows and sometimes hook into one of the bigger fish. When bait fishing for pike all methods work well including lives fished in various methods from popped up to paternostered. Baits must be caught on site. Drifted baits produce a few fish throughout the season. One thing I have noticed is that pike seem to favour baits fished high and live in warmer months and dead and deep in the winter.

Tickets
Available on the bank £3 per rod adult, £2 per rod junior.
Night fishing is allowed contact Mr Manifold 01270 580006

Location
From Newcastle, take the A500 towards Weston, get onto the A 5020 to Crewe. From Crewe take the A534 to Winterley the fishery is next to the road. Drive around the house and the car park is first left facing the water.

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