The new 25-peg Canal Match Pool opened for angling in spring 2015 and is already regularly throwing up match winning weights of between 100lbs and 150lbs.

Constructed using laser measuring equipment to ensure all pegs present uniform swims where anglers will have an equal chance of catching, there is a four feet wide shelf two feet deep which runs all around the edge of the lake before the sides drop to a six feet deep uniform channel.

A similar shelf runs all around the 130 yard long central island which has been constructed 13 metres from each peg.

Canal Pool has been stocked with 25,000 fish including 10,000 carp which are already weighing in between 2lbs and 4lbs plus 15,000 chub, barbel, roach, skimmer bream and ide.

The most popular technique so far has been to pole fish 6mm banded pellets whilst feeding 4mm pellets although fishing maggots is pulling in 60lb to 70lb bags of ide.

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