This 17-peg half-acre square pool holds mainly mirror carp to over 30lbs and bream to 6lbs with roach, rudd and tench also frequently caught.

Much of the pool is between four and five feet deep, although a former brook runs across the middle of the water from the inlet pipe to the jetty on the opposite bank.

Here the pool bed slopes to eight feet in the central channel.

Apart from the pegs by the jetty which runs out into the pool from the bank nearest the farm, the pool is fairly snag free, although the carp can be quick off the mark when hooked.

As a result it is adviseable to set the drag on your reel before settling down to wait for a run.

Both modern and traditional carping techniques work well on Carp Pool, as does fishing the pole or waggler.

However, if going for the carp it pays to fish slightly heavier than when targeting the silver fish and tench using, say, 6lbs to 8lbs line strength and size 10 or 12 hooks if fishing luncheon meat, boilies or larger pellets.

Having said that, when it comes to baits Carp Pool is a water where virtually anything goes, although casters, maggots, sweetcorn and pastes are a regular favourite, both float-fished on the waggler and pole or when fished hard on the bottom on the leger.

In warmer weather Carp Pool can also be a decent floater water with dog biscuits or floating bread yielding good results when there are fewer anglers about.

When the fish can be seen cruising near the surface get them in the mood by firing out a few biscuits or pieces of bread and gently lob you own bait in amongst the free samples.

Fishing the margins can also be productive with either float tackle or floating baits.

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