At just under an acre in size, Middle Lake has 17 pegs, 10 of which have been specially adapted for disabled anglers.

Like Top Lake it has a central island and although it holds the same mix of species as Top Lake, the fish tend not to run quite as big on average - although this could be somewhat misleading as Middle Lake tends not to be fished as much as Top Lake and so its contents are still somewhat a mystery to most anglers.

Stocks have been supplemented with half a ton of roach, rudd, mirrors, commons and hybrid crucian carp from the Environment Agency and these are now showing well and leading to substantial pleasure bags of fish.

Shallower than Top Lake at only five feet at the cabin end and shallowing to just a couple of feet at the narrow end - a popular spawning area for the fish -Middle Lake has shelves about three feet deep where the lily beds grow and plenty of bankside vegetation.

As one would expect, it pays to fish these shelves, to the island and in the margins during warmer weather.

However, as the weather turns colder in late summer and winter, fishing the deeper water should produce good results and it may even be worth trying the Method feeder due to the large number of carp in the water.

One word of warning.

Because Lanny's Lagoon is remote, quiet and sheltered, anglers fishing either lake must be prepared to be quiet.

Any banging around, loud talking or heavy footsteps are likely to scare the fish as they are not used to noise and both lakes are only lightly fished - except for the occasional club match when weights of around 30lbs are common - although the best match result for the 2008 season came in at 105lbs, taken by an angler fishing against the bar from Peg 23.

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