1 Acre(s)
Between three and four feet deep around the margins, Pool House Farm is about five feet deep to the right hand side of the causeway which runs across the pool from Peg 3 to Peg 15 and about six feet deep in the left hand section furthest from the car park.
Because it is relatively shallow it is easy to fish with the waggler or pole, although a fair proportion of anglers also like to leger with swim feeder, use modern carp techniques or simply attach a straight-through leger weight.
The biggest fish in the water are the common and mirror carp, both species of which run to a good 26lbs with plenty of mid-sized doubles regularly taken.
There are also some good tench to a rod-bending 7lbs and, perhaps most impressive of all, an estimated 100 or more hard-fighting but difficult to catch perch which were introduced at about 1lb some 10 years ago and which now top the 4lb mark and provide exciting sport, particularly in the colder months.
For those who like gudgeon, there are some stonkers with fish to seven inches long,a size which few anglers have ever seen - never mind caught!The remainder of the fish are made up of roach and rudd to 1lb 8oz which are most regularly taken on waggler or pole fished worm; crucian carp to just over 3lbs and bream and chub to a similar size, although the chub are said to be difficult to catch because other fish normally beat them to the bait.
Pool House Farm is noted locally for its good head of crucians which are said to fight well and which attract their own following of regulars.
If targeting the crucians, the most popular technique is to waggler or pole fish a quarter - inch cube of luncheon meat over a small amount of sweetcorn, feeding three or four kernels every third cast.
The most popular hook size is either a 16 or 18s tied to a maximum of 0'15 diameter or 3lbs breaking strain line.
Because the pool is only small, there are no particular hot spots for catching the crucians.
If going for the commons and mirrors, cubes of Spam, yellow sweetcorn, maggots, casters and worm all work well, although anglers should note that they should not use hemp, tares, nut baits or dog and cat meat.
They are also not allowed to use bolt rigs, maggot clips or paste springs.
As with nearly all fisheries these days, anglers should not use barbed, crushed or crimped hooks and although they can use keepnets they should not retain common or mirror carp.
When visiting Pool House Farm, casters, corn, maggots and worm are all great all - round baits for catching all species.
Pool House Farm is also an ideal venue for fishing floating baits, particularly in summer when the water is warmer and the carp cruise near the surface.
Fishing the margins or near to the lily pads is also generally another good way of catching fish.
When fishing for the tench and bream, luncheon meat, sweetcorn, worm, maggots and casters are again good all round baits when fished hard on the bottom with about four inches between the hook and the last shot.
All in all, Pool House Farm is a delighful venue which, although it is aimed primarily at pleasure anglers, can cater for matches of up to 22 anglers.
However, because it is only small, anglers planning to fish at the weekend are advised to ring in advance to check the venue has not been booked for a match.