The closest of the three main waters to reception, Pulford Lake is again about an acre in size but unlike the other two tends to be an out-and-out waggler water with a method or cage feeder useful for getting to the deep 12 foot water along the centre of the lake or for fishing the bottom which tends to average between nine and 10 feet wherever you fish.

The fish in Pulford are again the same species and general stamp as in the other two main waters, although the carp are growing faster and bigger than in the other two because of the large amount of oxygenating weed which is present.

One of the advantages of Pulford is that the lake is currently heavily overstocked because it is being used as a holding water for the new pools which are being created.

Most popular baits on Pulford tend to be sweetcorn and corn skins - a piece of sweetcorn with the soft insides squeezed out; paste baits and soft hooker pellets.

All baits are best fished fairly shallow with regular feeds of feeder pellets being thrown in over the float to bring the fish up in the water.

Although Pulford is a large and open water which some anglers may find daunting particularly those who prefer smaller, more intimate venues, it is easy to fish with accessible pegs and plenty of bankside space to spread out.

However, anglers need to find and fish the swims where there are breaks in the oxygenating weed and to tempt the fish by feeding the swim with small but regular offerings of hook bait.

It is surprising how a steady stream of free offerings can get the fish to feed competitively.

The water furthest away from the cafe and main car park, Wood Pool is basically horseshoe shaped running around a central promontory which makes for an interestingly irregular shaped pool with plenty of reeds and marginal grasses, open swims and bags of character.

Stocked with more than 5, 500 fish it is regarded as an easy water to fish.

That makes it ideal for the adult and junior to fish together.

With 10 pegs, it is deepest in the bay immediately to the left of the entrance where, surprisingly, there is just over 20 feet of water.

However, halfway along this left hand bank the bottom shallows rapidly to six feet and then to five feet as it rounds the corner to the right hand side of the island.

Camping is permitted around Pulford, we recommend anglers looking for a peaceful visit, to book one of our other lakes.

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