1 Acre(s)
Opened in 2007, this new pool has generated a lot interest from both pleasure and match anglers.
Roughly an acre in size, it is the shape of a guitar with a large base with two islands in the base and a long straight stretch with a sunken island planted with reeds down the centre.
The average depth is about six feet off the ledges and the deepest area is about nine feet.
The pool has two inside ledges which will make it ideal for margin fishing.
It has 32 well spaced pegs that are easily accessible from the new car park with the remainder being only a short walk away.
The new pool has been stocked mainly with mirrors, commons, tench and crucians to 3lbs as well as skimmers, roach and rudd.
The carp now run to 16lbs.
An early informal match held before the water opened saw 14 anglers catch a total of more than 450lbs of fish between them in five hours.
The current record is 134lbs in five hours whilst average weights are around 45lbs to frame.
Favoured pegs include Pegs 4, 8, 12, 14, 18 and 25.
It is a pole and waggler angler's dream as there are no snags in any of the pegs, and all have inside reeds which the fish love to congregate around.
Generally you only need to fish between four to six meters out just off the ledge.
Favorite baits are pellet, corn, casters and paste.
Recommendations for set up are Size 12 to 14 elastic, 4lb to 6lb line and 14s to 18s hook.
In winter, fishing to the islands with a swimfeeder has already produced good results.
The pegs have been designed to cater for all requirements and incorporate a flat concrete base with imprints to give grip in the wet, two keepnet holders for use in matches and an umbrella pole holder.
Although there is a small step down to all of the pegs, the water is suitable for accompanied disabled anglers.
For those who like to fish the feeder and waggler, the islands are between 30 and 35 meters away.
Either spraying maggots or casters up in the water to tight dropping a light feeder or lead tight to the reeds on the island can produce results.
With depths that vary between six feet down the centre of the track to between eight and nine feet in the deepest areas, the pool has two inside ledges which will make it ideal for margin fishing.
It will have about 30 well spaced pegs that are easily accessible from the new car park with the remainder being only a short walk away.
Match bookings are now being taken for Becketts and Bridge Canal Pool for 2016 and 2017.
For details of prices and availability please contact Lawrence Beckett on 0121 351 5198 or 07702 695827(mobile).
Alternatively, please call Paul on 07913 017861(mobile - evenings only); Martin on 07976 013011(mobile) for general information or the Jamie, the Fishery Manager, on 07933 488986 in the daytime.