Fishery Fact File

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Nearest tackle dealer:

Day ticket price(s)
Day tickets: £4 adults £3 children.
Available from the bailiff who calls round.

Season ticket(s)
N/A

Species:
Pike, roach, rudd, bream, tench, carp, perch and eels.

Bans / Restrictions:
Close season 14th of March to June 16th
No Livebait fishing
Facilities:
None

Pike a plenty here.

Another classic of a Norfolk estate lake that has been developed as a fishery. This in the grounds of the NT property of Blickling Hall.

The pike fishing here is for a good number of double figure fish with a regular appearance of fish into twenty pounds plus each season, topped by a a known fish that has grown into a superb specimen just over 30lbs in weight.

Popular, as much for its ease of access, is the dam where you will find deeper water, around 7 to 8 feet with the main lake having a depth of 3 to 5 ft overall. It is much shallower up near the hall but this area which gets extremely weedy during the Summer is out of bounds. (beyond the last platform on the east bank).

Stocks of roach, rudd, bream, tench, carp, perch and eels abound with the bream now pushing double figures. This large population of coarse fish make an ideal larder for the girls to grow big here. They do also provide some excellent sport through out the season for the general angler into the bargain.

As the depths are relatively shallow in typical estate lake fashion but float legered dead baits will sort you out a fish or two. Live baits are banned here! A popular bait in the past few years has been sand eels, providing a 'different' bait that casts well from the dam swims when the prevailing wind blow hard into this bank. Drift fishing from the West bank across the lake offers the chance to put a bait across unfished water, sometime providing superb results!