Species notes · Overview
The fish of Bury Hill
A traditional mixed fishery: carp, pike and zander for the specimen angler, tench, bream and crucians for the summer, and roach, rudd and perch for the match and pleasure angler.
Compared
Top sizes recorded
| Species | Top sizes | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Carp | 33 lb (Old Lake record) | [Archive, 28 January 2002] |
| Pike & Zander | 16 lb+ zander; pike to almost 30 lb | [Archive, 24 March 2002] |
| Tench, Bream & Crucian | 10 lb tench and bream; 5 lb crucian | [Archive, 24 March 2002] |
| Silver Fish | 3 lb roach and rudd; 4 lb perch | [Archive, 29 January 2002] |
Sizes are as the fishery or the former operator reported them, with the date of each source. For where the fish lived, see The Lakes; for how they were caught, Methods.
Species notes
Read about each species
Species note 01 · Carp
Carp
The 33 lb 1970s record, the 30 lb 8 oz mirror of 2001 and Temple Lake’s fish over 40 lb.
Species note 02 · Pike & Zander
Pike and zander
Pike to almost 30 lb, zander over 16 lb, and a 1 October to 31 March season.
Species note 03 · Tench, Bream & Crucian
Tench, bream and crucian carp
Tench and bream to 10 lb, crucians to 5 lb on the Old Lake and nearly 4 lb on Milton.
Species note 04 · Silver Fish
Roach, rudd and perch
Roach and rudd to 3 lb, perch to 4 lb, and mixed bags over 200 lb.
Questions
Frequently asked
What fish were in Bury Hill Fisheries?
Carp (common, mirror and ghost), pike, zander, tench, bream, crucian carp, roach, rudd, golden rudd, perch and chub, according to the fishery’s own pages and the former operator’s site.
Were there zander at Bury Hill?
Yes. In 2002 the fishery called itself one of only a handful of still waters in Britain with a resident population of big zander, with a lake record over 16 lb.
What was the biggest fish caught at Bury Hill?
The largest weights the archive can source are carp: fish over 40 lb in Temple Lake in later years, according to the former operator. On the Old Lake the carp record was 33 lb from the early 1970s.