Species note 04 · Silver Fish
Roach, rudd and perch
Roach, rudd, perch and chub filled the mixed bags that made Old Bury Hill a match and pleasure water, with golden rudd and roach on Milton.
Figures
At a glance
3 lb
Roach and rudd on Old Bury Hill
4 lb
Perch on Old Bury Hill
2 lb+
Roach and golden rudd on Milton
200 lb+
Old Lake bags in spring and summer, bank and boat
78 / 137 lb
Three-hour and six-hour match records, early 2002
40 lb
Winter silver-fish bags on Milton
The species
The fishery’s 2002 page for the Old Lake listed “an abundance of roach, rudd, perch, crucian carp, chub, pike and zander”, with roach and rudd to 3 lb and perch to 4 lb [Archive, 29 January 2002]. Its overview page put roach, rudd and perch at “3lb-plus” [Archive, 24 March 2002].
Milton had “large shoals of Roach and Golden Rudd, which run to 2lb-plus” [Archive, 24 March 2002].
Bags and match records
Bags over 200 lb were “not uncommon” on the Old Lake in spring and summer. In early 2002 the three-hour match record stood at 78 lb and the six-hour record at 137 lb [Archive, 29 January 2002].
On Milton, match nets over 70 lb were “a normal occurrence”, and in winter, when bloodworm was often permitted, silver-fish bags to 40 lb were recorded [Archive, 31 January 2002]. How these bags were built is in waggler and feeder.
From the old site
Restored original pages
- Old Bury Hill Lake page (2002)/BuryHill.htm
- Milton Lake page (2002)/Milton.htm
- The Fishery page (2002)/fishery.htm
These pages are restored at their original addresses. See the full index of restored pages.
Also at Bury Hill
Other 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.
Questions
Frequently asked
What were the match records at Old Bury Hill?
In early 2002, 78 lb for three hours and 137 lb for six hours.
How big were the roach and perch at Bury Hill?
Roach and rudd to 3 lb and perch to 4 lb on the Old Lake, according to the fishery in 2002.