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Independent archive. This site is not affiliated with the former operator of Bury Hill Fisheries. The fishery is permanently closed; no bookings, tickets or memberships are offered or processed here. Content is gathered from public historical sources and reader contributions. Read the Closure Record

Method notes · Overview

How Bury Hill was fished

Waggler and feeder for the bags, punts for the far corners, and a winter predator season on an ice-free lake. Everything here comes from what the fishery and its anglers wrote at the time.

Swim map · Old Bury Hill

The Old Lake, as described

The named swims and features of Old Bury Hill Lake, placed on an illustrated plan. Tap a name for the page that covers it. The 75 platforms lay between beds of lilies and irises all the way round [Archive, 29 January 2002].

Illustrated swim map of Old Bury Hill LakeA schematic drawing, not a survey, showing the Long Bank along the south side with peg 42, the Island Bank to the north with three aeration inlets, the wooded island, the reedy jungle at the west end and the boathouse to the east.STREAM FROM THE WEIR123456ILLUSTRATION, NOT A SURVEY · POSITIONS APPROXIMATEN
  1. 1Long BankLily beds along its length; float fishing with Ewos pellet paste for carp.
  2. 2Peg 42Steven Grant’s 30 lb 8 oz mirror, May 2001, about ten feet from the lilies.
  3. 3Island BankThree aeration inlets where the pumped water returned via a weir and stream.
  4. 4The islandWooded island; casting to it was a standard carp approach.
  5. 5The jungleRemote reedy water reached by boat; crucians on bread flake, the 500 lb haul of May 2000.
  6. 6BoathouseShop, café and the punts.

Drawn by the archive from the fishery’s own written descriptions. The original 2002 fishery map was an image that did not survive; its page is restored as a placeholder. Which side of the lake each bank lay on is a reasonable guess, not a measurement.

Method notes

Read about each method

Method note 01 · Waggler & Feeder

Waggler and feeder

The traditional Old Lake methods: 200 lb bags, the 137 lb match record and the flow from the aerators.

Method note 02 · Boat Fishing

Boat fishing

Punts for one to three anglers, the jungle, and the 500 lb haul of May 2000.

Method note 03 · Predator Season

Predator season

The 1 October to 31 March season, bank and boat, and the ice-free flow.

For the fish these methods were aimed at, see Fish.

Questions

Frequently asked

How was Old Bury Hill Lake fished?

The fishery called it “traditionally a waggler and feeder water”, though all methods worked. Punts gave access to remote areas, and the predator season ran from 1 October to 31 March.

Is the swim map accurate?

It is an illustration drawn from the fishery’s written descriptions, not a survey. Positions are approximate. The original fishery map was an image that did not survive.