OS Map Reference: | SU 83019 60950 | |
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Postcode: | GU46 7UU | |
Water Type: | Mature Gravel Pit | |
Designation: | Carp & Specimen Water | |
Size: | 7.5 acres | |
Maximum Depth: | TBA feet | |
Facilities: | Secure Car Parking | |
Contacts: |
Head Bailiff: Mr G Hellewel Deputy Bailiff: Mr S King Local Police: 101 |
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Stock: |
Common Carp to 38lb 4oz Mirror Carp to 32lb 0oz Pike to 16lbs Bream to 8lb + Tench to 9lb + |
The Nursery Lake is a mass of bars, snags, lily pads, tree roots and small islands covering approximately 7.5 acres with an average depth of 3 feet.
This venue is largely un-fished although it holds good stocks of mixed fish with a good head of large Carp to satisfy the specimen hunters among our members.
The stocks are generally made up of Roach, Perch, large Bream and the Carp, which all take the usual specimen/match type baits
Stocked with approximately 100 Common and Mirror Carp to 32lb 6oz, with the majority being Commons, but with both Commons up to 38lb + with specimen Bream & Tench and a good number of Perch & Roach as well as some Pike.
Works undertaken previously have included the removal of several large trees from the margins that has allowed more space for not only the anglers but the fish as well. Removing these large snag features has allowed more light in, so intensifying the potential for marginal features.
FAS foundations strengthened The Executive Committee have always looked at new waters that became available in our catchment area, and over the last few years …
Tight Lines on Sky Sports featured Farnham Angling Societies Ian Gray discussing the purchase of the Cemex Yateley Complex and the importance of this historic …
Carp fishing on this venue can be very rewarding with exceptional specimens falling to the obvious bottom tactics.
Use bottom tactics to present baits on the bars or in the silty gullies for best results, and margins can be well worth the effort if you are quiet!
Species | lbs:ozs:drms | kilo.grms | Date | Captor |
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No Records Caught From This Venue Yet! |
Just off Sandhurst Road, Yateley, Hampshire
From the M3, exit the M3 at Junction 4a, signposted, Farnborough. Bear left, following the signs toward Yateley / Reading. Proceed straight on for approximately two miles passing the Royal Engineers Gibraltar Barracks and shortly after the barracks turn right at the roundabout and go straight across at the next roundabout. Follow the road for approximately one mile through Cricket Hill into Yateley itself. Turn left at the roundabout at the end of the road on to the B3272 and, after 100 metres, turn right into Sandhurst Road.
Drive past Weybridge Mead on your left for 200m and on your right you will see the entrance to the East Complex, leading to Summer Pit, the River Blackwater, Match Lake, Copse Lake Nursery Lake.
The Nursery Lake is on the Southern edge of the Complex, cross the River Blackwater and either turn right around the Match Lake. You will find the Nursery Lake about halfway around the Match Lake on your right.
Please take particular care when entering and leaving the East Complex as the traffic can approach quickly from the right as you leave.
No parking on the Sandhurst Road / Yateley Road is permitted and anyone found to have parked on the verge will face disciplinary action. Please ensure that all gates are locked and secure before you leave the fishery.
Mr. Mick Borra
Membership Secretary
The FAS Membership Centre,
Gold Valley, Gold Lane,
Government Road,
Aldershot,
Hampshire, GU11 2PT
Tel: 07546 724317
The Secretary,
Farnham Angling Society,
PO Box 206,
Bordon GU35 5DW
Tel: 07826 851122
Email: honsecretary@farnhamanglingsociety.com
Ian Gray: 07826 851122
Trevor Hopkins: 07968 098441
We are pleased to say the Membership Centre is reopening for this season, and the
opening hours are as follows, but may be subject to change if Covid related social distancing measures are changed.
1st March – 31st August (Friday & Saturday): 10.00am – 4.00pm
1st September – 30th September (Saturdays only): 10.00am – 4.00pm
1st October – 28th February (First Saturday of the month): 10.00am – 4.00pm
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