Norfolk Fishing Network 2004 - 2024 - Lincolnshire Fisheries

Fishery Name: Messingham Sands Fishery

Address: Butterwick Road, Messingham, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, DN17 3PN

Grid Reference: SE 87561 04291 Car Park Grid Ref: SE 87453 04273 or SE 87390 04168 and various other places around the Fishery

Sat Nav: DN17 3PN

Phone Numbers: 01724 763647

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Description: Welcome To Messingham Sands This is the North's premiere fishing venue. Covering an extensive 66 acres, the superb fishing is set in beautiful surroundings and caters for all types of angler from top flight match men to the dedicated club match angler, pleasure anglers of all abilities and specimen anglers alike who can target a variety of species, Please use this link to view the FISHERY LAYOUT The Fishery has been established for over 30 years. Our motto is Run by Anglers for Anglers and this is reflected in the quality of the fishing, the room between pegs (particularly on the match waters) and the sensible use of rules which both protect and encourage high standards throughout. The site includes two Syndicate Lakes catering for both specimen and all round anglers. Both can enjoy the relative seclusion offered by syndicate fishing.The Syndicate Lakes, known as The Old Match Lake and The Small Pond both offer excellent mixed fishing, containing good sized fish of a number of different species although the Carp fishing appears to be the attraction for the vast majority of members. Both lakes offer excellent all year round sport. Please visit the SYNDICATE LAKES section of this site to read more about these lakes. Our famous match lakes have been providing fantastic match weights for many years with anglers regularly achieving the 100lb barrier and with winning weights to 391lbs recorded. Our conservational efforts and no nonsense approach to providing a good days fishing for all can be seen in the quality of the fish stocks and the level of catches. Please visit the MATCH LAKES section of this site to read more about these lakes. Our three Day Ticket Waters are hugely popular throughout the whole region with anglers travelling many miles to sample the superb fishing on offer. The incredibly popular Oak Tree Lake has been producing huge catches to almost any bait for many seasons, with anglers enjoying all year round sport from a variety of species but in particular the large head of CarpThe North and South Day Ticket lakes offer something a little different for visiting anglers, containing many species of fish to specimen proportions. You can expect to catch something to remember when fishing on any one of these lakes. Please visit the DAY TICKET LAKES section to read more about these waters. Please ensure that you are aware of the fishery rules when fishing the lakes, Match and Pleasure Fishing rules may be subject to change so please check the FISHERY RULES section by using this link before visiting the fishery. Thank you.

Fish Species: Barbel Bitterling Bleak Bream Common Bream Silver Bullhead Carp Common Carp Crucian Carp F1 Carp Carp Ghost Carp Grass Carp Leather Carp Koi Carp Mirror Catfish Wels Chub Crayfish Dace Eel Goldfish Goldfish Brown Grayling Gudgeon Minnow Orfe/Ide Blue Orfe/Ide Golden Orfe/Ide Silver Perch Pike Pumpkin seed Roach Rudd Rudd Golden Ruffe Schelly Stickle back Stone Loach Sturgeon Tench Tench Golden Walleye Zander

Lake Rules: Day Ticket Fishery Rules Barbless hooks only, maximum size 10 No keep nets No night fishing (dawn till dusk only) No litter Bait restrictions : No cat or dog meat Only pellets (including feed and hook pellets) supplied by the fishery can be used on all Day Ticket waters, these pellets are available from the fishery office which is situated just past the Swan Pond. The new building houses toilets, a shop and a fish hatchery. Match Fishing Rules Barbless hooks only, maximum size 10 Maximum match duration 6 hours Anglers must not lift their keep nets from the water , fishery staff will be on hand at the end of your match to weigh all fish, this is to prevent damage to our fish stocks No litter Dead fish will not be weighed Bait restrictions : No cat or dog meat No floating baits, floating pole may be used providing the bait is a minimum of 12 inches below the surface Popped up baits may be used provided that the bait is without any doubt below the surface Only pellets (including feed and hook pellets) supplied by the fishery can be used on all Match Waters, these pellets are available from the fishery office which is situated just past the Swan Pond. Method bans : All methods can be used unless otherwise stated Exclusions are : No self hooking floats allowed, including Numpty, Bagging Wagglers, Controller, Bubble type floats, slow sinking feeders or any variations of the above All Wagglers must be of a standard bottom end only design with a maximum capacity of 12 grams including loading. Please note that the shotting capacity of the float must be visible (i.e. not painted over) and floats which say 12 + any other amount are too big. The maximum diameter of the visible portion of the waggler (i.e.that part which is above the surface) may not exceed 12mm in diameter. This rule is to prevent fishing matches from becoming one method only events as was the case in the past when large self hooking floats were allowed. This rule applies to all five match lakes TRIPP LAKE is classed as a float only venue, float only means with pole or running line only, no ledgering or feeder fishing, this rule only applies to TRIPP LAKE No dogs are allowed on any of our sites. Please help to preserve the abundance of wildlife on our fishery by taking all litter and line home, you may not be around to see the results of discarded line but we are ! Please do not stand behind anglers who are competing in matches. They have a limited time in which to try to make a winning catch and you may reduce their chances of doing so A separate set of rules apply to the syndicate lakes which are provided by the fishery upon membership acceptance Match Rule Change An Explanation Of Our Rules Many anglers may question the need for our rules and restrictions, some are designed to protect the fish from harm or damage such as the barbless hook rule or the restriction of keep net use, some are designed to protect our wildlife such as no litter and the restriction of dogs at the fishery, some are designed to make the fishing matches more even by limiting certain methods or preventing a method such as floating baits from disturbing other anglers swims, but probably the most contentious of all are the bait restrictions, please read our explanation below ! Bait restrictions and why they are present The effects of large quantities of indigestible material passing through a fish into the water really has to be seen to be believed. To give you an example of the effects of this we lost over 1000lbs of fish "yes 1000lbs of fish", in less than one hour due to the water deoxygenating. The reason for this was large quantities of cat food being introduced over a very short period with up to 20 tins per angler being used. The indigestible nature of this cat food caused a huge increase in bacterial activity as the ponds own natural clean up system burst into action. The result was that all of the oxygen in the pond became consumed by the bacteria which were eating the waste bait and a large fish kill followed The same effect can occur with high protein and high oil pellets. We have found that as anglers cannot guarantee and in some cases do not care about the quality and nature of the pellets they bring, we are obliged to restrict their use to those we can verify and have confidence in. We used to allow anglers to use their own hook pellets until we found certain individuals bringing two to three kilos of what they described as hook pellets but which they were actually feeding in during the matches. This left us with no alternative but to extend the pellet restrictions to cover hook baits as well. All of the Fishery Pellets are priced to encourage anglers not to break the Fishery Pellet only rule. We feel that it is in every angler's interest to protect the water quality and therefore the fish stocks, please help us to do so. Please note : We do check and enforce our rules so please adhere to them at all times !. We feel that these rules are in no way draconian and are in place to protect the fishery and fish stocks, they should not detract from your enjoyment during your stay at the fishery. If you are found to be breaking the rules then you will be asked to leave the fishery. If a match angler is found to be breaking the rules during their match then this is deemed to be cheating fellow competitors as well and a ban may follow. Please remember that the quality of the fishing that you enjoy is a result of good fishery management and the enforcement of these rules, we do understand that some may disagree but they are necessary to protect and preserve the future of your fishing. Thank You.

Facilities: The new Building houses Toilets, a Shop, a Fish Hatchery, and Parking.