Norfolk Fishing Network 2004 - 2024 - South Yorkshire Fisheries

Fishery Name: Lewden Spring Fishery - 40 pegs

Address: Station Road, Worsbrough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 4SZ

Grid Reference: Entrance Grid Ref: SE 36824 03532 Car Park Grid Ref: SE 36794 03520

Sat Nav: S70 4SZ

Phone Numbers: 01226 249174 or 07780 663822

Email Address:?

Description: It makes a change not to have to drive down a nasty track that is a test run for Land Rovers suspension, with this fishery it is straight off the road into a nice neat cinder filled car park which is nice and flat and leads straight onto the water. The lay out of the lake is quite usual with two islands to cast to, say around fifty feet from the bank, an easy cast for a small feeder but there are plenty of features in the margins with some beautiful lily pads and rushes. The depths vary from 7'6 at the car park end down to 3'6 in one of the pegs at the far end, but overall the depth is between 5 and 6 feet. This is a very nice friendly family fishery with Mr Nuttall (Senior) owning the land and Claire his Daughter in law actually running the place with help from her Father. Although it is a relatively new fishery open only a year, there is already a flourishing match scene here with most weekends seeing matches either on a Saturday or Sunday.

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

Rules: Fishing from dawn until dusk. As Claire says it is easier to say what is allowed rather than what is not so if it ain't on the list don't use it. You can use: Sweet Corn Carp Pellets Luncheon Meat Casters Maggots Ground Bait in Feeders and Pole Cups only Keepnets in Matches only Barbless Hooks.

Facilities: ? The most impressive thing about this fishery is the fact that how Disabled friendly this place is, the place is completely flat with good hard standing Pegs, neatly mown grass and a good distance between pegs, and then you have a CLEAN TIDY LOO with a ramp and room for wheelchair access.

Notes: So if you want to fish at the weekend it might be best to ring first although it sounds like it might be worth going as Claire also runs a snack bar for the punters convenience at the weekends. Another interesting quirk of which I quite approve is the fishery is shut every Tuesday to give the fish a day's break, and allow any maintenance to be carried out without disturbing the fish or the Anglers.