Still Waters
Remember no live bait or leads on any National Trust waters…
Bank's Pond; Near Old Hutton,
Kendal. Day tickets from Carlsons Tackle,Kendal. Tel 01539735481.
Bassenthwaite Lake. Permits from Tourist Information at Cockermouth.
Baystone Bank Reservoir, Millom. Day tickets from Haverigg PO
Fly fishing only.
Bigland Hall Trout Fishery. Newby Bridge.Day permits from Bigland
Hall Estates Te.01539531728
Blelham Tarn, Hawkeshead Some day permits from Go Fishing, Ambleside
www.sodo.freeserve.co.uk
Blencarn Lake,East of PenrithTel.0176888284
Brotherswater west shore, Patterdale National Trust Tel.01539435599
Buttermere & Crummock; Day permits from Dalegarth farm, Buttermere.
Cleabarrow Tarn, Permits from Bowness on Windermere tourist information.
Cogra Moss, Lamplugh Day permits from Inglenook Caravn site.
Coniston, Tackle shop at Tilberthwaite Avenue, Coniston.
Derwentwater, Eastern side of lake, permits from Field and Stream,
Main Street, Keswick.
Devoke Water, Day permits Waberthwaite PO.
Drunken Duck Tarn, Tickets fron Drunken Duck.
Dubbs Trout Fishery, Troutbeck Day permits from Ings service station.
Easdale Tarn, Details from National Trust Tel 01539435599
Eller Beck Fishery Tel. 01900825268
Ennerdale.Permits Wath BrowPO.
Esthwaite Water, Hawkeshead Details see www.hawkshead.demon.co.uk
Ghyll Head Fishery, Bowness.www.lakesdistrictfishing.net
Gilcrux fishery Tel. 01697322488
Grasmere Day permits from Grasmere tourist information
Hallmore fly fishery Minthorpe Tel 07736799357
Hayeswater reservoir, Kirkstone Permits Glenridding tourist information
High Arnside Tarn, Coniston www.sodo.freeserve.co.uk
High Newton Fishery, Newby Bridge www.lakesdistrictfishing.net
Lake Windermere; Free, but banks mainly private.
Longlands Lake, Cleator Permit from Wath Brow PO(see details below
*)
Loughrigg Tarn, Ambleside Permits from Tran Foot Farm
Loweswater. Permits from Water Edge Farm.
Meadley Reservoir, Cleator Fly only. Permits Wath Brow PO.
Moss Eccles Tran, Hawkshead Permits from Tower Bank Arms, Near
Sawrey
Rydal Water, Tourist Information for permit.
School Knott Tarn, Windermere www.lakedistrictfishing.co.uk
Thirlmere Bait restrictions
Ullswater No spinning or bait until June 16.
Watendlath Tarn above Borrowdale Fly only Tel 01768777293
Yew Tree Tarn, Coniston, Day permits tourist Information and Sun
Inn Coniston.
*Longlands
lake previously know as Brokenlands, was rented from by Wathbrow
and Ennerdale Anglers association, fishing for wild brown trout
and eel's.
The lake was then stocked with rainbow trout and brown trout some
time in the 1980's, the lake is now also stocked with Blue trout,
The trout range from 1 ¼ LB to 9 LB, and are stocked once
a month with the record trout caught so far being a 11 ¼
LB Rainbow grown on due to the high proportion of natural feed
in the lake. The fishery is run on a non profit making basis all
of the profit from the permit sales are put back as fish into
the lake.
The Disabled fishing platform which was recently erected on the
lake was kindly funded by the Environment Agency with help from
Mothersill Engineering and Eskett quarries providing tools and
stone. The platform is wheelchair friendly with access from the
car park to the lake.
A license and permit are required to fish the lake, permits are
available from Farrens shop Cleator, Udales News agents Cleator
Moor and Wathbrow post office where advice and tackle are available
from the Club secretary Mr Jimmy O' Neil telephone No 01946-810377.
Any other advice about Disabled fishing in the area is also available
from Jo Radcliff of the Environment Agency at Penrith on telephone
No 01768-215874.
Rivers
BlackBeck, Day tickets from Haverigg PO
River Annas. Day tickets Haverigg PO. Close season 1/10 to 30/4
River Brathay. Tickets from local tackle shops See www.lakedistrictfishing.net
River Caldew. Day permits Tel.
01228710165
River Cocker. Day permits from Cleelands Furnishings, Main Street
Cockermouth or Tourist Information Office.
Dacre Beck near Penrith. Tickets from Sykes Sports Shop, Penrith
or Pooley Bridge PO.
River Derwent: Keswick Day permits from Field and Stream, Main
Street Keswick; Derwent below Cockermouth Day permits from Castle
fisheries Tel 01900 826320; In Cockermouth town permits available
to staying guests, permits from tourist information.
River Duddon. Day tickets from Haverigg PO.
River Eamont Fly fishing for trout only from Pooley Bridge to
Riover Eden. Permits from Sykes Sports Shop, Pooley Bridge PO
Tel. 0176888294. Also at Bolton day tickets from Pgney's, Appleby
Tel. 017683 51240. For salmon fisheries contact Fill Kilvington
solcitors Tel. 017683 71495. Corase fishing on the Eden at Warwick
Hall Tel 01228 562249. River Ehen Permits Wath Brow PO Tel. 01946
810377. River Esk, Day Tickets from Holmrook garage. River Greta
(Keswick) See Field and Stream, Main Street, keswick.Haweswater
Beck. Details from Penrith Angling Assiciuaition Tel. 0176888294.
River irt (lower) contact Holmrook Garage. Irt (Upper) Gosforth
Angling Club Tel. 019467 25367. River Kent (lower) Contact Jolly
Angler's Inn at Burnside. For Kent at Staveley, contact Staveley
Angling Assoc Tel. 01539 821673. River Rothay See local Tourist
Information offices in Ambleside.
Rare fish. The Char feature
as a rare species present in Ennerdale Water. Even rarer are the
Vendace. Bassenthwaite is a designated Site of Special Scientific
Interest and National Nature Reserve and it is home to the vendace
which is one of the UKs rarest fish and feeds primarily on free-swimming
organisms such as water fleas. It is protected under the Wildlife
and Countryside Act (1981). But increasing amounts of sediment
are finding their way into the water hampering the breeding of
the vendace. There are only two populations of vendace in the
country -at Bassenthwaite and Derwent Water.There used to be two
populations in Scotland but both have been
reported extinct since1951.
In October 2005 anglers were alerted to an infestation of crayfish
in Cumbrian rivers has been called a “devastating blow”
to fish and plantlife. Environmental officers warn that the non-native
species, signal crayfish, poses a serious threat to salmon spawning
after they were spotted on the River Derwent near Penrith. They
could also damage the native, white-clawed crayfish population,
through competition and spreading crayfish plague. The adjacent
Eden catchment supports one of Europe’s best white-clawed
crayfish populations and the Environment Agency is extremely concerned
about the risk. The Agency are urging anyone who thinks they have
seen a crayfish in any tributaries of the River Derwent to contact
us on 0870 850 8082.
In November 2005 Under-threat fish which can be traced back to
the Ice Age are to be airlifted to a new home by an RAF helicopter.
Around 200 vendace will be winched from Derwentwater and
moved to nearby Sprinkling Tarn in the Borrowdale Valley in the
Lake District. The move was prompted by fears that poor water
quality and pollution could wipe out the endangered white fish.
During the rescue mission on 1 December the fish will be caught
in nets and placed in oxygenated tanks. Large canvas bags, normally
used to airlift rocks and materials for high Lake District footpath
repairs, will hold the tanks as they are taken on their seven-mile
journey. Environment Agency fisheries technical team leader Keith
Kendall said: "Derwentwater has a population of around 15,000
vendace and will not miss the 200 we are hoping to move. "We
looked at three tarns, but went for Sprinkling because not only
is it one of the closest to Derwentwater, but has the best environmental
conditions for vendace."
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