The area around Penrith is not blessed with many coarse fisheries which means that Whins Pond is a very popular venue for pleasure, match and specimen hunter alike. The fishery comprises a large scenic lake split into two sections by a net. The coarse section covers about 8 acres and has 30 pegs and is ….  Read More

This is a natural seven acre tarn just a few miles south of Keswick. Your route to the fishery takes you over Ashness Bridge – the view from here adorns a million fridge magnets and suggests that during the peak holiday season solitude is unlikely. Nevertheless anglers can nearly always find a quiet corner of ….  Read More

Thirlmere is a large and very scenic lake alongside the A591 between Grasmere and Keswick. Helvellyn towers over the eastern shore while to the west conifer plantations dominate the fells. Thirlmere is a water supply reservoir providing Manchester with much of its supplies – with the result that water levels can drop dramatically over a ….  Read More

Thirlmere Thirlmere is a large and very scenic lake alongside the A591 between Grasmere and Keswick. Helvellyn towers over the eastern shore while to the west conifer plantations dominate the fells. Thirlmere is a water supply reservoir providing Manchester with much of its supplies – with the result that water levels can drop dramatically over ….  Read More

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This is a large tarn – made even larger by Barrow Corporation who built the dam to create a new water supply for the town. Despite it’s artificial appearance it is still a fine water with an air of wild grandeur. Seathwaite Tarn covers 66 acres and lies at 1200ft on the west facing slopes ….  Read More

This is a remote, rarely visited tarn that lies in the western fells above Wasdale. At almost 2,000 above sea level it will be well into June before the fishing gets going but by then the small, beautifully marked trout that inhabit this water should be keen and willing. It will have been at least ….  Read More

These are three small, interlinked ponds on the outskirts of Ulverston that provide mainly carp fishing although some good Tench and plenty of roach are also present. The carp run to the mid teens with the odd larger fish approaching the twenty pound mark. The best of the fishing is from March through to October. ….  Read More