To ensure Hobby Lake remains in perfect condition throughout the year, the Game Fishing Centre team has been busy carrying out essential venue maintenance throughout the winter, despite the storms and adverse conditions! One of the more recent tasks has been to introduce netlon ‘sausages‘ of barley straw into the water, which will slowly begin … Continue reading Hobby Lake Update
A HUGE thank you to everyone who, ducked out of the Christmas shopping, braved the weather and took part in our annual Fur and Feather competition last weekend. The driving rain was a bit of a challenge early on but when it eased the fish really started to feed and it was an enjoyable day! … Continue reading The 2019 Fur and Feather Competition
2020 FUR AND FEATHER Our annual fur and feather match takes place on Haywards Farm Lake on Saturday 14th December, with a range of great prizes up for grabs. Tickets cost £45 pp and include bacon rolls and hot drinks on arrival, fishing between 10am – 3pm, followed by the prize giving. Call us on … Continue reading Fur and Feather Match
Christmas came early for Peter Martin today when he netted a green tagged fish in Haywards Farm Lake, collecting himself a nice payout of £250. Peter hooked the 9lb rainbow on a green chartreuse snake, fishing from one of the lake‘s boats. Peter is pictured below, with Sportfish team member, Nick Clewlow, handing over the … Continue reading A Prize Rainbow for Peter
The cooler months always produce the very best of the fishing at the Sportfish Game Fishing Centre and we are already off to a flyer with a really positive start to the winter season on Haywards Farm Lake, even those fishers who braved the torrential rain storms on opening day, Tuesday 1st October, were rewarded … Continue reading A Great Start to our Winter Season
We are continuing to monitor the water temperature on Haywards Farm Lake and, all being well, will be restocking at the end of September and reopening for fishing on Tuesday 1st October. Although please note, we will be closed for a private event on Saturday 19th October. Please do check this website and our social … Continue reading Fishery Reopening due 1st October
The weekend of 27th and 28th July will be the last two days of fishing on Haywards Farm Lake before we close the fishery for summer. To remove as many fish as possible ahead of the closure we will be holding an ‘any method‘ weekend with tickets available on a first come, first served basis … Continue reading ‘Any Method‘ Weekend to End the Season on Haywards Farm Lake
With the summer water temperature now beginning to creep ever higher, we are temporarily removing our catch and release facility to relieve stress on the return of captured fish in the warm water, all fish caught must now be killed. As a consequence we are also reducing the price of all tickets by £5 on … Continue reading Summer Catch and Release Changes
After a busy couple of weeks with lots of beginners and youngsters catching their first trout we are closing Kingfisher Pond to allow the newly–planted grass a chance to recover. We hope to reopen during the week commencing 23rd June 2019, in plenty of time for the school holidays. If you would like to book … Continue reading Kingfisher Pond – Temporary Closure
More monsters were stocked into both Haywards Farm and Hobby Lakes today, with the arrival of several new double figure rainbow, blue and brown trout, the largest of which was estimated at around the 18lb mark! We were also delighted to introduce the first fish into our new Kingfisher Pond, a facility that has been … Continue reading More Monsters, and a Lot of Tiddlers…