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Rushcombe Lake.....

Rushcombe lake is named after the field in which it is located.  It's 650 yards long, with each swim having 10 yards of water to the far bank. It’s 4 feet deep, with a 2 foot feature shelf on the far bank, running the length of the lake. Access to the large island is via a footbridge.  Purpose-built swims have been installed to provide sturdy platforms to fish from.

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Stocking took place on Thursday 29th May 2003 when Will Glennon from the BBC local news was here to record the event and to take film of us putting in our 28,000 carp.  We had our two minutes of fame when Will kindly broadcast the feature on the local evening news.  Our technical abilities on the website don't quite stretch to be able to show you the video but you can click here to view a photographic record of the event.  Big thanks go to Nigel Allen who kindly took these superb shots for us.  

The lake was officially opened on 19th October 2003 and now, in its fifth year, is going from strength to strength.   For pleasure fishing go as light as you can and you will get a fish a chuck - see latest fishing report.

In May 2007, Paul Worrell, from Stevenage took a record breaking 122lb bag on Rushcombe Lake,  whilst on holiday in our cottages and e-mailed us with the full details.  Paul fished on the pole all day. He started off fishing on the inside margin with 6mm pellet on the hook and feeding 4mm pellet. Later on in the day the fish came up in the water so he fished 6mm pellet on the hook but as he was missing too many bites, he changed to 6mm cubes of meat and fed 4mm cube of meat lightly over the top.  He ended up with 406 fish weighing 122lb!

Geoff Winder, another of our regular holiday-makers from Leicester, e-mailed us to say that, despite the dreadful weather they experienced while they were here on holiday in June, they were amazed at the amount of fish they caught.  The lads held a mini-match, fishing Rushcombe for the first time.   65lb won it, 39lb was the bottom weight.

Not satisfied with 122lb, Paul Worrell returned here on holiday in August 2007 and smashed his own record on this lake!  He took a fantastic 137lb from peg 6.  He used an 18 hook, 1.5lb line out in open water with small cubes of plain luncheon meat on the hook. 

This is Roger Inglis, a Nailsea salesman with just over 300 fish that he caught in just over 3 hours in November 2004 in bright sunlight and a fresh north wind.  He had 27lb of fish overall going to 8oz - a mixture of mirrors and commons.  Roger fished on the island with a pole, size 16 hook, 2lb line, light elastic, maggot over maggots in open water.  He returned the next day with his daughter, Kelly who, not to be outdone by her Dad, had this lovely netful of fish on her first day fishing on her own.  Well done Kelly!

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