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Fishing Bedfordshire

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There are so many wonderful lakes and rivers to fish in the UK, here at Fishing Heaven we are committed to increasing our local listings of places to fish.  Please come back as we add new rivers, lakes and canals.  If fishing is the love of YOUR life and you would like to share your favourite fishing spots, please email us and give us your views.  Also try our Fishing Holidays and Fishing DVD sections.   Good luck with your fishing.

Places to Fish in your Area

If you know of any good places to fish, rivers, canals, lakes, please let us know.

Airman Pit (Shefford, Bedfordshire) 01462 812323
Ampthill Reservoir (Ampthill, Bedfordshire) 01525 405984
Arlesey Pit (Arlesey, Bedfordshire) 01462 733713 or 01462 731709
Beckerings Park Farm Reservoir (Steppingly, nr Flitwick, Bedfordshire) 01582 28114
Beeston Waters (River Ivel, Sandy, Bedfordshire) 01767 314902
Blunham L-Shaped Lake (Blunham, nr Sandy, Bedfordshire) 01230 23959
Blunham Pits (Blunham, Bedfordshire) 01903 622007 or 01582 410277
Briarwood Fishery (Harlington, nr Ampthill, Bedfordshire) 01525 872201
Brogborough No.1 Pit (Brogborough, Bedfordshire) 01525 876993 or 01525 405385 or 01525 713626
Broom Lake (nr Shefford & Sandy, Bedfordshire) 01462 812323
Browning Tingrith (Toddington, Bedfordshire) 01525 714012
Chestnut Pool Fishery (Biggleswade, Bedfordshire) 01462 701865
Elstow No 2 Pit (Elstow, Bedfordshire) 01908 645135 or 01908 647320
Elstow Pits (Elstow, Bedfordshire) 01908 607577 or 01908 645135
Felmersham Gravel Pits (Felmersham, Bedfordshire) 01582 28114
Fingers Lake (Bedfordshire) 01234 211182
Green Lagoon (Arlesey, Bedfordshire) 01438 355300
Harrold-Odell Country Park (Harrold, Bedfordshire) 01933 55696
Heron Lake Carp Fishery (Wyboston, Bedfordshire) 01480 213664 or 0802 902215
Houghton Regis Quarry (Dunstable, Bedfordshire) 01582 472067
Ivel Valley Fishery (Broom, Bedfordshire) 01462 638046
Jones's Pit (Dunstable, Bedfordshire) 01932 87642
Lakeside Trout Fishery (Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire) 01296 682201
Ledburn Road Pits (Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire) 01276 453300
Little Heath Trout Fishery (Sandy, Bedfordshire) 01767 650301
Manor Farm Fisheries (Lower Caldecote, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire) 01767 313802
Marston Pit (Marston, Bedfordshire) 01525 876993
Medbury Lane (Elstow, Bedfordshire) 01234 857244 or 07971 950047
North House Lake (Wyboston, Bedfordshire) 01582 728114
Offord's Weir (Bedfordshire) TBA
Priory Lake (Bedfordshire) 01234 211182
Rackley Hills (Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire) 01582 696759
Radwell Complex (Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire) 01582 453542
River Ivel (Beeston Waters, Sandy, Bedfordshire) 01767 314902
River Ivel (Manor Farm, Lower Caldecote, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire) 01767 313802
River Ouse (Blunham, Bedfordshire) 01819 595919
South Lagoon (Wyboston Pits, Bedfordshire) 01582 728114
South Lagoon complex (Wyboston, Bedfordshire) 01582 728114
Stanford Pit (Stanford, nr Shefford, Bedfordshire) 01462 812323
Summerfields Fishery (Haynes, Bedfordshire) 0374 460987
Tiddenfoot (Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire) 01582 696759
Tingrith Fishery (Tingrith, Bedfordshire) 01525 2714012
Water End Fishery (Maulden, nr Ampthill, Bedfordshire) 01525 403310 or 07850 406866
Wilden Reservoir (Wilden, Bedfordshire) 01480 219706
Willington Lake (Great Barford, Bedfordshire) 01462 812323
Woburn Sands (Woburn Sands Village, Woburn, Bedfordshire) 01582 419489
Woburn Sands Syndicate (Woburn Sands, Bedfordshire) 01908 645135

UNHOOKING PIKE With your pike safely in the net and carried ashore, place it on a large, padded unhooking mat. Look to see where your hooks are before proceeding to handle the fish. Insert one or two fingers under a gill plate, keeping them well away from any hooks. You might like to wear a gardening glove on the hand you do this with. Lift the pike's head carefully and its mouth will usually open. Maintain this hold while you use a pair of 10-12 inch artery forceps to grip and remove the hooks - top hook first, then the lower. It is now that you will appreciate the use of semi-barbed hooks. If the hooks are in deeper near the throat, insert the forceps through the gaps in the gills below your 'holding-hand'. Please do this with great care and preferably under instruction if for the first time.

When fishing with lures, which tend to have bigger and thicker-wired hooks fitted, you will benefit from the use of pliers as opposed to forceps. Always carry a strong pair of side-cutters in case you need to cut through the hooks to aid unhooking.

When you are a lot more experienced you may want to unhook pike in the water, thus minimising contact. Despite the awesome look of all those sharp teeth, the pike will not purposely bite you. Don't be frightened, treat the pike with respect and confidence. If the fish is small, you may find it easier to lift the pike to unhook it, as shown on the left. If the fish is bigger, then it is easier to unhook the fish by kneeling astride it, as on the right.

If the hooks are difficult to get out, do not cut the trace, unclip it. Put the pike in the landing net and into the water. Then seek help from another pike angler, do not feel embarrassed, we have all been there. More information for dealing with this situation can also be found on the next page.

Fishing Bedfordshire

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Fishing Bedfordshire

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Fishing Bedfordshire

Fishing Bedfordshire

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