Local Fishing (Lakes Rivers Canals)

Fishing Bristol

please see the links below for places to fish.

 Fishing Tackle    Fish-Finders

Matt Hayes Lake Escapes

John Wilson - Float Fishing

BOB NUDD - GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL POLE FISHING

Rex Hunt - New Zealand And Albany

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.

Bristol City Docks Bristol Tel: 0117 926790   Chew Valley Lake Bristol Tel: 01275 2339  

Emborough Pond Ston Easton, Midsomer North, South Bristol Tel: 01225 466325  

Fishponds Lido Alcove Road, Fishponds, Bristol Alcove Angling, Mr K Davies 07941638680  

St. George's Park Bristol. Tel: 0117 9517250

LANDING PIKE When it comes to landing pike, a large, knotless landing net with arms of at least 36 inches should be used. Ensure that the mesh of the net is well sunk before drawing the pike over it and lifting the net sufficiently to retain the pike.

Holding the net as shown in the photograph will take the strain from the frame of the net, and allow you to carry net, rod and fish safely together to the prearranged unhooking area. If neccessary, gather up the mesh to raise the pike further from the ground.

If fishing with a friend you can keep the pike in the water in the landing net while they ready the unhooking equipment.

Never lay pike down on hard or rough surfaces, always use an area of soft grass or better still a well padded unhooking mat.

When lure fishing many experienced pike anglers prefer to land their pike by hand. This is a method best used on small fish, and only when hooks are clearly visible and avoided. At all other times a net is to be prefered.

Fishing Bristol

Freshwater Fishing - Trout Secrets

When do you know it’s time to change flies?
Palmerton: For nymph fishing, the biggest variables are depth and presentation. I’ll tinker with both of those things before I switch patterns.
Gunn: I try to stick to a proven pattern and not randomly switch flies. That said, I’m always open to trying a new pattern that a customer might have in his box.
Whitley: After six good drifts over fish I can see, I change. With dry flies, I’ll drop down in size before I switch the pattern altogether.

Fishing Bristol

Humminbird fishfinder 565

Lead the pack with the new Fishfinder 565 featuring outstanding high contrast display technology with up to 640V pixel resolution to deliver clearly better images.

Clear edge inverse grayscale delivers crisp, razor sharp images not only of fish, but also structures and bottom features.

Wide dual beam sonar delivers better bottom definition using a precise 20 degree beam and fish detection with a wide 60 degree beam.

Accelerated real time sonar operates at up to 40 times per second so you'll see all the action under the boat instantly.

Fishing Bristol

Bristol city centre

Arno's Vale

Ashley Down

Ashton Vale

Avonmouth

Baptist Mills

Barrs Court

Bedminster

Bishopston

Bishopsworth

Blaise Hamlet

Botany Bay

Bower Ashton

Brentry

Brislington

Broadmead

Broomhill

Burchells Green

Cabot

Canons Marsh

Catbrain

Chesterfield Park

Clay Hill

Clifton

Combe Dingle

Cotham

Crew's Hole

Crofts End

Downend

Eastville

Easton

Emersons Green

Filton

Filwood Park

Fishponds

Frenchay

Golden Hill

Hartcliffe

Henbury

Hengrove

Henleaze

Hillfields

Horfield

Hotwells

Kensington Park

Kingsdown

Kingswood

Knowle

Knowle West

Lawrence Weston

Lockleaze

Longwell Green

Mayfield Park

Montpelier

Newtown

North Common

Oldland Common

Patchway

Redland

Ridgeway

Rose Green

Sea Mills

Shirehampton

Sneyd Park

Southmead

Southville

Speedwell

St Andrews

St Annes

St George

St Pauls

St Phillips Marsh

St Werburghs

Staple Hill

Stapleton

Stockwood

Stoke Bishop

Totterdown

Two Mile Hill

Upper Knowle

Victoria Park

Warmley

Westbury on Trym

Whitchurch

Whitehall

Whiteway

Wick

Willsbridge

Windmill Hill

Withywood

Fishing Bristol

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