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Places to Fish in your Area

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

Ashmire Carp Syndicate (Earith, Cambridgeshire) 01487 740943

Barnwell Lake (Cambridgeshire) 01223 420308

Barway Lake (Barway, Cambridgeshire) 01353 720052

Block Fen (Mepal, Cambridgeshire) 01223 244842

Burwell Lode (Burwell to Upware, Cambridgeshire) 01223 234616

Cawcutt's Lake (Impington, Cambridgeshire) 01223 575279

Chesterford Fisheries (Great Chesterford, Cambridgeshire) 01787 277468

Clearwaters Coarse Fishery (Earith, Cambridgeshire) 01582 853307

Cock Bank Drain (nr Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 01733 565159

Cock Barn Drain (Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire) 01733 203162

Corby Boating Lake (Corby, Cambridgeshire) 01536 402551

Crowland Angling Club Lakes (Welland Bank, Crowland, Cambridgeshire) 01733 210618

Decoy Lakes (Eastrea, Cambridgeshire) 01733 202230 or 01733 203428

East Delph Lakes (Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire) 01733 202140

Eldernell (Coates, Cambridgeshire) 01733 840077

Fen Drayton Complex (Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire) 01223 872021 or 01954 303345

Fenland Fishery (Earith, Cambridgeshire) 01487 841858

Ferry Meadows (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 01733 67952

Fields End Bridge and Standground Blackwater (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 01733 565159

Fourways Fishing Club (Baston, Cambridgeshire) 01406 380473 or 01406 380557

Gerards Carp Lake (Maxey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 01945 780309

Gingerbread Lake and Drift (St. Neots, Cambridgeshire) 01767 314902

Glassmoor Bank (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 01733 565159

Grafham Water (Grafham, Cambridgeshire) 01480 326638

Great Ouse (Brandon Creek, Cambridgeshire) 01233 234616

Great Ouse (Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire) 01480 453303

Gunwade Lake (Ferry Meadows Country Park, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 01733 701982

Hen Brook (St. Neots, Cambridgeshire) 01480 386088

High Flyer Lake (Ely, Cambridgeshire) 01353 720141

Hinchingbrooke Country Park (Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire) 01480 450039

Hinderclay Lakes (Wisbech, Cambridgeshire) 01945 774088

Holm Fen (Earith, Cambridgeshire) 01354 692026

Holme Fen Fishing (Earith, nr Chatteris, Cambridgeshire) 01354 695559

Impington Lake (Histon, Cambridgeshire) 01223 365987

Kingsland Reservoirs (Turves, Cambridgeshire) 01733 840312

Lakeside (Walsoken, Cambridgeshire) 01945 584435

Lakeside Fishery (Fenstanton, Cambridgeshire) 01480 453303

Launde Abbey Lakes (nr Rutland Water, Cambridgeshire) 01527 286202

Lees Brook (Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire) 01480 453303

Little Ouse (Little Ouse Village, Cambridgeshire) 01553 671545

Little Paxton Fishery (St.Neots, Cambridgeshire) 01480 212059

Magpie Lake (Landbeach, Cambridgeshire) 01223 862951

Maley Gravel Pits (Maxey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 01778 346355

Milton Country Park (Milton, Cambridgeshire) 01954 260365

Nene Park (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 01733 67952

North Bank Trout Fishery (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 01733 203998

North House Lake (Wyboston, Cambridgeshire) 01582 453542 or 01582 28114

North Level Main Drain (Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire) 01945 463913

Northey Park Fishery (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 01733 558329

Old Nene March (March, Cambridgeshire) 01354 658747

Old West River (Cottenham, Cambridgeshire) 01223 234616

Old West River (Stretham, Cambridgeshire) 01223 426711

Peacock Lake (Cottenham, Cambridgeshire) 01223 426711

Pisces Caravan Park & Fishery (Welney, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire) 01354 610257

Railway Lakes (Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire) 01733 203428

Raveley Drain (Ramsey St Mary, Cambridgeshire) 01733 565159

River Cam (A14 Bridge to Clayhithe, Cambridgeshire) 01223 234616

River Cam (Baitsbite Lock, Milton, Cambridgeshire) 01223 234616

River Lark (Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire) 01223 234616

River Nene (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 01733 571676

Roswell Pits (Ely, Cambridgeshire) 01353 667132 or 0410 859133

Sibson Fisheries (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 01780 782621

Sportsman's Pit (Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire) 01223 234616

St.Ives Complex (St.Ives, Cambridgeshire) 01480 86444 or 01480 212815

Stretham Basin (Stretham, Cambridgeshire) 01223 426711

The Hundred Foot Drain (Sutton Gault, Cambridgeshire) 01223 300216

Townsend Fishing Lakes (Wisbech, Cambridgeshire) 01945 774008

Turk’s Head Lake (Smithy Fen, Cottenham, Cambridgeshire) 01954 250687

Twenty Foot Drain (March, Cambridgeshire) 01354 658747

Welney (Old Bedford River & River Delph) (Welney, Cambridgeshire) 01354 610247

Willowbrook Farm (Maxey, Cambridgeshire) 01778 343215

Woburn Close Lake (Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire) 01480 62623

Woolpack (Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire) 01480 563303

Yarwell Mill (Wansford, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) 01780 221860

COPING WITH DEEP HOOKED PIKE Despite your best efforts you might still occasionally hook a pike further back than you would like, you might find yourself fishing near someone who has deep hooked a pike and needs assistance, or you might land a pike which has someone else's lost trace down its throat. Even when hooks are out of sight the pike can generally be unhooked safely provided you take care and follow the guidelines outlined here.

On some occasions the act of pulling on the trace will result in the bait (which is almost always still attached to the hooks when a pike has swallowed it) simply popping out of the pike's throat - hooks and all. This is not always the case, but in any event if you can see the bait it is always a good idea to grip it with a pair of strong forceps and try to pull it out before starting to remove the hooks. Getting the bait out of the way makes it much easier to see what you are doing when operating on the hooks.

When there are two of you one opens the pike's mouth as described on the previous page while the other pulls the trace using any line attached, or if necessary gripping the swivel with another pair of forceps. The pull should be firm and sustained until the pike's stomach starts to emerge into the throat. Once the first hook on the trace becomes visible - working with the forceps either down the throat, or very carefully through the gills - it can be inverted and un-hooked. If necessary, bits can be cut off the hook in order to remove it with minimum damage to the fish. Carry on using exactly the same approach with the second hook - assuming that it is a standard snap tackle. Once the hooks are removed the stomach will normally retract itself.

If the problem trace is not yours it is unlikely you'll have a clue where the hooks are if none are visible but you should still try the above procedure. If the trace has already been cut pull the cut end with forceps. If this is not possible, cut and remove as much of the hooks/trace as you can and release the fish. It is reasonable to conclude that hooks left in a pike will eventually disintegrate by a combination of digestion and rusting (assuming that stainless steel hooks have not been used and for this reason they should not be). Whenever possible attempts should be made to remove any and all hooks.

Should you be fishing alone, pull the line or braid with your teeth to raise the hooks up. If there is no line attached to the trace then a piece of leather, or a pad of other material, can be attached to the swivel by means of something resembling a paper clip and this again pulled using your teeth. Be ready for any sudden movement of the fish though!

Do not forget that you are dealing with a living creature and time is of the essence. It may even pay to interrupt proceedings by putting the pike in the margins to re-charge it's batteries before continuing. The fish should not be out of the water for longer than two or three minutes at a stretch.

To summarise, the best way to avoid deephooking pike is to use good bite detection, to pay attention to it and to strike as soon as you can. Placing the hooks towards the rear of the bait will further reduce the chances of a pike swallowing them. The use of barbless or semi-barbless hooks will make unhooking much easier should this happen. However, barbless hooks should not be used as an excuse for leaving pike to swallow baits. You might also like to consider using double hooks rather than trebles, especially when fishing with deadbaits. Always carry adequate unhooking gear - two pairs of forceps and a pair of wire cutters. Try wherever possible to remove all hooks - but don't over stress the fish in the process.

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Humminbird piranha max 10 fishfinder

Fish on the go with the Piranha MAX 10 Portable fish finder.

This portable version is ultra compact, can be used anywhere, is completely self-contained and operates on 8 AA Alkaline batteries (not supplied).

The Piranha max 10 portable fish finder features

- self contained carry case with ergonomic

handle, transducer cable wrap and non-skid bottom

- operates on 8 AA Alkaline batteries

- suction cup transducer mounts on most smooth surface wood, fibreglass and aluminium hulls

- high definition 160V x 132H LCD display for a sharper image

- true 4-level grayscale gives an improved image of the bottom, fish and underwater structures

Fishing Cambridgeshire

Fishing Cambridgeshire

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