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Ardleigh Fishing Lakes (Ardleigh, Essex) 01473 833855

Ardleigh Reservoir (nr Colchester, Essex) 01206 230642

Basford Hill Fisheries (Chelmsford, Essex) 01245 357689

Berwick Ponds (Rainham, Essex) 0468 124462 or 0410 383397

Birds Green (Willingale, nr Ongar, Essex) 01277 899645

Blackmores Wood Fishery (Ingatestone, Essex) 01268 287798

Blasford Hill Fishery (Broomfield, Essex) 01245 357689

Bog Grove (Totham, Essex) 01621 854765

Boreham Lake (Boreham, Essex) 01932 564872

Bournebridge Lakes (Stapleford Abbotts, Essex) 01708 688279

Bovington Lakes (Hatfield, Essex) 01376 512255

Braxted Park Reservoir (Braxted, Essex) 01376 570401

Brentwood Angling (Brentwood, Essex) 01277 200985

Brickhouse Farm Fishery (Brentwood, Essex) 01277 21405 or 07759 875376

Broad’s Green (Great Waltham, Essex) 01245 474246 or 01245 264832

Brook Farm Fishery (Stapleford Abbotts, Essex) 01277 375930

Bulphan Park (Bulphan, Essex) 07967 850125 or 01375 89150

Burrow’s Farm Lake (Bulphan, Essex) 01375 891150

Central Park Lake (Chelmsford Town Centre, Essex) 01245 268693

Chelmer and Blackwater Nav (Rushes-Hoe Mill, Ulting, Essex) 01245 474246

Chigborough Fisheries (Heybridge, Essex) 01402 244440 or 01621 857368

Church Lake (Childerditch, Essex) 01708 451176

Churchwood Lake (Doddington, Essex) 01277 200985

Claverhambury Carp Lakes (Waltham Abbey, Essex) TBA.

Clavering Lakes (Saffron Walden, Essex) 01799 550261

Cobbler’s Mead Lake (Corringham, Essex) 01268 520144 or 01268 683946

Crowsheath Carp Angling & Breeding Farm Ltd (Downham, Essex) 01268 711511

Danbury Country Park (Danbury, Essex) 01245 222350

Doggetts Farm Fishery (Rochford, Essex) 01702 714338

Dunmow Lake (Dunmow, Essex) 01376 20662

Fairlop Waters (Ilford, Essex) 020 85009911 or 020 85041929

Fisher’s Green (Waltham Abbey, Essex) 01276 453300

Fryerning Lakes (Ingatestone, Essex) 01268 287798

Gloucester Park (Basildon, Essex) 01268 282317 or 01268 554329

Gosfield Lake (Halstead, Essex) 01787 475043

Green Oaks Fisheries (Billercay, Essex) 01277 657357 or 07719 854753

Grenoaks Fishery (Billericay, Essex) 01277 567357

Hadleigh Reservoir (hadleigh, Essex) 01702 714338

Hainault Park Lake (Hainault, Essex) 020 85218534

Handley Barnes Fishery (Handley Barnes, Essex) 01277 352245

Hatfield Forest Lake (Bishops Stortford, Essex) 01279 870477 or 01279 870678

Hatfield Peverel (Colchester, Essex) 01245 381587

Highams Park Lake (Highams Park, Essex) 020 85218534

Holyfield Carp Fishery (Waltham Abbey, Essex) 01992 768012

Home Farm Fishery (Little Walden, Essex) 01787 277468

Hooks Marsh (Waltham Abbey, Essex) 01276 453300

Horsley Cross (Tendering, Essex) 07979 851330

Houchins Reservoir (Coggeshall, Essex) 01376 512255

J Johnson (Billericay, Essex) 01277 657357

Jimmy's (Corringham, Essex) 01375 670742

Knights Pit (Waltham Abbey, Essex) 01992 717711

Lake John (Galley Hill, Waltham Abbey, Essex) 07958 938153 or 07958 938152

Lake Meadows (Billercay, Essex) 01268 282317 or 01268 554329

Lakeside (Thurrock, Essex) 01268 282317

Little Braxted Hall Ponds (Rivenhall End, Essex) 01245 474246

Little Easton Manor Fishery (Little Easton, Great Dunmow, Essex) 01371 872857.

Lyatts Lake (Rayne, Essex) 01376 20662

Magic Lakes (Waltham Abbey, Upshire, Essex) 01992 767772 or 07973 814330 or 020 88046081

Maybrand Fishery (Stapleford Abbotts, Essex) 01708 688279

Mayesbrook Lakes (Barking, Essex) 01815 920348

Mill Barn Fishery (Great Wakering, Essex) 01702 216170

Nazeing Meads (Nazeing, Essex) 01992 717711

Northlands Park (Basildon, Essex) 01268 282317 or 07771 638744

Norton Fishery (Stapleford, Essex) 01708 688445

Nupers Farm (Stapleford Abbots, Essex) 01708 386480

Oak Lodge Fisheries (Benfleet, Essex) 01268 747339

Olivers Lake (Witham, Essex) 01376 512255 or 01206 272918

Par (West Horndon, Essex) 01277 200985

Par Fisheries (South Ockendon, Essex) 01277 200985

Parsonage Farm Lake (High Easter, Essex) 01268 762997

Pea Lane (Upminster, Essex) 01708 745985

Picks Cottage Carp Lakes (Sewerdstone Road, Chingford, Essex) 020 85293922

Pipps Hill Fishery (Basildon, Essex) 01268 23456

Prestons Lake (Pedmarsh, Essex) 01376 512255 or 01206 272981

Puddledock Farm Fishery (Upminster, Essex) 01322 677833 or 01322 667833

Raphael Park Lake (Romford, Essex) 01708 521721 or 07790 440309

Rayne Lodge Fishery (Braintree, Essex) 01376 345719 or 07410 483850

Rectory Farm (Little Easton, nr Braintree, Essex) 01268 734468

River Chelmer (Boreham, Essex) 01268 712365

River Chelmer (Writtle, Essex) 01245 261408

River Colne (Colchester, Essex) 01376 512255

River Lea Navigation (Fisher’s Green, Waltham Abbey, Essex) 01992 468394 or 01276 453300

River Lea Navigation (Waltham Abbey, Essex) 01992 468394 or 01276 453300

River Lea System (Waltham Abbey, Essex) 01276 453300

River Wild (Liddle Baddow, Essex) 01245 261408

Rockells Farm (Duddenhoe End, Saffron Walden, Essex) 01763 838053

Shalford Reservoirs (Shalford, Essex) 01268 734468

Slough House Lakes (Bulphan, Essex) 01708 477834 or 07808 730088 or 01268 520144

South Weald Park (South Weald, Essex) 01277 216297

Swanscombe Farm Fishery (Earls Colne, Essex) 01787 223562

The Burrows Lake (Stapleford Tawney, Essex) 07790 948528

The Chase Fisheries (Dagenham, Essex) 01277 374072

The Fennes Fisheries (Bocking, nr Braintree, Essex) 01376 323285

Totham Pit (Great Totham, Essex) 01621 854765

Tufnell Mere (Broads Green, Chelmsford, Essex) 01245 474246

Wallace's Farm (Little Waltham, Essex) 01932 64872

Warren Pond (Chingford, Essex) 020 85082266

Weeley Bridge Holiday Park (Weeley, Essex) 01255 830403

Wick mere (Ulting, Essex) 01245 474246

Willowside Carp Lake (Sewerdstone Road, Chingford, Essex) 0208 5291371

SUMMER PIKE FISHING The PAC, being a club that has members throughout Great Britain, realises that pike waters vary widely in their condition and the amount and type of angling pressure they receive during the summer months. A remote Scottish loch, deep, cold and fished by a few experienced pike anglers will present a completely different scenario to the busy environs of a shallow, weedy, water in the south of England being fished by numerous of 'casual' pike anglers. To be fair to all pike anglers in Great Britain PAC does not seek to recommend a national summer pike fishing close season. Each water should be looked at as a special case and a decision regarding closed times made according to the specific situation.

The fishing and handling guidelines which are outlined in the PAC Recommended Code of Conduct and in these pages should always be followed when pike fishing, but in the warmest months it is acknowledged that extra care needs to be taken. We suggest the following guidelines to anyone thinking of pike fishing in the summer:

Use strong tackle - a minimum of 15lb mono is recommended matched with 2.5-3.5lb test curve rods for bait fishing. Do not worry about going even heavier. Many experienced summer pikers use 20 or 25lb mono when fishing rocky or weedy venues.

When bait fishing strike very quickly when a run develops. Pike swallow baits faster in summer than they do in winter, and the time taken removing hooks which are deep will increase the time the pike is out of the water.

Do not play pike for any longer than is necessary. Using strong tackle helps in this.

Take pike from the water for the absolute minimum period. Unhook them in the water if you can, and retain them in the landing net in the water before weighing and photographing them. TIme out of the water is the real killer of pike in summer time. Take as few photographs as possible and return them straight away.

When lure fishing always be ready to cut hooks in order to speed the return of the pike to the water.

Do not retain pike in tubes or sacks in shallow water, nor in direct sunlight. It is preferable not to retain pike at all during the summer.

When releasing pike in the summer, always ensure they are fully recovered before allowing them to swim off.

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Freshwater Fishing - Trout Secrets

Every guide has pet peeves.
Palmerton: I hate seeing trout mishandled, especially steelhead. It kills me when a guy wants a photo of a 10-pound steelie but doesn’t grab it correctly by the tail.
Gunn: Loop-to-loop connections on freshwater lines. They negatively affect casting dynamics, cause the tip of the fly to sink, and get caught in the rod guides.
Whitley: Most people don’t understand how subtly fish eat. It shouldn’t take a bullhorn to convince people to set the hook. When in doubt, set it.

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Essex

Abbess Roding-Essex (near Sawbridgeworth)

Aingers Green-Essex (near Clacton on Sea)

Ardleigh Green-Greater London (near Dagenham)

Audley End-Essex (near Saffron Walden)

Ballards Gore-Essex (near Southend on Sea)

Bamber's Green-Essex (near Dunmow)

Bardfield End Green-Essex (near Dunmow)

Bardfield Saling-Essex (near Dunmow)

Baythorne End-Essex (near Haverhill)

Beacon End-Essex (near Colchester)

Beazley End-Essex (near Braintree)

Belchamp Otten-Essex (near Sudbury)

Belchamp St Paul-Essex (near Sudbury)

Belchamp Walter-Essex (near Sudbury)

Birch Green-Essex (near Colchester)

Bishop's Green-Essex (near Dunmow)

Black Notley-Essex (near Braintree)

Blackmore End-Essex (near Halstead)

Bocking Churchstreet-Essex (near Braintree)

Bradfield Heath-Essex (near Harwich)

Bradwell on Sea-Essex (near Maldon)

Bradwell Waterside-Essex (near Maldon)

Bran End-Essex (near Dunmow)

Broad Green-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Broad Street Green-Essex (near Maldon)

Bulmer Tye-Essex (near Sudbury)

Bumble's Green-Essex (near Broxbourne)

Burnham on Crouch-Essex (near Southend on Sea)

Burtons Green-Essex (near Halstead)

Butcher's Pasture-Essex (near Dunmow)

Canvey Island-Essex (near Westcliff on Sea)

Castle Hedingham-Essex (near Halstead)

Catmere End-Essex (near Saffron Walden)

Chignal Smealy-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Chipping Hill-Essex (near Witham)

Church End (Braintree)-Essex (near Braintree)

Churchgate Street-Essex (near Sawbridgeworth)

Clacton on Sea-Essex Clatterford End-Essex

Clatterford End-Essex (near Dunmow)

Cock Clarks-Essex (near Maldon)

Cold Norton-Essex (near Maldon)

Cole End-Essex (near Saffron Walden)

Collier Row-Greater London (near Dagenham)

Colne Engaine-Essex (near Halstead)

Copford Green-Essex (near Colchester)

Corbets Tay-Greater London (near Dagenham)

Cornish Hall End-Essex (near Haverhill)

Cranham-Greater London (near Brentwood)

Crockleford Heath-Essex (near Colchester)

Dagenham-Greater London Daws Heath-Essex

Daws Heath-Essex (near Westcliff on Sea)

Debden Green-Essex (near Saffron Walden)

Duck End-Essex (near Dunmow)

Duddenhoe End-Essex (near Saffron Walden)

Dunmow-Essex Duton Hill-Essex

Duton Hill-Essex (near Dunmow)

Earls Colne-Essex (near Halstead)

East Hanningfield-Essex (near Chelmsford)

East Horndon-Essex (near Brentwood)

East Mersea-Essex (near Colchester)

Edney Common-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Eight Ash Green-Essex (near Colchester)

Elder Street-Essex (near Saffron Walden)

Elm Park-Greater London (near Dagenham)

Elmstead Market-Essex (near Colchester)

Fordham Heath-Essex (near Colchester)

Foulness Island-Essex (near Southend on Sea)

Fox Street-Essex (near Colchester)

Frinton on Sea-Essex Fuller Street-Essex

Fuller Street-Essex (near Braintree)

Gainsford End-Essex (near Halstead)

Gambles Green-Essex (near Witham)

Gidea Park-Greater London (near Dagenham)

Good Easter-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Great Baddow-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Great Bardfield-Essex (near Dunmow)

Great Bentley-Essex (near Clacton on Sea)

Great Braxted-Essex (near Witham)

Great Bromley-Essex (near Colchester)

Great Burstead-Essex (near Billericay)

Great Canfield-Essex (near Dunmow)

Great Chesterford-Essex (near Saffron Walden)

Great Clacton-Essex (near Clacton on Sea)

Great Easton-Essex (near Dunmow)

Great Hallingbury-Essex (near Bishops Stortford)

Great Henny-Essex (near Sudbury)

Great Holland-Essex (near Frinton on Sea)

Great Horkesley-Essex (near Colchester)

Great Leighs-Essex (near Braintree)

Great Maplestead-Essex (near Halstead)

Great Oakley-Essex (near Harwich)

Great Parndon-Essex (near Harlow)

Great Saling-Essex (near Braintree)

Great Sampford-Essex (near Haverhill)

Great Stambridge-Essex (near Southend on Sea)

Great Tey-Essex (near Halstead)

Great Totham-Essex (near Maldon)

Great Wakering-Essex (near Southend on Sea)

Great Waltham-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Great Warley-Essex (near Brentwood)

Great Wigborough-Essex (near Colchester)

Great Yeldham-Essex (near Halstead)

Greenstead Green-Essex (near Halstead)

Greensted-Essex (near Colchester)

Hacton-Greater London (near Dagenham)

Hardy's Green-Essex (near Colchester)

Harold Hill-Greater London (near Brentwood)

Harold Park-Greater London (near Brentwood)

Harold Wood-Greater London (near Brentwood)

Hartford End-Essex (near Dunmow)

Hatfield Peverel-Essex (near Witham)

Havering atte Bower-Greater London (near Chigwell)

Helions Bumpstead-Essex (near Haverhill)

Henny Street-Essex (near Sudbury)

Heybridge Basin-Essex (near Maldon)

High Easter-Essex (near Dunmow)

High Garrett-Essex (near Braintree)

Holland on Sea-Essex (near Clacton on Sea)

Hornchurch-Greater London (near Dagenham)

Horsley Cross-Essex (near Colchester)

Horsleycross Street-Essex (near Colchester)

Hounslow Green-Essex (near Dunmow)

Howe Green-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Howe Street-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Howlett End-Essex (near Saffron Walden)

Hurst Green-Essex (near Clacton on Sea)

Jaywick-Essex (near Clacton on Sea)

Kelvedon Common-Greater London (near Brentwood)

Kirby Cross-Essex (near Frinton on Sea)

Kirby le Soken-Essex (near Frinton on Sea)

Knowl Green-Essex (near Sudbury)

Layer Breton-Essex (near Colchester)

Layer de la Haye-Essex (near Colchester)

Layer Marney-Essex (near Colchester)

Lee over Sands-Essex (near Clacton on Sea)

Leigh Beck-Essex (near Westcliff on Sea)

Leigh on Sea-Essex (near Westcliff on Sea)

Lexden Heath-Essex (near Colchester)

Little Baddow-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Little Bardfield-Essex (near Dunmow)

Little Bentley-Essex (near Colchester)

Little Braxted-Essex (near Witham)

Little Bromley-Essex (near Colchester)

Little Chesterford-Essex (near Saffron Walden)

Little Clacton-Essex (near Clacton on Sea)

Little Dunmow-Essex (near Dunmow)

Little Horkesley-Essex (near Colchester)

Little Leighs-Essex (near Braintree)

Little Maplestead-Essex (near Halstead)

Little Oakley-Essex (near Harwich)

Little Sampford-Essex (near Dunmow)

Little Tey-Essex (near Halstead)

Little Totham-Essex (near Maldon)

Little Wakering-Essex (near Southend on Sea)

Little Walden-Essex (near Saffron Walden)

Little Waltham-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Little Warley-Essex (near Brentwood)

Little Wigborough-Essex (near Colchester)

Little Yeldham-Essex (near Halstead)

Littlebury Green-Essex (near Saffron Walden)

Littley Green-Essex (near Braintree)

Loves Green-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Marks Tey-Essex (near Colchester)

Messing cum Inworth-Essex (near Witham)

Mile End-Essex (near Colchester)

Monk Street-Essex (near Dunmow)

Mount Bures-Essex (near Sudbury)

Navestockside-Greater London (near Brentwood)

Newney Green-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Noak Bridge-Essex (near Basildon)

Noak Hill-Greater London (near Brentwood)

North End-Essex (near Dunmow)

North Fambridge-Essex (near Maldon)

North Ockendon-Greater London (near Brentwood)

North Shoebury-Essex (near Southend on Sea)

Old Heath-Essex (near Colchester)

Osea Island-Essex (near Maldon)

Oxen End-Essex (near Dunmow)

Oxley Green-Essex (near Witham)

Passingford Bridge-Essex (near Epping)

Plaistow Green-Essex (near Halstead)

Point Clear Bay-Essex (near Clacton on Sea)

Point Clear-Essex (near Clacton on Sea)

Radley Green-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Rainham-Greater London (near Dagenham)

Ramsden Bellhouse-Essex (near Billericay)

Ramsden Heath-Essex (near Billericay)

Ramsey Island-Essex (near Maldon)

Rivenhall End-Essex (near Witham)

Romford-Greater London (near Dagenham)

Rudley Green-Essex (near Maldon)

Saffron Walden-Essex Sewards End-Essex

Sewards End-Essex (near Saffron Walden)

Shalford Green-Essex (near Braintree)

Shellow Bowells-Essex (near Chelmsford)

Shrub End-Essex (near Colchester)

Sible Hedingham-Essex (near Halstead)

Silver End-Essex (near Witham)

Smythe's Green-Essex (near Colchester)

South Benfleet-Essex (near Basildon)

South Fambridge-Essex (near Southend on Sea)

South Hanningfield-Essex (near Billericay)

South Hornchurch-Greater London (near Dagenham)

South Weald-Essex (near Brentwood)

South Woodham Ferrers-Essex (near Maldon)

Southend on Sea-Essex Squirrel's Heath-Greater London

Squirrel's Heath-Greater London (near Dagenham)

St Lawrence-Essex (near Maldon)

St Osyth-Essex (near Clacton on Sea)

Stanford le Hope-Essex (near Basildon)

Stansted Mountfitchet-Essex (near Bishops Stortford)

Stapleford Tawney-Essex (near Epping)

Stebbing Green-Essex (near Dunmow)

Steeple Bumpstead-Essex (near Haverhill)

Stones Green-Essex (near Frinton on Sea)

Stow Maries-Essex (near Maldon)

Swan Street-Essex (near Halstead)

Theydon Bois-Essex (near Epping)

Thorpe Bay-Essex (near Southend on Sea)

Thorpe le Soken-Essex (near Frinton on Sea)

Tiptree Heath-Essex (near Witham)

Tolleshunt D'Arcy-Essex (near Maldon)

Tolleshunt Knights-Essex (near Witham)

Tolleshunt Major-Essex (near Maldon)

Tye Green-Essex (near Braintree)

Tyler's Green-Essex (near Epping)

Ugley Green-Essex (near Bishops Stortford)

Ulting -Essex (near Maldon)

Upminster-Greater London (near Dagenham)

Wakes Colne-Essex (near Halstead)

Wallasea Island-Essex (near Southend on Sea)

Walton on the Naze-Essex Weeley Heath-Essex

Weeley Heath-Essex (near Clacton on Sea)

Wennington-Greater London (near Dagenham)

West Bergholt-Essex (near Colchester)

West Hanningfield-Essex (near Chelmsford)

West Mersea-Essex (near Colchester)

West Thurrock-Essex (near Greenhithe)

Westcliff on Sea-Essex White Colne-Essex

White Colne-Essex (near Halstead)

White Notley-Essex (near Witham)

Wickham Bishops-Essex (near Witham)

Wickham St Paul-Essex (near Halstead)

Willows Green-Essex (near Braintree)

Wimbish Green-Essex (near Saffron Walden)

Woodham Ferrers-Essex (near Maldon)

Woodham Mortimer-Essex (near Maldon)

Woodham Walter-Essex (near Maldon)

Wyatts Green-Essex (near Brentwood)

Young's End-Essex (near Braintree)

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