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Fishing Hertfordshire

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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.

Aldenham Country Park (Aldenham, nr Elstree, Hertfordshire) 07974 272750 or 020 89534978 or 020 89530932

Aldenham Reservoir (Elstree, Hertfordshire) 07974 272750 or 020 89534978

Apsley Mill (nr Kings Langley, Hertfordshire) 020 88010062

Batchworth Lake (Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire) 020 84281739

Bowmans Lake (London Colney, St. Albans, Hertfordshire) 01895 824455 or 07973 453711 or 01923 232393

Bowyers Lake (Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire) 020 85271639

Bowyers Water (Cheshunt, Hertfordshire) 01992 717711

Broxbourne Pits (Broxbourne, Hertfordshire) 01932 564872

California Park (Dinton Pastures, Hertfordshire) 01189 760296

Carthagena Estate, River Lea Navigation (Broxbourne, Hertfordshire) 01992 463656

Carthagena Fishery (Broxbourne, Hertfordshire) 01992 463656

Crown Fishery (Broxbourne, nr Wormley, Hertfordshire) 01992 463656

Croxley Hall Farm (Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire) 01923 778290

Dobbs Weir, River Lea Navigation (Fish & Eels Pub, Hoddesden, Hertfordshire) 01992 709962 or 01992 717711

Fairlands Park (Stevenage, Hertfordshire) 01438 353241

Field’s Weir, River Lea Navigation (Hoddesden, Hertfordshire) 01992 709962

Frogmore Lake (St. Albans, Hertfordshire) 020 85207477

Gaywoods Fishery (Kings Langley, Hertfordshire) 01923 269578 or 07378 030939

Grand Union Canal (Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire) 020 85207477 or 01442 254723

Grand Union Canal (Marsworth, Hertfordshire) 01442 891534 or 01442 825257

Grand Union Canal (Tring, Hertfordshire) 07802 811283

Grand Union Canal (Watford, Hertfordshire) 07973 667576

Holwell Court (Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) 01707 336526 or 07881 557530 or 07589 905603

Holwell Hyde (Cole Green, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) 01707 336526 or 07881 557530 or 07589 905603

Hook Lake (Northaw, Hertfordshire) 01525 55584 or 0171 268613

Jack's Lake (Cockfosters, Hertfordshire) 0208 364 8009

Kings Weir Fishery, River Lea Navigation (Wormley, Hertfordshire) 01992 468394

Longmere Park (Dinton Pastures, Hertfordshire) 01189 760296

Marsworth Reservoir (Marsworth, nr Tring, Hertfordshire) 01442 822379

Mill Pool and Channel (Broxbourne, Hertfordshire) 01992 709962

North Met Pit (Cheshunt, Hertfordshire) 01992 717711 or 01992 709962

Old Mill & Meadows, River Lea Navigation (Broxbourne, Hertfordshire) 01992 709962

Pixies Mere (Winkwell, Bourne End, Hertfordshire) 07860 426690

Redlands Crown Fishery (Broxbourne, Hertfordshire) 01992 463656

Rib Valley Fishing Lakes (Westmill Farm, Ware, Hertfordshire) 01920 484913

River Colne (North Bushey, nr Watford, Hertfordshire) 01923 226849

River Lea Navigation (Carthagena Estate, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire) 01992 463656

River Lea Navigation (Dobbs Weir, Hertfordshire) 01992 709962

River Lea Navigation (Field’s Weir, Hoddesden, Hertfordshire) 01992 709962

River Lea Navigation (Old Mill & Meadows, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire) 01992 709962

River Lea Navigation (Stanborough, Hertfordshire) 01707 334462

River Lea Navigation (Ware, Hertfordshire) 0802 791407

Shepherds Way Lakes (Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire) 01819 595919

Slipe Lane Pits (Slipe Lane, Turnford, Hertfordshire) 01992 717711

Springwell Lake (Rickmansworth, nr Watford, Hertfordshire) 020 85207477

Stanborough Lake (Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) 01707 335636 or 01707 334462

Stanborough, River Lea Navigation (Hertfordshire) 01707 334462

Stanstead Abbots (Stanstead Abbot, Ware, Hertfordshire) 01932 564872

Startops, Tring Reservoirs (nr Tring, Hertfordshire) 01442 8222379

Ware, River Lea Navigation (Hertfordshire) 0802 791407

Wilston Reservoir (Tring, Hertfordshire) 01442 822379

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 Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire

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Fishing Hertfordshire

Abbots Langley-Hertfordshire

Aley Green-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Allens Green-Hertfordshire (near Sawbridgeworth)

Aston End-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

Ayot St Lawrence-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Ayot St Peter-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Baker's End-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

Bell Bar-Hertfordshire (near Hatfield)

Birch Green-Hertfordshire (near Hertford)

Bishops Stortford-Hertfordshire

Blackmore End-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Bourne End-Hertfordshire (near Berkhamsted)

Bragbury End-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

Breachwood Green-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Brent Pelham-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Bricket Wood-Hertfordshire (near Abbots Langley)

Brookmans Park-Hertfordshire (near Potters Bar)

Bucks Hill-Hertfordshire (near Abbots Langley)

Bull's Green-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Burnham Green-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Bury Green-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Bushey Heath-Hertfordshire (near Bushey)

Chandler's Cross-Hertfordshire (near Rickmansworth)

Childwick Green-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Cockernhoe -Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Cole Green (Buntingford)-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Cole Green (Hertford)-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Collier's End-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

Colney Heath-Hertfordshire (near Hatfield)

Colney Street-Hertfordshire (near St Albans)

Croxley Green-Hertfordshire (near Rickmansworth)

Dane End-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

East End-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

East End Green-Hertfordshire (near Hertford)

Epping Green-Hertfordshire (near Cuffley)

Furneux Pelham-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Gaddesden Row-Hertfordshire (near Hemel Hempstead)

Ganwick Corner-Hertfordshire (near Potters Bar)

Goff's Oak-Hertfordshire (near Waltham Cross)

Great Amwell-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

Great Gaddesden-Hertfordshire (near Hemel Hempstead)

Great Hormead-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Great Munden-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Great Wymondley-Hertfordshire (near Hitchin)

Green End-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Green Street (East Hertfordshire)(near Borehamwood)

Green Street (North Hertfordshire) (near Bishops Stortford)

Green Tye-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Hadham Cross-Hertfordshire (near Much Hadham)

Hadham Ford-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Hall's Green-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

Hammond Street-Hertfordshire (near Goff's Oak)

Hare Street-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Harmer Green-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Hatching Green-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Hatfield Garden Village-Hertfordshire (near Hatfield)

Hay Street-Hertfordshire (near Braughing)

Hebing End-Hertfordshire (near Knebworth)

Hemel Hempstead-Hertfordshire

Hertford Heath-Hertfordshire (near Hertford)

High Cross-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

High Wych-Hertfordshire (near Sawbridgeworth)

Hunton Bridge-Hertfordshire (near Abbots Langley)

Kings Langley-Hertfordshire (near Abbots Langley)

Kings Walden-Hertfordshire (near Hitchin)

Kinsbourne Green-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Letchmore Heath-Hertfordshire (near Radlett)

Letty Green-Hertfordshire (near Tewin)

Levens Green-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Leverstock Green-Hertfordshire (near Hemel Hempstead)

Little Berkhamsted-Hertfordshire (near Cuffley)

Little Gaddesden-Hertfordshire (near Berkhamsted)

Little Hadham-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Little Hormead-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Little Tring-Hertfordshire (near Tring)

Little Wymondley-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

London Colney-Hertfordshire (near St Albans)

Long Marston-Hertfordshire (near Tring)

Lower Woodside-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Mangrove Green-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Maple Cross-Hertfordshire (near Rickmansworth)

Marden Hill-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

Marshall's Heath-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Merry Hill-Hertfordshire (near Bushey)

Mill End-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Much Hadham-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Nash Mills-Hertfordshire (near Hemel Hempstead)

New Mill-Hertfordshire (near Tring)

Newgate Street-Hertfordshire (near Cuffley)

North Mymms-Hertfordshire (near Hatfield)

Offley-Hertfordshire (near Hitchin)

Old Hall Green-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Old Knebworth-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

Park Street-Hertfordshire (near St Albans)

Patchetts Green-Hertfordshire (near Bushey)

Patmore Heath-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Perry Green-Hertfordshire (near Much Hadham)

Peter's Green-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Piccotts End-Hertfordshire (near Hemel Hempstead)

Potten End-Hertfordshire (near Berkhamsted)

Potters Bar-Hertfordshire

Potters Crouch-Hertfordshire (near St Albans)

Pye Corner-Hertfordshire (near Harlow)

Rabley Heath-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

Roe Green-Hertfordshire (near Hatfield)

Round Bush-Hertfordshire (near Radlett)

Sacombe Green-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

Shaftenhoe End-Hertfordshire (near Royston)

South Mimms-Hertfordshire (near Potters Bar)

South Oxhey-Hertfordshire (near Watford)

St Albans-Hertfordshire

St Ippollitts-Hertfordshire (near Hitchin)

St Margarets-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

St Michaels-Hertfordshire (near St Albans)

St Pauls Walden-Hertfordshire (near Stevenage)

St Stephen-Hertfordshire (near St Albans)

Staines Green-Hertfordshire (near Hertford)

Standon Green End-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

Stanstead Abbotts-Hertfordshire (near Ware)

Stocking Pelham-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Stoney Hills-Hertfordshire (near Bengeo)

Tea Green-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

The Hyde-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Trims Green-Hertfordshire (near Sawbridgeworth)

Trowley Bottom-Hertfordshire (near Harpenden)

Upwick Green-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Waltham Cross-Hertfordshire

Wandon End-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Water End (Dacorum)-Hertfordshire (near Hemel Hempstead)

Water End (Welwyn/Hatfield)-Hertfordshire (near Potters Bar)

Watton at Stone-Hertfordshire (near Knebworth)

Welham Green-Hertfordshire (near Hatfield)

Wellpond Green-Hertfordshire (near Bishops Stortford)

Welwyn Garden City-Hertfordshire

West Hyde-Hertfordshire (near Rickmansworth)

Winch Hill-Hertfordshire (near Luton)

Wood End-Hertfordshire (near Buntingford)

Woolmer Green-Hertfordshire (near Welwyn Garden City)

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