Netherwood Lakes

Evening, I probably don’t post as much as I should, but that’s probably because I find most fisheries posts to be a boring compilation of fat carp, here at Netherwood we try to provide the angler with a venue that he can fish and gain lasting memories.

Memories that might consist of a new PB tench, or a huge carp that tested a new rod to its limits, it could even be the side splitting laughter over dinner in the lodge.

Remember life’s a journey, it’s not all about the destination.

Below is a post I’ve just copied from a group of anglers who fished with us last week, unfortunately it was posted in a closed group so the link I posted could not be viewed.

Have a read I hope it gives you an insight into what we are trying to do here.

Cheers Russ.
My trip to Netherwood lakes by Matthew Tanner

Netherwood Lakes 12-18th June 26

I consider myself fortunate to have some good friends to fish with. Since being with The Crabtree Society I've fished all over Britain from Devon to Yorkshire and even the most Nostalgic of them all (Redmire Pool).

Redmire has always remained my favourite place to fish BUT now it has a comparison. Netherwood Lakes is a very well run fishery. It's also set up well with wild flowers spread everywhere, extremely tidy swims that aren't taking anything away from the looks of the place. There are a mix of species including Roach, Rudd, Perch, Crucian, Tench and Carp to 35lb+

Netherwood has a charm all of it's own. It also has a very comfortable lodge with everything you could need including a nice hot shower.

Russell Griffiths and his wife Loraine both work tirelessly at the fishery and go out of their ways to make everyone that fishes there comfortable. I'd like to thank them both publicly for making us all welcome and for looking after us in the way they did. I loved my stay and didn't want to leave.

I leave you with an aray of photographs from our trip..........

Tony beat me in the crucian match on June 16th (well done Tony) he won the coverted Graeme Beddow trophy in the form of a float crafted only the way Graham can. 😉

Geoff Ray deserved a trophy for landing a 26lb Mirror carp on tench tackle 6lb breaking strain line

The biggest trophy should go to Russell and Loraine. You've got everything right at the best fishery I've ever had the honour to fish. Thanks both of you. And Thanks Graham Clay for inviting me along. I loved every minute of it.

During the week Hugh miles was here, Phil Spinks from angling direct popped in just to see how Hugh was doing.

With an invitation from Hugh to get his rods out, Phil wasted no time at all in finding a couple of spots and getting in on the action.

Simple tactics and keeping the bait going in seemed to work well, the bites kept coming and Phil’s bobbins were constantly on the move.

Check out Phil’s video linked below.

Tench Fishing At Its Finest - Netherwood Lakes - Phil Spinks Specimen Series Tench Fishing At Its Finest Join Phil Spinks as he heads to Netherwood Fishery in the beautiful Cotswolds for a session targeting one of the UK’s most loved ...

A good friend of ours came down for a quick 24 hour session a couple of weeks ago and managed to wangle a few cracking fish out.

Steve ended up with 4 nice carp his best going a couple of ounces over 30lb,
which was nice in a couple of ways, it was Steve’s new PB and also another new 30 for the lake.
His others included a 29lb 12 oz common a 25lb heavily scaled mirror and another 18lb mirror.

He also added a couple of nice tench around the 5-6lb mark which seems to be the average for the tench this year.

Well done stevie boy see you soon.
( there’s no pic of the thirty as we took them in the night and did a right rubbish job with his new camera )

Afternoon people, I’ve been hibernating through the winter, but I think spring is actually here at netherwood.
So hopefully I can keep you all informed of what’s happening and what’s been caught recently.

The first group of lads on for the weekend starting the 3rd of April had a blinding weekend, with 13 carp between the 3 of them plus a handful of those pesky tench.
They had a couple of the newer 10-12lb fish that they didn’t weigh and then the following.
17 lb mirror -18lb mirror - 18lb mirror - 24lb common- 24lb common -24lb mirror - 26lb common - 27lb mirror-29lb mirror- 29lb mirror- 33lb mirror.

I’ve added a few pics, not all of them as I’m sure 26 pictures would bore everyone.
More updates to follow as the year gets underway

Cheers Russ.