Welcome to HBS Fisheries is a well established syndicate fishery and fishery management service provider.
The owner Richard Bult has worked in the industry for 10 years and has a vast experience in all aspects of fishery management and is a registered member of the Institute of Fisheries Management. Located in Somerset HBS Fisheries are able to offer services such as quality stock fish supply and delivery, electrofishing, seine netting, fish micro chipping, water quality testing and groundcare maintenance.
Specimen Lake
A 2.5 acre spring fed lake with varying depths and lots of features in every swim. The lake record stands at 30lbs caught in August 2012, amidst an excellent stock of 20lb plus fish, and a good selection mid-upper double figure carp. The water is triangular in shape with water depths ranging from 2 ft to 11/12ft in some of the deep channels. There are also two islands with overhanging willows and shrubs, a plateau and six table tops. Wood chipped path access all around the main lake with established shrub/tree screening between swims. Stocked with around 60 fish between 12lbs and 30lbs. There are eleven swims and a quiet area for stalking. This lake is for the serious carp angler. £275 per year which includes day/night fishing plus use of all facilities such as a summerhouse with cooking facilities, mains toliets and drinking water. Syndicate numbers are limited to 25 anglers maximum and anglers will be interviewed prior to membership.
Syndicate Spaces Still Available!
HBS fisheries also offer fishery management services which include electrofishing using a state of the art Electracatch WFC4 – High Voltage pulsed DC electrofishing system. The WFC4-HV machine is suitable for catching fish in low conductivity rivers and burns. This machine is also extremely effective when working in lakes and larger rivers. This equipment employs a transformer with switched output voltages, thereby enabling a range of outputs to be used. The output voltages may be selected to suit the characteristics of the freshwater lakes or rivers where the equipment is being used. We also have seine nets manufactured with lead line or weights at the bottom - this helps us to combat the problem of lakes with silty bottoms. Nets with lead lines are used for silty bottom lakes and nets with weights are used for gravel bottom lakes.
Fish transportation throughout the UK using our specialist vehicles which are fully equipped with insulated tanks and electric air blowers or oxygen cylinders to make sure the fish are transported with minimal stress and arrive in tip top condition.
Fish micro-chipping is also available to mark and monitor fish growth and movement of fish, this is carried out using our specially trained staff. We can also supply scanners and signage etc to protect your fishery.
Water quality testing for PH, oxygen levels, conductivity, ammonia and nitrates.
Groundcare maintenance such as mowing or spraying using our compact Mitsubishi MT20 four wheel drive tractor and other specialist equipment.
