The Old Hough Coarse Fishery

The Old Hough Coarse Fishery

Our Waters

UPPER BENBO

24 Pegs  
Opened in April 2010 with a good head of Carp to 12lb, F1’s to 4lb, Tench & Golden Tench to 3lb , Crucian Carp, Bream to 5lb, Ide to 3lb, Perch to 3lb, Barbel to 4lb, Chub to 3lb and Grass Carp to 4lb. An elongated canal with 12 well-spaced pegs along each side, it has a width of 14 metres, a 1 metre deep shelf both round the island and the perimeter and a 2 metre deep central channel.

LOWER BENBO
 
24 Pegs  
Now re-stocked with Carp to 10lb, F1’s to 4lb, Tench to 2lb, Bream to 5lb, Roach to 1lb, Chub to 3lb, Barbel to 4lb, Ide to 3lb, Crucians, Perch to 2lb and Grass Carp to 2lb. The pool is similar to Upper Benbo, the only difference being the width, which is 15 metres.

LUCKY DIP
 
16 Pegs  
Similar in shape and profile to Upper Benbo but with 8 pegs along each side. Lucky Dip opened in July 2010 and is stocked with Bream, Tench to 3lb, Carp to 9lb, F1’s to 3lb, Barbel to 3lb, Crucians, Roach, Perch Grass Carp and Chub to 3lb.

PROSPECT
 
16 Pegs  
Identical to Lucky Dip and stocked with Carp to 9lb, F1’s to 23b, Crucians, Tench, Perch to 2lb, Chub to 3lb, Barbel to 3lb, Roach to 1lb, Bream to 2lb.

MOSES
 
8 Pegs  
A small horseshoe-shaped pool with a 1 metre shelf along each side, along the middle finger and across the ‘aerator’ end and a central depth of 2 metres. Stocked with Carp to 5lb, F1’s, Tench , Bream, Crucian Carp, Perch,Roach and Barbel to 2lb.

WOODY END
 
12 Pegs  
End has a 1 metre perimeter shelf and a central depth of up to 3 metres. Ideal for the pleasure angler, it is stocked with Carp to 6lb, Crucians, Tench, Roach, Rudd, Perch and Chub to 2lb.

GOOSE
 
18 Pegs  
Stocked with Carp to 8lb, Bream, Barbel to 3lb, Chub to 3lb, F1’s to 2lb, Crucians, Roach and Tench to 2lb. Goose is 12 metres wide with a 1 metre deep shelf both round the island and also round the perimeter and 1.7 metre deep central channel. On the island is a small stock pool.

BOULDERS
 
20 Pegs  
Stocked with Common and Mirror Carp to 10lb, Bream, Barbel to 3lb, Chub to 3lb, F1’s to 4lb, Crucians, Roach and Tench to 2lb. Boulders is 13 metres wide with a 1 metre deep shelf both round the island and the perimeter and a 1.7 metre deep central channel. On the island is a small stock pool.

WEST SOOTY
 
25 Pegs  
A two-acre pool, stocked with Carp up to 25 lb, Catfish to 44lb and Horace, a 20lb Grass Carp. The central sunken island is surrounded by an area of deeper water, a further ring of shallow water and a deeper outer edge. Anglers wishing to fish for these large fish must be properly equipped !!!

BIG MAX
 
33 Pegs  
A 2.1-acre match pool with a central island. Stocked with F1’s to 5lb, Carp to 10lb, Roach to 1lb, Bream to 5lb and Tench to 2lb. From each peg, the water deepens to 1.7m at 8m out, remains at that depth for a further 4m before sloping back up to 1m and on to the island at 1m in depth. Ideal for pole fishing over the first 13m and for the method feeder out to the island which is some 30m away.
 
 
 
 

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