Serpentine Pool
Brief description of fishery:
The Belmont Estate consists of a series of pools, all of which are mainly carp fisheries. Serpentine contains a good head of carp with plenty of mid-doubles along with a few twenties. It also received a stocking of fast-growing VS Fisheries Carp in late 2020. This is an excellent water and is very popular with the members.
Fishery Type: Specimen
Fish Size:
Carp range from mid doubles to 26lb
Special Rules for this fishery:
- When booking, you are booking a slot, not a specific peg – you choose your peg on the day.
- All bookable day fishing slots are one hour before dawn till one hour after dusk and must depart no later than midnight, no return within 24-hours.
- All bookable 24 hour night fishing slots are 10am to 10am next day, no arrival before 09:30am, no return within 48-hours. Anglers must have their lines out of the water by the end of a session. Anglers arriving can place a bucket on any swim to reserve for fishing.
- Members MUST cancel their appointment once their session has finished.
- Members MUST NOT block any footpaths
- Junior non-members must fish the same peg as the Senior member responsible for them, the Senior member must hold a membership that allows them to fish Serpentine Pool and use a maximum of 2 baited rods at any one time on the same peg.
- No fires
- Take all excess bait home, do not put it in the lake
- No pre baiting
- No matches to be held on the water
- No fish to be kept in a sling or sacked up.
- Fishing is only permitted from the designated swims.
- Anglers fishing Serpentine are not to venture on to any other pools on the complex to fish during your booking period.
- No vehicles are allowed on the driveway beyond the car park at any time.
- Livestock must not be obstructed from drinking in the pools.
- Overstamp 15th March – 15th June – Yes
- Booking – Yes
- Fish From – Designated Pegs
- Leader – No Leadcore
- Hooks – Barbless/Micro Barbed (No Crimping)
- Line – Min 15lb
- Bait Boat – No
- Rods – 1st Oct – 15th March – Max 2
- Rods – 16th March – 30th Sept – Max 2
- Max Stay (no return within 48hrs) – 1st Oct – 15th March – 48 Hours
- Max Stay (no return within 48hrs) – 16th March – 30th Sept – 24 Hours
- Dogs Allowed – No
- Access – Key
All anglers, especially long stay anglers, must ensure their toiletry requirements are catered for in a way that does not cause any offence or hygiene hazard to any other person/property. Bailiffs will ask what provisions have been made to comply with this rule, if provisions are not considered adequate enough: members will be asked to leave the water. All foul waste must be bagged and removed by the member; failure to comply WILL result in a lifetime ban.
Address
Near Great Budworth, Northwich, CW9 6JA
Access & Parking
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Heading west along the M56, leave at junction 10 and take the A559 sign posted Northwich. Continue for approximately 5 miles until you reach Sevenoaks Saddlers on the right-hand side. Immediately opposite is a left turn into Pole Lane, turn left at this point but rather than turn into Pole Lane, turn onto the driveway next to a flat-topped sandstone lodge. Proceed down this driveway onto the car park.
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Species
- Carp