Badger

21 pegs:

Current record 242 - 02 lb
by Andy Welding.

Only opened for fishing six months ago, the Badger is already producing 100lb plus weights.

This pool has been stocked with Carp up to 25lb, Bream, Tench and Roach.

There are 21 pegs, two holes approximately 7 feet deep as well as a selection of shelves 3 feet deep around the pool creating a variety of depths and fish holding features.

These should be helpful in the colder months: in the warmer months plenty of fish come from close in. Maggot was the in form bait for the first few matches but pellet and corn now seem to be taking over.

Buzzard

25 pegs:
Previous record
Geoff Church 225lb-06oz on 6th August 2013

Current record:
Neil Rymer 262lb on 20th August 2014

Only opened for fishing last year the Buzzard is already producing 100lb plus weights.

This pool has been stocked with Carp up to 25lb, Bream, Tench and Roach.

There are 25 pegs and there are three underwater "sunken islands" down the centre of the pool creating a variety of depths and fish holding features. These should be helpful in the colder months: in the warmer months plenty of fish come from close in. Maggot was the in form bait for the first few matches but pellet and corn now seem to be taking over.

Dragonfly

Element Selection Element SelectionT38 pegs
Previous Record
Mick Howells 230lb-14oz

Previous Record
Geoff Church 262lb -08 oz

Current Record
A Barker 278lb

The deepest at 9 feet and the most unpredictable pool on the fishery, a real anglers' pool!! The pool is well stocked with carp, tench, bream, rudd and roach.The tench and bream running up to 6lb.

This pool has a reputation with pleasure anglers that they have to finish by 2'oclock because their arms are aching!

The left bank is basin shaped and the dam wall the same; the right bank has a shelf of 4 feet running from pegs 2-7. Main baits are pellet,corn and maggots, fished in the margins.

Best tactics depending on the weather are straight out at 11 metres fishing on the deck, coming in to the margins on pegs 2-14 and coming onto 4 metres straight out in front on pegs 15-25. Pegs 30-38 have just been completed.

Duck

22 Pegs
Current record
Pete Rice 300lb 2oz

The oldest pool on the fishery, with really dark coloured wild carp, they are the biggest and the hardest fighting at the fishery. The pool is also stocked with bream, rudd and cruicans. The Duck Pool probably produces 3-4 different methods of fishing, from up in the water at 13.5 metres to waggler fishing to the island along with deep and shallow margin fishing. Taking 2 pegs as examples peg 21, fish 16 metres to the island up in the water fishing banded or soft pellet or fish close into the margins on corn or paste, under the willow.

Example 2, peg 5, known as the suicide peg and a reputation for breaking sections so be careful.

Fish to the left in front of the reeds, be careful when you hook one as they head north to the willow roots!

Main baits corn, pellets, paste, worm and casters.

Kingfisher

35 pegs:
Current record:
Current record Carl Jones (Maver) 325lb

The main feature of the Kingfisher Pool is the island in the middle which can be reached from all pegs.

It has a 3 foot shelf running round the entire pool; the near bank and far bank have a channel of approximately 6 meters running in the middle all the way round, except on pegs 5-7 where there is a half moon shape going from the nearside bank down to 5 -6 feet deep to the island.

The pool has a heavy concentration of stockies which are rapidly putting on weight, but don't be fooled, there are a load of lumps in there as well!

Partridge

25 pegs:
previous record

andy welding 113lb-08oz

new record
Carl Jones 169lb

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This is one of the most recent new pools developed ay Solhampton Fishery.

As the highest situated pool at the fishery Partridge has some of the best view overlooking Dragonfly and Valley.

Partridge most distinguishing feature is the long narrow shape. It has 25 pegs which are all on the right side as you approach.

Valley

30 pegs:
Current record
E.Bloxham 317lb
Current record - Evening
B Homer 249lb 4ozs (4 hours)

The Valley Pool is our top match pool to date with any of the 30 pegs capable of producing in excess of 200lb.The Valley Pool pegs 29-22 have a shelf approximately 10 feet wide and 3 feet deep, running the lenght of the pool with a drop off of up to 6 feet.

Pegs 1-18 are of basin shape and drop off to 6 feet with the exception of peg 8, which is known as the sandbar because in the past floods have left a bar of red sand which the fish swim right up onto.The main tactics are start at 11.5 meters on the deck and gradually as the day goes on move back into the margins.

Up in the water is also successful on pellet and corn. Top baits vary with the weather and pegs tend to fish better when the wind is in your face ,corn,pellet,worm and caster and maggots, with paste fishing well in warm conditions.