Todber Manor Coarse Fishery
Report What are the odds !
i was fishing for nearly 20 hours out of my 24hour session and not a single fish on either of my two rods. i heavily baited my swim with mainline cell but in the last few hours i decided to put a third rod out, an OLD sea fishing rod with small line on. i cast it into the middle of the lake and no where near my baited swim. same hook bait ( a pineapple pop up wafters – multi-coloured) as the two previous rods which i couldn’t catch on and i cast out. within 5 minutes my bite alarm is screaming and i have a fish on the rod with i had not baited at all and i was least confident about playing a fish on. i got it in and it was a 18lb mirror, blowing my previous pb of 10lb common out of the water, and this made me think that luck does play a big part in fishing and all the preparation in the world cant gaurentee a fish!
Contact information
Manor Farm
Todber
Sturminster Newton
Dorset
DT10 1JB
Tel: 01258 820384
Website:
http://www.todbermanor.co.uk/
Cost
Big Hayes Specimen Lake
Day ticket – £12
24 hour ticket – £24
Week ticket (7 nights) – £125
Little Hayes Specimen Lake
Day ticket – £12
24 hour ticket – £24
Week ticket (7 nights) – £125
Paddock Specimen Lake
Day ticket – £12
24 hour ticket – £24
Week ticket (7 nights) – £125
whole lake booking (24 hours)- £150
Wadmill lake
Day ticket – £10
24 hour ticket – £20
Week ticket (7 nights) – £100
Park Lake
Day ticket – £7
24 hour ticket – £14
Whitepost Lakes
Day ticket – £7
24 hour ticket – £14
Opening hours
Mon – Sat: 8:00 – 18:00
Sun: 8:00 – 14:30
Facilities
- Night fishing
- Tackle shop
- Food and drink available
- On-site toilets
- On-site accommodation
Rules
Big Hayes Specimen Lake
- Strictly no litter to be left
- Fish from designated areas only
- Must have minimum of a 42” landing net
- Large padded unhooking mats must be used
- Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
- Carp friendly non tether rigs only
- All carp must be returned to the water via a sling or zip mat
- Bait boats may be used sensibly
- No driving on the grass
Little Hayes Specimen Lake
- Strictly no litter to be left
- Fish from designated areas only
- Must have minimum of a 42” landing net
- Large padded unhooking mats must be used
- Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
- Carp friendly non tether rigs only
- All carp must be returned to the water via a sling or zip mat
- Bait boats may be used sensibly
- No driving on the grass
Paddock Lake
- Strictly no litter to be left
- Fish from designated areas only
- Must have minimum of a 42” landing net
- Large padded unhooking mats must be used
- Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
- Carp friendly non tether rigs only
- All carp must be returned to the water via a sling or zip mat
- Bait boats may be used sensibly
- No driving on the grass
- RULES IF SPECIFICALLY FISHING FOR CATS
- (Same as above plus the following)
- Minimum 15lb breaking strain line
- Single hook rig only, i.e. No trebles
- Minimum 20lb mono hook lengths or 40lb armored braid
- If using live baits they must be caught from the paddock lake only
Wadmill Lake
- Strictly no litter to be left
- Fish from designated areas only
- Decent sized landing net required
- All anglers must have an unhooking mat
- No carp sacks or keepnets
- Carp friendly non tether rigs only
- All carp must be returned to the lake via a sling or zip mat
- No driving on the grass
- Baits boats may be used sensibly
Park Lake
- Strictly no
- No keepnets
- Barbless hooks only
- Fish from designated pegs only
- All fish to be returned where caught
- Strictly no driving on the grass
Whitepost Top and Bottom Lakes
- Strictly no litter
- Barbless hooks only
- Strictly no driving on the grass
- Fish from designated pegs
- All fish must be returned where caught
Species stocked
- Barbel
- Bream
- Carp
- Catfish
- Roach
- Rudd
- Tench
Suitable for
- Coarse fishing
- Carp/Specimen fishing
- Pike/Predator fishing
- Match fishing
Comments (2)
CarpFishingScotty on 09.06.11 at 23:37
I think you was going wrong because you said you heavily baited! alot of people think if you heavily bait your more likely to catch but it actually works the opposite way, you wana bait little but often using no more then 1kg of bait a day or even less, if baiting up with boilies dont throw them all in same place scatter the marounf your hook bait of a few metres this will get the carp moving more and searching for them, and before you fish look where you will cast towards you say you caught that fish in the middle of the lake this is because alot of big fish will stay in the middle in deeper waters, hope some o this helps and well done mate that is a cracking achievement for someone your age.Jimmy on 06.06.11 at 19:44
Good point about luck playing a part. To be honest, fishing is about relaxing to me so I'm not too fussed about hauling in one after the other. I'm happy to just throw a bit of bait out there and see what happens :)Notify me of new comments
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