White Acres Holiday Park
A superb family holiday park set in 184 acres of stunning countryside, just a few miles from Newquay’s stunning beaches, White Acres boasts 13 tranquil fishing lakes and a range of facilities to keep everyone happy.
Acorn Lake
Acorn is an oval lake with one big island in the middle. Depths range from 6 feet in the middle sloping at 45 degrees towards either bank, weights in excess of 150lb. 19 pegs.
Stocking
Carp, Skimmer Bream, Tench & Roach
Methods
Long pole deep and shallow, small feeder tight to the far bank. .
Best Baits
Pellets,Paste, Corn and Meat
Canal Lake
Canal has a massive head of F1 carp and has been designed with the pole angler in mind, 20 pegs.
Stocking
F1 Carp, Bream & Tench
Methods
Long pole to the far bank, down the track and margins.
Best Baits
Pellets and Corn
Eery Lake
Eery is approx 1 acre in size, 7 foot at its deepest and only 18 inches in the margin, this lake was totally changed in 2009 and restocked with plenty of small pasty carp however watch out as there are a few larger carp dotted amongst them! 14 pegs.
Stocking
Carp to 8lb, Bream, Roach, Perch, plenty of small carp to 8lb
Methods
Pole deep and shallow.
Best Baits
Pellets and paste are working well, larger baits are sorting out the better fish.
Jenny’s Lake
Jenny’s is the ideal Lake to take younger anglers as you can get bites all day on the pole at 4m. Bigger fish come to the lead or feeder out towards the island. Average depths from 4 feet to 6 feet. 50 pegs
Stocking
Carp to 18lb, Tench to 6lb, Bream, Crucian Carp, Roach, Perch, Rudd
Methods
Pole and waggler ideal for the smaller fish,
you will catch shallow in the warmer weather. Long pole paste, meat or corn
Best Baits
All bait will work on this lake the bigger the bait, the bigger the fish
Nelsons Lake
Nelsons Specimen Lake is approximately 2 acres with 45 carp from 13lb to 27lb in each side. There are several ghost carp over 20lb, the best recorded is 27lb. Best results are late evening, night and early morning. Best baits boilies and 21mm pellets. Feed lightly. Fish the margins when quiet.
Stocking
Mirror, Catfish, Common and Ghost Carp to 25lb
Methods
Heavy feed tends to put the fish off so a gentle approach is needed to outwit the fish.
Best Baits
Floating baits, boilies, meat, large pellets
Pat’s Pool
Pats’s Pool is our main specimen lake with carp from 15lb to 30lb and many catfish from 20lb to 68lb 14oz (the Complex Record) and they take boilies so watch out! Depths average from 3 feet to 7 feet down the dead arm. There are 4 islands to fish.
Stocking
Mirror, Common, Ghost & Grass Carp.Catfish to 68lb
Methods
Heavy feed tends to put the fish off so a gentle approach is needed to outwit the fish.
Best Baits
boilies, meat, large pellets
Pollawyn Lake
Pollawyn is one of the oldest lakes on the complex, depth range from 3 feet in the margins to 9 foot on the high bank, Carp range from 2lb to 20lb so substantial tackle is needed, 100lb weights are not uncommon. 55 pegs.
Stocking
Carp to 20lb, F1 Carps, Tench, Crucians, Bream, Perch, Roach & Rudd
Methods
waggler and feeder to the island, long pole deep & shallow and long pole to the island where you can reach
Best Baits
Pellet & paste, meat or corn
Python Lake
Python is a snake style lake with a bay at one end, average depths are 6 foot down the middle to 3 foot in the margins. It has a good stock of F1 carp, Tench, Skimmer Bream, Crucians, Roach and Perch so bites will be plentiful. 37 pegs.
Stocking
F1 carp, Crucian, Tench, Brown Goldfish, Bream, Perch, Roach, Rudd & Barbel.
Methods
Long pole shallow and deep, feeder in the bay
Best Baits
Pellet, paste & corn
Sycamore Lakes
Sycamore is an oval lake with two islands in the middle, it has a large stock of carp from 1lb to 15lb, strong tackle is recommended. 22 pegs.
Stocking
Carp, F1- Carp, Bream, Tench, Roach, Rudd, and Perch
Methods
Best methods are big waggler to the islands; feeder or bomb larger baits will pick out the larger fish
Best Baits
Best baits are pellet & paste, large meat and surface baits pleasure fishing.
Trelawney Lake
Trelawney is designed for the waggler feeder & pole. Approximately 20m wide. Depths range from 3 feet to 7 feet plenty of fish in the margins in warmer weather. 32 pegs.
Stocking
Carp , F1 carp, Skimmer Bream, Tench, Roach, Perch & Barbel
Methods
The fish come up in the water very quick, caster & pellet works,
Chopped worm and caster is worth a try.
Best Baits
Pellets & paste, expander pellet, meat & corn
Twin Oaks Lakes
This Lake has been designed to make fishing as fair as possible. It is 25 metres wide, 6 feet deep sloping at 45 degrees towards either bank. This will force the angler into fishing the Pole, feeder
or waggler. The average sizes of the fish are approx 5lb and match catches in excess of 150lb! 36 pegs.
Stocking
Carp, Tench, Skimmer Bream, Roach & F1 Carp
Methods
Pole, feeder or waggler all these will come into play as the fish back off.
Best Baits
Pellet, Paste and Meat
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Nearest tackle shops
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St. Columb, Cornwall
(4.4 miles away)
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Newquay, Cornwall
(4.5 miles away)
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Newquay, Cornwall
(5 miles away)
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Newquay, Cornwall
(5.2 miles away)
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Contact information
The Tackle Lodge
White Acres Holiday Park
White Cross
Newquay
Cornwall
TR8 4LW
Tel 1: 01726 862 519
Tel 2: 01726 862 526
Website:
http://www.news-reel.com/
Cost
Call 0844 335 3569 to book, fishing is only for residents of the holiday camp.
Opening hours
Call the online tackle shop to find out open and close times, Specimen lakes allows night fishing but only 48 hours on a peg at a time.
Facilities
- Disabled access
- Night fishing
- Tackle shop
- Food and drink available
- On-site toilets
- On-site accommodation
- Fishing coach
There is so much here please check out the website to see all facilities available to you.
Rules
Pleasure Fishing Rules, Specimen Fishing Rules, Gold Silver and Rover Match Rules and 2011 Fisheries guide including all Match Rules are all on the website please go there to see them.
Species stocked
- Barbel
- Bream (Common)
- Bream (Silver)
- Carp (Mirror) (upto 30lbs)
- Carp (Ghost) (upto 25lbs)
- Carp (Common) (upto 30lbs)
- Carp (Grass) (upto 30lbs)
- Carp (Crucian)
- Catfish (upto 68lbs 14oz)
- Eel
- Goldfish
- Perch
- Roach
- Rudd
- Tench (upto 6lbs)
Suitable for
- Coarse fishing
- Carp/Specimen fishing
- Match fishing







