Roach are one of the most popular coarse fish in the UK and rightly so, they feed all year round and can offer prolific sport if you visit the right venues. In this guide we have compiled some of the best venues where the roach action is sensational and you can expect a great days fishing if you get your tactics right.
Partridge Lakes, Warrington, Cheshire
Holbar is home to very good numbers of exceptional roach. Pole fishing with maggots and casters is a great way to catch them here.
Contact: 07734 940100 or www.partridgelakes.co.uk
Bradshaw Hall, Bolton, Lancashire
Lake Two is a top silverfish water. You’ll catch on a waggler early in the session, but prime a short pole line too for later on in the day.
Contact: 01204 307197 or www.bradshawhallfisheries.co.uk
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Lakeside Leisure, Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire
There are good numbers of roach at this attractive coastal fishery, including some pretty big ones. It’s quite deep in places, but waggler tactics can produce.
Contact: 01754 872631
Purple Badger Lakes, Beeby, Leicestershire
Head to the Coarse Lake for a net of redfins. It slopes down to 17ft, so offers good cold-weather sport. The pole with maggots is a good bet.
Contact: 07594 515948 or www.purplebadger.co.uk
Shatterford Fishery, Bewdley, Worcestershire
There’s superb silverfish sport to be had at Shatterford. Be prepared to fish off bottom as the lakes are deep and the roach are often willing to feed shallow.
Contact: 07415 889911 or www.shatterford.com
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Wold Farm, Podington, Northamptonshire
Islands Lake has produced some huge bags of roach, as has Moat Lake. Hemp and tares can be worth trying to single out the better fish.
Contact: 07410 705882 or www.woldfarm.co.uk
Andy's Fishing Lake, Hereford, Herefordshire
Fish the pole at close range with casters and bits of worm for a net of quality silvers. Feeding groundbait can also kick-start a swim.
Contact: 01989 730210 or www.andysfishinglake.co.uk
Tamar Lakes, Devon/Cornwall
Two of the best silverfish waters in the land, both Upper and Lower Tamer Lakes hold vast numbers of roach. Pole and whip tactics can produce, as can the feeder, fished short.
Contact: 01288 321262 or www.swlakestrust.org.uk/tamar
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Latchetts Lake, Uckfield, West Sussex
Formerly known as Tanyard Fisheries, Latchetts is a good bet for a few bites. Head to Margarets Lake and feed natural baits.
Contact: www.gocatch.fish
Hordle Lakes, New Milton, Hampshire
There are good numbers of roach at Hordle, with some pretty large fish about too. Long and Spring Lakes are both well worth a try.
Contact: 07824 312230 or www.hordlelakes.com
