FISHING & LAKES
There are eleven lakes across the farm, six of which are well stocked with fish (common carp, mirror carp, and ghost carp, green and golden tench, and bream) and two dedicated to wildfowl (coots, moorhen, dabchicks, mallard, teal, widgeon, and even nesting tufted duck) along with swans and Canadian geese.
The soil on the farm lends itself well to digging lakes, as the soil type is red clay. All the lakes, bar one, have a weed free, clay bottom. Four of the ponds are clear span, have no islands and are traditional bowl shape - they vary in depth to 12 ft.
*Guests are asked to use barbless hooks, and no keep nets allowed.
Carp up to 20 lbs, tench up to 10 lbs.
The Top Pond: heavily stocked.
Size: 2/3 acre Depth: 12 foot
Bottom: spring fed, flat bottom; half shale, half clay
Fish: common carp, mirror carp, ghost carp, golden and green tench
The Alders: the farmer's favourite. This heavily stocked pond has 2 islands.
Size: 1/2 acre Depth: extremely varied 1 ft. - 12 ft, with reeds and flags in places
Bottom: uneven bottom; red clay
Fish: common carp, mirror carp, and ghost carp, green tench
Frog Pond: newer pond, wide expanse, one central island.
Size: 1/3 acre Depth: steady even depth 3 - 5 foot
Bottom: flat; red clay
Fish: empty
Lodge Pond: the largest pond on the property, it's heavily stocked.
Size: 1.2 acre Depth: half the pond is 6 foot even, the other half is a trench, 3 - 14 feet
Bottom: flat; red clay
Fish: common carp, mirror carp, and ghost carp, green and golden tench, and bream
The Dam: long, thin pond that hosts several islands down the centre, half of which are slightly submerged as it is the start of the wetlands.
Size: 1/3 acre Depth: 2 - 7 feet
Bottom: flat; red clay
Fish: empty
Wren's Pools: more a wetland than fishing pond, this marshy area of varied depth hosts a great deal of wildlife and a few fish.
Size: 2/3 acre Depth: 1 - 5 feet
Bottom: uneven; red clay
Fish: common carp, mirror carp, green tench
Middle Pond: lesser density of fish.
Size: 2/3 acre Depth: 2 - 4 feet
Bottom: flat; red clay
Fish: common carp, green tench
Blackwater: two peninsulas jut out from the shores.
Size: 1/2 acre Depth: 8 feet
Bottom: flat; red clay
Fish: empty
House Pond: very irregular shaped pond, 3 islands, well stocked.
Size: 1 acre Depth: 3 - 10 feet
Bottom: flat; red clay
Fish: common carp, mirror carp, ghost carp, golden and green tench, goldfish
