These fisheries are home to specimen barbel, chub, pike and carp as well as roach, perch and dace. The lake requires some restoration work including silt removal from the lake and management of the trees overhanging the water. The day ticket permit must be carried at all times. Details courtesy of Ian Cougil and John at Retford Angling Supplies. You are using an out of date browser. The author of this web site accepts no responsibility for errors or omission. What cannot be seen is that this used to be the southernmost boundary of Sherwood Forest. Local legend tells how there was once a fisherman on the River Trent who, after fishing for a while and catching a few carp and other fish, had his bait taken by a monster pike. Looking for the best hiking trails in Burton upon Trent? This guide is an attempt to put that information at your fingertips and provide clarity. Details courtesy of Marc Steven Foy. Limits are one salmon and two trout. Today there is no pub as such but the Farmers Arms Bar in the village hall is opened every Wednesday night and Sunday afternoon and features guest craft beers across the year. appreciate all the time and effort its taken you and others Not surprisingly this was an area prone to flooding in times past. Government body the Environment Agency has received . Hemp is still a terrific attractor. An easy route approximately 3km round trip around the "reach" (where Samuel de Champlain paddled in 1615). Others have suggested it derives from the Romano-British trisantona. What a fantastic read and as I am moving up to the Nottingham area from the south soon, It will become an invaluable guide to me going forward. S Small roach catcher New member Joined Brilliant work Bob. The island between the two weirs (Nabbs Island) is C&RT owned but fishing rights belong to Scunthorpe who do not allow fishing from the island at all (to protect Ladypits to the south of the island). Several sturgeon have been caught from here, the best around 17lbs, I believe. The information is provided by Newark and District Piscatorial Federation (The Federation) and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Details courtesy of Andrew Rouse. Salmon Farm Carlton Ferry Lane Collingham is a 12 peg stretch run by myself Zita McCarthy (07980364774) it is the conveyor stretch. Those wishing to fish along the River Trent will be pleased to find more than 30 species of fish. Many of the malcontents operate furtively in the shadows to this day but their rumblings and mutterings now tend to fall on stony ground. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Seeing the boy in deep water, Ronnie swam out to him and pulled him to the landing stage from where he was carried back to his mother. It can accommodate 2 anglers Monday to Friday/ Friday to Monday. Once we got to the swim my Son couldn't get over how peaceful and calm it all was, for the first 3 hours he didn't care we hadn't caught anything, he was happy trying to see how far he could cast, feeding the fry in front of us and watching the occasional boat go by. Trent River Cottages is located within Fisheries Management Zone 17. Helped me out. Much appreciated! Hi Bob, Ive shown it where I think it should be but the exact geography may vary by a little either way. Yes, of course there are but you might find other stretches more productive. 187. Less tangible is the legend that Dick Turpin once lodged at the former Black Swan Inn. Great work Bob. A different night syndicate operates on the rest of the stretch. I also like the historical snippets. He informs me: The stretch above BDAAS/ABF is indeed private, only 3 pegs though before the wharf stretch. And of course, if you are completely new to barbel fishing or want to learn from a variety of experts then the finest collection of DVDs ever produced on the subject are available here: Judging by the number of requests I get for information about float fishing for barbel it seems theres a demand, arguably a thirst for information about this technique. It's shallow on the inside and a nice sandy bottom fishing a waggler and maggot 1/3 over will produce roach, dace, chub and perch. We welcome responsible anglers to our waters. Rising close to the village of Kirklington, the Greet flows in a southeasterly direction past Southwell and Rolleston to meet the River Trent at Fiskerton . In the 1500s there were actually two channels and in 1592 these channels would be the cause of a dispute taken all the way to the Star Chamber of Elizabeth 1 due to damming of the northern channel with a wier by Sir Thomas Stanhope. All we do in the ABF now is run several night fishing syndicates. If anywhere typifies the Trent, this is it. Whatever the provocation, do not be drawn into conflict with boat or canoe users. Ive got a question regarding rods for casting to the far bank at Fiskerton. Some restrict fishing to members only, some offer temporary memberships for fishing in daylight hours and a small number allow night fishing. The final lock at Hazelford was opened in 1926. Rolleston: Waterway: Non-tidal River Trent: Location: Swillow Lane - Rolleston: Postcode: NG23 5SJ: Grid reference: SK 74793 51989: What3Words: bounding.pizza.shrugging: Latitude Longitude: 53.05992500-.88543678: Pegs: 40: Permits: Members and Associate Members only | No day tickets: Night fishing: Night fishing not permitted: Description . best wishes mate Let someone know where you are going to fish and always advise of your estimated arrival time back home. Just getting back into the freshwater fishing and i am going to get a Hull book and a Scunthorpe book. The long straight behind Nottinghams University campus is fast and fairly shallow. A (day) permit allows you to fish two rods and whilst barbed hooks are allowed, micro barbed hooks are preferred. Day tickets: Collingham, A1 Pits, Smeatons, Bobs Island, Caythorpe, Burton Joyce, Holme Pierrepont, etc, etc. APG Fishery (Gunthorpe Lock) reverted to a members only water on this date. You book on line ,see website. They can be purchased from a chemist. Fiskerton offers a fantastic range of coarse fishing, be it barbel, chub, bream, pike, zander and even the occasional river carp, you'll find them all. Some attribute Isaac Walton with it having 30 species (French: trente). Can you spot the course of the Old Trent? A group of nere-do-wells attempted to wreck the Barbel Society and depose its leader but the campaign proved to be a miserable failure. I am looking at the Nottingham Piscatorial side just after Fiskerton, I went to look at the Fiskerton day ticket stretch just down from the members section but I ended up in Rolleston after all the gates looked locked. In 1676, despite only having 86 inhabitants, Barton had two pubs! Wear a hat in cold weather. Because of the rivers tendency to flood and alter its course, this has been interpreted as meaning strong flooding or more directly The Trespasser (see footnote). Christened John William, J W Martin was a prolific writer using the nom de plume of Trent Otter. Great eh? By far the best article on Trent fishing available. . Throughout the 16th and 17th Century it became known as the old course. It can accommodate 2 anglers Monday to Friday/ Friday to Monday. / 53.05556N 0.89278W / 53.05556; -0.89278. The caves were still inhabited until around 1924 when the last family (the Shore family) moved out. We begin our journey near Gainsborough. Thanks again. but it got tricky at the end blozzdy locks got private fishing only,anyway i would get in my tender ,and fish in the middle of the weirs so i was in noman land, but so that i would not upset the private lads ,i fished when thay went home at night, yes ken those were the days, you and i enjoyed the trips up to the trent on our boat, no body could find us and the peace and quiet was wonderful, the lock keepers were good friends to us and we got away with murder. There is a vast network of caves beneath the city, carved out by hand in the soft sandstone rock by prospective dwellers. Tel: 01427 613002, Retford Angling Supplies, St John Street, Retford, DN22 6JY, Tel: 01777 717286. These are very small and light but are Day tickets are no longer issued. Trent River has the following amenities based off of 3 reviews left by . Skill level to catch: Intermediate Best bait: Krill, bloodworm boilie, halibut pellets. Powerful, twisting and turning, it picks up a tinge of colour with the tides. From the giant sluice at Cowick, down through the canoe slalom course and onto the gravels below, this is barbel country and practically in the heart of Nottingham. and thanks for putting in all the time to put this together. A fascinating and challenging stretch of water containing a weir, islands, the Sawley Cut, River Derwent confluence, the Trent and Mersey Canal junction plus the start of what some deem to be the upper Trent (personally I feel it starts at the point beyond which navigation is no longer allowed, but thats a personal whim). "I launch at Lawson Creek Park on the Trent River," Dubiel said. Back off and report any unsavoury incidents. I do like to make this guide as accurate as possible but Im currently struggling to accurately pin down a 560 yard stretch at Conygre Farm at Hoveringham that is controlled by Derbyshire Angling Club. Fiskerton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England on the west bank of the River Trent about 3 miles southeast of Southwell. I shall resist the temptation to draw comparisons with Brexit! Please credit the web site/ guide as that way it reaches more people. The very best dont come cheap but if you want to drive at 200 mph you dont go looking at budget cars, do you? Oh, and the car park near the rowing centre is reputedly popular with the dogging fraternity! Or better still, purchase a ticket for the far bank and fish under your rod tip? Well done Bob! The inclusion of such links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them. It is believed the Trent derived its name from two Celtic words tros (over) and hynt (way) or troshynt (over-way). Amazingly, Ronnies parents knew nothing about the rescue until they heard the story from eye-witnesses, because their son was too modest to tell them. If you are wading then it is advisable to use a wading stick or a bank stick to check where it is safe to go. If you want to fish a block end feeders effectively, whats wrong with a heavy quivertip rod, sensible line strengths and throwing a bow to compensate for the flow? Cars should be parked in such a manner as not to interfere with any farm vehicles along any lane, and should not be parked in front of gates. My pleasure to help even in a small way. Fishing in Ontario - Everything you need to know. In 1939 gravel extraction from alongside the river Trent was begun by the Hoveringham Gravel company. A handful of these are bream, perch, carp, salmon trout, sturgeon, chub, lamprey, and eel. Thanks. Price: Free fishing More info: Matchman Supplies 0115 9140210 BURTON JOYCE ROAD STRETCH, NOTTS The fishing rights on the River Trent at Hoveringham are owned by the Midland Angling Society, if you fancy a session on there it is charged at the following rates: Day ticket: 5.00 Season ticket: 35 Find out more information Contact: Christopher Shaw Telephone: 01159203932 Address: Hoveringham Road , Hoveringham , Nottingham , NG14 7JP . Of course, the success of any guide relies upon it being a live, continuously updated document and this can only work when fellow anglers, club secretaries and fishery owners are willing to participate by sharing their knowledge. The confluence of the Trent and Neuse rivers has become a hot striper destination even in coldest weather, and Capt. This is now a dreamy stretch of mostly natural river, controlled almost exclusively by the Nottingham Piscatorial Society. A horse would have been brlliant! Great info bob , I know where to visit next and my next bar of gold , Top man, Great guide! You asked if anyone could help fill in gaps, since moving to Licolnshire,most of my fishing has been on the tidal river. I was catching fish below here nigh-on 40 years ago. And so we have reached the end of our journey. They were created to deepen the river and enable commercial navigation with larger boats. Thank you. Pure sport and thrills, seat of your pants excitement is now old hat. Worth noting if you fancy a swift half after a hard session on the river. Take the first right turn (Long Lane) into Farndon. No clubs to my knowledge run fisheries below this point. As we enter Nottingham this is perhaps the perfect opportunity to point out that the folk of this fair city, once famous for its lace industry, and John Player cigarettes, have only recently stopped living in caves. But theres still a way to go and should always be treated as a draft document. 2022.02.08 Maps 26 and 27 updated to show Spring Lakes water, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust and a stretch owned by a company that appear not to want anglers on their land. Barnsley DAA purchased the Fiskerton stretch of the Trent in the early 1980s (I believe) for what, at the time, was rumoured to be the kings ransom of around a quarter of a million pounds. JavaScript is disabled. It is also a popular route for pleasure boats, leading to the vibrant redeveloped waterfront area in Leeds. Then again its arguable the average skill level in those days was far superior. This was thwarted by a bill to create a cut and lock at Cranfleet, a cut, locks and weirs at Beeston and a lock at Holme Pierrepont. The aim of the improvements was to increase the minimum depth from a mere 2 feet (0.6 m) to 3 feet (0.9 m). It was ruled by a Saxon chief named Snot. Nor do you always have to cast to the far bank! Now imagine if there was a guide like this for every major river in the country. There are few cut-out swims but if you look hard enough theres room to poke a rod out. What I have learned from compiling this resource is there are some very good, informative web sites and some that arent! We have over 90 acres of coarse fishing, comprising of 6 different lakes. Known as the old river, the natural-looking stretch of river between Staythorpe and Crankley Point was created when the left bank of the Trent was deliberately breached at Staythorpe. 2021 Prices Day ticket 5 Season ticket 35. One of the prettier reaches of the middle Trent. An act was passed in 1906 allowing construction of the locks along the middle river that are in use today. Historians believe he may have been demonstrating on the aegir, a tidal bore. 2023.01.24 Map 9. He became an institution, fishing alongside Jack Bailey (son of William Bailey), David Slater (the Newark reel maker), Henry Coxon (inventor of the Aerial reel), and F W K Wallis (joint holder of the barbel record in the 1930s). Beyond that is Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust who may deny it, but elements within in hold an anti-angling stance. A credit to you, and a big help to me. At Carlton-on-Trent the channel had not yet developed the meander between the Ferry there and Carlton Rack, and occupied a course slightly to the south. So many stretches of different types of river to go at. Thank you. Prior to the mid-18th Century there were only two bridge crossings of the river through the entire thirty maps featured here, one at Newark and one at Nottingham (Hethbeth Bridge). Map 16, the stretch above BDAAS/ABF is indeed private, only 3 pegs though before the wharf stretch. That said, I spent donkeys years fishing the Trent before barbel fishing became fashionable and we never went heavier than 6lb main line and 3oz feeders. On the other side, you can fish slightly further to just past where the old toll bridge crosses. Newark Castle station is right next to the Dyke. Baits dont blow. It may be that access isnt viable, but I would welcome any help with improving the accuracy of these details. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. 2020.07.26 Maps 1 & 2. River Trent Rolleston Something keeps dragging me back to this glorious part of middle England. From June 16th 2022 Collingham AA decided to no longer allow night fishing on a day ticket. Up until 1596 the main channel of the Trent below Newark ran along what is now known as the Fleet and the Slough Dike (to the right of the above map close to the A1133 Gainsborough Road). What have been landed and photographed from here are some pretty impressive catfish. To the west we have the old river. 949 1812, Walkers Of Trowell, 9-13 Nottingham Rd, Trowell. Sunday 3rd September - TIDAL TRENT (80) PRACTICE OPEN - up to 84 pegs Saturday 9th September - RIVER TRENT, BURTON JOYCE FINAL Saturday 16th September - RIVER TRENT, BURTON JOYCE (DAY ONE) 84 pegs Sunday 17th September - RIVER TRENT, BURTON JOYCE (DAY TWO) 84 pegs As its popularity grows, so the thirst for knowledge becomes insatiable, particularly for information about who controls the fishing. Access from Newark to Farndon on Fosse Road (former A46). Details courtesy of Kevin Stephenson. For fishery limits, rules, prices, how to obtain tickets, match details, etc, for the above mentioned clubs please visit the respective web sites. Thanks again. The fishing rights on the River Trent at Hoveringham are owned by the Midland Angling Society, if you fancy a session on there it is charged at the following rates: Day ticket: 5.00 Season ticket: 35. Plenty of backing weights throughout with half the field weighing 8lb or more. It certainly wont hurt. Mark Hoff have discovered some of the secrets to catching them consistently. Main access is via Swillow Lane, Rolleston, a mile and a half rough track with 2 locked gates (combination) leading to the top end of the fishery. Although they partly rent both banks, fishing is only allowed from one side. Attenboroughs sprawling nature reserve presents access problems on the North bank where the majority of deeper water and flow lies. As an aside, Im both Vice President of BDAAS and Secretary of the ABF. The Flegbrough west bank I understand was Soldiers & Saliors, but is now from a personal visit is unaccessible .The East bank near Torksey Eva featured in the Anglers Mail last year with day tickets available from a club based on a local pub, regrettably I cannot recall The name, but the word White featured. The ferry at Gainsborough was not replaced by a bridge until 1787. Good work Bob. Two popular fishing spots are the Rolleston fishery and the Fiskerton fishery, both located in Nottingham. Buy a Fishing License. It should be recognised that the Trents weirs are not natural features. Ive just spent an entire evening reading and reminiscing. Feeder inthe middle will find the skimmers, bream and the odd barbell. Free Fishing along the Embankment and opposite bank included (details courtesy of Rich Hall). Those who exhibit a taste for the macabre might wish to check out the Just Beer Micropub in Swan and Salmon Yard. We employ full-time bailiffs who regularly patrol all our waters. If you are talking of the newark federation water at rolleston it's members only so no day tickets. So does luncheon meat and corn. Across the UK as a whole, the median age is 39. Gunthorpe has its own henge (like Stonehenge but without the stones!) ), is the tidal stretch at Laughterton, below the Lincoln water and down to the island which I believe is controlled by Ranmoor Piscatorial Society. Artificial fly and spinner fishing is permitted, but bait fishing is only allowed for trout fishing. Tel: 01159 To get some good action where would you suggest I fished day ticket or which club would you join? 2022.06.25 Map 9. The roadside, Peg 70-ish, won a 960-peg National Championships. I actually hold a ticket for the opposite bank and you are effectively poaching in our water without making a contribution to the running of it. Many thanks to Spring Lakes and David Kent at LEVAS for their kind help in compiling this update. Made famous in the days of Frank Barlow, Dean, Warren, Slaymaker, Toone and the other highly skilled Trentmen. Join Ashfield Angling. Regards Kev. The top end is deeper, at 10ft-11ft, but below the flats it's 6ft-7ft and is perfect stick float and waggler territory. We have a local fishing pond that can be used by guests, and, we're also only 6 miles . We have the only fishing on the River Greet.