good carp lakes to visit with a camper van

[dobby17]

hello im thinking about buying a camper van and love my carp fishing so was wondering if you know of any good lakes in uk or france where i can go .many thanks

[ouchthathurt]

Jesus!! There are loads! Look at holiday carping, back of magazines etc. One complex i can think of is Wylands lakes in east sussex. Made up of loads of different sized ponds of varying levels of difficulty. Worth a phone call at least.

 

[dalthegooner]

Gabriel's Fishery in Edenbridge is another.

[Carpbell]

Although there are plenty of site for camping and fishing, cheek that you can use the van next to the pool, most sites in the UK wont allow vans or tents around the pool as the insurance is too much , they get away with it by allowing bivvies.
Dog lane is one, he has a separate camp site for tents, vans and caravans, if you want to stop next to the pool it has to be a bivvy.
I get away with a one man tent from ASDA, it fits under my umbrella, I will get a bivvy soon, save any moaning, Argos do one for 40 quid

[Carpbell]

I must of been doing something right at dog lane last year, the regulars were having a half moan about the tent, the Gaffer never saw it, cus I'm that good, lol.

[Carpbell]

Mind you, one could get pedantic towards most bivvys on the market, a bivvy is meant to have one or no poles, no ground sheet and no guide lines, most bivvys are tents.

[cyborx]

Dog lane is one, he has a separate camp site for tents, vans and caravans, if you want to stop next to the pool it has to be a bivvy.

 

dog lane is good but as carpbell said above,( did the owner ever do anything about improving his coarse pool??) if you want to park reasonably close to your peg try bishops bowl nr bishops ichington. only £20 for 24 hrs and its a large complex too

theres also kingsbury water park but again prob not much parking by your peg

[Carpbell]

dog lane is good but as carpbell said above,( did the owner ever do anything about improving his coarse pool??) if you want to park reasonably close to your peg try bishops bowl nr bishops ichington. only £20 for 24 hrs and its a large complex too

theres also kingsbury water park but again prob not much parking by your peg

When I went up last year, the coarse pool was packed the stock levels are on the high side of well stocked, he has two or three paddle airators on each pool, the specimen pool I found to be a real gem, not many fish out, but it was baking hot, no one was catching, apart from me. I had either a sturgeon or catfish on through the night, never had a take like that before, needles to say, it done me over. Had a lovely ghost carp out on a real hot afternoon. I like Dog lane because Eddie lets dogs on site. I made a rod for my own back taking the dog up to Kingsbury, now when he sees me getting ready to go out fishing, he is packed and waiting by the door.

Edited April 22, 2014 by Carpbell

[grangemilky]

They used to allow motorhomes down the train line side of the A1 pits!

[InteraX]

Try Sumners Ponds Fishery & Campsite in Sussex.

 

They have premium lakeside pitches. 2 grass and 9 hard standing. It looks like they even have electric hookups.

Edited April 22, 2014 by InteraX

[sharpy86]

Dobby, a proper campervan?

[dobby17]

yep a campervan and ive looked at some of the lakes suggested cant wait to try some of them thanks for all your help and keep em coming

[crezza]

South Cerney A.C - Altho not a day ticket its only £65 for the year - saw loads of people on ham pool last year in there campers, I even saw one man in a tranny van with a mattress in the back and a massive ariel mounted to the side of his van lol

[lee bailey]

apart from the A1 pits and Catterick complex .. is there.any more in the north east for campervans