Day ticket venues near Wivenhoe, Essex

[barry211]

after a few ideas of somewhere near Wivenhoe where i can meet my lad for a day session as he is at the Uni and i am about 60 miles away so unable to pick him up and go to my local. i have dug about a bit on the old google and it seems that the local Wivenhoe waters (layer pit) are run by CPTAC and members only unless there is a day ticket route i am unaware of? Abberton res would seem good but it doesn't look like it's fished anymore?

anything within a 30 min drive from the uni would be good and it6 doesn't have to be a Carp water as we will most likely just have a blast on the old floats and just have the day to ourselves.

any help or steers to clubs would be greatfully recieved  

[salokcinnodrog]

Alton Water and Ardleigh Reservoir are both within your 30minutes of Colchester just off the A12 towards Ipswich. Day tickets via their website, and should come up on Google fairly easily.

I spent a lot of time on both of them in the past, and the swimfeeder and heavy baiting can be the best approach for bream and roach, although carp tend to be late afternoon through the night on carp tactics, but day tickets don't allow night fishing.

[barry211]

just checked it on the old web and it looks perfect, never fished a res before so this will be a nice bit of both fun and a learning curve   also i must admit i still love swimfeeding or method from days past.......

[salokcinnodrog]

1 hour ago, barry211 said:

just checked it on the old web and it looks perfect, never fished a res before so this will be a nice bit of both fun and a learning curve   also i must admit i still love swimfeeding or method from days past.......

Back in 2016 (!), I fished Alton Water near The Wonder and caught roach to 2lb 5oz on the cage swimfeeder, size 16hook and either double red maggot or maggot and caster. The first 2 or 3 swims down the slope I found the best at around 30-40metres, regularly recasting. The fish tended to switch on from around 4pm until last light.

Birchwood on the other side I found better for bream on the feeder, and for float fishing for silver fish if you go to the right.

That is down a small farm lane with a combination lock gate at the end. You get lock number when you buy your ticket.

Ardleigh I was fishing back in 2005 for carp, but the bream would come on big beds of groundbait and if you could prebait the day or two before would often be there all day, with the occasional carp. Go into Ardleigh, and down Lodge Lane, near the petrol station. There is another Lodge Lane on the other side of the reservoir. Wick Lane dam area is also easily accessible.

I never did very well up near the main fishing lodge.

[framey]

What about A12 fisheries 

that’s a day ticket I have never fished it but a few have.

www.a12lakes.co.uk