Manor Farm Lake


29lb 8oz - Myles Gibson from Cheshire with a nice upper twenty caught using CC Moore Odyssey XXX Boilies. (May 09).


Sparsholt student Harry Clay with his first ever pike - he caught the fish on a herring dead bait. (Fen 09).


22lb Phillip Brown had this mirror on Richworth Salmon Supreme boilies. (April 09).

Manor Farm Lake at approximately 14 acres is very similar to the adjacent St. Johns and like St. Johns it regularly produces good results. We estimate that the water now contains over 500 carp with at least 25 of these being over thirty pounds and another three which were recorded at weights over 38lb. In addition there have been three different 40 pound carp caught from the water in the last two years and the lake record stands at 42.10 for a mirror and 32.02 for a common. Plenty of back up fish in excess of twenty pounds along with numerous upper doubles are present. Linear?s stocking policy on this water is on-going with a low number of selected, fast growing carp being introduced regularly.

Other fish should not be neglected - the water contains a big head of tench, pike and rudd which can provide top class sport for those who choose to fish for them.

St. Johns and Manor Farm Lakes are close together and are separated by an area of land. This area has been landscaped and contains two parking areas for those fishing the two lakes. There are toilets placed at strategic points around both of the lakes and another in the main Hardwick car park across the road. The building that is located on this land between the two lakes contains a shower and toilet block which will be open between 9am and 5pm in both the summer and winter months Please remember that the gates will be locked between 9pm and 8am summer and between 6pm and 8am winter time. If you arrive during these lock up times you must wait with your car in the Hardwick car park across the road until they are open by 8am.

One small area of bank is out of bounds to fishing on the west bank of St. Johns and an even smaller area of the east bank of Manor Farm-this is clearly signposted.

THERE IS NO CLOSE SEASON ON ANY OF THE LINEAR DAY TICKET OR SYNDICATE WATERS