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St Johns Lake

This famous 18 acre water remains one of the top day ticket lakes in the UK and many anglers visiting this beautifully mature lake, some for the first time, have gone home happy in the knowledge that they had caught a personal best carp, tench, catfish, pike or even bream.

During 2008/9 five different carp have gone over the magical 40lb barrier with two of these being commons. The complex record, a mirror of 44.10 was caught in 2009 and with the carp still continuing to grow who knows what size these carp will attain in the next few years.

St. Johns is probably one of the most prolific twenties and thirties day ticket waters in the country; with the phenomenal growth rate that has been recorded there over the years there is every good reason to say this and nothing to say that it will not improve even more. Not including the five forties Linear estimate that the water could hold up to forty 30lb plus fish and in addition the water contains a very large head of twenties. In 2009 many anglers went home happy after breaking their PB or after landing their first ever twenty or thirty.

Linear's stocking policy on the water is ongoing and selected carp from our stock ponds will be introduced regularly. We estimate that the current carp stock levels are close to 800 fish. The lake records for carp stand at 41.04 for a common and 44.10 for a mirror.

Catfish regularly feature in catches. These have been caught in the past up to weights of over 76lb and are now regularly targeted by catfish anglers - during 2009 the biggest recorded was a fish of 68lb. Pike to over 20lbs are known to be present and in the past the water has produced fish to over 28lbs. The tench fishing can also be brilliant and fish to over 12lb along with bream of over 15lb have been recorded.

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