Manor Farm Leisure
Manor Farm Leisure is massive complex with well over 100 pegs on its commercial complex, a tackle shop on site, with a café, static caravans, part of the Warwickshire Avon (90 pegs) and toilets.
Manor Farm Leisure is massive complex with well over 100 pegs on its commercial complex, a tackle shop on site, with a café, static caravans, part of the Warwickshire Avon (90 pegs) and toilets.
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| Boundary Pool |
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| Rob Guppy |
Park your car behind almost every single peg on the lakes.
I'm not one to blow my own trumpet on this venue, but you always get haters saying "what does he know?", therefore Manor has seen me catch carp over 20lb in matches, current match weight holder (353lb), highest festival weight ever caught (313lb) and won the May Festival 2019.
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| Liam Dennick |
Windmill pool
Windmill pool is my favourite match lake on the complex, as it has something for everyone. Theres lots of big carp, F1's and a massive head of silvers too. I love it.
This can be a fest or famine peg, and tends to be better in the warmer weather, spring to Autumn.
It is the end of the lake, so you need them to be there, as you don't tend to draw fish into your peg!
I would suggest fishing long against the reeds and ensure you fish heavy enough to pull them out!!
Pegs 2 and 3
No features, open water, tough draws in a match as there is so many feature pegs. Open water is normally about 5 foot. Skimmers, F1's and odd carp.
Peg 4
Point of island. A jungle peg. Pellets shallow long in the summer!! This peg I had 313lb in the Manor Farm Festival in 2016.
Peg 6
Is in the channel of the island. It is a bit of a snagie pit on the far bank, but is normally full of fish. However, sometimes catch a lot skimmers at 6 meters, and 13 meters to island. Normal water levels it's 2.5 feet against the far bank, with a steep slope. One match I had 50lb skimmers, and 60lb of F1's which was awesome days fishing
Pegs 8 to 12 is open water, starts to get deeper. 6 to 7 foot at 13 meters and beyond
Peg 13 Is on the point of island. About 19 meters, 4 foot deep against island on normal water levels. In the summer the lakes can drop quite a lot.
On point of island. 18 meters to island. 4 foot against island. If you fish a 45 degree angle off the island it's a steady slope. As peg 16 is 10 foot. I do like this peg, one of my favourites on the complex.
Peg 16s to peg 23 is deeper part of the lake, up to 11 foot, these can be brilliant winter pegs. Peg 22 is normally an end peg in matches and you can catch some units down the left edge.
Peg 24 is my favourite peg on the complex, it is opposite peg 15. It is only 12 meters to the point of the island, and it's about four foot deep on normal levels. I like to fish it at 13.5 meters infront, which 3 foot. This is a snagie peg! I've been lucky to drew it a couple of times. You can catch to the left margin which is only 4 meters away, therefore put your keepnets to right, so you cause less commotion when having lots of fish in your keepnets.
If you fish down the edge, you will have to fish heavy 0.20 and have been lucky enough to catch some big fish, up to 16lb on this peg.
Peg 25 is only 11 meters to island. Very narrow and a steep shelve on the far bank.
Peg 27 is set back a little in a bay as is peg 28. Open water pegs, would not be my preferred draw. But sometimes the fish do shoal up here in the winter, therefore they can be good pegs.
Peg 29 is a good peg. Comes out of the bay, and is more on a point. A big bush/tree to your left and is a good peg out. It's about 8 inches shallow to your right.
Peg 30 is beginning to come into shallower water.
Peg 31 is just on the point of island.
Peg 32 33
Peg 34 19 Metres to island if peg 33 aint in, its about 4 foot deep. About 5ft in open water.
Peg 35 is in the corner, not normally pegged in matches
Peg 34 19 Metres to island if peg 33 aint in, its about 4 foot deep. About 5ft in open water.
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| Peg 34 Windmill |
Peg 35 is in the corner, not normally pegged in matches
Island Pool
Personally I find Island Pool the most frustrating pool, as there so many different methods that work and I always seem to choose the wrong one. Method to Island can be very productive and 8mm pellet on the lead about 25 metres.
Peg 4
Is a shallower peg. Personally I've never done well off this peg, but it can throw up match winning weights! Fish have fins and do swim around! The cast to island is in a angle and if peg 5 is in, then it is going to be tight??!! The cast is around 45 yards (I haven't measured it, but is a fair throw)
Peg 5 on the rope. Good peg.
Peg 6. "Best peg in Europe"
A great peg. Looking to catch from the second milk float, to the island. F1's tend to be in the deeper water, especially in winter, and carp can be tight against far bank. Don't get me wrong, it can throw up on the pole as well. It is one of the best pegs on the complex.
Pegs 8 to 12 is a "bowl" and at times the no chuck rule can apply in the open matches. Please check. Ask Dave (owner). These pegs can be good as you can have some room, therefore good pole pegs at times. Pegs are 5 foot deep, which is nice depth.
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| Dave Bird (owner) |
Peg 12/13 is on the point of the Island. The way the pegs have been done, they are pointing in the same direction. Be civilised and sort out who throwing where. Remember it's only fishing!!!
Peg 14 good area still. About 50 ish yard chuck to the island.
Peg 16 on the rope.
Peg 18
Peg 16 on the rope.
Peg 18
Peg 21 starts getting into the deep water.
Peg 23 I've got a love hate relationship with this peg, I either do really well off this peg or come last.
Peg 23 I've got a love hate relationship with this peg, I either do really well off this peg or come last.
Peg 24 deep water on pole, 7 foot on normal winter levels. Can be great and can be void.... I've had good and bad days on this peg. Love hate relationship again.
Peg 25 is 23 ish metres wide, deep on pole line still. On the rope
Peg 27 is normally a great winter peg. Full of F1's
Peg 32 is normally great winter peg, as the F1's shoal up there other pole line.
Peg 35. On the rope
Peg 35. On the rope
Peg 37 is shallow part of the lake.
Middle Pool
Middle Pool has the largest head of carp out of the 5 lakes, there is loads of F1's and some decent Skimmers. Not so many little fish or "nuisance fish". This is rectangle shaped lake, it can be wind dominated at times.
In the Summer margins can be really good, especially on the end pegs, or if you have every other peg in matches. Meat at 5 metres can be highly productive and if the fish are blowing lots on your feed, then paste can be awesome. Again pellets is a one of the best baits.
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| Me and Gary Watts. |
In the Summer margins can be really good, especially on the end pegs, or if you have every other peg in matches. Meat at 5 metres can be highly productive and if the fish are blowing lots on your feed, then paste can be awesome. Again pellets is a one of the best baits.
Peg 1 is on the narrower part of the lake.
Peg 4 has been a brilliant peg this winter (2020). The carp and F1's aren't always up this end.
Peg 6 on the rope, deeper edge to your left but your sat on it. Fish peg 7 over to 6 would be a good option if available?
Peg 4 has been a brilliant peg this winter (2020). The carp and F1's aren't always up this end.
Peg 6 on the rope, deeper edge to your left but your sat on it. Fish peg 7 over to 6 would be a good option if available?
Peg 7 is on left side of rope. Sometimes I wanted to borrow the rope and tie myself to a tree in the winter 2015!
Peg 8 is the middle of Middle Pool
Peg 12 is normally the end peg in matches and can be feast or famine peg. I would say this is the shallower end and has a bit of slit up this end. 5 foot at normally levels at 13 metres.
Peg 22 is on the rope.
Peg 8 is the middle of Middle Pool
Peg 12 is normally the end peg in matches and can be feast or famine peg. I would say this is the shallower end and has a bit of slit up this end. 5 foot at normally levels at 13 metres.
Peg 22 is on the rope.
Peg 25 is on the rope, maybe one of the most consistent pegs on the lake, it normally always worth a few fish. Not saying its the best peg, as the lake in recent times (2020) has be dominated by one end or the other normally, especially in the winter. Fish do have fins and do move around, the beauty of the lake is there is a lot of carp, so you can catch a decent weight quite quickly.
Peg 26, is where I was lucky enough to do 353lb, which is current venue record to this day (20/04/20)
see link below
http://christelling.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/manor-farm-leisure-middle.html?m=1
Peg 27 this again has been a good peg this winter (2020)
Peg 27 this again has been a good peg this winter (2020)
Boundary Pool
This is my favourite lake to pleasure fish, especially in the evenings after the matches, as there is loads of big carp in the margins in the summer. It has some beautiful fish in the lake.
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| Boundary Pool has the prettiest fish. |
Pegs 8 and 10 every good area of the lake. Sometimes in the winter the fish sit in the middle of the lake.
Peg 12 good corner peg, if it's an end peg, as in the opens peg 17 can be next peg. Dave tries to spread you around when he has the room.
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| Steve Marshall |
Pegs 15, 16, 17
These pegs are facing up the lake, so be mindful where your casting, as it will get a little tight.
Peg 17 is the normally pegged in opens and have plenty of room. It can be a great peg when warm wind is blowing into your bank. Drew it a few times, would suggest priming the edge, as your may catch some great big carp.down.the edge. Some big ghost carp in the lake, they can be big and very wise...
Peg 18 is on the point, not normally pegged in opens.
Peg 19 Is on the point.
Peg 38 My favourite peg on boundary, such a good peg. It's centre of the lake, and great pole peg!
Peg 39 Just going around the point, this is normally an end peg in the open matches.
Peg 39 Just going around the point, this is normally an end peg in the open matches.
Ash Pool
It's up to 7 foot, maybe 8 foot if water table is high! A great little lake. Massive head of skimmers and F1's.
Normally pegs 5, 6, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20 are the most consistent pegs on the lake. Personally I think it's out and out pole lake for 80% of the time. Pellets and more pellets!! Spring time, worms and casters can be deadly and there is some monster carp, 20lbers,
Videos on Winter fishing at Manor Farm Leisure
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| Mark Malin catching 19lb 3oz carp from Ash Pool in 2015 festival |
Videos on Winter fishing at Manor Farm Leisure
Bread and Lead with Liam Dennick
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