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Welcome to Watermark Fisheries

**Click here for detailed map of Little Horseshoe - a view from every swim**

Specimen Fishing Undiluted...

The Watermark Specimen Fisheries in Gloucestershire offer the finest Carp, Tench, Pike & Perch fishing around. From the inland sea that is the famous Bradley's Fishery, with carp to 40lb+, to the intimate Little Horseshoe of four and a half acres, with it's large head of quality carp to 35lb+

Bradley's - Carp and Tench
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  • Day, 24 hour and season permits available
  • 114 acre day ticket lake. This is the largest day ticket carp fishery in the UK!
  • Population in excess of 2500 fish
  • Large population of tench into double figures
  • Tickets are available from the Tackle Den (01285 862716)

Andrew Nichols 41lb 4oz Bradley's

Andrew Nichols 31lb 8oz Bradley's

 

 

 

Little Horseshoe - Specimen Carp Fishery
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  • 4.5 Acres of day ticket heaven
  • Season runs 12 months of the year
  • 24 hour &  day tickets are available for Little Horseshoe. Tickets are available from the Tackle Den (01285 862716)

The Pike Lakes
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  • 40 acres
  • Day, 24 hour and season permits available
  • Specimen Pike, Perch, Tench and Roach
  • This lake screams Pike!

Dave Jones with a stunning 32lb 2oz Little Horseshoe mirror


Catch a Bradley's stunner this Autumn!


Bradley's 38lb mirror

Bradley's Ghost

 

Bradley's Lake Tiger Fish is on the bank!

Phil Bury from Bolton has just caught the "Tiger Fish" @ 24lb 2oz. the fish looks to have spawned however is in great shape... see the gallery for a pic of one of the oldest fish in the country! Phil had a total of 18 carp in his 24 hour session...

Oliver Brown with a 9lb 3 oz June Tench from Bradley's



Bradley's is an awesome Tench Lake.



Many Tench exceed 8lb's as this brace weighing
17lbs demonstrates!

 

Telephone:
01285 862680

EMAIL:
adriandavey@watermarkclub.co.uk

Latest News

The Lakes are now largly ice free at last! 25/01/10

NEWS FLASH!
The Tackle Den triumphs in secret shopping article! Click here for the full review.

Catch Fish this winter like Watermarks favourite regular, the one and only Ken Ball with a 30lb 4 oz common well done Ken. Ken wins a free 48 hours on Little Horseshoe for this month's happiest angler in a photo competition.

Hills Lake now available on day & 24 hour tickets (4/11/10)

Hills Lake is now availible to fish on a day ticket or 24 hour ticket as well as Bradley's season tickets and Watermark Golden Scale Tickets and is transferable with Bradley's day or 24 hour tickets ( i.e. a Bradley's ticket covers Hills Lake) More details and opening times for Hills Lake are as follows Hills Lake (Lake 17) is adjacent to Bradley's (Lake 16) Access is via Bradley's gate 2 with parking available right next to the lake where toilet facilities are also provided. Stock levels are fairly unknown however, we know that a batch of relatively young fish have been stocked in recent years which in some cases are growing past mid thirties and stunning fish they are too! Original fish have been reported well in excess of 40lb's. This venue is ideal for the angler looking for the fish of a lifetime with its low stock and the potential of producing a very special fish. You will have seen large fish caught in the angling press with the location given as a "Large Southern Gravel Pit" that will have originated from Hills but suffice to say we have very little formal history of the lake. We would love to hear from anyone with catch reports and information.

Fishing operates 1st March to the 31st October 19:30pm - 8:30am and 24 hour fishing 1st November to 1st March

ICE ALERT

Before your visit please ring to check that your chosen venue is ice free - call the fishery number on 01285 862680.

Now that we have had the first frost! Visit Watermark and catch pike like Martin Bowler on Bradley's or the Pike Lake!

Special offer For AKAC Members (30/11/09)

Watermark Fisheries have introduced an offer for AKAC members whereby on production of an existing Full Season Permit (AKAC 09/10) you will be entitled to fish half price at Bradley's Fishery

This offer applies on day tickets & 24 hour tickets only. Additionally an offer of 20% discount will also be available for any AKAC member wishing to buy a season ticket for Bradley's.

This is a follow up to the offer made by Watermark to the club in regards to Lake 31 on the 14th August when we stated that "Watermark is quite happy to let those members who are genuine fisherman and prepared to conduct themselves appropriately fish the waters on Lake 31" - the full press release we made that day can be viewed at the Tackle Den. Although the offer we made could not be agreed at that time despite our best efforts, we now feel that it is important to demonstrate a gesture of goodwill to those anglers whose fishing has been affected by the actions of a handful of selfish individuals!

(Please note that camper vans are not allowed on site. This offer is available only from the Tackle Den and is valid until 10th March 2010 and all offers are subject to availability)


Posted 10/11/09 Now is the time to target Perch in Lake 6
"The Pike Lake" as "Hardy Grey's" Andy Charlton demonstrates with this brace of stunning fish caught using the "Drop Shot" technique.

Posted 9/11/09 Geoff Simms third thirty this season caught from Little Horseshoe at 33lbs 15oz.

29/9/09 During the last week fishing has been good on Bradley's with Carp reported to 35lb (Common) by a member with several thirties reported and plenty of stock fish being caught.... Prospects are v good for this weekend. Bubbling fish everywhere on Little H.

Dereck Wood 33lb 2 oz Common caught this October
from Bradley's - see both fish in news & views

Wood Pool Common 20lb's 5/10/09

30/9/09 Geoff Simmons has just caught a 33lb 14 oz common at 3:50pm 2nd fish (16lb common) of the trip - Bradley's fishing very well however some anglers experiencing hook pulls at the moment - some lumps lost at the net in the last couple of days............. photos to follow........ - now posted above!

23/9/09 Little Horseshoe is on fire at the moment latest catch Andy Howes who fished little Horseshoe last night catching 3 mirrors 27lb 8oz, 24lb 2oz & 22lb 3oz on his birthday - happy birthday Andy! - plenty of fish caught this week...

19/9/09 Angling Times Angling Journalists have fished Little Horseshoe twice in two weeks on two 24 hour sessions. The first visit resulted in 8 fish and the second a magnificent 29lb+ mirror - buy the paper and read about the sessions in the next couple of weeks or so....... Bradley's fishing well - a 25lb Koi caught last weekend! Pictures of all to follow.......

Steve Renyard fished Bradley's this September with his nephew Ryan Crouch (Pictured) resulting in this stunning photo!!!

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Hi Adrian.

I have attached photos of the 37lb 1oz linear mirror that my mate caught at 2am on Wednesday morning 09/09/09.
Alan caught his PB of 21lb, only 4 days earlier on Friday the 4th.
Regards Mark Bie. (pic below)

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36lb Mirror from Bradley's and note from Derek - Sept 09

Adrian,

Please find pics of first thirty from Bradleys. One of two fish i caught this weekend. This one was 36lb and the other was a mirror also of 16lb.

This has made all the nights worth it and follows on from the fish a few weeks ago. Well chuffed lets hope me good luck continues for the rest of the year as i would love one of the big commons to make it a memorable year.

Thanks for supplying the ultimate venue, can't see myself fishing anywhere else.

Cheers,

Dereck

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Stunning picture below of a 27lb Bradley's carp caught in July by one of our favorite anglers Glyn Everson. Glyn saw a fish roll at range and covered it resulting in this fantastic young Bradley's fish.

Geoff Simmons Watermark own fisheries Baliff catches his dream fish July 2009. This fantastic linear mirror normaly tops 39lb's however at 35lb 8oz post spawning weight has made Geoff a happy man! ! Well done Geoff!! - great angling.

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Hi Adrian
Here's some pictures of two carp I caught whilst tench fishing at Bradleys. The common went 29lbs and the mirror 20lb 12oz,


Great fishery and great people!!

Regards
Oliver Brown

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Hi,Here is a photo of a 32lb 12oz common i caught on the 17th june,also had a 7lb 12oz tench during the session.
Keep keep up the good work on the fishery.
Its refreshing to see a lake that is well kept and also litter free.
Regards.
Alex Grey.
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Rachel Stanley 18lb 8oz Bradley's May 2009 see news and views for Rachels full report and all the fish caught and lost in her amazing session....

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Bradley's 39lb 2 oz Common 9th May 2009

This is the biggest of a big list of 30lb carp caught from Bradley's in recent weeks. The lake is on fire for the bigger fish please see note from Rob below...

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Hi,
Please find attached a pic of 39lb 2oz Common taken from Bradley's by my buddy Steve Cottrell on the morning of 9th May 2009, our first visit to the water. (Paul the bailiff took some pics as well). Feel free to use it on the website.

Fantastic lake, keep up the good work.

Cheers
Rob
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Bradley's 36lb + Mirror

Bob Griffiths caught this superb 36lb + Mirror from Bradley's in April - another cracking fish for Bob - well done...

To ensure the ongoing security of our anglers you may not visit the fishery without having purchased a ticket or by calling to make an appointment to view.

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36lb Mirror caught from Bradley's this morning!

Bob Griffiths has caught a 36lb mirror from Bradley's this morning 8/4/09 - well done Bob - Bradley' s continuing to fish well with multiple catches of stock fish to 18lbs..... photos to follow....

 

Note from Steve Renyard

Hi Adrian. A quick update for your website. Now having fished five nights on Bradley's my total amount of carp caught is 40 fish to 33.04 as attached. The carp have been caught on Richworth multiplex 18mm boilies and lots of spod comprising Hinders cheesy tuna multimix and Bait tecs chilli and normal hemp mixed with tuna oil. I will be back as soon as humanly possible in the hope of another Bradley's stunner or fish of a lifetime! cheers Steve Renyard (fish below)


Martin Wilson catches a stunning 33lb

Bradley's 36lb stunner

lt's that magic time again as Stuart Oulton demonstrates with this 36lb 6oz Common (pic below) caught from Bradley's recently. With a dry autumn forecast (fingers crossed) now is the time to wage a campaign for a superb specimen displaying autumn colours - the ultimate trophy shot!