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hello all,
just wanted to know if anyone has fished any nice estate lakes,
I used to fish blickling hall in Norfolk and sennowe park both are very picturesque tranquil lakes
blickling hall
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8611/oule.jpg

sennowe park
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/954/r5pv.jpg

had many a wonderful time at these lakes especially in the summertime watching the carp milling around in the shallows or just sat there in the sun basking in its warmth while they looked at me thinking you got no chance matey

Yes. our club estate lake's not bad, 7 acres with a couple of islands designed by old Capability himself - the old house is now a 'posh' hotel.

They look really lovely.
I yearn for a beautiful estate lake to fish. I used to fish a small one at Adlestrop but it has tragically succumbed to otters, silting and was hit hard by flooding.
In its better days.

some very nice look lakes there gents

The Old Estate Lake - a fairly local club lake:






and Wotton Underwood Estate lakes - syndicate fishing:

I have 4 to fish in Oxford, Kent, Hertford & Berkshire. All very nice but not a beautiful as some I have seen above!

Stevenstone Estate lake, Devon, see under other carp waters.

T31000 wrote:hello all,
just wanted to know if anyone has fished any nice estate lakes,
I used to fish blickling hall in Norfolk and sennowe park both are very picturesque tranquil lakes
blickling hall
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8611/oule.jpg

sennowe park
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/954/r5pv.jpg

had many a wonderful time at these lakes especially in the summertime watching the carp milling around in the shallows or just sat there in the sun basking in its warmth while they looked at me thinking you got no chance matey

Yes they are both wonderful places. Were you part of the Bailey / Harper syndicate who used to fish Sennowe? I know it was fairly exclusive & I've heard that lot of the older fish have died since then. Blickling has also had problems with arguements between carp anglers and other anglers. Just a shame as I would have loved to fish them now.

Hoppy-Doffton wrote:

T31000 wrote:hello all,
just wanted to know if anyone has fished any nice estate lakes,
I used to fish blickling hall in Norfolk and sennowe park both are very picturesque tranquil lakes
blickling hall
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8611/oule.jpg

sennowe park
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/954/r5pv.jpg

had many a wonderful time at these lakes especially in the summertime watching the carp milling around in the shallows or just sat there in the sun basking in its warmth while they looked at me thinking you got no chance matey

Yes they are both wonderful places. Were you part of the Bailey / Harper syndicate who used to fish Sennowe? I know it was fairly exclusive & I've heard that lot of the older fish have died since then. Blickling has also had problems with arguements between carp anglers and other anglers. Just a shame as I would have loved to fish them now.

not many people got to fish sennowe ,it was a for a select few which I was very lucky to be a part of ,had some cracking wildies and a great head of carp ,last I herd it had an otter problem and fishing is no longer allowed.
shame it was a great place to escape ,it was a different world when you stood on the lakeside.

Fished here a few times.

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