Kingston Pools caters for small to medium-sized matches and event organisers
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Carp Pool
This 17-peg half-acre square pool holds mainly Mirror Carp to 30lbs and bream to 6lbs with roach, rudd and tench also frequently caught.
Much of the pool is between four and five feet deep, although a former brook runs across the middle of the water from the inlet pipe to the jetty on the opposite bank. Here the pool bed slopes to eight feet in the central channel.
When it comes to baits, Carp Pool is a water where anything goes, although casters, maggots, sweetcorn and pastes are again a regular favourite, both float-fished on the waggler and pole or hard on the bottom on the leger.
Reed Pool
Although the largest of the five Kingston pools, Reed Pool is only two to three feet deep for the most part and gets even shallower towards the top end where the lake narrows. This end fishes extremely well in warm weather.
With Mirror Carp to over 30lbs, bream to 6lbs-plus, perch which top the 4lb mark and a good head of crucians, roach and the occasional tench and rudd, Reed Pool fishes well on both caster and paste baits.
Also, the two side pools which run off the main lake are well worth a try, particularly for those looking to stalk carp with floating crust or dog biscuits dropped quietly over the reeds. Walk up the high bank between Reed Pool and Meadow Pool and the fish can often be seen cruising the margins, giving anglers a good vantage point for spotting their quarry.
Meadow Pool
Meadow Pool is proving popular with an increasing number of specimen anglers who stalk the larger carp, which can often be clearly seen cruising the margins in warmer weather.
The pool is throwing up Mirrors to over 22lbs and Common Carp to 20lbs and anglers are reporting that particularly good spots include fishing on the sand bars which run into the pool from either end of the island. Best baits for the carp are luncheon meat and dog and cat food together with pastes - the stinkier the better!
As with the other Kingston Pools, single red maggot is effective but whether fishing the pole or waggler it generally pays to fish lighter rather than heavier and more fish seem to be being caught on short shank hooks. Another tip is to have your last weight at least a foot from the hook.
Seven to eight feet deep at the farm end, Meadow Pool runs to only three feet at the end furthest from the farm. It is expected that additional landscaping work will be completed on the water by Autumn before which more decent sized fish - both carp and other species - will be introduced.
Wood Pool
Situated amid a bluebell wood at the far end of the Kingston fisheries, this delightful reed-fringed pool is home to a good head of carp to 20lbs following the transfer a couple of years ago of some fish from Meadow Pool. Wood Pool also holds some good quality perch, although at times these can prove to be elusive and difficult to catch. About a third of an acre in size, the water's 4-5lb carp provide regular sport whilst the perch make Wood Pool an ideal place for younger anglers - float-fished single maggot normally guarantees a bagful!
Most of Wood Pool is three-to-four feet deep and only five feet at its deepest. Although float fishing is an obvious choice, legered swimfeeder is also effective. Popular baits include sweetcorn and pastes.
How to get there...
Leave the M40 at Junction 12 and turn left for Gaydon. At the T-junction turn right, continue past the Heritage Centre and over the small roundabout. The entrance to Kingston Pools is on the right immediately after Lighthorne Garage. Continue down the concrete road until it becomes a farm track and the fisheries are down the track behind the farm house.
Please note that the Multimap reference takes you to the main road at Lighthorne Heath. The fishery is actually located at Kingston Grange which is clearly shown.
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