where is the best place to fish for carp, close to weymouth, dorset?

Answer 1

Here are a few places:

Dorchester Fishing Club
Tel: [phone].
This private club has waters in and around the Dorchester area. The club has a waiting list for membership at present, no junior membership.

Flowers Farm Lakes
Hilfield, Nr Cerne Abbas, Dorset. Tel: [phone]
The five lakes are stocked with high quality brown and rainbow trout. The number of rods is limited to provide the highest standard of fishing. Tuition by appointment. Situated between Minterne Magna on the A352 and Evershot on the A37, heading towards Batcombe from both directions.

Hermitage Lakes
Hermitage, Nr. Cerne Abbas, Dorset.Tel: [phone]
A single half acre carp lake situated at Common Farm.

Luckfield Lake
Broadmayne, Dorset.Tel: [phone].
Secluded 1.5 acre clay pit with a good stock of fish. Tickets available in advance.

Lyons Gate Fishing Lakes
Lyons Gate, Nr. Cerne Abbas, Dorchester. Tel: [phone].
Excellent fishing, 5 peaceful lakes with Carp, Tench, Bream and Rudd. Price £4 per day. Located 4 miles north of Cerne Abbas on the A352, adjacent to caravan park.

Revels Fishery
Cosmore, Dorset. Tel: [phone].
Nine lakes set in 14 acres, stocked with 18 species of fish. Open all year, no closed season. On site tackle shop, tuition available.

"Wally's Lake"
Osmington Mills,Weymouth, Dorset. Tel: [phone].
The well stocked lake covers 1 acre. Superb coarse fishing for carp, tench, roach and bream,1998 Biggest Catch 23lbs 4oz Carp. Located just outside Weymouth on the A353, from the Osmington Mills sign follow the lane to the Osmington Mills Holiday Park.

Wood Farm
Axminster Road, Charmouth, Dorset. Tel: [phone].
Two small well stocked ponds providing excellent sport for the leisure angler. Day, weekly and seasonal tickets, together with Environmental Agency Rod Licences, are available. Situated within Wood Farm Caravan Park.

Radipole Lake Weymouth.
The lake, within a large SSSI nature reserve is unique, being within 400 yards of both the sea and town centre.

Access is therefore easy with routes from the north via A354 from Dorchester, from the east via A353 from Wareham and B3157 from Bridport and the west. A large pay and display car park is adjacent to the water and there are many hotels and guesthouses within walking distance. Weymouth Railway Station is just a few minutes walk away.

The RSPB administer the Nature Reserve and care must be taken by anglers not to disturb the birds and wildlife of the reserve. This is vital during June when some birds may still be nesting.

The water has a restricted number of pegs and fishing must be from these areas. It is planned that further pegs be introduced in the future, dependent on funds being made available.

The fishing can vary but the lake is generally considered as a 'hard' water. However the action can be good if the large carp, for which the water is well known, make an appearance.

For the non carp angler the lake has a very good head of roach with fish over 2lb being caught during 1998. Perch, dace as well as some large pike can also be caught and unusually for a freshwater lake, a number of soft lipped mullet enter the water from the sluices controlling the lake level from Weymouth harbour which is adjacent.

Tickets for fishing the water are available from:
Weymouth Angling Centre , 24 Trinity Road, Weymouth - Tel: 777771


A two rod rule applies, barbless hooks and importantly no bivvies or tents are allowed. Day ticket means dawn to dusk, so no overnighting on day tickets.

The Council who own the site have a bailiff who may ask to inspect your permit and NRA licence. Failure to supply both will result in the angler being asked to leave the water.

This is a sensitive site and anglers are requested to ensure they take all their litter home and disturbance of the other lake users is kept to a minimum.

Answer 2

Dorchester Fishing Club

Answer 3

Yuck. Who eats Carp?