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UK Lake Review
- Whitevane Pond
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Fishery Details |
Fishery Ratings |
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No. Of Pegs: |
40 |
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Disabled
Access |
yes (limited) |
Price:
day ticket |
1 rod |
2 rods |
3 rods |
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£10.00 |
£15.00 |
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Price:
evening ticket |
1 rod |
2 rods |
3 rods |
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£10.00 |
£10.00 |
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Price:
24 hrs |
1 rod |
2 rods |
3 rods |
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£25.00 |
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Concessions |
Yes |
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Size: |
10 acres |
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Run By: |
Whitevane Fisheries |
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Location: |
Forest Grange
Pease Pottage Road
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 6HX |
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Contact |
Bailiff:
01293 852684 |
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24 hr: -- |
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Fishing |
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Peg Availability |
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Walk To Peg |
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Price |
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Parking |
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Facilities |
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Busy |
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Overall |
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Whitevane Pond
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The
Fishing
A truly well established and
picturesque venue dating back more
than 200 years. Located on the
edge of St Leonard's forest deep in
the Sussex countryside, this fine
fishery is renowned throughout the
UK carp fraternity for its monstrous
inhabitants, some of which run to
well over 40lbs. In addition to the
huge carp Whitevane holds, there is
also a good head of specimen sized
Bream, Roach and of course Tench
(some of which have been reported at
over 12lb). The lake itself varies
in depth from around 5 feet in the
margins, dropping off to around 15
feet in the middle, There are plenty
of features to fish to with an
abundance of Lillie pads, reed beds
and the islands (all three of them).
Whitevane tactics have been the
subject of much debate, but it seems
that the majority of fish are caught
on fresh boilies fished tight to the
features, saying that pellet, corn,
worms and even maggots do account
for fish on a regular basis so any
angler worth his salt should have at
least one of those baits as back up. |
Peg
Availability
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Approximately 40 pegs on the
lake, so there is always
space. There are
also a couple of double
swims (or pegs very close to
each other). |
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Walk To
Peg
Not a huge venue, so the walk is
manageable especially since the
addition of a properly constructed
stone path, which allows long stay
anglers to use carp barrows with
ease.
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Price
Average pricing for a venue of
this quality.
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Ticket |
1 Rod |
2 Rods |
3 Rods |
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Day Ticket |
£10.00 |
£15.00 |
£15.00 |
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Evening Ticket |
£10.00 |
£10.00 |
£10.00 |
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24 Hours |
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£25.00 |
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Parking
Secure on site parking is available,
with space for around 35 cars.
The venue gates open at 6:30am
and close at dusk.
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Facilities
On site facilities are adequate
with a lodge containing hot and cold
running water, a kettle, gas cooker
and fridge freezer.
There is also a large,
clean toilet block.
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Busy
Whitevane
like most good southern
specimen waters does get
busy, particularly during
the peak summer months, but
with nearly forty pegs on
the lake you can always find
somewhere especially if you
don't mind 'spooks corner',
a much neglected corner of
the lake where bobbins
aren't the only thing to go
bump in the night. The
'white lady'
reportedly walks her dog
after dark around that
corner of the lake, which is
enough to keep some of the
easier spooked anglers at
the other end.
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Overall
Rating
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Find It
From Londons M23 exit at junction 11
and take the Peas Pottage road until
you reach Colgate Village,
Carry on through Colgate for another
2-3 miles until you reach a sign for
'Whitevane Pond' on the left hand
side.
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