Farm Pond, Brandesburton, East Yorkshire (Locations in general)

Member Name: pookie_rabbit

Product:	Locations in general
Date:	23/06/01 (713 review reads)
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Advantages: Good Potential

Disadvantages: Will have its hard days

The Farm Ponds are located in Brandesburton, East Yorkshire. If you are on holiday in the area they are around a 20-minute drive from Bridlington or Hornsea. I have just visited the ponds for the first time in many years and here is the rundown.
There are actually three ponds here – sorry to disappoint they are not called something like Swallow, Owl and Mallard but ponds 1, 2 and 3!
As with all the ponds, Pond 1 is an ex gravel pit. They are not new lakes and are have been fishing for at least the last 15 years (my last visit was actually 15 years ago!). I start with Pond 1 not only because it is, well, first but because it is the one I know the least about having not fished it and not seen anyone else fishing it. It is the largest of the 3 ponds and is known to have Roach and good Pike in it. It is known as a hard venue to crack.
I shall now go a bit illogical – I will explain. My intention on this visit to the ponds, as it is on my first visit to any venue, was to find out as much as possible, varying between ponds, even if it meant not catching as much as I maybe should. Having read a couple of reports Pond 3 sounded my best bet at actually catching something.
I therefore started on Pond 3, which is noted for plenty of Perch and some good Tench and odd Carp. I pre-baited the peg with a little bread groundbait mixed with some Sweetcorn (for the Tench) and chopped worm (for the Perch – and the Tench if they fancied it). I decided to leave the peg for a few minutes and setup my spinning tackle for a wander down the side of the pond – didn’t get a sniff.
On casting my float tackle baited with worm however it was a different story – a Perch a chuck. I didn’t get much sign of Tench but I only used Sweetcorn when I needed a coffee/rest. For reference there are said to be some good quality Perch in the pond – I would imagine a livebait would sort the big ones from the worm snatching smaller brothers and
sisters.
Having caught a good 20 Perch I decided to head for Pond 2 around dinner.
Pond 2 was reputed to have Tench and some Perch and Roach. I decided to tackle a nice looking peg with a nice patch of lilly pads to either side of me. Again I threw in a couple of balls of groundbait but this time started with sweetcorn to try and avoid the Perch. I only had to a wait a few minutes before my first bite which a few minutes later was on the bank in the shape of a 5ib plus Tench. Not long after I had 2 more large Tench on the bank and a few Roach.
From that hectic period my peg went a bid dead as had the whole pond talking to a few other anglers but there was certainly some good Tench potential.
Overall then a pretty good visit which showed me the potential of the ponds especially for good Perch (in pond 3) and Tench (in 2). I have no doubt I will be back before long concentrating on one of these species.

The ponds are located on the left hand side of the road leading from Brandsburton to Hempholme. Day tickets are £3 are more information can be had from the owner, Mr Lee, on (01964) 542375.

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