The club’s stillwater fishing consists of a 2 acre pond at Belper, called Wyver Lane Pond. This intimate venue is a members-only water, with no day tickets available, and offers safe and quiet fishing – away from the crowds.
The pond appeals to a mixture of anglers, with something to interest carp fishermen, pleasure anglers, match anglers and specialists. This venue has varied marginal features, including overhanging trees, reed beds and lily pads, but very few large snags.
Wyver Lane Pond is accessed via a private, gated track, off Wyver Lane and there is a club car park at the end of the track.
Night fishing is only allowed on the pond to holders of a BDAC night permit, but numbers of these are strictly limited. However, season permit holders may fish here between dawn and dusk, as often as they wish.
Fish species which can be caught in Wyver Lane Pond include:
- Carp to 23lb
- Tench to 8lb
- Bream to 6lb
- Roach
- Perch
- Dace
- Barbel
- Pike
- Ruffe
- Ide
The carp here fall to all methods, with floating baits accounting for numbers of fish throughout the spring and summer. There are a number of known carp weighing around or above the 20lb mark, so the rewards are there for anglers wishing to target specimen fish.
In early 2020 the specimen carp stocks in the pond received a boost, in the form of an immaculate 19lb+ mirror carp (“Shoulders”) and a 20lb+ common carp (“Chester”).
Otters are known to visit the area, so to protect our fish stocks the pond had an otter fence erected around it in 2018.
Waggler, pole or swimfeeder tactics can bring mixed bags, with bonus tench, carp and larger bream falling to slightly bigger baits.
Below you can view the available fishing and parking area for the pond, in an interactive Google map:
Venue Map
IMPORTANT NOTICE – NO TICKETS ARE SOLD ON THE BANK!
In order to fish Club waters you must be in possession of a valid permit or day ticket – purchased in advance from any of our official ticket outlets listed below – and an Environment Agency rod licence*.