Big Sandiway

Sandiway Big Lake – This is the club’s premier specimen fish water. At 53 acres, many anglers will find the size of the lake daunting, and the fishing certainly isn’t easy, but the rewards can be great if time is invested.
The bottom of the lake is mostly sandy, and has been described as ‘like an eggbox’ with depths ranging from 6 – 30 feet. In summer, the clear water means that weed growth is prolific in some areas. There are around 30 pegs, all suitable for overnight fishing. Anglers can stay up to 3 nights, and may use up to 3 rods.

The lake is home to specimen carp, tench and bream, with pike and roach also present. As far as carp are concerned, the original stock is largely unknown, but not thought to be very many fish, probably a dozen or so. The club has a careful stocking program, with a handful of carefully-selected fish being introduced every winter since 2005.

Carp Stock
More than 120 carp have been stocked into the Big Lake. All fish stocked are from renowned fast-growing strains. The average size of these fish at the time of introduction was around 17-25lbs, with a few bigger fish up to just shy of 30lbs. As expected, most of these fish have grown on since then – meaning that every fish in the lake is something special. There is an complete photo gallery of all of the stocked fish in the online stocking archive.

Bream and Tench
Although not as numerous as in the Small Lake across the road, the Big Lake is also noted for specimen bream and tench. The average size for both species is very good, with tench around 5-6lbs, and several fish in the 8-9lbs bracket. The bream shoals have dwindled in recent years, but the average size of fish is impressive with specimens recorded to 15lbs plus.

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