Day Tickets Available

Angel Of The North Fishing Lakes

Bassetts Lookout, Northside, Birtley, DH3 1RF 0191 410 0449 Website

Waters

Total Pegs

Day Ticket

£13

Open

07:00:00 – 19:00:00

Biggest Fish

TBC

Opening Information Nov-Feb 08:00-17:00; Mar and Oct 07:30-18:00; Apr and Sep 07:00-19:00 (seasonal, main-season shown in opening_time/closing_time)

About This Fishery

A private coarse and carp fishery at Birtley, known locally as Angel Lakes and Livery, stocked with a wide mix of carp varieties alongside barbel, bream, chub and orfe.

Visit & Contact

0191 410 0449

annadington@btinternet.com

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Nearby Tackle Shops

Straight-line distance from this fishery

Bait & Hook Fishing Ltd

Angling Direct Stockton

Ticket Prices

Subject to change — confirm with venue

Adult
Day Ticket
1 rod

£15.00

Adult
Day Ticket
2 rods

£23.00

Concession
Day Ticket
1 rod

£13.00

Concession
Day Ticket
2 rods

£21.00

The Waters

Select a water to view details, species & records Water details, species & records

Bassets Pond

pegs

2.0m

average

Species & Weights

Bream —

Common Carp —

Crucian Carp —

Golden Orfe —

Koi Carp —

Leather Carp —

Mirror Carp —

Roach —

Rudd —

Tench —

Bowes Lake

pegs

2.0m

average

Species & Weights

Barbel —

Bream —

Chub —

Common Carp —

Crucian Carp —

Golden Orfe —

Leather Carp —

Mirror Carp —

Roach —

Rudd —

Tench —

Lookout Lake

pegs

1.5m

average

Species & Weights

Barbel —

Bream —

Chub —

Common Carp —

Crucian Carp —

Ghost Carp —

Golden Orfe —

Koi Carp —

Leather Carp —

Mirror Carp —

Roach —

Rudd —

Tench —

Fishery Rules

Tackle

A minimum mainline strength of 8lb on Bowes and Lookout and 4lb on Bassetts is recommended.
a) JIGGA floats of any make/brand are NOT PERMITTED on our fishery.
All ledger and feeder rigs MUST BE free running. NO Fixed rigs.
All nets, mats, weight slings, must be dipped in the chemical dip tank for 10 minutes then rinsed in the fresh water tank, the tanks are by reception, a mangle is also there to extract water from mats
An unhooking mat, landing net & disgorger at all times
b) Pole fishing hook lengths and shallow rigs
Barbless hooks only max size 12 minimum 18.
Every angler must have balanced coarse tackle and terminal tackle, & use it correctly.
Method feeders, Hybrids, banjos and pellet feeders are allowed but must be free running and can be used with a MINIMUM 4 INCH HOOKLENGTH.
METHOD, BANJO, PELLET and HYBRID feeders ARE NOW PERMITTED on our fishery.
No barbed or semi barbed hooks.
NO Feeder or Ledger rod to be used as a float rod, no spinning rod, beach rod, boat rod etc.
No fixed lead rigs or Helicopter rigs are to be used, when feeder or ledger fishing the ledger or feeder must be free running. No knots, swivels or float stops above the feeder to the reel.
No Zig rigs and NO BRAID is allowed on either reel or as a hook length.
Pole rigs must incorporate a correctly shotted float. NO Overshotting allowed. No polyballs.
Warning: Rigs, where only ‘shot’ are used, are NOT PERMITTED on our fishery and anyone caught using these rigs will be banned.
We do allow 4inch and 6inch hook lengths for your pole rigs. No Direct rigs! A hooklength must be used.
We recommend a minimum of size 10 elastic and 5lb hooklength for pole fishing. Floating pole is not allowed.
When shallow fishing your rig MUST CONSIST of a fixed float.

Bait

Only Angel of The North Feed Pellets are to be used as Loose pellet feed. All other pellets for the hook are permitted (except wafters, band ums, washters, Fjuka etc).

Conduct

A current Year-long EA License is required for all anglers over 12 years old it must be shown before fishing.
All anglers & guests must report, pay and sign in at reception prior to going to the lake you have chosen to fish, dip your landing nets and unhooking mats, no swapping of lakes once you are fishing.
The main rule is minimum handling = maximum conservation

Safety

Any Angler who Swings any fish of any size in, or handled the fish back to water (all fish caught must be brought in & returned to the water using a landing net) or caught or reported breaking the rul