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Little Brooker at borwickfishing.co.uk |
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The North’s premier day ticket fishery |
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Little Brooker was the last water to be separated from the main
lake in 2003. It was created to separate a duck feeding area for the public,
away from the more natural parts of the site. To provide some extra interest,
brightly coloured ornamental fish were stocked in 2004 and these proved
obliging for angling too. The first stocking consisted of around 50 Silver
Ghost Carp, 200 Koi, 100 Golden Tench, 200 Goldfish and 500 Golden Orfe
between 6” and 8”. Little Brooker suffered badly from the attention of
cormorants over the winters of 2004-05 and 2005-06 after British Waterways
abandoned the site and it was assumed all these fish were eaten. Under the
new management replacements were ordered in 2006 but a change of policy by
the Environment Agency meant these fish were not allowed in and at the last
moment they were stocked instead in Burn and The Last Blast. Fortunately it
now appears that more fish survived than originally thought and good catches
are again being made. Nearest to the entrance and toilet block, Little Brooker has
adjacent car parking. Half an acre in area, there are 15 pegs with
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