Where can I fish on the River Nene?

Fishing

• Barnwell Lakes.
• Barnwell River Nene, Backbrook & Princess Lake.
• Billing Aquadrome Holiday Park.
• Blue Lagoon.
• Brian Crowhurst Ringstead Fishery.
• Canons Ashby Estate Lakes.
• Castle Ashby Fisheries.
• Elinor Trout Fishery.

Can you night fish the river Nene?

River Nene Carp Fishing, Billing Best bait: Big baits to avoid bream, Boilies and Nuts. Strange rules you should know: Billing Aquadrome bailiffs are often not happy for you to fish nights, depending on who you get, despite it being permitted.

Are there Barbel in the river Nene?

Castor and Alwalton produced barbel and Orton upstream, a notoriously slow starter, fished unbelievably well with huge nets of bream taken both above and below the locks. Harry Murphy with a huge net of bream taken from the North Bank of the River Nene.

Are there fish in the River Nene in Oundle?

The stretch has been known to produce the odd carp in previous years but with all stretches of river, they are very elusive and predation from Otters & illegal fish movements have effected their numbers.

Where are the fishing sites in the Nene Valley?

The fishing complex at Ringstead Island is a designated SSSI site owned outright by our club. The site was purchased in 1993 and comprises of 2 large gravel pits in Barker’s lake and Brightwell’s lake, The River Nene and it’s back brook. The ‘Spinney’ complex of lakes and rivers offers something for all angling disciplines.

How is the Nene canal connected to the Great Ouse?

The Nene links the Grand Union Canal to the River Great Ouse, via the Middle Level Navigations. Much of its route has been upgraded to a wide canal with locks at regular intervals. Some sections where artificial cuts run adjacent to the course of the river are known as the “Nene Navigation”.

Where is the best place to camp on the River Nene?

At Great Billing is Billing Aquadrome, a popular caravan and camping park with leisure facilities and a funfair, which is based around the river and various mature gravel pits. The park is popular with fishermen and water skiers alike. The river’s landscape is now dominated by mature gravel pit lakes.