We’re delighted to hear from any fishing clubs who actively encourage and promote their junior members. If you’d like to tell us about your club, get in touch now.

Marsh Farm is a Godalming Angling Society water and we’re proud to have a relationship with a club that’s renowned as a model of best practice. For contact details, see the end of this post.

Thanks to David Ewing of Godalming A S.
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Marsh Farm is known as a fantastic water for tench and crucians which are regarded as mainly spring and summer species.  However with the right approach on the right day good sport can be had at Marsh farm all year round.

Here are some of my top tips for enjoying some good winter sport at the fishery.

January and early February

These are the proper winter months here in Southern England.  The water is clear and the bigger fish are shoaled up tight and relatively inactive.  But there are plenty of quality roach willing to feed through the coldest weather and on the right day crucians and even tench will feed for a while.

Tip 1 – Pick your day.  Look for a milder spell of weather and wait until the temperature has been mild for at least 3 or 4 days.   Water warms up and cools down much slower than air so give the water time to warm up.

Tip 2 – Fish the golden hours.  In winter many anglers make the mistake of arriving too early, getting too cold and leaving before the fish start feeding.  Winter fish may only be active for an hour or two and this will usually be after 1 o’clock in the afternoon.  So it makes sense to get to the venue at 12 and fish the afternoon into dusk!

Tip 3 – Fish fine and don’t feed too much.  This is good winter advice on any fishery but at Marsh Farm it is the key to success or failure.  Try flicking out three or 4 maggots every 15 minutes then fishing a small bomb and single maggot on a size 22 hook.  Or trickling in 6 or 8 squatts every 10 minutes on the pole….chopping up 4 or 5 worms really fine and fishing a small section of worm over the top.  For the roach a few casters every 10 minutes or so should bring bites on all lakes.

 

Top winter swims:

Harris lake – pegs 32-39 and 6-14

Richardson lake  pegs 2-6, 11-14, 25 and 26 , 34-41

Hill pond – pegs 3-6 and 11-15

Our next update will be for early spring.  The tench and crucians will start getting active then and you can be a little more aggressive with tactics and feeding.  But you can catch tench and crucians right through the winter at Marsh farm provided you are patient, fish the right days and don’t overcook the feeding!

Dave Ewing, G.A.S

Marsh farm

Location:  Station Lane, Milford, Surrey.

Post code GU8 5AE

Day tickets:  £5 for juniors OAP’s and concessions

£7 for adults

For more information, get in touch with:

Apollo Angling, Station Lane, Milford
T: 01483 428885
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