Bream and skimmers can offer some fantastic sport on pole, float and feeder. Here are some prolific day-ticket venues where you can head to catch a net full of them...
Bradshaw Hall Fisheries, Bolton, Greater Manchester
There are few venues in better silverfish form than Bradshaw Hall. Lake 2 is the place to head, where you’ll catch lots of skimmers on the deck.
Contact: 01204 307197
Partridge Lakes, Warrington, Cheshire
Holbar Lake is home to some quality skimmers. Pellets are a great option, using an expander on the hook over a feed of softened micros or 4mms.
Contact: 01925 767505
Pool Bridge Farm Fisheries, York, North Yorkshire
Horseshoe Lake houses a good head of quality bream. You’ll find good depth at short range, meaning you don’t have to fish far out at all.
Contact: 07928 359420
Packington Somers, Meriden, Warwickshire
Molands has just been stocked with plenty of quality skimmers, topping up its already healthy head of fish. Chopped worm and caster is well worth a try.
Contact: 01676 523833
Barston Lakes, Solihull, West Mids
This popular lake holds a fantastic head of bream and skimmers, with both the long pole and feeder producing. Fishmeal baits are a good bet.
Contact: 01675 444890
Makins Fishery, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Lake 5 is a great option for the species, where a sweet fishmeal groundbait packed with chopped worm, casters and dead maggots will draw plenty of fish into your swim.
Contact: 07951 436461
Larford Lakes, Larford, Worcestershire
Head to the large Speci Lake for the chance of a great bag of skimmers and bream. Feeder tactics dominate here, with the Hybrid feeder a popular option among visitors.
Contact: 01299 829373
Stafford Moor Fishery, Dolton, Devon
This prolific complex offers excellent silverfish sport. Pines is the fishery’s dedicated silvers water, where you’ll find lots of bream.
Contact: 01805 804360
Albans Lakes, St Albans, Herts
Willows Lake is a large water that’s primarily fished by carp anglers. However, there are also lots of big bream about. Fishing a feeder with a wafter hookbait can produce the goods.
Contact: 07544 933149
Broome Pits, Saxmundham, Suffolk
Try C Pit for the chance of cracking day. You’ll catch on a range of tactics, and it can be worth bringing a few hookbait options along.
Contact: 07976 165325
