Where to fish in Cambridgeshire

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Decoy Lakes

Whittlesey · 8 lakes on site

Decoy Lakes at Whittlesey is a proper mixed coarse and match venue, with 11 fishing lakes and an advertised 274 pegs. Adult day tickets are £10, but check the conflicting opening hours before loading the car.

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Rookery Waters

St Ives · 7 lakes on site

Seven lakes, a proper mix of coarse fish and plenty for pole anglers: Rookery Waters near St Ives has pleasure and match fishing covered. There’s a tackle shop and café too — just check which lakes are available before choosing your peg.

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Float Fish Farm

Peterborough · 8 lakes on site

Float Fish Farm gives you plenty of choice, from mixed-coarse pegs to booked nights chasing proper carp and catfish. Pick your lake carefully, though: booking, rod limits and tackle rules change across the venue.

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Lawn Farm Fishery

Cambourne · 4 lakes on site

Lawn Farm at Elsworth has four coarse lakes, a proper mix of species and a handy bait-and-tackle shop. There’s plenty to choose from for a pleasure session, but check the match calendar before picking your lake.

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Grafham Water

Huntingdon · 1 lakes on site

Grafham Water is proper big-water fishing: approximately 1,550 acres with bank-and-boat fly fishing for trout, plus boat-only predator fishing. Pick your quarry before booking — trout and predator fishing cannot be mixed in one boat.

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Fenland Fisheries

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Fenland Fisheries

Earith · 3 lakes on site

Fenland Fisheries has three very different waters: serious overnight specimen carp on Willow, group-friendly carp fishing on Vermuyden, and a small day-ticket float and pole lake at Ash Tree. A proper mixed bag of options around Earith.

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Willowcroft Fishery

March · 5 lakes on site

Willowcroft Fishery is a multi-lake stillwater complex near March, with day-ticket, pleasure, match and specimen options. There’s a decent spread of carp and coarse fish, plus some proper catfish on the bigger lakes.

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St Ives

St Ives Lakes Fishery

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St Ives Lakes Fishery

St Ives · 9 lakes on site

St Ives Lakes is a proper nine-lake Cambridgeshire complex, with carp to serious sizes alongside tench, bream, pike, eels and silverfish. It’s mainly annual-ticket and syndicate fishing, with tuition and match bookings available too.

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Littleport–Ten Mile Bank stretch

River Great Ouse

Ely · 1 lakes on site

A big, slow and deep River Great Ouse stretch running from Littleport towards Ten Mile Bank. It offers bream, quality roach, perch, pike and night-time zander fishing, with a £6 day ticket reported for the Ten Mile Bank section.

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The Big Fishery

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The Big Fishery

Whittlesey · 11 lakes on site

Decoy Lakes is a sizeable 11-lake complex near Whittlesey, with 274 pegs, day tickets and a proper mix of match and pleasure fishing. Beastie Lake is the headline water, with carp to about 21 lb, thousands of F1s and tench to around 3 lb 8 oz.

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The Top Stream, Offord Cluny

River Great Ouse · Day ticket or club members

The Top Stream is a cracking little day-ticket run on the Great Ouse at Offord Cluny. It’s narrow, flowing water with plenty of float-fishing appeal, and boats won’t be trundling through your swim.

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Checked 6 Oct 2026

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St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society Great Ouse sections — A-D, Chub Stream and Meadow Lane

River Great Ouse · Day ticket or members

A handy run of Great Ouse water around St Ives and Hemingford Grey, with A-D Sections, Chub Stream and Meadow Lane all under the St Ives Fish Preservation and Angling Society. Proper old-school club water, offering day tickets and annual membership, with roach and bream the headline fish.

Checked 6 Oct 2026

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Ten Mile Bank, River Great Ouse

River Great Ouse · Day ticket or members

Ten Mile Bank is a proper big-river stretch on the Great Ouse, run by King’s Lynn Angling Association. It’s deep, slow and spacious, with loads of room to settle in and a few cracking access points along the flood bank.

Checked 6 Oct 2026

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The Triangle

River Great Ouse · Day ticket or members

The Triangle is one of Offord & Buckden Angling Society’s named waters on the Great Ouse in Cambridgeshire. It’s a daytime day-ticket stretch with access from the main car park off Station Lane, Offord Cluny.

Checked 6 Oct 2026

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The Mill Stream, Offord Cluny

River Great Ouse · Members only

The Mill Stream at Offord Cluny is a small, intimate members-only running stream, fed from Black Overfalls Weir. It fishes from the weir pool down to the road bridge, with chub the main draw and some cracking barbel interest too.

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Checked 6 Oct 2026

Godmanchester Recreation Ground

River Great Ouse · Day ticket or members

Godmanchester Recreation Ground is the society’s best-known stretch on the Great Ouse — a picturesque coarse-fishing venue wrapped around an island between river channels. It’s got that handy riverside-park feel, with fishing possible in almost all weather and river conditions.

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Checked 6 Oct 2026

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Car Park Pool, Offord Cluny

River Great Ouse · Day ticket or members

Car Park Pool at Offord Cluny is a cracking Great Ouse day-ticket water with a proper lake-like feel for much of the year. Big carp, hefty pike and a few tasty bream and perch make it well worth a look.

Checked 6 Oct 2026

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Black Overfalls Weir Pool

River Great Ouse · Members only

Black Overfalls Weir Pool is a members-only Ouse venue with proper variety — chub, shoals of good bream and barbel to a serious size. It’s fed by D and E Section and the New Cut, with fishing available from the pool and the far bank of New Cut.

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Checked 6 Oct 2026

Portholme Meadow

River Great Ouse · Members only

Portholme Meadow is a cracking, varied bit of River Great Ouse near Godmanchester, with roughly 4.5 miles of fishable bank. It’s run by The London Anglers’ Association and mixes river, navigation, confluence, brook, weir and mill-pool water.

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Checked 6 Oct 2026

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New Cut, Offord Cluny

River Great Ouse · Members only

New Cut is a small, shallow, members-only backwater off the River Great Ouse at Offord Cluny. It has no flow these days, but can still turn up good tench, with winter pike the big draw.

Checked 6 Oct 2026

E Section (part of OBAS D and E Sections)

River Great Ouse · Club members

The E Section is part of OBAS’s D and E Sections on the River Great Ouse, running along the boat channel between the river and the lock feeding the Triangle’s Lock Cut. It’s a quiet, rarely fished bit of water, mainly because getting there means a proper walk from the car park.

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Checked 6 Oct 2026