Brief description of fishery:
Collins’ is the largest lake on the Widmead complex at nearly 8 acres, named after Terry Collins our long serving vice president. Because it is regarded as a specimen water the pegs are spaced wider and built larger for bivvy anglers, there are only 20 pegs. The water tends to be clearer than the other lakes due to the light stocking density. The stock is mostly Carp, Tench and Roach. The water has not been stocked in recent years, because it is regarded to be fine as it is, and the strain of carp is not the biggest but considered to be good looking and hence the risk of hybridisation with a less aesthetic strain has been avoided. Parking is provided at the main Widmead car park, and the approach is by foot alongside Knott’s lake. The nearest toilet is in Rawlings car park
Special Rules for this fishery:
A swim map has been produced showing the casting boundaries of each swim. This is shown here and on the venue noticeboard. Please observe the limits when fishing this lake
Address
One of four lakes on the Widmead complex, part of Thatcham reed beds SSSI
Access & Parking
Entry is via the Discovery Centre, Lower Road, Thatcham, RG 19 3FU. Turn into the Discovery Centre entrance and keep straight down Muddy Lane with the Discovery lake on your left. Turn right at crossroads level with the end of this lake. You can park here, and walk across the railway at the end of Muddy Lane, or else keep driving through a single bar green gate, following a gravel track to the left and through the railway bridge to enter the Widmead carpark beyond another gate. You will need a club key for both gates. PLEASE KEEP BOTH GATES LOCKED AT ALL TIMES. Collins can be accessed by walking to the left, either through Dobsons immediately by the railway bridge,or through Knotts lake at the far end of the carpark.
Maps
Species
- Common Carp
- Perch
- Roach
- Bream
- Tench
- Rudd
- Pike
