Cedar is set in its own very private grounds, securely fenced in and separated from the road by the large Cedar trees from which it takes its name. As anyone who has fished the Island Lake will tell you, the owners - Tommy and George Young and their bailiff Mick Hall - know what’s needed to produce a first class fishery, both in terms of carp stock and facilities, and they will spare no expense to do it... so you can be confident that Cedar is a top quality venue.

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They have installed two new wooden chalets on opposite banks of the lake, each having steps down to its own large, comfortable fishing platform. Each chalet has electricity, a fridge and cooking facilities and will comfortably sleep 2 people in 2 single beds (no bedding is supplied at all – please bring your own pillows, sleeping bags etc). At present there is no mains water available in the chalets but there is a refillable water tank to provide water for washing up etc. The newly built toilet and shower block does have mains water and drainage and is housed in a separate cabin on the third bank, a couple of minutes walk from either chalet. Access by car is possible to both chalets.

Because of the steps down to the fishing platforms from the chalets it would be too dangerous to allow fishing from the chalet i.e. you must be down on the platform with your rods if they are fishing. There’s plenty of room to bivvy up on the platforms so night fishing is not a problem.

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Cedar had a stock of resident carp which was supplemented by additional stocking in 2005. In November 2006 another 57 carp between 15lb & 36lb were introduced, the vast majority being mid-twenties and including 6 x 30's. This took the known stock to around 170 carp between 18 & 41lb. The average weight is around 25 to 30lb with at least 10 fish hovering around the 40lb mark.

A field testing session by Ron Woodward in September 2006 (before the second stocking) produced a number of quality fish to just over 40lb. Here’s an extract from Ron’s article on his session;

“With the average size of carp we caught being 34lb and there being fish to over 40, it’s a water we would recommend. As you will see from the pictures the fish are in stunning condition and the lake is set in beautiful surroundings.”

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And here’s the feedback from Trevor Smith who fished Cedar in April 2007;

“Great week. 29 fish in total. 41lb, 7x 30's, 20's, 21lb full leather. All very clean fish. Weed a bit of problem. Lots of big fish visible. No nuisance fish.”

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Fishing - from £255 per person, per week, including ferry crossing based on 4 anglers.