A note from Neil, Nathan, Heather.

"Hi Val, Paul and Julian,

just had another great week at Lonsdale, The cottage was superb and the weather behaved for most of the week. We had some good fishing too, Heather caught her first Tench and at 5 1/4 lb it was a good one. Nathan caught the biggest carp at 9 1/2 lb. In all we caught 5 Carp, 6 Tench, 4 Chub and loads of Roach over 1 lb. We also spotted 28 different species of bird. As you can see from the pics the fish are in superb condition and a joy to fish for in such beautiful surroundings. Looking forward to our next visit already.

Thanks again
Neil, Nathan and Heather"



We're glad you had a great time, and your photo's are great guys! I'm impressed with your ornithology as well!
Hope to see you again soon, tight lines,
Emma, Paul, Val, and Julian

Jamie's Week-end Visit

Jamie enjoyed a week-end break at Lonsdale & Kindly sent over these photos . Thanks jamie.

i have attached 2 pics one of the football mirror i caught lol and one of
the lovely 17 pounder also

we landed 5 carp,lost a few too  boohoo

and had some nice roach to apound and also a nice chub at 4lb

Puzzle!!

How do you catch 58 prime Roach without a rod, line, hook or net??


Answer:- When recovering our partially sunken boat from the boathouse!! After a struggle getting the boat out onto the jetty we were amazed to count 58 prime Roach who had taken up residence.

Is this Wreck Fishing??

Another example of our excellent roach fishing, where else could you catch so many good roach without even trying!

Ken's Catch

Ken had an enjoyable few days at Lonsdale last week.
Along with loads of Roach up to 1lb 8oz he also landed his personal best Pike at 15lb 6oz. Grandson Kieren also caught his first fish over a lb!

Eskimo Steve

Last week-end saw our first fish of the season.

They were caught by Steve Margett from Gretna whilst he was on a week-end stay. Steve has visited us over the years since he was about 13 years old.


Fishing through the ice he produced this 16lb Pike and plenty quality roach.

Hard at work in winter weather!

As you can see above the freezing temperatures we've had recently (down as low as -24 with -18 degrees c last night) got the better of one of Lonsdale's aerators, when the motor burnt out.
Dad and Julian broke their way through the ice to replace it - to make sure some of the lake is clear all year round! Some of our smaller ponds seem pretty solidly frozen now - Mo our 35kg Ridgeback even braved a little journey out onto the ice, before thinking better of it. SO it must be pretty thick!
Of course at this time of year people are often tempted out onto ponds and lakes to 'skate' or follow their dogs, which is clearly very dangerous! I'm sure alongside ourselves many of our angling friends are warning their nearest and dearest, and particularly youngest of the dangers of ice!

On the plus side, the Lonsdale sloe gin I laid down this year has turned out rather lovely! A great winter warmer!

Hope you are all well, warm and with those you love! Merry Christmas!
Emma and all at Lonsdale.