Holgan Farm

Fishing In Wales: Holgan Farm

Holgan Farm Description:

Holgan Farm consists of 3 lakes: Carp Lake, Tench and Crucian Lake and Match Lake.
Carp Lake holds Mirror and Common carp averaging 8lbs plus a good head of doubles – the largest recorded at 27lbs 14oz. It also offers a good many green and golden tench to 5lbs as well as Crucian Carp to 3lbs 8oz with the average being about 1lb 8oz.

Tench and Carp Lake was designed specifically for green tench, golden tench and crucian carp, and averages six feet deep although the main feature is a submerged island in the centre which is heavily planted with lilies which provide the perfect habitat for tench and crucians. This water holds both common green and golden tench to about 6lbs, several thousand crucian carp which average about 1lb but which run to 4lbs and can give pleasure anglers bags of over 50lbs, plus a good head of golden orfe which, when they show, are usually around the 4lbs to 5lbs mark. Although they were never stocked in this lake, common and mirror carp are also showing.

Match Lake is the deepest of the three lakes with a maximum depth of about eight and a half feet. It holds a large variety of fish including mirror, common and ghost carp to 20lbs, crucian carp to 4lbs 4oz, green and golden tench to 4lbs, rudd and golden rudd which were recently stocked at 1lb, roach to 2lbs and averaging five to six ounces, bream from 3lbs to 6lbs and thousands of hand-sized skimmers. In addition, there are a large number of golden and blue orfe which average 2lbs to 3lbs.

Holgan Farm Enquiries:

TEL 07796 517586
www.ian-heaps.com
Address: Holgan Farm; Llawhaden; Narbeth; SA67 8DJ