Fishing venues

Hamstall Fishery

Hamstall Ridware,Staffordshire· WS15 3RZ

AI-enriched — awaiting check

Species: 13 recorded
Day tickets: Not offered / check access
Night fishing: Available — check water
Waters: 5 waters

About the water

Hamstall Fishery is on Yoxall Road in Hamstall Ridware, near Rugeley in Staffordshire. It has five pools and a stretch of the adjacent River Blithe, reached by a small bridge between Pools One and Two. The venue caters for specimen carp and pleasure anglers and does not hold matches. Pool Three is a one-and-a-half-acre specimen carp water with seven pegs and depths from four to ten feet. Its stock includes mirror carp over 30lb, common carp over 25lb and leather carp. Roach, rudd, chub and perch are also stated to be present. Pools Two and Four became doubles waters following netting and restocking, with carp to over 20lb and eight pegs on each pool. These two pools and Pool Three require advance booking. The other two pools provide silver-fish fishing. The river holds brown trout, chub, dace, pike and grayling, with both coarse and fly techniques used. The fishery opens all year, with stated opening hours of 7am until dusk. There is a central car park and a Fishermans’ Lodge offering snacks, hot and cold drinks, bait and toilets. Many pegs are suitable for disabled anglers. A Lakeside Lodge is available for angling breaks, and insulated angling pods are being installed beside Specimen Lake. Pool Three has additional tackle and fish-handling requirements and does not admit under-16s.

What you can catch

Species reported by anglers, owners or the venue’s website. Check current stocks with the venue.

Rules

No matches. Pools Two, Three and Four require advance booking. Barbless hooks only; no nuts, braid or bolt rigs. Never leave rods unattended or fish between pegs. Pool Three requires a permit, anglers aged 16 or over who can handle large carp independently, a 42-inch landing net and a large padded unhooking mat; a cradle is also specified. Maximum two rods per angler and one angler per peg on Pool Three, with minimum 12lb line and minimum hook size 10. No poles, carp sacks, leadcore, safe zone leaders, fixed leads or fixed feeders on Pool Three. No particles or shelf-life boilies there; groundbait in a feeder only. Return fish promptly in your own swim and take photographs kneeling over an unhooking mat. Keepnet guidance conflicts: the overview permits dry keepnets October–March, while the displayed rules prohibit them.