DERBYSHIRE COUNTY ANGLING CLUB LIMITED
DCAC Coarse Fishing Waters
DCAC also provide Coarse Fishing, Reservoir Fishing, Mixed Fishing and Salmon Fishing for our members.
Coarse Fishing Waters
The Derbyshire County Angling Club offer first class coarse fishing, get in touch to find out more or download your application form.
DCAC coarse fishing waters for full and standard members as indicated.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the DCAC coarse fishing section, please download the relevant membership application forms below:
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Coarse fishing for Standard Coarse fishing members of the DCAC
The Derbyshire County Angling Club (DCAC) have a variety of coarse fishing waters.
Top class coarse fishing is available for our coarse fishing members.
Coarse fishing enthusiasts in the Club can enjoy miles of excellent fishing on the River Derwent, River Trent (three stretches), River Idle, Chesterfield Canal at Retford, Woodsetts pond and the Finger lake at our Willington complex.
Our standard Coarse fishing permit includes all the coarse fishing venues mentioned below.
The River Idle at Retford and the Chesterfield Canal at Retford can be purchased on separate permits or on a combined permit.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the DCAC coarse fishing section, please download the relevant membership application forms below:
Finger Lake Willington
Finger Lake is stocked with a good head of carp to 15lb.
There are plenty of other coarse fish including bream, tench, roach and crucian carp.
A lovely picturesque water where you can spend a nice relaxing day catching fish and admiring the scenery and wildlife.
This water is capable of producing carp, bream and roach, and with a good head of silver fish you can have a wonderful day.
River Trent
The club has three stretches of the river Trent included in the Coarse Fishing Section.
Conygre Farm at Hoveringham. 560 yards of bank. Access through locked farm gate and drive to the upstream end of the river, river bank parking is available.
Doctors Surgery Willington. Approximately 1100 yards of river.
Access through locked gate and vehicle access first ½ Kilometer.
Willington on the Finger Lake frontage up to the fence.
These waters are capable of producing specimen barbel, chub, pike, bream, and carp.
Also capable of producing good nets of roach, perch, bream, dace, and occasional grayling.
River Derwent Borrowash to Sawley
The club has four stretches of the river Derwent included in the Coarse Fishing Section.
Borrowash to Sawley. Approximately 6 miles of river.
The fishery is mainly both banks even though for most of its length only one bank is fished. Access is good but, because of the length of this stretch, some walking is involved to fish the furthest pegs.
There are car parks dotted down the length which gives good access to the river as well as some parts where parking is available in lay byes, most members prefer to use the car parking areas and walk by the side of the river to get to their preferred swim.
Good catches of barbel, chub and roach are common with the occasional tench, bream, and pike being caught as well.
Night fishing available.
River Derwent at Allestree.
Over 1 mile of bank both sides, the stretch holds usual river coarse fish plus a few grayling.
River Derwent at Whatstandwell
This water has limited access, usual coarse fish, but expect the occasional trout and grayling.
River Derwent at Darley at Wenless Farm
The fishery at Wenlees Farm is situated upstream from Matlock at South Darley and consists of two small stretches either side of a horseshoe bend.
There is a good head of grayling at this water and also brown trout, keep nets are not allowed. Parking in Darley Bridge is very limited due to the narrow roads, some off road parking may be available in addition to the picnic site car park.
Chesterfield Canal and River Idle
The River Idle
A small river but can offer superb specimen chub and barbel fishing.
Specimen barbel and chub can be caught if anglers are prepared to search the river.
The river also contains roach and dace as well as the minor species such as bleak and gudgeon, the odd tench, pike and carp are also caught.
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Chesterfield Canal at Worksop, which is handy, especially when the River Idle is out of sorts due to flood water.
The canal holds a decent head of fish including chub, roach, rudd, perch and bream with the occasional pike and carp.
Both waters are available on separate permits or you can choose to have a joint permit for both waters.
Woodsetts Pond
Available to both full and standard coarse fishing members.
A small, secluded pond, full of fish with double figure carp, plenty of roach and rudd.
If you fancy a nice quiet day with good fishing, this is the place for you.
Limited to a dozen or so pegs, but that's not usually a problem, there are plenty of carp if that's your fancy but this is no specimen lake.
No night fishing.
Martyns Lake Willington
A great coarse fishery and part of our Willington fishery complex.
Available to full members, carp have been recorded at over 30lbs and there are plenty of bream to double figures, tench and other coarse fish, enough to keep everyone happy.
Recently stocked with good carp to 20lbs. In summer coarse anglers may, in suitable conditions park near their fishing station.
Flooding.
The River Trent occasionally floods and prevents access to this water.
Wilne Pool
Wilne is a small pool, lovely to fish and stocked with some large carp up to 30lbs.
A different stealthy approach is required to get the best from this water.
Located at the side of our River Derwent water, car parking is available.
Only full members can fish here, please sign in and out and record your catch in the checking station.
Wilne Pool is a 3 acre pool available for coarse fishing. It is situated off Wilne Road between Draycott and Sawley.