Winterborne Zelston


A wonderful venue at which to enjoy some quality trout fishing and maybe catch your supper.

TROUT: VARIABLE

DIRECTIONS

  • Follow the A31 from Wimborne towards Bere Regis (West)

  • Cross the roundabout at the A350 junction

  • Pass the long walled estate (Charborough Park)

  • Pass the Worlds End pub

  • Turn right opposite the Botany Bay Inn

  • Follow the road to the T junction

  • Turn left and take the first entrance on the right over a small brick bridge

  • Follow the track into the fishery

FISHERY RULES

  • Fly fishing only

  • No bait or lures permitted

  • Night Fishing - NO

  • Fishing All Year Round - YES

  • Guest Tickets Available - YES

  • Parking (designated parking only) - YES

  • Club Key Needed - YES

  • Disabled Access - YES

  • Guests must be accompanied by a member and can bring the same individual guest a maximum of three times in any calender year

  • This is a catch and take lake, but any brown trout caught by a member should be returned please. Once the ticket limit has been caught you must stop fishing.

  • A return must be made by email to the Game Secretary,

HANDY TO KNOW

Winterborne Zelston trout lake is owned by the Club and is  just a twenty-minute car ride from the centre of Wimborne. The turning for the lane through the Village to the lake is opposite the Botany Bay PH on the A31 and easily found. However, this road junction is not easy when turning out of the Village both due to its gradient and the amount and speed of traffic on the A31, so please take care.

It is a spring-fed lake which benefits from the clear, aquifer fed water.  It is open all year round but is much fished in spring and early summer, when it is at its best. It is an ideal venue for stalking the stocked rainbow trout.

By mid-summer water levels may reduce and the water temperature will rise, and in drought summers it may become unfishable.

FACILITIES

  • On-site Portaloo

  • On-site fishing hut

  • Designated disabled swim - to be vacated on request

 
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