🎣 Elton Reservoir — Overview

Elton Reservoir is a large, open stillwater offering classic reservoir fishing in a spacious, windswept setting. With its broad expanse of water, exposed banks, and the varied contours typical of a working reservoir, it provides anglers with a challenging but rewarding venue throughout the year. The scale of the water means fish location, watercraft, and adaptability play a major role in success.

🐟 Fish Stocks & Species

Although formal stock surveys are not published, Elton Reservoir is well known for holding a diverse range of coarse species, including:

• Roach to around 1 lb

• Bream into double figures

• Perch to approximately 2 lb

• Tench to around 5 lb

• Pike to roughly 15 lb

• Carp reported up to 25 lb

This mix makes Elton suitable for pleasure anglers, specimen hunters, and predator anglers alike.

🧭 What the Venue Is Like

Anglers describe Elton Reservoir as:

• Big and open, with plenty of water to explore

• Challenging, especially in windy or changeable conditions

• Rewarding, particularly for those who enjoy locating fish rather than fishing to obvious features

• Versatile, offering opportunities for float, feeder, carp, and predator fishing

The reservoir’s size and exposed nature mean conditions can shift quickly, making it a great venue for anglers who enjoy reading the water and adapting their approach.

🎣 Who Elton Reservoir Suits

Elton is ideal for anglers who enjoy:

• Large, natural-feeling waters rather than small commercial pools

• Exploratory fishing, searching for shoals and features

• Seasonal variety, with different species coming to the fore at different times

• Specimen opportunities, especially for bream, pike, and carp

Whether you’re targeting a net of roach and skimmers, a slab of double‑figure bream, or a winter pike, Elton offers plenty of scope.

Elton Reservoir Specific Rules

1. All general rules apply with the following included on this water.

2. Car parking is located before the sailing club entrance on the right, vehicles parked at owners own risk.

3. Fishing is permitted in the blue highlighted zones on the map provided, no fishing outside these zones due to health and safety.

4. Night fishing is for members only.

5. No bait restrictions on this water, particles and nuts must be prepared accordingly.

6. Bait boats are permitted at owners own risk; there is no method of retrieval on this water.

7. Sailing is the primary water use and have right of way, there is to be no confrontation with any sailors, any reports of this will be dealt with accordingly.

8. This water is used by open water swimmers via the sailing club, care must be taken to avoid swimmers, any complaints will be dealt with accordingly.

9. There will be no fishing during sailing club races (usually Wednesday evenings and Sundays). These are available via the sailing clubs website here: https://www.eltonsailingclub.co.uk/events

Parking is located to the right of the main gates at Elton Sailing club. To get here from the A58 Bolton Road take Kitchener Street and turn right onto Buller Street, from here turn left over the bridge towards the hospital, as you go over the bridge take a sharp right up a single-track tarmac road. This leads you directly to Elton sailing club.

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