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Cooks Ferry
Recent years have seen this stretch of the Lee decline slightly in terms of weight of catches.It was not so long ago that a Thursday evening open match would be followed by a five hour event the following Saturday throughout the whole of the Summer months. However the good news is that roach which were once few and far between are now the main species to target along with the perch.
Although it is a fairly short stretch there are many features to fish to on the far bank. From the main road bridge walk down to the turning bay where, if you listen to the locals, huge bream shoals regulary feed. Personally I think that if bream are your target species then you would be better off fishing further upstream, just below Picketts Lock, opposite the reed beds.Next feature down is a short tree lined section where many of the trees and bushes overhang the water. Last but not least is another turning bay, just past the trees, which is considerably wider and longer than the first turning bay. The water in this turning bay is also slightly deeper.
The smaller of the two turning bays at Cooks Ferry.
Main species at Cooks Ferry are roach and perch which can both be caught upto the 1lb mark. Anyone who fishes the Lee on a regular basis will know that it is pole dominated. However, due to the far bank features and the width of the Lee on this stretch a far bank waggler approach will also score well.
Cooks Ferry offers plenty of far bank cover to fish against.
As this stretch is on an industiral estate a metal barrier runs the whole length of this stretch down to where the second turning bay starts so you can fish on one side of the barrier and all those lovely speed cyclists can cycle on the other. Be careful when feeding a pole behind you as there are many lorries and cars that use this stretch and it would be very easy for one of them to drive over or hit a section of pole that is poking out from the barrier.