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Littleport Angling Club leases the fishing rights for the east & west bank of the Great Ouse River at Littleport, between Sandhills Bridge and the foundations of the old A10 road bridge on the east bank (road side) and on the west bank from the Swan Pub downstream to Willett’s Farm, this bank has no pegs marked or swims cut so is very rarely fished.
All fishing is usually from the east bank as access is much easier as the “NEW RIVER BANK ROAD” runs along the entire section of river. Peg 2 is the closest to Sandhills Bridge, next to the boat moorings at the southern end of this stretch. Peg 74 is at the northern end about 100m from the A10 bypass bridge. A sign at each end marks the extent of our waters.
Cars can be parked on the grass verge opposite the river bank but please remember not to block any gateways or private accesses when parking.
OVERVIEW OF VENUE.
This section of river is permanently pegged on the east bank.
The river is currently fishing as well as it has done for many years for both roach , small bream, and significant numbers of tench. Large bream (5 lb – 7 lb) can show on any peg to either feeder or long pole tactics but don’t usually get caught in any great numbers, 2 or 3 seems to be about tops, however more numbers now seem to show especially later in the year while it is still mild and the river is moving. All species can be caught on maggot baits at any time of the season. The larger roach will fall to hemp and tares during the summer. There has been a recent explosion of perch with loads of fish from an ounce or two up to around ¾lb to be taken on maggot but if chopped worm tactics are used in the right areas expect anything up to 3 lb. The same tactics can produce some of the many big tench (5lb–8lb) that have recently started to show. In the winter the pegs opposite the mouth of the ‘Boat Haven’ are the most popular for the pike/zander anglers with pike in the mid/high teens common place although 20lb plus fish are quite rare. These pegs 55-70 also seem to hold lots of fish in the early summer.
Just like so many rivers, this stretch of the Great Ouse at Littleport can very good one day and then on another quite challenging. Fortunately there are a lot more good days than bad during a season. The main conditions that dictate are, whether there is any flow and if there is any colour in the water. ‘The man that knows how to fish this river in all its moods hasn’t been born yet’
PEG BY PEG.
Pegs 2 & 3: The depth on the inside (as far out 11 metres) is shallow compared to most of the next 51 pegs with a shelf at around 10-11 metres of 8 – 9 feet. There is another shelf at 14 – 14½ with more like 12-13 feet of water.
Pegs 4 – 51 depths of all these are very similar 9 – 10 feet on the first shelf mostly around 7 metres and 13 – 14 feet for the next shelf around 11 metres although distances out for the shelves may vary a little.
Pegs 53 – 59 . Slightly shallower on the inside, you have to go out to around 12 metres or so for the next shelf. Far bank trees make for good cover if the bream are showing.
Pegs 61 and higher are fished a lot less than the rest of this stretch. The water is much shallower up the inside due to the silt being deposited on the inside of the bend. Some pegs higher up need 11m to find any depth and the waggler or feeder can score well. These pegs do however fish very well on the correct day so they are worth a try. From here to the end of the section (74) its shallower on the inside and only 10-11 feet at 11 – 12 metres. The waggler is often more successful than the pole from here on.