Designed specifically for tench and crucian carp, this lake again averages six feet deep although the main feature is a submerged island in the centre which is heavily planted with red, white and yellow lilies which flower from about June onwards and provide the perfect habitat for tench and crucians. The depth here is only a matter of a couple of feet or so. 

As its name implies, this water holds both common green and golden tench to about 6lbs, several thousand crucian carp which average about 1lb but which run to 4lbs and can give pleasure anglers bags of over 50lbs, plus a good head of golden orfe which, when they show, are usually around the 4lbs to 5lbs mark.

Although they were never stocked in this lake, common and mirror carp are also showing. These are believed to have found their way into the water as either eggs or fry through the overflow from the Carp Lake and first started to show in 2001. Since then they have become quite numerous are are being caught at up to 12 lbs in weight with the average coming in between 4lbs and 8lbs.

When fishing Tench and Crucian Lake both pole and waggler score equally well with the same techniques and baits as those recommended for Carp Lake scoring highly.

Ian Heaps' favourite technique, however, is to fish a quarter-inch bread punch close in on the slope over a tangerine sized ball of liquidised bread. This, he says, is a cheap and effective method throughout the year when fished on a long-shank, fine wire round-bend size 16 or 14 hook and the top two sections of a pole. However, keep the remainder of the pole close to hand in case you hook into one of the bigger carp.

The best shotting pattern for this type of fishing in a string of five tiny shot, say 10s or even 8s, placed six inches apart starting about six inches from the hook. Once again it pays to keep the line between the pole tip and float short.

 Anglers who don't own or use a pole should fish a small waggler 'canal style' with two or three No 4 shot to cock the float and smaller shot strung nearer the hook.

Other than bread, maggots, casters, soft hooker pellets and sweetcorn make good baits when fished with pellets fed little and often. Ian recommends that about half a dozen pellets should be fed every cast and that anglers wait no longer than two minutes before recasting. Three or four pieces of sweetcorn or other samples such as maggots can also be thrown in at intervals.

In winter, chopped worm and caster fished in the deeper water can be the best method. Again a pole would the No 1 choice with the float dotted right down. Alternatively, use a small waggler with the rod used as a whip.