Oxlease Lake at Richworth Closed

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The awesome Oxlease Lake on the Richworth Linear has, sadly, been closed to fishing until the spring . The after-effects of the summer floods have caused this closure, which has seen the lake lose an estimated 75% of its stock. The fishery has plans to restock the lake and bring it back to where it was prior to the flooding.
Fishery officer Chris Blunt has stated: “We’ve not taken this decision lightly but feel that the health of the remaining stock must take priority. The directors are also concerned that anglers should get value for money for their day tickets and not fish a lake below our normal standard, even if this results in lost revenue for the company. We’re very proud of our hard-earned reputation and want to keep it. We can only apologise for any disappointment to anglers looking forward to fishing Oxlease during the coming months but hope they enjoy fishing our other waters equally as much – thankfully those other waters have come through the floods and are doing well.” These actions by Linear are very commendable