There are various carp fishing ponds & lakes in Torbay. I shall concentrate on wheelchair accessible venues such as New barn Angling Centre, Charlcombe & Spring Ponds in Torquay. Many of these ponds hold double-figure carp, some into a mid-20s.

Charlcombe Pond in Torquay is one of my favourite fishing venues in Torbay. Fishing can be excellent in the summertime. Ground bait with pellets and use a variety of baits such a sweetcorn, pellets, paste, bread, maggots, and various meat baits. The margins can be particularly productive at Charlcombe. It's very shallow, around a foot deep. Fishing techniques need only be simple when fishing this close in. The lift method works extremely well and I caught many carp using this method. I also like using a 4 1/2 metre margin pole, it enables me to sit back from the water and fish break close into the margin.

Just up the road from Charlcombe are Spring Ponds. The carp in these ponds average around two pounds and catching 100 carp in one days fishing is not unknown. If you want constant action in these ponds then I would recommend feeder fishing. There are various ways of fishing the feeder, I found that the most productive type are the ones that you mould the feeder mix around. You don't need to go for a big method feeder, I prefer to use the very small ones. The rod I use is a very light feeder rod using eight pound line. The feeder mix I use are actually pellets that have been soaked in hot water. If you use boiling hot water, it doesn't take very long for the pellets to become very mushy. All you do is mould a small amount around the feeder and you are away. Sweetcorn and pellets are excellent bait to use here

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