Bawburgh Lake was the first lake to be opened to the public to fish in 1988 as part of the then Bawburgh Lakes Association (BLA), some of the original members still refer to the lake as BLA, and it is still the most loved lake on the fishery by many.

The Lake at this time became an excellent water for pike with many doubles being caught in a day, however as with many prolific pike fishery's the interest in the water slowly dwindled as the catches became fewer and finely closed around 1995.

When NACA began to manage the water some two years later the lake was to take some of our first stock fish, some double figure carp from a local water to help get the fishery running, then with an introduction of a shoal of 75 Bream.

The lake took further stockings up to 2006 with 20 Fishers Pond fish being introduced, however the lake is some what neglected by the carp anglers due to the wealth of fishing on especially Colney 1 but several large carp remain in this water and several good fish are caught every year, however it is the water to be on for some excellent Tench fishing with many fish over 7 - 8 lbs and fish over 10 lbs every season, and of course the Bream these fish remain an enigma to most anglers but Bawburgh Lake produces more double figure Bream every season than any of the other lakes on the fishery.

The pike fishing can be challenging at times however this lake holds the largest known fish on the fishery at 33.05 lbs caught last in 2008

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