The association has secured two former gravel pits for fishing. Both lakes will be open will be open year round.

It is planned to stock both lakes with fish in the next few months developing New Road Lake into a specimen carp water and McGregor Lake as a mixed fishery.

Night permits will be available on application to the membership secretary but will be limited.

New Road Lake - Sandy: The lake is developing into a specimen carp water and has been stocked with heavily scaled mirror carp obtained from AJS Fisheries, mirror and common carp from Sporting and Leisure Fisheries and mirror carp from Fisher Pond Fisheries. Many of the fish stocked have grown at up to 10lbs per year and fish in excess of 30lbs are anticipated. It took nearly a year before the carp would pick up anglers’ baits but now they are readily accepting boilies and most recognised carp baits. The lake record caught by Kevin Webb currently stands at 28lb 8oz. Large bream are also present with many exceeding 10lbs and the chance of catching several of this size in a session. The largest caught by Ian Harper bottomed 12lb scales but was thought to weigh considerably more.

There is a good head of pike with specimens caught up to mid twenties. A member recently reported losing the biggest roach he had ever seen and he has caught specimens to over 2lbs elsewhere. Large eels and rudd are also present.

McGregor Lake - Sandy: The lake was stocked with several thousand small carp both mirrors and commons but larger specimens to over 20lbs are present. There is a thriving population of tench with fish up to nearly 9lbs being landed. Bream from skimmers to double-figure specimens are caught too and there is always the chance of landing a roach/bream hybrid. There are some very large perch in the lake with 3lb specimens regularly caught. The lake record currently stands at 3lb 14oz caught by Alan Wilkie. Some big eels are also present no doubt feeding on the large numbers of small roach, rudd and skimmers available to them. Two exotic species have been caught too namely orfe to over 4lbs and golden rudd.

Popular baits include worms, maggots, sweetcorn and mini boilies that have all accounted for fish.

Both lakes are located close to Sandy railway station and are easily assessable from the A1

From the A1: From the A1 at Beeston enter New Road heading towards the mainline railway station in Sandy. After crossing the river Ivel, the entrance gate to the fishery in situated about 1/4 mile on the right-hand side and is the entrance to the roadway leading to the gravel company's workings situated at the rear of the fishery complex.

The entrance gate is open during the working hours of the gravel company but members must ensure that the gate is kept locked out of hours