Bolingey Lakes

Fancy a carp-focused day near Perranporth? Bolingey has three lakes set up for pleasure and match fishing, roughly a mile from town. You'll find it on Penwartha Road, Bolingey, TR6 0DH. It's a straightforward proposition: choose between a pleasure session and a bit of match-day competition, with day tickets listed as available to all anglers. No need to assume it's reserved for a particular group.

• 1 lake: Main water
• Fish: carp
• Tickets from: Listed day ticket — £10 per angler, covering all lakes
• Find it: Perranporth · TR6 0DH

Based on how each lake is set up — not a ranking.

Fancy a carp-focused day near Perranporth? Bolingey has three lakes set up for pleasure and match fishing, roughly a mile from town. You'll find it on Penwartha Road, Bolingey, TR6 0DH. It's a straightforward proposition: choose between a pleasure session and a bit of match-day competition, with day tickets listed as available to all anglers. No need to assume it's reserved for a particular group.

The 2019 White Acres guide puts the whole fishery at 3.5 acres with 50 pegs. Those are historical figures for the venue overall, not measurements for each lake, so don't read them as three equally sized waters. Islands and margins are the named features here. That gives you something more interesting to think about than simply finding a peg and chucking straight out into open water.

Carp are the main draw. The historical guide lists mirror, common and ghost carp, with fish reported up to 20lb at that time. That's a useful picture of Bolingey's carp background, rather than a promise about today's biggest fish or what you'll put in the net. For an angler who enjoys working a feature and thinking about the margins, there's a proper carp-and-match flavour to the place.

Before you pack the bait bag, take a moment over the rules. Floating baits and meat baits are prohibited, and braid is out too. Feeders, leads and Method feeders must all run freely, so check the rig rather than leaving that bit until you're on the peg. Keepnets aren't allowed for ordinary pleasure fishing. The older guide also specified one rod only, but that needs checking against the current terms before you decide what to bring.

The listed day ticket covers all three lakes, with one price shown for all anglers. Friday and Sunday open matches are advertised, and match booking involves a deposit plus pools payable on the day. If you're after a quiet pleasure session rather than the draw, it's worth asking how those matches affect available pegs. Kim Dare is the listed contact with the fishery for booking enquiries and current terms — a quick call could save a fair bit of faff.

There's a documented fishery car park, but don't assume toilets, accessible facilities or a tackle shop without asking. One navigation wrinkle: the mapped pond coordinates identify water within the fishery, not its entrance. Check your arrival route accordingly. Opening hours are listed below, although the current fishing season still needs confirming; the 2019 guide ran from early April through October. That older guidance also required everyone out, including from the car park, by 18:00. Treat this as a daytime option and confirm the practical bits before setting off.

Good background reading. Most of it is a few years old, so treat it as a starting point and ask on the day.

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• Our read

  Checked Sept '26 — “Bolingey is a three-lake carp, pleasure and match fishery about a mile from Perranporth, with islands and margins to get your teeth into. Day tickets are listed for all anglers, and Friday and Sunday opens add a competitive edge.”

This is our own summary of recurring public feedback and the venue details we checked, not a copied customer review or a promise you’ll catch. Feedback changes, so we keep it separate from the Tackle Index score.