Naseby Reservoir

Fancy a proper reservoir rather than a little pond? Naseby gives you 93 acres of water when full, with carp, perch, roach and pike officially listed. Despite the canal connection, this venue is one reservoir, not a canal stretch split into pounds. The address is Carvells Lane, off Welford Road, Naseby, NN6 6DH.

• 1 lake: Naseby Reservoir
• Fish: carp, perch, roach, pike
• Tickets from: Day ticket, three rods — published January 1, 2024; not confirmed for 2026 — £15
• Find it: Market Harborough · NN6 6DH

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

Fancy a proper reservoir rather than a little pond? Naseby gives you 93 acres of water when full, with carp, perch, roach and pike officially listed. Despite the canal connection, this venue is one reservoir, not a canal stretch split into pounds. The address is Carvells Lane, off Welford Road, Naseby, NN6 6DH. That’s the useful detail for planning your journey: the supplied map coordinates point onto the reservoir itself, not to its entrance.

The carp are the headline draw, and it’s easy to see why. The fishery reports fish exceeding 40lb, with typical carp reported at 18–30lb. Those are proper lumps, without needing to dress things up with promises about how many you’ll catch. If you’re after a venue with PB potential, that size range makes Naseby worth a look. Just keep the distinction clear: reported fish sizes aren’t a guarantee of what ends up in your landing net.

It isn’t all about carp, either. Pike exceeding 30lb have been reported, while perch and roach give the species list a bit more breadth. There’s a published winter predator ticket covering two rods from November 1 to March 31. That gives predator anglers a clear seasonal option to investigate, rather than assuming the carp ticket tells the whole story. No sizes are supplied for the perch or roach, so the big-fish headlines belong to the carp and pike.

Water level is a big part of the bank-side picture here. Dam-wall fishing platforms provide access during high water, while summer and autumn drawdown exposes gravel areas of the reservoir bed for fishing. In other words, don’t picture exactly the same bank setup throughout the year. Think about the season and check the current access before settling on your plans. A reservoir car park is also described, though that alone doesn’t tell you how far your chosen swim will be.

Ticket-wise, day, night and season permits are available, and every permit must be bought through Catch with an account. Get that sorted rather than leaving yourself extra faff. The published prices and opening hours are explicitly dated January 1, 2024; they are not confirmed 2026 tariffs. There’s also a 24-hour ticket alongside listed daytime opening hours, so check arrival and overnight access arrangements rather than treating those hours as the full night-fishing picture.

Finally, give the tackle rules a proper look before loading up. Barbless hooks are required, and single-hook rigs are the rule except for pike fishing. Braided mainline is prohibited apart from spod, marker or pike fishing. Bait boats, surface fishing, fixed leads and keepnets are all prohibited too. That rules out a cheeky floater session or taking the bait boat along: plan your approach around the permitted tackle, the changing banks and the species you’re targeting.

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 — “Naseby is a proper big-water venue: 93 acres when full, carp exceeding 40lb and pike exceeding 30lb. There’s mixed coarse fishing too, with bank access changing as reservoir levels rise and fall.”

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.