About Hbs Fisheries
Welcome to HBS Fisheries is a well established syndicate fishery and fishery management service provider.
The owner Richard Bult has worked in the industry for 10 years and has a vast experience in all aspects of fishery management and is a registered member of the Institute of Fisheries Management. Located in Somerset HBS Fisheries are able to offer services such as quality stock fish supply and delivery, electrofishing, seine netting, fish micro chipping, water quality testing and groundcare maintenance.
Specimen Lake
A 2. 5 acre spring fed lake with varying depths and lots of features in every swim. The lake record stands at 30lbs caught in August 2012, amidst an excellent stock of 20lb plus fish, and a good selection mid-upper double figure carp. The water is triangular in shape with water depths ranging from 2 ft to 11 /12ft in some of the deep channels. There are also two islands with overhanging willows and shrubs, a plateau and six table tops. Wood chipped path access all around the main lake with established shrub /tree screening between swims. Stocked with around 60 fish between 12lbs and 30lbs. There are eleven swims and a quiet area for stalking. This lake is for the serious carp angler. £275 per year which includes day /night fishing plus use of all facilities such as a summerhouse with cooking facilities, mains toliets and drinking water. Syndicate numbers are limited to 25 anglers maximum and anglers will be interviewed prior to membership.
Syndicate Spaces Still Available!
Please contact Richard on 07966239436 for further information
HBS fisheries also offer fishery management services which include electrofishing using a state of the art Electracatch WFC4 – High Voltage pulsed DC electrofishing system. The WFC4-HV machine is suitable for catching fish in low conductivity rivers and burns. This machine is also extremely effective when working in lakes and larger rivers. This equipment employs a transformer with switched output voltages, thereby enabling a range of outputs to be used. The output voltages may be selected to suit the characteristics of the freshwater lakes or rivers where the equipment is being used. We also have seine nets manufactured with lead line or weights at the bottom - this helps us to combat the problem of lakes with silty bottoms. Nets with lead lines are used for silty bottom lakes and nets with weights are used for gravel bottom lakes.
Fish transportation throughout the UK using our specialist vehicles which are fully equipped with insulated tanks and electric air blowers or oxygen cylinders to make sure the fish are transported with minimal stress and arrive in tip top condition.
Fish micro-chipping is also available to mark and monitor fish growth and movement of fish, this is carried out using our specially trained staff. We can also supply scanners and signage etc to protect your fishery.
Water quality testing for PH, oxygen levels, conductivity, ammonia and nitrates.
Groundcare maintenance such as mowing or spraying using our compact Mitsubishi MT20 four wheel drive tractor and other specialist equipment.
Hbs Fisheries Description
Welcome to HBS Fisheries is a well established syndicate fishery and fishery management service provider.
The owner Richard Bult has worked in the industry for 10 years and has a vast experience in all aspects of fishery management and is a registered member of the Institute of Fisheries Management. Located in Somerset HBS Fisheries are able to offer services such as quality stock fish supply and delivery, electrofishing, seine netting, fish micro chipping, water quality testing and groundcare maintenance.
Specimen Lake
A 2. 5 acre spring fed lake with varying depths and lots of features in every swim. The lake record stands at 30lbs caught in August 2012, amidst an excellent stock of 20lb plus fish, and a good selection mid-upper double figure carp. The water is triangular in shape with water depths ranging from 2 ft to 11 /12ft in some of the deep channels. There are also two islands with overhanging willows and shrubs, a plateau and six table tops. Wood chipped path access all around the main lake with established shrub /tree screening between swims. Stocked with around 60 fish between 12lbs and 30lbs. There are eleven swims and a quiet area for stalking. This lake is for the serious carp angler. £275 per year which includes day /night fishing plus use of all facilities such as a summerhouse with cooking facilities, mains toliets and drinking water. Syndicate numbers are limited to 25 anglers maximum and anglers will be interviewed prior to membership.
Syndicate Spaces Still Available!
Please contact Richard on 07966239436 for further information
HBS fisheries also offer fishery management services which include electrofishing using a state of the art Electracatch WFC4 – High Voltage pulsed DC electrofishing system. The WFC4-HV machine is suitable for catching fish in low conductivity rivers and burns. This machine is also extremely effective when working in lakes and larger rivers. This equipment employs a transformer with switched output voltages, thereby enabling a range of outputs to be used. The output voltages may be selected to suit the characteristics of the freshwater lakes or rivers where the equipment is being used. We also have seine nets manufactured with lead line or weights at the bottom - this helps us to combat the problem of lakes with silty bottoms. Nets with lead lines are used for silty bottom lakes and nets with weights are used for gravel bottom lakes.
Fish transportation throughout the UK using our specialist vehicles which are fully equipped with insulated tanks and electric air blowers or oxygen cylinders to make sure the fish are transported with minimal stress and arrive in tip top condition.
Fish micro-chipping is also available to mark and monitor fish growth and movement of fish, this is carried out using our specially trained staff. We can also supply scanners and signage etc to protect your fishery.
Water quality testing for PH, oxygen levels, conductivity, ammonia and nitrates.
Groundcare maintenance such as mowing or spraying using our compact Mitsubishi MT20 four wheel drive tractor and other specialist equipment.
Reviews
Several anglers in the last week or so catching fish to mid twenties, lots of 20lb plus commons out recently with the odd larger mirror being caught too.
Andy Quinn braved the wet & windy weather to be rewarded by this 24lb Common, a 17lb 4oz mirror and lost another fish.
Well February is nearly over and it has been a very busy month netting lakes and delivery stock fish to various fisheries, angling clubs and private waters, with the majority of fish now sold, although some larger carp still available. Today we have been carrying out a fish removal in Marsh Lane Brook to allow for a new culvert to be built for a new road scheme, nice to see so many fish and eels caught as I did not expect to catch much, around 900 stickleback, stone loach and eels in a 150m stretch not bad for a small brook.
We still have fish available for this winter, we currently have carp between 0.5lb - 17lbs, Bream to 1lb, and some crucians. Contact me or phone 07966239436 for prices and more info
New member Gary Lawton had a brilliant session in the cold weather landing four fish, topped by this nice 20lb 8oz VS mirror below, this is a new PB for Gary and I am sure he will soon have more PB's to come.
Well since the drain down the lake has been fishing really well Aaron Challinder has been in the action landing a 30lb 8oz, a 28lb and several other twenties and uppers, Tony Lockton also had a 30lb plus Mirror and several other fish, most anglers catching on smaller hook baits from most areas of the lake.
Well it the end of a busy week I have just turned off the pump refilling the specimen lake which is now full again, Thursday & Friday saw us removing snags, reed beds and spreading dung on the bed of the lake to encourage natural food such as bloodworm etc, see picture below not the nicest of jobs! plus cleaning and disinfecting nets etc. I would like to wish our members and customers a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Thanks Richard
We still have fish available for this winter, we currently have carp between 1lb - 12lbs, Bream to 3lb, Perch 4 -6 inch, and some crucians. Contact me or phone 07966239436 for prices and more info
This week has seen us drain down our specimen lake and net the lake to remove small fish, we netted it today and caught 128 carp between 7lb and 30lb plus, we have hand selected the best 68 fish to go back in the lake these are nearly all 15lb plus, and removed 60 that averaged 10lbs, we also removed a 138lb of smaller carp and around 200lb of perch, tomorrow we will remove the some of brambles, reeds and snags and work dung into the bottom of the lake to encourage bloodworm etc and then start to refill. Hopefully now we can get the full potential from the stock in the next few years. Tight Lines Richard.
Well what an end to a busy week, Thursday Luke & I delivered another 1000 Crucians to Northam Farm ready for next season see pictures below, today we netted a lake for a small private angling club lake to remove small fish from there specimen lake and I have to say there were some cracking fish in there, carp to 36lb 10oz and lots of 20lbs plus fish, grass carp to around 25lb, cracking perch with plenty in the 2 - 4lb bracket and Tench to 8lb plus sorry no pics as zero publicity water and I don't blame them. Cheers Richard
Biosecurity is really important to us, but this time of year more than ever, vehicles & tanks have to be washed and disinfected with Virkon S between each delivery and nets have to be cleaned & disinfected every time they are used this generally takes at least half a day after every days netting.
Lake drained and cropping some lovely carp and thousands of crucians for deliveries this week. Happy Days!
Andrew Quinn with one of the half linears at 25lb 6oz yesterday morning, Good angling Andy!
Well its been a busy time draining ponds and netting fish, health checks done etc lots of nettings & elctrofishing upto Christmas on top of other things! no doubt a lot more early mornings ahead.
Fitting new screens to lake culverts at Burnham on Sea Holiday village today, it is important to make sure all outlet screens are maintained to prevent fish escaping into other water courses.
Jack Fairfax with a lovely recent mirror he caught at 19lb, this fish was stocked in 2015 at 8lb 8oz from VS Fisheries.
Gary & Aaron Challinder did well this weekend with Gary first catching one of the 'Half Lins' at 25lb 8oz, then Aaron banked the 'Big Male' at 27lbs. Well done Lads.
Something abit different today, electrofishing on the River Axe to clear an area behind a silt boom before work starts on the river bed using an excavator on a floating platform, managed to remove trout, eels and minnows to safety.
Andy Quinn with a nice common caught this morning at 22lb 8oz from 'Willow double'. Well done mate.