Welcome
to the website of Witton Castle Lakes, one
of, if not the, premier trout fisheries of the North East
of England, situated in the grounds of Witton Castle accessed
just off the A68 south of the River Wear and the Village of
Witton le Wear in the heartland of the picturesque Wear Valley.
Operated by Bishop Auckland & District Angling
Club.
Great news the website is back up and running,
Also we are opening over the winter months.
Please see the section "about us" for the information.
Its farewell to Bill Scaife after years of service to the
lakes and Bishop Auckland and District Angling Club and
welcome to Tom Osborne Bill's successor.
Thank you Bill for all your work over the
years.
"There
are few better - and I really mean this - run fisheries than
Witton Castle Lakes. It is a Blue Print Fishery, where trout
rise almost constantly"
Charles
Jardine
"I
was taken right down to the backing several times and on one
occasion a fish made a single run of over 50 yards"
Simon
Robinson