Fishery Rules Update 3rd Dec 2025

If you have any Questions? Call or text Anthony at 07860 255981 or Robbo 07834 275278

Maximum barbless hook size 8 and no braided line on all the lakes. No floating baits, no bread, (even in winter). No over-shotted rigs. No jiggers. No floating poles. No rigs without a float. No dabbing, (ie rigs cannot be held out of the water when mugging).
Slapping & tapping & mugging are allowed (as long as the rig is fully laid in when mugging!!).
Pole rigs must have a minimum distance between the float & pole tip of 4 inches.
No Night Fishing permitted on Folly Lake. Please use boilies in moderation. No fish to be introduced or removed. Night fishing on Carp and Tench Pond only – No need to book – £20 for 24hrs on the bank. Day ticket pleasure fishing is strictly from dawn till dusk only – simply turn up and pay for your ticket on the bank. Please make yourself aware of all Fishery Rules before visiting and stay safe. Venue rules – Click Here

Angling Coaching with Robbo at Risby Park

At Risby Park Fishing Ponds, angling coaching with Robbo is about far more than catching fish – it’s about confidence, calm, and those unforgettable lightbulb moments. With over 25 years of coaching experience and a lifetime spent on the bank, Robbo offers friendly, down-to-earth 1-to-1 or small-group sessions tailored to complete beginners through to seasoned anglers looking to sharpen their edge. Whether you’re 5 or 75, returning to fishing or discovering it for the first time, you’ll find expert guidance, patience, and a genuine love of the sport -plus a wonderfully stress-melting few hours by the water.

Prices: £25 for 90mins 1-2-1 coaching… longer sessions available, call me for further info. £40 for 90 minutes if there are 2 “students”. Robbo: 07834 275278 See Robbo’s angling resume and student photos & reviews >>Here<<

2026 Spring Risby Round-Up

Hooray!! We are finally through another winter and can start to enjoy the warmer and longer days as we head into this fantastic time of year.
Before I go into a little more detail on the current best tactics etc, there’s a few things to remind everyone visiting the lakes, whether fishing, spectating or walking…
1) Please PICK UP ALL LITTER, then either take it home with you or use the bins provided. Anglers, (& their guests), failing to do so may face an immediate ban from the fishery!!
2) Absolutely NO FIRES!!
It goes without saying that hiding the evidence of a fire is hard to do. IF you are found to have had a fire, you WILL be banned immediately… so do not take the risk! 
Fires not only damage the bankside vegetation, the embers and sparks are incredibly dangerous for the surrounding woodlands and wildlife!!
3) Enjoy your fishing.. its not all about catching the fish! By just being out in beautiful surroundings is a great way to unwind and genuinely endorsed by the medical profession to help with mindfulness and well-being. 

Folly Lake

As the water warms up there’s plenty of quality skimmers to be caught all over the lake.
Recent catches have already seen some of the bigger male fish developing tubercles. This is a great sign for the future stocks and extra care should be taken when handling fish.
Best baits are 4mm or 6mm expanders, corn and double red maggot.
Biggest catches will probably be caught when using groundbait & / or micros.
The “stockies” that went in in Nov’25 have started to feed well. They can be caught all over the lake, but they seem to be in bigger numbers around pegs 1 – 7 and 40 – 35.
Carp sport continues to be very good with lots of fish in the 6 – 8lbs bracket possible. There’s also plenty of doubles being caught, especially in the Risby Open Matches, (which finish at the end of April).
Recent match weights have regularly been over 70lbs and will no doubt exceed 100lbs in the warmer weather.
The best tactics are to use the method, (no bigger than 25g, preferably, 15-20g is favoured). Method mixes are down to personal choice, but best results have been on a 50 / 50 mix of groundbait and micros, with a pink or yellow, 6mm wafter as hookbait.
Pleasure anglers using “carp style” tactics have caught plenty of quality fish per session.
10mm boilies or wafters are producing plenty of bites at the moment, but it won’t be long before 12mm or 15mm will catch some of the bigger resident carp.
Please remembe, BREAD is NOT allowed on The Folly Lake, (either on the surface or sunken)..
Also, NO surface baits are permitted.

Tench Pond

Warmer and dryer weather is really improving the sport all over the pond.
Whether you are targeting the skimmers, roach, perch or the carp, you are practically guaranteed a few bites from any peg.
Quality skimmers well over 3lbs are possible. There’s also lots of smaller ones between 4oz to 2.5lbs. Best baits are similar to the Folly, with maggots or expanders working really well. Pole Anglers that like to fish paste will soon be bagging up on big skimmers and carp.
Carp are feeding well, with the method producing some great sport, (same tactics as on the Folly).
‘Carp Anglers’ are returning in numbers, with quite a few very successful night sessions already being reported.
The margins continue to be the best areas to catch carp, especially after 4pm to dusk.

Carp Pond 

If “peace & quiet” is important to you, then try the fantastic sport on The Carp Pond.
There are 25 pegs, full of fish. Species are similar to the Folly and theTench ponds with lots of carp, roach, rudd and skimmers.
For the roach and rudd, tactics are really simple. Fish the waggler with maggots, set 2 – 3 feet deep. Single or double maggot on a size 16 or 18 hook, with only a tiny dropper to get the bait down is ideal. Just feed 8 – 10 maggots every now & again and the thousands of roach and rudd will oblige all day long… its as easy as it gets!
For those wanting to catch carp, the margins are generally quite deep and the best areas to fish.
Corn, pellets or maggots will all work.
Carp anglers using 10mm, 12mm and even 15mm boilies often catch carp well into double figures, but most tend to be 7 – 9lbs.

If you are planning a trip to Risby in the near future, I hope the above helps.
If you have any queries, feel free to text me on 07834 275278 and I’ll do my best to reply as quickly as possible.

Risby Round-Up by Robbo Dec 2025 (Click to Open)
The terrible wet weather has impacted fishing the length and breadth of the UK, but its great to see that the weather hasn’t totally ruined the fishing here at Risby Lakes.
Before I go into a little more detail on best tactics etc, the main things to point out is that all anglers should, (in my opinion), do the following…,
1) fine down your hooklengths.
2) feed less.
3) use smaller hooks.
4) if pole fishing, use lighter elastics.
5) be realistic with your expectations… whilst the odd “red letter day” is still possible in winter, the likelihood is that you are going to catch less at this time of year.
6) PICK UP ALL LITTER !!
7) Enjoy it.. its not all about the fishing, just being out and about is just as important!!!

Folly Lake

Plenty of quality skimmers are still being caught all over the lake, the best areas tend to be in the deeper & wider pegs, (9 – 32), but they are still possible in the narrows, (1 – 8 & 42 – 33).
Best baits are 4mm expanders, corn and double maggot, all of which should be used with a little groundbait & / or micros. It’s always important to plumb up accurately, but even more so at this time of year.
The recently stocked “stockies” have proved elusive so far, but as per the recent videos show, literally thousands went in and they will feed sooner or later.
Carp sport in general continues to be very good for the time of year.
Recent match weights have regularly been over 70lbs.
The best tactics are to use the method, (no bigger than 25g, preferably, 15-20g is favoured). Method mixes are down to personal choice,  but best results have been on a 50 / 50 mix of groundbait and micros, with a pink or yellow, 6mm wafter as hookbait.
Pleasure anglers using “carp style” tactics have also continued to catch a few fish per session, with plenty of fish between 8lbs and 14lbs.
Best results have come from those adopting a “winter approach” and scaling down on all of their terminal tackle.
Please remember BREAD is NOT allowed on The Folly, (surface or sunken)..  
Also, NO surface baits ae permitted.

Tench Pond

Despite the awful wet weather, the Tench Pond is genuinely still fishing really well all over the pond.
The match held on 10th December resulted in an average weight of 30lbs per man, the winning weight being 57lbs!
Whether you are targeting the skimmers, roach, perch or the carp, you are practically guaranteed a few bites from any peg on the pond.
Quality skimmers over 3lbs are still possible, with lots of smaller ones between 4oz to 2.5lbs. Best baits are similar to the Folly, with maggots or expanders working really well.
Carp are also continuing to feed well, with the method producing some great sport, (same tactics as on the Folly).
Pole Anglers fishing expanders or maggots over micros have had bags of skimners, roach and carp.., but again, its important to stress the need for scaling your tackle down accordingly.
Choosing the correct elastic is essential, as you still need something soft enough for the skimmers but strong enough to successfully play the carp.
Check out The Elasto range, which covers every eventuality.

Carp Pond 

For those of us that are happy just to get a few bites in the depths of winter, The Carp Pond is the place to head for.
There’s literally thousands and thousands of roach and rudd in every peg.
If we get any milder days over the festive period, It’s an ideal pond for parents to take their children and have a go catching a few fish. Tactics are really simple.., float fished maggots, set 3 – 4 feet deep. Single or double maggot on a size 18 hook, with only a tiny dropper to get the bait down is ideal. Just feed 6 – 8 maggots every now & again… its as easy as it gets.
For those wanting to catch something a little more substantial, there’s also plenty of carp feeding too.
Despite the colder weather, the margins are deep on The Carp Pond and are still the best areas to fish. Corn, pellets or maggots will all work.

If you are planning a trip to Risby in the near future, I hope the above helps.
If you have any queries, feel free to text me on 07834 275278 and I’ll do my best to reply as quickly as possible.

Finally, all the best for Xmas and a happy new year.
Many thanks, enjoy your fishing!!

Please ensure ALL litter is picked up and either put in the bins or taken home with you.
Many thanks, enjoy your fishing!!
Robbo
Risby Round-Up by Robbo August 2025 (Click to Open)

Folly Lake

Plenty of quality skimmers being caught all over. Best baits are expanders, corn 6mm cubes of meat or paste. Best tip for the skimmers is to fish the pole on 2 separate lines, one at top kit plus 4, (approx 8m), and another at 13 or 14m, (obviously this will also work on the waggler). Plumb up accurately and add an inch, (maybe more than an inch if there’s lots of undertow), then feed “little and often” with dampened down micros.
It’s important to keep the feed going in regularly, hopefully the skimmers, (& odd carp), will soon oblige.
Carp sport has been fantastic with lots of fish being caught on all methods.
Recent reports I’ve had have included a few specimens over 18lbs, plus one local match angler recently had a 6 hour session and using his clicker, had an estimated 230lbs!!
Anglers using “carp style” tactics have also reported excellent sport with 15 fish per session.
Please remember bread is NOT allowed on The Folly… also NO surface baits permitted.

Tench Pond

The Tench Pond is genuinely in top form at present. Whether you are targeting the skimmers or the carp, you are all but guaranteed some fantastic sport.
Quality skimmers over 3lbs are coming out from all over, with lots of smaller ones between 4oz to 2.5lbs making up bags well in excess of 60lbs.
Best tactics are exactly the same as the Folly.
There’s been stacks of carp caught this week.
Several night anglers have told me that they’ve had to reel in their rods at night in order to get some sleep.
Best tactics have been to use small PVA bags with some micros, 4mm pellets and a few crushed boilies in them.
Lots of fish are being caught on Scopex boilies along with Tuna flavoured boilies being a good alternative.
Pole Anglers fishing paste over micros have had huge bags of carp and skimmers, best pegs are 9 – 12 or 16 – 20. Choosing the correct elastic has been difficult, as you need something soft enough for the skimmers but robust enough to tame the carp. I’d recommend the Grey Liquiflow by Elasto, which is rated 10-14 & is fantastic for skimmers. If you are catching a lot of carp and a few skimmers, the black Liquiflow, rated 12 – 16 is simply the best thing since sliced bread !!

Carp Pond 

The Carp Pond is still Risby’s best kept secret. For those who don’t use the Risby Facebook site, it’s well worth a look with regular videos and photos of what’s going on around the fishery. Recent reels and photos have been taken on The Carp Pond and have shown some of the excellent sport available to those prepared to give it a go.
There’s literally thousands and thousands of roach and rudd in every peg. It’s an ideal Pond for parents with youngsters wanting to catch plenty of fish. Tactics are simple, float fished maggots, set 2 feet deep. 2 maggots on a size 16 hook is ideal, feed little and often… its as easy as it gets.
Needless to say, there’s also plenty of carp feeding too.
The margins are the best areas to fish. Corn, pellet, meat or paste will all work.
Please ensure ALL litter is picked up and either put in the bins or taken home with you.
Many thanks, enjoy your fishing!!
Robbo

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Night Fishing Available on Carp Lake and Tench Lake (not Folly Lake) – £20 for 24hrs – No need to book. No bait restrictions on the Carp or Tench lakes (Please be sensible). Tickets on the bank. Strictly No Fires, check venue rules first.

Risby Park Fishing Ponds has something for everyone. Add your best email here to keep up to date with what’s going on and receive special offers for our cafe. Fishing from Dawn till Dusk all year round.

Expect Big Match Weights in Summer and Winter

Match weights in excess of 200lb are common in both open and club matches in summer, with 100lb backup weights needed to frame when conditions are right.

Winter match weights of 60lb+ can be expected, with 30lb needed to frame. Winter winning catches are often all silver fish. 

Risby Park Fishing Ponds, Risby Park, Dunflat Road, Risby, Nr Beverley. HU17 8SS

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Whether you’re just starting out or simply like to escape to the lakeside for a few hours fishing. Risby Park Fishing Ponds has it covered. With over 120 pegs across 4 lakes, you can set your stall out to fish for anything from greedy Carp to elusive Tench. Come rain or shine you will enjoy a great days fishing at one of East Yorkshires most picturesque settings.

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It’s great to see so many anglers enjoying the wide range of disciplines that our sport offers. Specimen anglers can enjoy the peace and quiet on one of our 4 lakes that all hold a good head of specimen fish. Carp, Bream, Tench and Sturgeon all feature among the favourites that regularly show. With over 120 pegs available, you’re bound to find a quiet corner to wait out your quarry.

Risby Park Fishing Ponds are located approximately 1 mile south west of Beverley and 10 minutes drive from Hull. Taking the A164 from Beverley to Cottingham turn right for Walkington (look for the brown tourism Fish sign), it’s the first turning after the A1079 junction. From Humber Bridge, follow the signs for Beverley and take the left turn for Walkington after the Skidby/Cottingham roundabout. Follow the Walkington road for 100yds then take your 1st left for Little Weighton. Risby Park is on your right 1/2 mile down Dunflat Road. For those with Sat Nav please remember our postcode is HU17 8SS – Dunflat Road. Longitude 53.804782, Latitude -0.465932
Risby Park Folly Open Match 19th October
Risby Park Folly Open Match 19th October

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Here's today's result from the Folly Open….A miserable start to the day was followed ny reasonable sport again for the "Risby Faithfull"…Despite having last pick at the draw, Pully still managed to win on the day, with a respectful autumn / winter weight of 78lbs....

Risby Open Folly 21st Sept 2024
Risby Open Folly 21st Sept 2024

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Heres yesterday's match result from Folly... 18 fished... 1st Robbo, 101lbs off peg 16. 2nd was Geoff Boycott with 86lbs off peg 30. Pully was 3rd with 84lbs off peg 19. Willy Eyre was 4th with 57lbs off peg 26. Sid "the dipper" Gray was 5th with 56lbs off peg...

Match Results 14/15th Sept 2024
Match Results 14/15th Sept 2024

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Saturday 14th September A decent day weather-wise, but the better fish mainly fed on the Folly bank and the dam wall... the lads expected good skimmer catches, but they only fed occasionally throughout the day for most. That being said Jason Moody had over 30lbs of...

Saturday 24th August, Risby Open, Folly
Saturday 24th August, Risby Open, Folly

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Strong winds & heavy overnight rain made the going a bit tough for the "Risby Match Regulars".Winner on the day with a reasonable total of 70lbs was StePHen (Pully) Pulford off peg 18.Pully had a steady run of skimmers early on by fishing expanders at 6m, which...

Risby Open Match 20th April 2024
Risby Open Match 20th April 2024

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Here's yesterday's penultimate Risby Open Match Result Saturday 20th April 2024 on Folly. As expected,  the recent cold snap affected sport badly, with very few skimmers being caught, along with only the occasional carp on "Benidorm Bank", (pegs 23 to 31), too....

Risby Open Match Folly 13th April
Risby Open Match Folly 13th April

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Saturday 13th April 2024 Risby Open Match on Folly. The weather gods decided to kick us all in the nuts again. Strong winds were forecast, but supposedly "NO rain"... yeah right... it rained for probably 75% of the day and was heavy at times with storm force winds...

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