The Orton Water Fishery

The Orton Water Fishery is looking towards the future, with developments planned for this iconic, city-centre lake.

A mixed coarse fishery which has had very little angling pressure in recent years, it is run as a syndicate, for which several levels of membership are available.

If you’d like to join, and explore this 22-acre lake, go to our Join the Syndicate page and read the rules then, if you’d like to talk to Rob Lovell to know more, call or text direct on 07921 710072. Rob has a day job, so don’t expect an instant reply!

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About the fishery

The Orton Water Fishery was created as part of the landscaping of Nene Park as a feature of the golf course, and remains surrounded on almost all sides by it.

This 22-acre lake fed from the adjacent Goldie Brook was, early in its life as a fishery, a trout water run by the late Phil Johnson, who operated from a lodge on the west bank, the concrete foundations of which are still there. After a disastrous fire which destroyed the lodge, Phil continued running the water then sadly died, and the water passed, we believe, to a trout fishing syndicate.

In recent years, the water was run as a coarse fishery by the late Kevin Bird, an experienced fishery manager from the St Neots area. As of 2026, the lease holder is Robert Lovell.

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