Wigan, Greater Manchester

Wigan District Angling Association

Historic Wigan association with many lodges, flashes, reservoirs, canals and rivers.

Wigan District Angling Association, also known as Wigan AA, is a coarse fishing association with more than 120 years of history. It controls a large portfolio of lodges, flashes, ponds and reservoirs around Wigan, Hindley, Ince and Heapey, plus lengths of the Leeds & Liverpool and Rufford canals and stretches of the Rivers Douglas and Ribble. Match fishing, night-fishing permits for carp and pike anglers and day tickets on selected waters are offered. Membership cards run for the calendar year and are sold online.

Fishing available

CoarseCarpMatchRiverPredatorLakePondReservoirCanalRiver

Club waters

Fan Lodge

Lake

Hindley Green. Carp and night-fishing water.

Birkacre Big Lodge

Lake

Yarrow Valley Country Park.

Birkacre Small Lodge

Lake

Yarrow Valley Country Park.

Bryn Flash

Lake

Known locally as the Weedy. Listed by the club as temporarily unavailable.

Heapey Reservoirs

Reservoir

Reservoirs 1 to 3 at Heapey. Carp and pike fishing.

Hindley Deep Pit

Pond

Hindley.

Hindley Square Lodge

Pond

Hindley.

Houghton's Lodge

Lake

Newtown, Wigan.

Ince Park Lake

Lake

Ince Park.

Melling's No.1 Flash

Lake

Ince Park.

Moran's Moat

Lake

Near Fan Lodge.

Scot Lane New Pond

Pond

Westlake (Clayhole)

Lake

Hindley Green.

Membership

Type
Annual membership

Calendar-year membership cards (1 January to 31 December) bought online, with night-fishing permits and day tickets on some waters.