A 364-hectare Essex reservoir whose concrete-walled banks break every rule in the stillwater textbook. The lee-shore-mud penalty simply does not apply here — wind-behind the angler outfishes wind-in-face, established over decades. Daphnia drives almost everything; the water stays clear even in a blow because there is no silt to lift. In a cold north-easterly that shuts down natural-bank reservoirs across the country, Hanningfield's Main Dam centre fishes on while the wind shelters the rod against the wall. West Bank, Goldfish Bowl, and Hall Point keep fish through the season; evening rises over Middlemead Bay in late spring are worth planning around. Managed by Essex & Suffolk Water.
- Reservoir
- Mixed
