From The Warminster Herald, Saturday 29 October 1881:
In dragging the lake at Fonthill the number of fish caught was as follows: On Monday, 2,046; Tuesday, 1,000; Wednesday, 3,430; total, 6,466. The fish weighed 1 ton 6 cwt. 1 qr. 24 lbs., and were all roach and perch. They were given away to the labourers and any who applied for them.