This was my favourite lake when Andy owned it and done a lot of time there.
I fished the whole of August a few times with an early trip and a winter ticket .
6 weeks a year at this venue .
My avatar is pops now deceased , also 64 lb .
When Andy sold it I cancelled my 2 years in front trips as I didn't fancy it anymore as I knew what it would turn into .
I also did a few jobs on the cabin when it was finished .
I could always find fish and got to know the lake very well and how it reacted to pressure and also had a lot of help from Andy .
I mostly fished in 7 and fished over to the right of swim 1.
25 yds out from swim 1 at the bottom of the slope as they use this to go up and down the lake .
It's a bit rocky and bumpy and obviously traps food there .
Most go tight and do catch but when I was there I saw a lot of blanking in my month long trips .
It fished different every week and that was the challenge .
The fish are a lot bigger now and a few that I caught are no longer in there .
But due to Andy's lake management there are plenty on the way up to replace those lost .
Lots of marks that give you almost a 100% chance of a pickup and I found my adrenaline going through the roof when I was fishing .
Anyway a very enjoyable time that I spent on there so can't grumble .
A bait boat is an advantage to fish it without making too much disturbance and to accurately measure depth .
Once my spots were found I chose two and dropped 5 kilo of chops on each and topping off when having caught .
My other rod all over the gaff with a bag of chops but the heavily baited spots always done good .
I did struggle in those early trips but as I went to Carpe D'Or very often sometimes 8 trips a year to Lesmont and Desire Andy said don't ponce about prime your spots with 5-10 kilo and only top up a little after every bite as there are a serious among of big fish in here and if they go through the spots it gets cleaned out .
Also had the big cats on also as there were 2 over 100 lb but if your on your own with high banks a bit of a struggle to get them out so I just unhooked them .
Enjoy your trip you will love it .
I fished the whole of August a few times with an early trip and a winter ticket .
6 weeks a year at this venue .
My avatar is pops now deceased , also 64 lb .
When Andy sold it I cancelled my 2 years in front trips as I didn't fancy it anymore as I knew what it would turn into .
I also did a few jobs on the cabin when it was finished .
I could always find fish and got to know the lake very well and how it reacted to pressure and also had a lot of help from Andy .
I mostly fished in 7 and fished over to the right of swim 1.
25 yds out from swim 1 at the bottom of the slope as they use this to go up and down the lake .
It's a bit rocky and bumpy and obviously traps food there .
Most go tight and do catch but when I was there I saw a lot of blanking in my month long trips .
It fished different every week and that was the challenge .
The fish are a lot bigger now and a few that I caught are no longer in there .
But due to Andy's lake management there are plenty on the way up to replace those lost .
Lots of marks that give you almost a 100% chance of a pickup and I found my adrenaline going through the roof when I was fishing .
Anyway a very enjoyable time that I spent on there so can't grumble .
A bait boat is an advantage to fish it without making too much disturbance and to accurately measure depth .
Once my spots were found I chose two and dropped 5 kilo of chops on each and topping off when having caught .
My other rod all over the gaff with a bag of chops but the heavily baited spots always done good .
I did struggle in those early trips but as I went to Carpe D'Or very often sometimes 8 trips a year to Lesmont and Desire Andy said don't ponce about prime your spots with 5-10 kilo and only top up a little after every bite as there are a serious among of big fish in here and if they go through the spots it gets cleaned out .
Also had the big cats on also as there were 2 over 100 lb but if your on your own with high banks a bit of a struggle to get them out so I just unhooked them .
Enjoy your trip you will love it .
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Many thanks 👍
Many thanks 👍