In reply to Post #14
Once the lines are out the water the fish will soon show you the spots.
Once the lines are out the water the fish will soon show you the spots.
In reply to Post #1
In all honesty I would not waste your time and money on pre-baiting a busy club lake, to many things that are working against you. I would fish the unpopular swims though, if there is a reasonable stock then they will visit these areas more than most think....just a handful of bait, well sunk lines etc; they are visiting these areas to get away from obvious angling signs. Also take advantage of the pre-baiting inadvertently done by others...the margins. Everyone reels in, pulls the bait off, squashes it and gives it a good old sniff before lobbing it in the edge...a washed out single dropped in close with no freebies can be deadly on these types of venues, often resulting in the rarely caught, wily old'uns.
In all honesty I would not waste your time and money on pre-baiting a busy club lake, to many things that are working against you. I would fish the unpopular swims though, if there is a reasonable stock then they will visit these areas more than most think....just a handful of bait, well sunk lines etc; they are visiting these areas to get away from obvious angling signs. Also take advantage of the pre-baiting inadvertently done by others...the margins. Everyone reels in, pulls the bait off, squashes it and gives it a good old sniff before lobbing it in the edge...a washed out single dropped in close with no freebies can be deadly on these types of venues, often resulting in the rarely caught, wily old'uns.
In reply to Post #11
It's difficult when you have very little time but making the effort to get there and keep a bit of hemp going in should help, it doesn't have to be loads, you've already had one over it, can always put a rod out in the swim to appease the whingers!
Have a think about the lake and how it's generally fished, is there areas that could be taken advantage of, not just swims but style of fishing, bait, range, trends etc, try and exploit some as there will be I'm sure.
Best of luck with it.
It's difficult when you have very little time but making the effort to get there and keep a bit of hemp going in should help, it doesn't have to be loads, you've already had one over it, can always put a rod out in the swim to appease the whingers!
Have a think about the lake and how it's generally fished, is there areas that could be taken advantage of, not just swims but style of fishing, bait, range, trends etc, try and exploit some as there will be I'm sure.
Best of luck with it.
In reply to Post #1
so long as its done modestly and with the correct etiquette. fed up fishing and have some idiot dump a load of bait in 30 yards away then clear off.
so long as its done modestly and with the correct etiquette. fed up fishing and have some idiot dump a load of bait in 30 yards away then clear off.