Finally getting back onto my headbanger syndicate lake tomorrow. The fish have spawned and the pits been shut two works with the fish getting fed daily..
It's large deep pit with shallows at either end, full of weed. Any tips on where I should be looking to fish?
It's large deep pit with shallows at either end, full of weed. Any tips on where I should be looking to fish?
In reply to Post #1
You asked this question a while ago and a lot of people gave you some advise?
If you were a carp would you sit in 4 degree water at the bottom of the lake all the time?
Where will all the natural food be?
Do carp like weed?
Where will the warmer water be?
If you were a carp and not an angler. what would you do?
You asked this question a while ago and a lot of people gave you some advise?
If you were a carp would you sit in 4 degree water at the bottom of the lake all the time?
Where will all the natural food be?
Do carp like weed?
Where will the warmer water be?
If you were a carp and not an angler. what would you do?
In reply to Post #1
Walk round and locate the fish first, then fish as close as possible to them.
Don't be in a rush to plot up and camp in the first swim that takes your fancy.
Walk round and locate the fish first, then fish as close as possible to them.
Don't be in a rush to plot up and camp in the first swim that takes your fancy.
In reply to Post #2
Steady on fella just using the forum for advice... I've not seen a lot on post spawning activities to be honest.
Thanks for the reply though'.
Steady on fella just using the forum for advice... I've not seen a lot on post spawning activities to be honest.
Thanks for the reply though'.
In reply to Post #3
The fish in the 375 acre reservoir I fish spawned around Mid to end of May, while the fishery was still closed for lockdown.
On the day it reopened 2nd June, I spent the day walking round looking for fish and not fishing.
I thought I saw fish in a small bay, so on the Wednesday I set up there. I had a fish that night.
Some fish will stay around the spawning area, eating what they produced, others will move away back to 'their' areas, others will just patrol and 'hike' around the water looking for orher natural food areas.
All I can suggest is take your time looking before you set up.
The fish in the 375 acre reservoir I fish spawned around Mid to end of May, while the fishery was still closed for lockdown.
On the day it reopened 2nd June, I spent the day walking round looking for fish and not fishing.
I thought I saw fish in a small bay, so on the Wednesday I set up there. I had a fish that night.
Some fish will stay around the spawning area, eating what they produced, others will move away back to 'their' areas, others will just patrol and 'hike' around the water looking for orher natural food areas.
All I can suggest is take your time looking before you set up.
In reply to Post #1
Fishing a “headbanger syndicate” and asking people on a forum, who have never even seen the lake, where to fish aren't really two things that go hand in hand. You need to figure it out for yourself, and the only way you'll do that is through time spent looking and piecing things together.
You really need to be finding them when they're feeding, typically first light at this time of year. A couple of exploratory sessions in swims that offer you a good view will pay great dividends. If you can't do that, get up early and sit down there before work a few times.
Walking when you arrive is all well and good but finding them in the day often has no bearing on where they will end up when it matters.
As an example, my mates and I were on an exclusive booking a couple of weeks ago. I set up on a rake of fish, after seeing a few shows mid morning when we arrived. A good portion of the lakes stock were then cruising in the upper layers within 20 yards of my swim throughout the day. It looked a dead cert for a big hit, but come the early hours and first light, when they were actually feeding, the majority were right over the other side and the lads there caught far more until the conditions changed on the last night.
Fishing a “headbanger syndicate” and asking people on a forum, who have never even seen the lake, where to fish aren't really two things that go hand in hand. You need to figure it out for yourself, and the only way you'll do that is through time spent looking and piecing things together.
You really need to be finding them when they're feeding, typically first light at this time of year. A couple of exploratory sessions in swims that offer you a good view will pay great dividends. If you can't do that, get up early and sit down there before work a few times.
Walking when you arrive is all well and good but finding them in the day often has no bearing on where they will end up when it matters.
As an example, my mates and I were on an exclusive booking a couple of weeks ago. I set up on a rake of fish, after seeing a few shows mid morning when we arrived. A good portion of the lakes stock were then cruising in the upper layers within 20 yards of my swim throughout the day. It looked a dead cert for a big hit, but come the early hours and first light, when they were actually feeding, the majority were right over the other side and the lads there caught far more until the conditions changed on the last night.
Without knowing too much about the place I would definitely be looking at the shallower weedy areas during the day for signs of fish. Where you see them in the day ain't necessarily where they will feed. On one lake I remember doing the days up in the shallows and moving on a night into the deeper water where they would feed and get away from the shallows where the weed is using up most of the oxygen. Just use your eyes I k ow loads of people that say they have been looking but in reality they ain't. Get up a hour before first light go to bed as late as possible. What is the wildlife telling you?. Just look and look hard they will tell you everything you need to know at various points