Hi All,
I've started fishing a very deep (by my standards) farm lake this year. Depths upto around 28ft. It's a pretty featureless hole in the ground dug for irrigation in the late 80's but now contains some nice carp upto about 36lb but is pretty unknown. It's about 3.5 acres in size but there are only really 4 fishable swims in each corner of the lake.
The margin is quite deep and it drops down to 10ft almost a rod length or two out so most do target the margins to be honest.
Any advice on fishing this type of water as it's a first for me.
Thanks!
I've started fishing a very deep (by my standards) farm lake this year. Depths upto around 28ft. It's a pretty featureless hole in the ground dug for irrigation in the late 80's but now contains some nice carp upto about 36lb but is pretty unknown. It's about 3.5 acres in size but there are only really 4 fishable swims in each corner of the lake.
The margin is quite deep and it drops down to 10ft almost a rod length or two out so most do target the margins to be honest.
Any advice on fishing this type of water as it's a first for me.
Thanks!
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The fish live in there 24/7, they will feed at 28ft more than happily. Just fish it like anywhere else.
If you find a spot in the deeper water with your marker float up, i like to set my rod im fishing with up with a marker float, (i use running rigs so its easy to clip one on) then you can cast to the float and pop this second float up to see how far past the spot you need to cast. If that makes sence. As fishing accurately in deep water can be a small issue ive found.
The fish live in there 24/7, they will feed at 28ft more than happily. Just fish it like anywhere else.
If you find a spot in the deeper water with your marker float up, i like to set my rod im fishing with up with a marker float, (i use running rigs so its easy to clip one on) then you can cast to the float and pop this second float up to see how far past the spot you need to cast. If that makes sence. As fishing accurately in deep water can be a small issue ive found.
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I have 2 lakes in my home town ones a public park that has depths down to 50' and some nice carp in there to under just 30lb a few barbel,tench to 9lb plus and some big break plus odd catfish in there,but it's dodgy and popular in summer and you can't floater fish for them,I have a deeper and I need to find time to go down there and map it out properly,and people have caught from there in the areas where they feed ducks or they bivvy up for weeks on end but if you do that you need to go with a friend.
The other one is allegedly connected to the first one and it's an old pit with a small lake that's a nature reserve,the bigger of the 2 has depths to over 30'rumours of big break in there over 35 years ago(talking of 13lb upwards) and now I'm hearing rumours of a carp being moved 5 plus years ago from a complex of lakes a good few miles away and it was 40 plus,how much of this is true but heard it from 2/3 different people and heard it again yesterday as I'm out on the bank till Saturday morning and people talk.
In short they feed in any depths it's just having the confidence and the determination to fish it and also the patience too.
I believe bundy's pit is deep upto 50/60 and they catch consistently on there and also may pay to fish it when it gets cooler as deep water takes longer to cool down than shallow water so in theory the water will be like summer time conditions in November onwards and the down side they take longer to warm up due to light penetration from the sun
I have 2 lakes in my home town ones a public park that has depths down to 50' and some nice carp in there to under just 30lb a few barbel,tench to 9lb plus and some big break plus odd catfish in there,but it's dodgy and popular in summer and you can't floater fish for them,I have a deeper and I need to find time to go down there and map it out properly,and people have caught from there in the areas where they feed ducks or they bivvy up for weeks on end but if you do that you need to go with a friend.
The other one is allegedly connected to the first one and it's an old pit with a small lake that's a nature reserve,the bigger of the 2 has depths to over 30'rumours of big break in there over 35 years ago(talking of 13lb upwards) and now I'm hearing rumours of a carp being moved 5 plus years ago from a complex of lakes a good few miles away and it was 40 plus,how much of this is true but heard it from 2/3 different people and heard it again yesterday as I'm out on the bank till Saturday morning and people talk.
In short they feed in any depths it's just having the confidence and the determination to fish it and also the patience too.
I believe bundy's pit is deep upto 50/60 and they catch consistently on there and also may pay to fish it when it gets cooler as deep water takes longer to cool down than shallow water so in theory the water will be like summer time conditions in November onwards and the down side they take longer to warm up due to light penetration from the sun
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I fished a Cheshire reservoir for 7 years which was very similar and these were my tactics.
Fish the slope at different depths until you find the depth the fish are feeding at/comfortable at, which is imo dictated by temperature/thermoclines.
Use flat pear leads/feeders etc so they don't slide down the slope as easily.
Don't be scared of using tight lines to help hold the lead, but beware boulders.
I never did but I would imagine zigs and a cloudy mix could help you find the level they're at very quickly.
Once you've been on the water for a while you'll know what's likely to be happening.
On my particular water the fish were nomadic and due to the depth of the water they kept feeding quite high on the slope well into December or until there was a big Iinflux of cold hill water, then they just shut up shop until the sun started tempting them to come up in the water.
I fished a Cheshire reservoir for 7 years which was very similar and these were my tactics.
Fish the slope at different depths until you find the depth the fish are feeding at/comfortable at, which is imo dictated by temperature/thermoclines.
Use flat pear leads/feeders etc so they don't slide down the slope as easily.
Don't be scared of using tight lines to help hold the lead, but beware boulders.
I never did but I would imagine zigs and a cloudy mix could help you find the level they're at very quickly.
Once you've been on the water for a while you'll know what's likely to be happening.
On my particular water the fish were nomadic and due to the depth of the water they kept feeding quite high on the slope well into December or until there was a big Iinflux of cold hill water, then they just shut up shop until the sun started tempting them to come up in the water.
Zigs may work well, most of the time carp are off the bottom anyway and probably more so in such a deep water. They do feed on the bottom but asa said zigs can find where the fish are sat in the water. Don't completely ignore the margins either. If you can find a shallow margin that can be a big feature because of the depth difference, as that water will warm up quicker, and depending on the fish they may visit that area more often compared to other parts.
The lake I fish regularly goes down fast, within a few rod lengths, before flattening out at 40-55 ft. At first I mucked about fishing at different heights up the slope before realising they feed happily on the bottom at 45 ft plus. Don't worry about it.
Playing fish is fun, it's really odd the first time you get a fish close to the net before it decides to tear off ... down to the bottom.
Playing fish is fun, it's really odd the first time you get a fish close to the net before it decides to tear off ... down to the bottom.
Fished the Ebro a lot and often fished in 65ft + with no problems but as other people have said it will change quite dramically in the winter months but if you can figure out the thermoclimb then you can catch all yesar with zigs
now i am fishing in the Murcian region of Spain and on my local water i am fishing off a cliff face straight down to 45ft so its zigs or slow sinking feeders that do the trick
now i am fishing in the Murcian region of Spain and on my local water i am fishing off a cliff face straight down to 45ft so its zigs or slow sinking feeders that do the trick