In reply to Post #26
Nice one, well done!

Where exactly in the swim did you catch from? Did you manage to find some decent clear spots?

Wonder if the weed situation is a bit better now than when I was there.

In reply to Post #21
It's frustrating isn't it because the way it's described on the website it sounds a good swim. I actually booked it over 6 and 2 purely down to the description. I don't think it's completely unfishable, but you're extremely limited. Remember though that when I was there the entire end of the lake (7,8,9 and pretty sure 6) blanked, and they definitely aren't all bad swims. I did see fish in the swim during the day also.

To give you a head start (I suppose the situation with weed could change though):

Just off the island in front of the swim there are pads, from here moving left until the weed bed starts to the left of the swim is a firmer area, albeit very shallow (< 3ft I guess taking into account what the previous poster said). There's still a lot of weed on the deck here so I think very long hooklinks (I switched to 14in the second night) are a must along with a slow sinking bait or popup. Or maybe a naked chod rig or solid bag (even double bag to make sure it settles before the rig is released?). I baited all along the spot quite heavily my second night, not sure this was the right choice because of the bird life.

To your right there's a channel through the weed. I saw a few cruise through here. The bottom feels pretty silty with some low lying weed but not terrible. First night I fished a solid bag here and in the morning the lead lifted up cleanly so I believe it was presented, maybe there's also a firmer bit in there. I also think a zig in this channel could work, I tried one at slightly less than 4ft and I could see the bait only slightly below the surface so I think ~3ft might be a winner. In hindsight I think this would be the best chance of catching from this swim.

In reply to Post #18
I was there this week, 2 nights in pod 8. Blanked unfortunately, as did everyone else down the shallow/weedy/silty end of the lake.

There were fish in the swim but I found presenting a rig to be really difficult although to be fair I'm not that experienced with weedy lakes so could just be bad angling. Pod 8 is also incredibly shallow, the deepest part was maybe 4ft. The only hard spot (but still weed on the bottom) that I know of in the swim can't be more than 3ft, but is big enough (just) to spread 2/3 rods over. I couldn't even find a spot to have a go on the float for the rudd/perch etc .

Ended my session on a bit of a downer after a duckling dove down onto my spot and managed to hook itself in the neck. The poor bugger seemed no worse for wear though after I unhooked him (bit traumatised maybe but not as much as my Mrs who I think will be declining any future invitations to come fishing!).

A couple of people fishing the deeper and clearer end of the lake (pod 2 especially) did well with multiple fish to upper 20's. I suppose that's the downfall of this style of fishing, you're stuck in your swim and unable to move to get on fish.

I'd go back but would be looking to fish 2/3/6/9. Would give 7 a go if I had a baiting pole or bait boat as it's very weedy and you'd need to be really precise - Similar to 8 but with more obvious spots to go at and a bit more water in general. Pod 1 should be similar fishing wise to 2 I think but it's right by the office/toilets which while convenient means there's not much privacy.

The rules on food etc are strict but every meal we had was great and the final bill was actually less than we expected. It's not the sort of place you'd go on the regular obviously but once a year is nice for a couple of days to relax.

Bit of a bump to this thread but:

Anyone had any issues with the receiver? Tried to add a 3rd alarm today and after resetting the pairing on the rx-d it refuses to pair with any of my alarms. Pretty annoying because it's only been used 3 times and I've got a couple of trips planned in the next few weeks. Have sent a message to delkim support so will see what they say, hopefully they've got a quick turn around if I need to send it back to them.