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Fish on far smaller venues go uncaught for years and years so I guarantee that place holds some beasts! Possibly not caught since ten years ago and came out as a twenty and could now be 50 or 60 I doubt anyone knows truly what's in there..... a good idea yeah but no one can be certain unless it has been netted 🤣 Or drained

Danny, i've got disagree a little bit about the mystery of Ardleigh these days. 10+ years, i would of agreed. No one really knew the potential of place and the thought of an unknown kipper being caught along with the rumours at the time, did give the place a buzz. However, its been fished for carp for a decade or so know by some decent anglers, so i don't think it carries the mystery that it once did. There is even a facebook page where people are trying to document all of the fish. I was lucky enough to be on there when the carp didn't have names I'm not knocking any captures from there, i know what a ball buster the place can be, but i think it is pretty much well documented these days to what is in there.

What worries me is I could t get there often in enough to make it feasible 😞

This peaked my interest and just had a look at the web page for ardleigh and it looks immense! May have to give it a try myself 😁

Shocked at that. But again highlights the microclimates that are about. The valley is always fairy extreme in conditions I think. When it rains, it pours. When it's cold, it's arctic. When it's hot, it's very hot. Differs from further up the hill to where I am now. Little 5 acre lake not fully iced over. Your lot are much bigger and deeper and have got majority of it with a lid on.

Depends where that pit is! As I sit here now. About 30% of the lake is iced over. The deepest bay, the shallowest bay and the boathouse bay. Plus a bit of open water. The deep bay has been iced over for a few days now. It started icing last Friday night. The first part of the lake to go. I think everywhere has it's own microclimate. Here it seems to stay hotter for longer in the summer but also stay colder longer in winter. Best winter lakes are the shallowest. Just wish there was a shallow old washing pit close by.

I'm watching the lake ice over. I can actually see the sheet of ice growing.

Well I'm currently on my third blank in a row. Both bays were iced over so I went back in the area I've been fishing since September. I had nothing to go on but on Wednesday I got a text from the bailiff telling me a fish boshed out over it. Maybe it'll pay off this morning who knows. Plenty of silvers showing in front of me.