craigmarky

Details obn whats coming out at willow and what happening at the water would be much apprecited

Night tickets are dusk till dawn by prior arrangement and the last time i went it was 10pound per night and 5 pound a rod during the day. I will be back on this place when i return to England on june 14th from Australia where i have been the past year

anyone been here recently?

Thats fantastic to hear about the water levels i remember early summer 2006 there was a pump taking water the farm lake and the match lake got so low that it was two lakes in places (mostly to do with the gravel washing plant that was next door i am lead to believe).Will have to head down when i get back to the UK from here in Australia in June. Please keep us informed everyone how its fishing i would really appreciate it. BTW do they still have a website, whats the address?

fished the farm lake quite a fe times an there are some very big and good looking carp in there to the mid 30s unless they have gone bigger. Lot high doubles and twenties and less pressure than the deep lake as people tend to go deep as there are a lot more 30s in there and the farm is a lot bigger too. I had a lot of success fishing down the last swim by the causeway and casting towards the snags on far corne of the island and also walking my lines down into the areas that you can not set up in again not pressured. I mainly fished couple bits of corn and a piece pop up corn in a pva bag. Not sure if that tactic still works as been a while since last thre i been in Austalia the past year and not back until June. Hows the water levels over there these days, anyone heard any catch reports, whats happening down ther eetc?

night fishing has been by prior arrangement for the last 11 years i have fished there and dawn till dusk

Not that good, I spoke to a lot of anglers and some locals, I got a totally different picture from what has been said. Its not just things that have been said by inear mate you cabn not deny that anglers holdig catcheswhich look in good condition speak for themselves and are not just whats been said they are proof.

yeah but they als hada big shook extra water,unfamilar sights, change of food, perhaps increase natural food sources from graas, plants worms flloded land, stress from currents andchange water quality so although break lines it can work both ways and we really do not know true extent or losses yetr either. All that said i am just glad to see the place open again an things looking positive. I must been devasting for the staff there and i think they avworked so hard and coe back ome well whichis hard when sisheartened, well done linear.

i've heard in past it can be very difficult to get a swim and i experience it but if your planing head go very early morning and mid week. Also the staff up there are really helpful if your worried how busy it is give them a cal before you head up there nubes in there website

Been fishing really good check out there site lots of the captures are on there www.linear-fisheries.co.uk

ooops no idea y i said the 5th, its good news anyway i think

hardwick, st johns and manor farm are open brasenose 1 and 2, the syndicates and oxlease will re-open on 5th september all the infos on the linear fisheries website under news. Since re-opening the three which are ope the been plenty out including 3 thirties and plenty 20s still early days but postive news, again al th catch reports are on the linear website

pbr is correct Benson was already in blue bell kingfisher lake before the flooding along with his mate hedges who was lost from the lake due to the flooding

I will recomend Pixies mere in Hemel hempstead Gary who runs it is vry helpful and its one of the best run places around. They have a website on www.pixiesmere.co.uk which is a little out date as last week they had bigger fish stocked in. Since friday last week its done 11 20s to 29lb. They have a log in the cabbin at carpark which is very up to date has catch timeees, peg numbers and weights of fish coming out. There on site toilets and small tackle shop baits and little tackle items. Also great for security with gates locked at night. I have gary number if you want it shout me or check the website tell him craig recomended him he will know.

None of those named are my preference

As gaz says through the back mate

Gotta agree depends on the presentation i have different angle depending my hook size and whether i am using bottom baits or pop-ups

esp strip tease

I use both the Esp rator and korda long shank depends venue and rig i tieing neither hook lets me down.

For your information andy unhooking mats are in the rules and have been saince the day i first fished the lake arond 10years ago

I have managed to find out the swims down by the cause way on the match lake produced loads this last week included a 24lb and 25lb and the farm lake produced a 26lb and 21lb last week

Hi there guys Just wondering if anyone has been fishing Willows Lakes in St Albans. Does anyone know what the water levels are like, how its fishing, what people have been catching, what baits are good at the moment. Any info would be great. thanks craig

the longest i have used was bout 6 feet long it was a zig rig to get just under the surface. The shortest is bout 4 inch for small pva bags.