Pete simmo simmons

Yes had a look at this one very nice but due to the bad weather two swims were lost due to flooding

Piccys will follow once sorted.

Well guys back from waveney, I must say its a smashing place,the tackle shop has just about everything you may need with a vast selection of bait and terminal tackle some fanatastic bits to spend your money on.The accomodation M5 has everything you need a great base to work from although due to the very very wet weathear we had it was a little damp, so the gas fire was on most of the time.My swim was 10 yards from the caravan so you could spend time in the van as it is not to far to run when you get a bite.I must say the weather was crap to say the least always wet and sometimes very windy and even fishing through a thunderstorm.From my swim I had the option to fish a bush 10 yards to the left which I did but nothing, or a gravel bar slightly to the right again about 10 yards out but again got nothing from that.The other two options was the bush on the corner of the island in front of you which you could walk round and bait up or the bush to the right about a twenty yard flick again you can walk around and bait up.These were the two areas I concentrated on and used the third rod to cast at moving fish.Best bait was red fish boilie on its own or tipped with corn and for cats double 21mm halibut pellets, The key seemed to be tight areas of bait around your hookbait and not spread over a large area for the cats use a mix of trout pellet of various sizes and for the carp use crushed boilie and corn.It took probably 3 days for fish to move down my end of the lake they seem to hold up at the other end and came to me when the wind changed there were 5 people fishing at my end during the week all blanked! However not all bad news once the fish started showing I was confident I would catch, So this is a breif summary of my weeks fishing,Friday arrived set up and baited up swims, early night no fishing. Saturday very wet n windy fished all day but did not fish after midnight.Sunday not a nice day nothing.Monday bright sun and warm fished right through the day/night still nothing.Tuesday fished all day then fish started to show first run of the week 2300hrs resulted in a 21lb 4oz common a new personal best.Wednesday another bright sunny day nothing during the day but fish moving around about 1800hrs, looking good then the heavens opened thunder lightning the lot thi seemed to be the start of a mad few hours, 2 runs on the cat setup first one dropped the bait the second was on and managed to pick up my other line and got free.Whilst all this was going on I then had a run on the carp rod under the right hand tree, this resulted in a 12lb 5oz common.Thursday and my last day still no cats!!!! nothing during the day again but fish are moving, then at 22'40hrs a screeming run then all hell let loose this thing was trying to find every snag on the lake, what a fight, after about 7-8mins I banked my first ever cat another PB of 26lbs 9ozs. My goal had been reached . So just to recap, Fantastic place fantastic fish, would I go again?? Tomorrow If I could find someone to go with me. By the way the guy and his I think it was his grandson on yew tree 9 had a fantastic time and caught some great fish, this would be the lake for me next time.So guys If you need anymore info re this place please just ask.

Sorry mate its my age cant remember what happened yesterday, well this time tomorrow should be there so when I get back will give a report hopefuly telling you about all the great fish I caught.

Cheers marty

Just picked up some more bait for tomorrows trip, Propa job baits a company local to me I got 5kg of peach and mango boilies and 10kg of cooked preserved hemp all for £45 what a bargain If they catch as good as it all looks I shall be in for a busy time.

Anyone? any updates?

I think the whole place looks nice and the fishing looks great, cant wait

Well done Marty quite a productive few days well done mate.

Thanks for that Marty I am now looking forward to my visit and will update you on that when I return.

I will be able to give you the info you need when I return Im in one of the basic caravans M5 I have seen marsh lake on google earth and yes it is small and the swim I have is quite tight but there are a lot of fish in there and hopefully I shall have a few especially them cats.

Nice one would be good if you could find out what boilies they are using in marsh lake, I have 25kg of pellets and 5kg of hallibut boilies for the cats, 30kg of Vitalin ground bait mix but not sure which boilies to use for the carp. Good luck for the rest of your stay, hope to hear from you soon cheers Pete.

Just been on youtube waveney valley and seen jim shelly using sticky baits vortex on c lake and catching, had a few whiskys so no quite with it but have a look and you will see what I mean hope that helps but still need your comments on marsh lake before I go cheers Pete.

That would be great, nice one thanks, good luck for this weekend.

Hi guys Im off to fish Marsh lake in three weeks time, I have a week in caravan M5 so was wondering if anyone had fished it lateley and knows what baits were being used? I know Jim Shelley has moved over to Sticky baits so was wondering whether he had been pilling some of that in, any current info would be good please,

Exactly

I wouldnt start putting cans of fuel in the back of the van especialy if you have a smoker on board, any fumes can quickly be ignited then bag goes your french trip

Blimey that told him Always best to get batteries from somewhere they have a high turnover you never know how long they have been on the shelf.

Hi, I had that same conversation with I think her name was lesley from Wildmoor she said about fish stocks being as stated in there blurb, It just seems strange that everyone that fishes there doesnt catch much, I was going there myself but got put off by the negative feedback, one of our members is ther this week and promises to do a report about it, maybe they are so pressured the fish in the lakes that they have become difficult to catch all I know is that they are always fully booked so they must be getting something right.

Nice fish mate, well done.

I was lucky I had a 21lb 2ozs many years ago from Whitevane near Horsham but not got anywhere neat that since, mainly because I have not fished any decent lakes but hope to put more effort into it this year have upgraded all my gear so nothing to stop me now, only the Mrs

Nice one, trouble is a statement like that on these forums creats havock thank god I done my homework on this one, the swim I have is not the best but hay if I get my 30 I shall be more than happy,

Ok guys after a lot of looking around I have finally booked a week at Waveney but if anyone has got any tips I would be most grateful, Im fishing Marsh lake 1st week in May thanks Pete.