hardgraf

Thanks for the reply. No, there are no swan mussels as far as I'm aware. I dabbled with a float rod and some corn yesterday. There doesn't seem to be much in the way of small fish so a baited area may work well. I can bait an area but it would be difficult to observe as the bank drops away immediatly to 13ft. I could possibly climb a tree with polaroids passion for angling style, maybe I could then see the bottom if I baited with a brightly coloured large bolie. The red circles are the fishable swims. The area in black hatching is the only shallower area. This area is heavily weeded and bank access is impossible at the moment. With a rake etc I could probably form a hole in the weed & get to the bank but even then it would be difficult to observe the bottom as it appears to still be around 8ft deep.

Hi. I'm currently living in southern Italy and I've stumbled across a carp water just down the road from my house. It's a pit of around 3 acres, banked by trees & reeds and is deep, at least 12ft a rod length from the bank. There are only 2 or 3 fishable swims due to limited access to the bank. The margins are packed with features, reeds & sunken trees all the way round. The water is extremly clear and the bottom seems to be clean gravel, no silt. The water gets a little pressure from local carp anglers but only roughly one angler per week. The difficulty comes in the number of fish present. There are reported to be only 20-30 carp and one local told me he fished every weekend for 3 months without a run. On the upside, all the fish are large, the biggest thought to be around 28kg (62lbs). I've scouted around and failed to spot any fish and apparently surface fishing is ineffective. Any ideas on how to start to tackle such a water? It's a beautiful lake with some big fish but might be just too difficult...

Hello all Two weeks ago a French friend of mine informed me that his dad had recently bought a lake near Lyon. He went home to France armed with my questions re fishing his dad's new aquisition. He's just returned & informed me that we are free to go over & fish whenever we want. The lake is in a rural location & about 3 acres in size. It's surrounded by woodland & has never been fished. His uncle has told him 'The lake has carps to over 20kg' however, we're unsure as to numbers of 'carps'. We gave his dad a ring tonight explaining how to prepare chick peas, hemp & bait a shallow swim. Just a matter of waiting for his findings. I'm quite excited to say the least! Can anyone suggest the latest time of the year worth going over, would you expect October to be productive? Thanks, Tom