Im in the same boat - its bad up here for fishing!
Try:
Lakeside fishery - Ranskill
Not the best pegs mid, infact some of the worst ive ever seen! lol try getting you bivvy pegs into hardcore!
Hardwick Hall Lakes
Drayton - if you want to catch alot of fish around the 14lb mark all day, a fish a chuck then id go.
However - they are all in bad nick - mouths damaged etc and the spacing is VERY tight if you go at the weekend. I remember i had a run that decided to run to the right of me for 50yds and it crossed 5 anglers lines!
I did manage to land it in the end and it was the best fish ive had out of there @ 19.5lb
Im not suprised that lake holds some monsters, its a monsterous sized lake!
nearly 2 miles long! (just measured it on google) lol
chances of bagging one there on a day ticket are slim!
Whislt browsing on the maps at other lakes as you do! lol i came across these very new looking lakes, look of interesting size and shape, like the islands etc, does anybody know what they are??
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chod with a popup? brightly coloured? Im debating weather or not to use cell on the lake either the fish see it as a food source or its been completely over thrown in??