any tips for elsons?

[studley]

after looking at stanwick lakes i am gonna try 24 hours on elsons. any body fished here and got any advice? baits rigs etc? also what success have you had?

[coops_northants]

i have fished elson a bit in the past, done 24 hours for the first time in 3 years about a month back and had 2 fish. Its really easy on there at the minute, loads of fish to go for. a quick lead about for the clear silt and a bag on the top with a tipped bait seems to be the in way on there. if you have the chance to bait up prior to fishing then this lake really responds well to it. Less distrubance and keeping it tight and tidy will see you have plenty of fish.

[studley]

how would you bait up? spod, stick? ive heard red boilies do well on there. what baits did you find worked well? should be going there mid week next week so wanna get prepared, cheers coops

[crazedcarper]

Yep DSM works well there, Single baits with a small PVA stick, also pineapple pop ups worked well before. As Coops said keep everything nice n tight and fish to the clear spots in the silt or if you can find the small gravel patches. Cracking water though, and its defo allot easier now than when Coops and myself fished it!!

[coops_northants]

I baited up with a catapult, short range and tight spots. I would sit and watch the fish for weeks to see the routes they move around the lake and where to place your baits. they are extremely mobile on there and you could time your runs when te fish are due to be in each area. Alwing the routes you find swims where you get a couple of goes a day at the fish, once as the come through and then on the way back and the times they would do it.

 

If you sit and watch for an hour or so you will see where they move in your swim then just fish to those areas

[Guest nickwinwood]

how did you get on fella off for a session myself later on

[newmarket]

He was going for 24 hours not 3 and a half years

 

:) :)

Edited October 26, 2014 by newmarket