gawsworth hall hows it fishing at the moment

[blipp]

has anyone fished it this year yet

[martinlewis]

Hi mate i was up there yesterday and there were some lads who had been on for 48 hrs and had 9 fish between them losing 4.

I've not been up there for a while and what changes there has been, it's never been an easy water but if you get into them there are some lumps to be had, I've had them up to 26lbs so i know there in there.

Good luck if your going to try it.

[martinlewis]

Did 24hrs from saturday to sunday and didn't get anything only two coming out, it's a cracking water but not as easy as some people make out.

[1gmann]

I'm going on friday for 36hrs so i'll let you know how it is.

[martinlewis]

I did last Sunday for the day and the weather was c*** but fish were showing all over, there was just the one carp of any size out at 16.2lbs so i hope you have a littler more luck. What baits are you going on?? And how much do you plan on putting in??

[1gmann]

Me and my mate will each have a 1kg bag of spicy shrimp and prawn boilies (probably won't get through all that though). Also got various pellets and groundbaits to make a nice mixture for some sticks.

 

I keep checking the weather and it looks like i might be getting wet!

[martinlewis]

Most fish that have been caught of late have been taken on fishy baits so best of luck my mate.

[1gmann]

Cheers mate. It seemed to work on there last year so hopefully it will this time too. I'll let you know how i get on.

 

Can't wait to get out there now!

[paulo007]

Can you fish there from daylight in the morning or can you only go on from 6am??

[martinlewis]

Day sessions are from 6am till dusk my mate, and John the owner always close's the gate at dusk.

[paulo007]

Cheers mate, have you fished it recently?

How did you get on, you heard of much coming out??

[1gmann]

Got there Friday at 12 noon and left Saturday 3pm without so much as a single bleep

 

Apparently the fish were spawning and not interested in much else.

 

I didn't see or hear anyone else around the lake get anything either so at least i know it wasn't just me.

[martinlewis]

It's not an easy water like it was say 10 years ago, did you put much bait in, did you see them spawning?

I'm not so sure that John the owner hasn't taken some of the fish out and put them in his other waters and that's why you don't get that much action.

[paulo007]

I have heard today off the local tackle shop man that there are fish coming out and not to put much bait in.

 

What methods did you use and baits?

 

I will try something different to you and let you know how i get on,

I am going with me mate and we are going to try allsorts.

 

Paulo!

 

P.s Heard the fish are in the margins at the mo, gonna put a line there.

[1gmann]

Didn't really put that much bait in TBH, it seemed to be fairly pointless once we realised there was little chance of catching so we just got the beers out and lit the bbq

 

We didn't see them spawning, infact we didn't see anything. I don't really know what they do when they spawn or how long it lasts etc. but we assumed they were all cream crackered?

 

It's a shame if he has taken some out but it sounds feasible.

 

We used spicy shrimp and prawn boilies which usually get some interest and seem to be favourite on there. Also i put some pellets and groundbait into a pva sausage and threaded onto a 6" hooklink. I've caught a few on there before using this method, but you can't win every time i suppose.

 

It's not put me off though, i've just booked the 15th off work so i can go back and try again, yeh!

[martinlewis]

I have heard today off the local tackle shop man that there are fish coming out and not to put much bait in.

 

What methods did you use and baits?

 

I will try something different to you and let you know how i get on,

I am going with me mate and we are going to try all sorts.

 

Paulo!

 

PS Heard the fish are in the margins at the mo, gonna put a line there.

Your approach may pay off just depends how many are on, I've caught doing it both ways putting plenty in and also just a pva bag.

In the margins you some times get plagued with the barbel that are in the water, and you don't need to be tight to the island either.

It can be a funny water at times its a pity John won't say what is in there, as it can cost a lot to fish for more than 24hrs.

[paulo007]

A up lads

 

Just returned from Gawsworth.

Ha Ha what a waste of time, they are obviously still spawning.

Got on there for 6am and saw a little movement but they wernt going mad, me and my mate set up opposite the island and chucked our 1st rods out with boilies on both over pva bags filled with pellets and hemp. Not a sniff all day, we had 1 knock each which i am putting down to a line bite anyway.I put my second in the margins where i saw a little movment in the first couple of hours in the morning. Got a run and landed a 1lb-2lb Chub.I baited the margins all day just little and often. Moved me rod around the lake and back to the margins.Nothing!

 

Come 10am there was no movement at all.

Spoke to John and he said they are spawning and because the weather is unusually cold they are taking a long time to do it and are showing no intrest in food. We tried everything but no luck.

 

There were 2 lads in the corner with 3 rods each out and not even a knock on any, there were a few lads who came and went within a couple of hours.

 

It hasnt put me off, just bad timing i suppose.Gonna try again in a month or so, let it warm up

 

Anyway, keep up dated on how you all get on.

[1gmann]

sounds pretty much how it was at weekend when i was there.

 

Nevermind i'll try again in a couple of weeks and let yous know how it goes.

[dave_2133]

I'm going saturday and hopeful til suday night. I phoned the lady up and she said that the fish have stopped spawning now, so it might be alright this weekend.

[1gmann]

Sounds promising mate. Let us know how you get on, I'm going next friday so it would be good to hear some positive reports before i go so good luck mate.

[dave_2133]

Sounds promising mate. Let us know how you get on, I'm going next friday so it would be good to hear some positive reports before i go so good luck mate.

 

Yeah will do matey.

[paulo007]

Anybody had much luck yet on here??

[1gmann]

Only been on there once this year so far (see above), but i'm meant to be going this friday and staying until saturday evening but i've just checked the weather on metcheck and the headline on the homepage reads "European Monsoon"

 

I'll put a post on after the weekend and let you know how wet i got.

[dave_2133]

Sounds promising mate. Let us know how you get on, I'm going next friday so it would be good to hear some positive reports before i go so good luck mate.

 

I came back yesterday, The lake is beautiful but i'm sorry to say that i only had one carp that was 5lb, me dad had a 3lber and all the other guys around the lake had the odd one. There was three guys a coyuple of pegs down from me and didn't have anything all weekend.

 

The biggest carp that came out was 12lb and that was on sinking bread up the corner right by where you first walk onto the lake. But is was that hot the fish were just basking, i could see all of them but they just weren't feeding, i think only 3-4 fish came to surface baits.

 

There was a match on the canal behind us and they were having a worse fishing day than us on the lake, some of the guys didn't even have 1 fish.

 

But saying all that i'm glad to say that i'm going back once it starts to cool down a bit.

[martinlewis]

Sounds promising mate. Let us know how you get on, I'm going next Friday so it would be good to hear some positive reports before i go so good luck mate.

 

I came back yesterday, The lake is beautiful but I'm sorry to say that i only had one carp that was 5lb, me dad had a 3lber and all the other guys around the lake had the odd one. There was three guys a couple of pegs down from me and didn't have anything all weekend.

 

The biggest carp that came out was 12lb and that was on sinking bread up the corner right by where you first walk onto the lake. But is was that hot the fish were just basking, i could see all of them but they just weren't feeding, i think only 3-4 fish came to surface baits.

 

There was a match on the canal behind us and they were having a worse fishing day than us on the lake, some of the guys didn't even have 1 fish.

 

But saying all that I'm glad to say that I'm going back once it starts to cool down a bit.

Not so sure on the lake being beautiful mate!! But then again i know what you must of gone through as the carp in there seem to always cruise around even if the weather isn't hot.

Like i said in another post on here it has become a really difficult fishery, and i think john should make it in to a syndicate water and stuff it with plenty of carp and get rid of the silver fish, the reason i say this is he wants it to be one of the premiere carp waters in the north west so to do that he is going to have to reduce the number who can night fish at any one time and police it better he has plenty of other waters to let pleasure and match anglers fish so up the carp lads and lasses.

Rant over.