gaz4boilies Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 *can anyone help me out or no any info on fairveiw lake near selby anything would be helpful and also just wunderd if anyone could recommend some good methods for this time of year maggots are obviously a good choice but any rigs what could help me snag a fish on the first cold 24hrs fishing of the year Quote
johnplumb Posted February 8, 2015 Report Posted February 8, 2015 Obviously every lake is different but I have good suscess using a lot of maggots on a spot 6/8 pints together with a 500ml bottle of flavouring , I use cell , rig wise I use a 6" mono basic hair rig with a big ball of maggots (40/50) sewn on using a needle and cotton . This has caught me some decent fish when many other people using small bags of maggots have blanked Quote
gaz4boilies Posted February 8, 2015 Author Report Posted February 8, 2015 Cheers I may give the hemp a mid this time mate due to the weather I'll consider this in future session and yeah I'll give that maggot rig a try do you use a small rig ring on the hair or ish it chod style because I was planning on using the chod rig with fake maggots and maggots soaked in a fizzy drink so they float do you thinkt that would work Quote
Ddgx Posted February 10, 2015 Report Posted February 10, 2015 John, 6 to 8 pints seems really brave / alot of bait but I'm intrigued as I really like fishing maggots. Is that for a longish session, would you use for a short day session? Are you banking on alot of those maggots vanishing thanks to small fish and burrowing into the soil too? Quote
howsey16 Posted February 10, 2015 Report Posted February 10, 2015 I agree, 2 pints usually last me a 24 hour sesh, sometimes longer! Quote
Ddgx Posted February 10, 2015 Report Posted February 10, 2015 Cm, but of course. That's why I was asking for a little more background info on why and when it works for him. I've heard the dead maggots trick before, seems like a sound idea. Wonder how long it takes a pint of live maggots to bury themselves? If that's even what they'll do...? Quote
newmarket Posted February 10, 2015 Report Posted February 10, 2015 never tried this in the winter, but had some success with surface fishing using the following method, use a maggot ring loaded and add a piece of Zig foam and pop up your bait two inches, let me know how you get on. You've used a popped up Maggot rig whilst surface fishing ? Â Confused.com Quote
johnplumb Posted February 10, 2015 Report Posted February 10, 2015 John, 6 to 8 pints seems really brave / alot of bait but I'm intrigued as I really like fishing maggots. Is that for a longish session, would you use for a short day session? Are you banking on alot of those maggots vanishing thanks to small fish and burrowing into the soil too? For a 48 hr session the two of us will take 3 gallons and I have gone out for more , the lake only allows maggots to be used November to February and for a few winters we would fish with bags ( obviously using a lot less) but never caught a fish then two years ago I got a boat and after reading up a bit a few people had suggested a reasonable quantity of maggots going in to a lake can turn them onto them . So we put out a big bed and fished a rod each on the spot and caught a few , the flavouring was just an idea to give them something to taste in the water at night , as it happen all the fish came in darkness up to 31 lb For what it's worth I only use live ones and I don't believe they go far in the colder water , I have used big bags of maggots on another lake we fish and not caught ( no boats) My take on it is , on that lake the big pile of maggots turns them on to realy getting their heads down , for two years we have caught fish when most of the others on the lake have blanked don't get me wrong many other fish get caught through the winter but few seem to catch multiple fish , hopefully in two weeks we will get to try it again . Sadly the only way to see if it works on your lake is to bite the bullet and go for it but if your fishing bags and not catching all you have to loose is the cost of the maggots Quote
newmarket Posted February 10, 2015 Report Posted February 10, 2015 no Tim, Zig foam on the hook with a couple of wriggling red maggots , surface fished. Oh ok mate im not with it at the moment Quote
Ddgx Posted February 10, 2015 Report Posted February 10, 2015 Thanks for coming back to reply John. Fascinating! Quote
gaz4boilies Posted February 10, 2015 Author Report Posted February 10, 2015 Thanks for tips lads going to put a few pints out and see how I get on Quote
bivvystreet Posted February 10, 2015 Report Posted February 10, 2015 Thanks for tips lads going to put a few pints out and see how I get on good luck mate Quote
johnplumb Posted February 10, 2015 Report Posted February 10, 2015 And from me let us know how it goes Quote
gaz4boilies Posted February 11, 2015 Author Report Posted February 11, 2015 Will do any of you lads fished fairveiw? Quote
carperjake Posted February 28, 2015 Report Posted February 28, 2015 Fished it once, early spring in Hooters. Look for the bar feature not too far out, it's deep, about 17ft IIRC. Took one fish on an overnighter, 27lb common. Can't remember what bait beyond it being a boilie over some particles. Quote
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