Fishing Tips
Bills top tip for this lake is to be quiet and set your camp up away from the waters’ edge, there is plenty of room to do so! A lot of fish come from overhanging margins and fishing tight to these will produce results. The use of a baitboat on this lake is highly recommended for accurate bait placement.
Fishing to the bar at ¾ distance using Zig rigs can be effective if the margins aren’t producing that day. This lake does not respond to huge beds of bait, we recommend fishing over chopped boilies and/or particles on a little and often basis. Patience will pay, recast your rods just once a day.Yellow baits and toppers for snowman rigs work very well on all the lakes.It is always worth putting a rod close in at night when all is quiet.
French Carp Lakes
Below is a list of tackle that we recommend you use when at Bill's Lakes to give you the best chance of catching and landing big French carp.
- Rods - 2.5lb to 3.5lb test curve rods.
- Line - 15lbs line mono, No braided main line. Make sure your spools are full up!
- End Tackle - 2-4oz leads, size 2/4/6/8/ hooks (strong pattern e.g FOX XS/ Nash Fang ES).
- Marker Rod - Make sure you know what your fishing over.
- Safety Weigh Sling - Nash/Trakker etc.
- Weigh Tripod - (Daiwa/Cygnet) We supply these f.o.c on the double swims on Bill's Lake 1.
- Proper Scales - Rubens Heatons.
Booking a Holiday
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