Makins: Info needed.

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    • #55501

      TF_Mike_Globe

        I’m fishing a 3 match series at Makins at the end of the month and have never seen the place before.

        Would appreciate some info on depths/methods/baits/target species, the lakes I’m on are as follows:

        Lake 2B
        Lake 4
        Derwent

        Cheers 🙂

      • #167533

        TF_boydie
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          Mike, you have pm

        • #167554

          TF_Gardner Chris

            Hi Mike I hope the following info might be of some help. I guess your going to be on the B bank of lake 2 where you will more than likely have an island chuck just a couple of pegs between the islands. You can fish a method but you must get it tight to the boards and keep chucking until they turn up. If you get any room you can catch some of the big boys down the edge late on either banded 8mm or corn I have done well on both. The pole line at 11m+ will be around 10ft deep maybe a bit more in the higher numbers on the B bank. Good head of big skimmers on the pole on 6mm expander over groundbait and micros, but you normally need the carp to do any good. Best to have pellet wag and straight lead handy as well with 8mm for pinging. Lake four is shallower at the island end and then drops off to 12ft or more at the opposite end. Again near the island chuck the method tight and keep chucking. In the deep end pellet wag can be very good but try this and go upto 6ft deep. I was there once catching the odd fish at 2-3ft went to 6ft and emptied it. Drop the straight lead on top of where you have fed the wag line. Pole can be productive with meat corn over pellet feed. Again top fours rather than top kits, a bit shallower towards the island. Also loads of silvers in here 20-30lbs of roach possible on caster if carp are not playing ball. And Derwent, snake lake 13-14.5m wide narrower at top end. Lined with rushes and you have to get in tight to these on the far bank. Fish banded 6mm and ping 6’s very regularly but only 4-5 at a time. If you get a bit of bank to go at you will see the carp taking any pellets that have gone up the bank. Fish at the depth you have over and just keep lifting and dropping and try shallow to. Down the track its 4-5ft deep. Feed small amount of pellet and groundbait and fish corn over the top and be patient and wait for bites. Margins can be good even early on in the match with corn over pellet and corn feed. Carp average 3-6lbs but there are some old Naseby fish in there, hook one of them and you will soon know. Cheers mate hope this helps Chris.

          • #167556

            TF_Mike_Globe

              Fantastic, thanks mate.

              It is worth fishing shallow for the carp on the pole or are they mainly caught on the wag?

              Cheers

            • #167557

              TF_Gardner Chris

                Its one of them mate never say never, I do remember one chap doing well on the pole shallow on about peg B11 but its one of the methods I don’t see used there that often. But if thats what your good at mate I am great believer in doing what your good at rather than trying to do something you don’t do very often. All the best hope you figure it out mate.

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