Hi Coops.
Barston is 25 acres, and mostly 4 foot deep. One corner does drop to 14 feet, but rarely pegged.
Fish are F1s from 8oz to 2lb, skimmers around 1 1/2 lb, Perch and roach to a pound, and then bigger carp from 10 to 20lb.
Main target fish are the F1s and big skimmers, and big carp is a bonus.
Fish 2 lines, one at 13m, and a feeder line. The feeder line is best this week, as its gone cold, the fish have moved out, The method is good, but yesterday i lost 10 before switching to a feeder and losing none! The method feeder, both elastic and in line, was bouncing the fish off, being up to 2lb, was just wrong. If i had been getting bigger carp, then it would work well.
The pole line the last 2 weeks has been hard due to the cold snap, but by June it will be good.
Feed a ball of fishmeal and a few pellets, and fish the feeder for an hour. If the feeder works stay on it.
If its the Garbolino final, it may be 2 matches, not confirmed yet, then it may be 3 hours on the pole, then 3 on the tip.
If its pole first, then dont fill it in, fish a 4mm expander on a 18 or 16 hook, to a .16 bottom in case you hook a lump. Lots of colour in the water, so 0.16 is fine. Floats need to be from .4 to gram, if its towing you need a gram.
Feeder or method, 10mm red boliy works for carp, 2 red maggots work for carp, F1s and skimmers. Fish 0.16 bottom again, but get ready to unclip if a lump takes it! Dont fish too close, or it will break you before you unclip, 40 to 50 turns is good, but a BIG chuck also works!
Good luck, Nigel.
TF_Nigel..
