Colman Cottage, Essex.

[Manoli]

Hi,

Does any one have any info on this place?

Things like Size of target species, methods and depths of lakes?

Thankyou, Gary.

[TF_slippery]

What lake you on Gary.

[Anonymous]

pellet and paste try fishing it 6in over depth

[Manoli]

Slippery Im not too sure what lake Ill be on, I undertand there 3 of them? Are they all in on the matches? Any info on any of them would be good.

Monk, would that be in the margins or down the track, or over to the islands if there are any?

[TF_p2hl_p2hl]

http://www.colemansfishery.co.uk/

pete

[TF_slippery]

Gary,fishing pathfield lake this sunday.If it’s any good to you,i will put a post on here next monday.

[Manoli]

Slippery, thanks but Ill have fished my match by then, so if you like Ill post how I get on…

I had a look on the wesbite Pete but couldnt find any info on the most recently successful baits/methods. But found out alot about the lakes, most have an Island to fish to and they arnt to deep, so Ive got that info sorted, now just need to know how big the target fish are and what baits to use?

Thanks again.

[Manoli]

BTTT

[AlexParticipant]

are you fishing the open match or a club match?

[AlexParticipant]

and on which day as this will tell me which lake your on

[Manoli]

Erm, Im not 100% sure which day, either Sat or Sun…. Its also an Open.

Im going to sign off line now, so Ill reply to you in the morning, Thanks mate.

Or add me on msn: [email protected]

Ill be on tommorrow, thanks.

[AlexParticipant]

Must be saturday dont think there is an open on sunday. That means it will be on wood lake. I won there last saturday on my first visit for a while with 174lb, i had about 110lb up in the water and the rest on a top 4 beside my keepnet.
if the weather is warm, fish it at various depths but about 12″ is a good starting point. fish a 6mm pellet and feed the same. As far as feeding, feed a little pellet to get the fish in the area and work your rig, standard shallow fishing really. You need to get into a rhythm as the fish are about 1-2.5lb average and it can take a lot of fish to do a weight.

The other thing to do is fish a top 4 look for about 4-5ft of water (go at a slight angle if necessary) fish this with whatever bait you prefer really, pellet, meat, corn etc this line is good for the last couple of hours dont put big pots of bait in though! that will ruin your peg, all bait should be loosefed. Also the fish tend to be bigger on this line but you get some skimmers and chub thrown in which soon add 10-20lb to your weight.

Fish probably 0.16 to black hydro/12 latex or simialr.

[AlexParticipant]

oh dont bother with a track line as its too deep IMO at 6ft 6. Keep things simple and target 100-120lb which over six hours is only 20lb an hour.

[Manoli]

Cheers Alex, How far out did you fish shallow that day? And how much was you feeding on the closer line?

[AlexParticipant]

I fished 14.5m some of the pegs are wider than others so 13m might be ok if the island is only 14m. I did 160lb for 3rd on pathfield lake on thursday on the same tactics also.

I feed the closer line with about 6 grains of corn every 2 minutes, or after every missed bite and hooked fish.

Would have seen you there this week but im fishing team matches at bough beech on saturday and puddledock on sunday.

[Manoli]

Ok mate, so your fising shallow fairly near Island then?

Also what size are the fish in Pathfield Lake?

[AlexParticipant]

yeah i like to go close to the island. Pathfield fish are bigger average 2-6lb but the island fish are on the smaller end of the scale.

[TF_CHRIS.V.Participant]

Gary,going there saturday with Mr Miller.Give me a call and i will let you know how we got on.
Don`t ignore the 6 metre line,there is alot of fish to be caught there now the weather is getting colder.

[Manoli]

Thanks again Alex, your a great help mate.

Chris I think George might have booked us on the this saturady too, Ill have a word with him tonight then call you for some info if you dont mind mate.

Cheers.

[TF_CHRIS.V.Participant]

Gary,Alex`s info is spot on mate,you won`t go far wrong fishing it how he said.
See you saturday may be and we will have a chat about the 6metre line,something Steve and Phil Ringer put us onto.

[Manoli]

Chris, Just spoke to George and he said hes been ringing them all day to book us on and no answer, have you got a number I can call to get hold of them? You know what hes like with technology these days Lol

[TF_CHRIS.V.Participant]

Gary,get George to leave a message to book on,if your worried about getting a ticket,turn up before 8.30 you will get on the match.

[mullarkey]

Chris,

make sure you take some catmeat otherwise you might as well just go straight round Lenny`s house and give him your £22.

[Manoli]

Job done Chris, he left a message this morning.

Mullarkey I think we all need to come up with a plan to beat Lenny some how LOL

[AlexParticipant]

steve ringers 6m attack is good but imo not cold enough for it yet. Have caught plenty on it around november though. Gary dont worry about lenny i battered him off the next peg when i had 160lb he “only” had 100lb!

[Manoli]

Oh well first visit wasn’t a total disaster. I came 7th I think with 66lb from peg 40… I made a few mistakes (trying my unproductive margin line for too long was the biggest) But in the last hour I was getting one a chuck which made for some great fishing IMO.

Im booked on for next week, but may be up north with the team so might not be there. But Im looking forward to going back.

Well done to Chris aswell, he came second I think with 104lb?

[TF_folk in hail]

what’s the ringer 6m attack then?

[TF_CHRIS.V.Participant]

Well done Gary on your win today at Colmans. 132lb of carp caught shallow.
Good info given by Alex.

[Manoli]

Cheers Chris, and you too Alex.

Bloody Solid that peg 28! haha

Cant wait for me next trip, I carried on fishing for another 30 mins with abit of tuition from Dave Vincent, learnt a few new tricks for next time.

[AlexParticipant]

nice one, might be there on saturday, dont think we will get much more shallow fishing this year though.

[TF_red_hydro]

Well done Gary, excellent result even better considering they are decent anglers you are fishing against

[Manoli]

Its a shame the weathers turning shyte now. I learnt a very useful new trick to help me keep catching when my shallow line goes abit quiet, something thats not seen all to often… Looks like ill have to wait until next year?

[Manoli]

Chris that thing that Dave told me that we spoke about earlier, your also netting the barbel on a top 4, so getting the barbel very quickly, IMO its well worth a proper go next time im there… should work a treat 🙂

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