Phil Parker wrote:
I am off to Island lake in September and I’m hoping that anyone could give me some advice on fishing this venue. Rigs, baits (Quest shelf or fresh), swims etc and do the all the cabins have electric in them. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Hi Phil,
I fished Island Lake for a couple of nights last August and caught carp to 54lb. Unfortunately I had to cut my trip short due to an accident. However, I will be returning there at the end of this month so should be able to give you much more up to date information then.
I caught three carp the first morning (a upper 30, a 40 and a 50) all from close range after spotting them bubbling. These were on very light scatterings of tiny baits (broken and crumbed boilie bits). The first fish – the 54 I had seen bubbling and wasn’t 100% it was a fish causing it so rather than drop a rig straight on it I scattered a bit of bait to the side of it. The bubbling moved straight onto the bait. I then got a rod ready and carefully positioned it with the minimum of disturbance to the side of the new bubbling then scattered more bait over that.
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