{"id":11864,"date":"2013-06-30T03:30:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T02:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/?p=11864"},"modified":"2013-11-15T12:58:46","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T11:58:46","slug":"blue-lakes-summer-clothes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/blue-lakes-summer-clothes\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Lake&#8217;s Summer Clothes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ian Sweenie&#8217;s group went out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/venue\/blue-lake\" class=\"kblinker\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More about Blue Lake &raquo;\">Blue lake<\/a> at the end of May and took some lovely shots of the lake in it&#8217;s early summer beauty!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lake varies from 3ft at its shallowest running to over 15ft at its South West end.\u00a0 It\u2019s a fascinating mixture of bars and areas of sand, rocks, gravel, clay and silt &#8211; a real maze of features guaranteed to keep anglers happy whilst testing their skills.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;An excellent venue for chilling out while catching some really nice fish.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Ian Sweenie, May &#8217;13<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11869\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11869\" class=\" wp-image-11869 \" alt=\"Blue Lake Fishing France\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-068.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-068.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-068-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-068-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-068-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">You can see where the lakes name derives from&#8230;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The weedy areas tend to be located at the shallow end, in the bays and along the southern bank, providing holding areas for wary carp and giving you areas to stalk them.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11868\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11868\" class=\" wp-image-11868 \" alt=\"Blue Lake Fishing France\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-048.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-048.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-048-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-048-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-048-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">15 acres of water<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>An avenue of mature trees borders the road which runs around the whole lake.\u00a0 This gives easy access to the swims and there is parking adjacent to all of them.\u00a0 The whole complex is fenced and gated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11865\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11865\" class=\" wp-image-11865 \" alt=\"Blue Lake Fishing France\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-039.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-039.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-039-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-039-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-039-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">11 swims cut out into the trees<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11867\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11867\" class=\" wp-image-11867 \" alt=\"Blue Lake Fishing France\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-047.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-047.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-047-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-047-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-047-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The lake is roughly triangular in shape<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The group \u00a0caught\u00a0around 45 fish between them, using beds of boilies. A couple of examples below&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11871\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11871\" class=\" wp-image-11871 \" alt=\"Blue Lake Fishing France\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-085.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-085.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-085-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-085-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-085-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">One of the weeks catches<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11870\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11870\" class=\" wp-image-11870 \" alt=\"Blue Lake Fishing France\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-074.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-074.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-074-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-074-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2013\/06\/blue-lake-may-2013-074-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A pretty impressive Sturgeon<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>For more information on Blue Lake follow the link &#8211;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/Blue-Lake\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fishing France<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Sweenie&#8217;s group went out to Blue lake at the end of May and took some lovely shots of the lake in it&#8217;s early summer beauty!\u00a0 The lake varies from 3ft at its shallowest running to over 15ft at its South West end.\u00a0 It\u2019s a fascinating mixture of bars and areas of sand, rocks, gravel, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[983,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blue-lake","category-carp-fishing-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}