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1. Why did you choose Lillypool for your trip this year?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
The venue was was chosen by our lead Mick Johnson and for the reason we knew there was a good chance of a lot of runs, especially as he was taking his youngest son Ethan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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2. How many days had you been at the lake? How did you decide on your tactics for fishing on the lake?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
We fished the lake for 7 days and Initially the tactics were to fish boilie, but upon arrival Richard told us the previous session, of I think 49 fish, had all come from fishing particles. I still chose to keep my options open and fished boilies whilst the rest of the party fished particle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The island pegs produced much earlier than me, but then on the Sunday morning my sticky baits manilla boilie rod in open water ripped off during 1st light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. When you hit the rod did you know it was something special? How was the fight?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
To be fair I didn’t realise it was as big as it was until it went in the net, that’s when I realised. The fight was only about 10-15 mins, I was just glad to get off the mark with a big gun at this point, the pressure was off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The uncanny thing was I re-caught the fish on the Thursday using different tactics as the particles seemed to be produced more fish. At this point I had moved pegs but fished the same water and margins but with a much better line angle into the margin. Now this fight was better which included wiping Mick Johnson’s 3 rods out during the early hours. This time is was caught on maize and corn particles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. What\u2019s the best tip you can give to someone heading out to the lake in the future?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
As for advice, I would keep an open mind, mainly take boilie as particles are readily available at the venue, which we took advantage of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We found the fish didn’t hold well in open water at all, only the odd fish caught even with both heavy and light baited spots. My margin rods, I knew when the fish were there as I could see them and then a bite would shortly follow a bite. If the fish weren’t there (which could be as long as a day) no bites came. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We found just a small amount of particle in the bait boat against margins produced more bites.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lillypool has been beautifully designed to provide a relaxing carp fishing holiday, good facilities and most importantly an impressive head of carp.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Designed for groups of up to 5 anglers, it provides plenty of features and options for how and where you want to fish. The lake is just a short 1\u00bd hours drive from the ferry port at St Malo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n