Liam Mason

pva bags and method feeder, small hookbaits 10mm, bright hookbaits and small hooks, size 8 korda fished to the far margin

10th April '10

Chris Evans

Watch for fish showing, Lay a good bed of bait and stay on the spots

28th November '09

Steve Wilson

Find clear spots and feed little and often, mainline active8 and response pellets in pva bags all fish caught at night.

7th November '09

Chriss Andrews

Feed enough bait for one fish, little and often will pay great rewards

17th October '09

Peter Brooks

Find clear gravel areas, bait tight and keep topping up. little and often

26th September '09

Mark Stone

Find the gravel clear spots under the trees, bait little and often 

22nd August '09

Alan Saunders

Bait little and often, try bright yellow hookbaits they work 

22nd August '09

Steve Clarke

pva sticks when fishing in weed and use plenty of pellet they love it

1st August '09

Dave Payne

Fishing the far margins on lake4 i found it much better to go around and bait up by hand, this was much better than sending bait out on the bait boat. Fish with tight lines or you will loose them in the rushes.

11th July '09

Harry Leeuwen

if its hot go stalking, plenty of big fish in the reed beds.

4th July '09

Les Best (Head Bailiff)

Keep rigs simple, this means simple 4-8 inch hooklinks with a size 6-8 hook, you dont have to cast to the horizon, infact most fish are taken from the margins, so dont be afraid to fish under your rod tips. fishing with the Korda style sticks as produced many fish for me, bait application is the most important tactic at Cretelakes. Find your spots with a marker rod, there are many features on all lakes, once you find spots that your happy with(stay on them), so many anglers move there baits when they see a big fortie crash out 30 yards from there hook bait! The fish are on the move all the time and will find your baited spots and when they do you will get wiped out. So after every take top your baited areas up. I would give an area at least 24 hours before i get my marker and look for new areas. A Kilo of boilie and pellet per rod seems to be the best tactic to start with but if your on the fish you could use much more.

Hope this helps   Regards Les   

1st July '09

Tony Collins

Keep it simple with rigs, and use large beds of bait

24th June '09