Featured Lake - Farriers, Gloucestershire

Carp Fishing at Farriers

Summary:
Venue - Farriers Lake
Species - Carp
Day Ticket - Syndicate Lake - Tickets only available to Carp Society members
Website - http://www.thecarpsociety.com

Farriers

Farriers is a fantastic fishery consisting of two lakes nestled in the heart of the Cotswold Water Park surrounded by Gloucestershire countryside. The largest of the lakes at 32 acres was originally stocked by the Carp Society with an aim to becoming one of the best ‘Big Fish’ waters in the country. Over 650 fish were introduced prior to the lakes opening in 1997. The lake now regularly produces both mirror carp and common carp over Read more

Featured Lake - Longleat, Wiltshire

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carp Fishing at Longleat Lakes

Summary:
Venue - Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire
Species - Carp only on specimen lake, most other coarse species on other lakes
Day Ticket - £10
Website - http://www.longleat.co.uk/fishing.html

The Longleat Estate provides some of the highest quality carp fishing available in Britain on its superb lakes, set in beautiful surroundings in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside.

The Estate redeveloped the fishing lakes at Longleat in 1989 and over the past two decades, with careful fishery management and an extensive stocking programme, the fisheries have flourished to become renowned nationwide.

Top Lake, Longleat

The Top Lake, extending to some 7 acres, is a specialist carp fishery with 600+ carp over 10lb. Over the last three years the Top Lake has really come into its own for carp fishing with the venue’s young, fast growing carp now reaching up to just over 35lb, with a good head of Read more

No Bites? Try a Zig Rig!

If you are struggling to attract bites on the bottom of the lake then you need to try to entice some of the fish swimming higher in the water.

A Zig Rig accomplishes this perfectly.  The Zig Rig is basically a standard rig with an extra long hooklink used to present a popped up bait at the height of the cruising carp.

It is important to plumb the depth using a marker float so that you know exactly what depth you should be fishing at.  You can then make your rig accordingly. 

A normal running lead or semi-fixed setup will do fine. One important trick is to attach your baits as close to the hook as possible, using a very short hair.  This will be the most effective presentation for fishing a pop-up in mid-water.

The Zig Rig, a great way to get some bites if other tactics are failing!

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