Craig Lloyd

Session Information

Week of Session: 9 May 2026

Lake: Willow Lake

Swim: Bailiffs

Notable Fish:

Method: Bottom bait over a small amount of pellet and particle with the MCF clip and a size 4 hook

Bait: House bait package

Comments:

This was Craigs First time with whether wasn’t the best but managed to have a nice 40lb mirror out but unfortunately the water was to cold for him to go into the lake so No pictures 🙈

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Duclair is the best of both worlds – it is a single swim with a long and short cast option, plus a left side margin that produces a lot of good runs.

To the front of Duclair is a good amount of water with a number of feed holes and gravelled areas.

Depths range from 2 to 6 feet.

Distance: 3 to 12 wraps.

The lake bed is mainly gravel, chalk and clay with a light covering of silt.

Duclair responds well to light baiting over a single hook bait. Bottom baits as well as pink or yellow pop ups.

Rouen is the largest swim on Willow which is a double but can accommodate three no problem and with Mallard next door could take up to five as a social area with plenty of room behind the swim for all your bivvies.

To the front of Rouen is mainly open water which produces a lot of good runs. Many of our bigger fish tend to feed in this area with there being a lot of feeding spots along with gravelled areas.

Depths range from 3 to 6 feet.

Distance: 3 – 17 wraps

The lake bed is mainly gravel, chalk and clay with a light covering of silt.

Rouen responds well to heavy baiting to start and topping up as needed over a bottom bait as well as yellow, pink or orange pop ups.

Mallard is one of our large doubles and gives you a lot of room behind the swim for 2 larger bivvies.

To the front of Mallard is a good amount of open water as well as a margin to the right hand side that produces a lot of good runs, with a large number of feeding areas to choose from. This is the main highway for the stock across the lake.

Depths range from 3 to 6 feet.

Distance: 3 to 15 wraps.

The lake bed is mainly gravel, chalk and clay with a light covering of silt.

Mallard responds well to heavy baiting to start and topping up as needed over a bottom bait and also yellow, pink & orange pop ups.

Teal is a short range single swim that controls the back corner of the lake and produces a lot of good runs.

To the front of Teal is a good amount of water with a lot of feeding holes and the end of the gravel bar that runs from Pekin.

Depths range from 3 to 6 feet.

Distance: 3 to 10 wraps.

The lake bed is mainly gravel, chalk and clay with a light covering of silt.

Teal responds well to light baiting over a single hook bait bottom bait as well as yellow & pink pop ups.

Pekin is a good sized single swim.

To the front of Pekin is a good amount of water with a lot of feeding holes and a gravel bar that runs from right to left to the front.

Depths range from 3 to 6 feet.

Distance: 3 to 17 wraps.

The lake bed is mainly gravel, chalk and clay with a light covering of silt.

Pekin responds well to baiting heavily to start with then little and often over yellow or pink pop ups.

Mandarin is a good size single swim that can accommodate two if needed and with its neighbouring swim Pekin can hold up to three.

To the front of Mandarin is a good amount of open water with a long margin to the right parallel with the split and a deeper channel running alongside with a gravel bar that runs from right to left to the front.

Depths range from 3 to 7 feet.

Distance: 3 to 17 wraps.

The lake bed is mainly gravel, chalk and clay with a thin covering of silt.

Mandarin responds well to heavy baiting to start then little and often over yellow or pink pop ups.

Double is a good size big double swim that will happy hold 4 Angler’s
( if you fancy it as a social swim ) and a lot of water in front of it to work with.

From 3 to 9 feet with a channel running along the causeway that produces a lot of big fish.

Range 3 to 18 wraps

The lake bed is mainly gravel and clay with a covering of silt.

Double responds well to baiting heavily to start then little & often.

Kev’s Corner is a good size single swim with its own hut & solar light to light up the front of the swim at night so no need to put a bivvy up.

To the front of Kev’s is a good amount of water ranging from 3 to 9 feet, and 2 good margins, don’t ignore them as a lot of our bigger fish come out no more then 2 rod lengths out.

Range 3 to 10 raps.

The lake bed is mainly gravel and clay with a covering of silt.

Kev’s Corner responds well to baiting heavily to start then little & often.

Cabin is a good size Double swim that has ample room for 2 full size Bivvys & 6 rods

(for the future we will be putting a 1 bedroom cabin on the swim that will be available to hire separately)

To the front of Cabin is a good amount of water ranging from 3 to 9 feet with a gravel bar running across the front of the swim and a number of feed holes

Range 3 to 15 raps

The lake bed is mainly gravel and clay with a covering of silt
Cabin responds well to baiting over your spot little & often.

Shady is a good size single swim that stays a little cooler during the day hence it’s name.

To the front of Shady is a good amount of water ranging from 3 to 7 feet with a deeper Chanel running along the edge of the causeway that produces a lot of hits.

Range 3 to 10 raps

The lake bed is mainly gravel and clay with a covering of silt

Shady responds well to baiting heavily to start then little & often.

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