Week of Session: 17 May 2025
Lake: Willow Lake
Notable Fish:Method: Bottom bait + pop up ( yellow )
Bait: House bait package ( 18mm Nutrinut )
Comments:
This was Ian’s 2nd trip and he work hard to get this nice 24lb with the conditions being hard weather up in the upper 20es signs of spawning and weed hitting the lakes this year.
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.
