starting on the lakes

[karpy]

hi all
just sent off my application form for DDAPS and was wondering which of the lakes you would suggest to go to just to get my confidence up a bit and for a bit more experience, preferably not to daunting, any one got any ideas

[jeffe]

Get on Brooklands fella. Get a head start and get a day ticket until you get your membership.

[karpy]

okay thanks, theres 2 lakes at brooklands which do you think will be quieter and a bit more open to a bite

also those lakes are very weedy i believe, so what tactics do you suggest just to give me an idea

[ddapscarper]

no weed mate, its quiet down there at the moment!

[karpy]

oh i was always under the impression that the lakes were weedy my mistake

any other advice like swims and which lake to go on... i wont bother asking about bait because im pretty sure of the answer ive already emailed gary

[jeffe]

DDAPS carper is your man for Brooklands. ;D

It's probably frozen right now but I think it was fishing quite well up to last week. The A2 bank / lake was producing.

[karpy]

i went up there to have a walk around after work on sunday at about 2 and there was (if i remember rightly) 3 people set up on the bank nearest to princess road on A2 lake, so im hazarding a guess that that is A2 bank

it was pretty cold on sunday but with the weather today the lake probably will be frozen!
might just have to get up there for a few hours after work on saturday seeming as im not allowed to do nights there

[blast1234]

You can do nights if you buy a night ticket off Rick the bailiff

[karpy]

okay thanks ill see what i can do for overnight then, just being 15 i thought i couldn't do nights, but i suppose i can get in a few in the half term thats coming up ;D

does anyone know what the bottom is like by the A2 bank then

[ddapscarper]

siltey! with plenty of gravely spots,and a couple of bars! quiet snaggy on the far bank where the lake was back filled but it will do fish! margins fish well!