We started off in swim 2. We had a stroke of luck though because there was no one in swim 3 which meant we could cast our bait to the far margin and then go round and bait up. This proved a good spot. Although for me the most productive spot was a couple of rod lengths in the front of the swim. I had 5 fish in one day off of it. The baits we were using was 18mm cc Moore meteor boilies as hook baits and using pellet, corn and 14mm meteors as free bees. As the week went on the weather got colder and wetter this turned the fish off the feed. The best way I found around this was to bait very lightly 3 or 4 boilies max around your bait at one time. When I did this my catch rate began to rise again. On the last day we thought we would move to swim five as there was no one there and we fancied a change of scenery. I fished the right hand side and adopted the light baiting tactic. In the first half an hour I had 4 runs and three fish on the bank the biggest being my new pb of 36ib 6oz. well worth the move!!! I would advise anyone to get the food package as it was the best food I have ever had. Better than bacon and sausage rolls for a week. As a last thing I would like to thank Jeff and Ale for a wonderful time and I look forward to our next visit.
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