Langsdale Lakes ( Willow lake ) at Langworth

Langsdale Lakes ( Willow lake ) at Langworth

So it's nearing the end of September and I decided to have a few hours back on Willow lake, one of the lakes at Langdale lakes near Langworth. My friend and work colleague Megan popped to visit me.....apparently she has fished before.....I fished close in against some lily pads using a waggler, 6Ib line fished straight through to a size 16 hook. Bait : Sweetcorn and maggot.

I caught a number of very small carp; the pics below show the three biggest fish of the day....even though they are still small !!

The first fish of the day....Megan holding still a 3.5Ib Mirror Carp

Just unhooked the 3.5Ib Mirror carp

3.5Ib Mirror Carp

Megan demonstrates her fishing skills......NOT

Second fish of the day.....1.5Ib Tench

1.5Ib Tench

2.5Lb Mirror carp to finish the session

Blue Lagoon ( L&DAA Water )

Blue Lagoon ( L&DAA Water )

I decided to have a few hours down at the Blue Lagoon. As you can see from the pictures that I took the surface weed was still a massive problem and many anglers have been avoiding this small lake for this reason alone. ( Even though there is some nice fishing to be had if you can find the fish, as it can be hard to fish on certain days )

The surface weed covering the majority of the lake

The view to my right, showing the odd patch of open water that is still fishable.

My swim.....pole fishing 11 metres out next to the big lily pads

My swim.....one of the only open spots of water available to fish on the lake

A nice pair of tench.....3Ib and 2Ib, plus a few roach, perch and rudd

The best fish of the session, a 3Ib Tench

Blue Lagoon ( L&DAA Water )

Blue Lagoon ( L&DAA Water )

I managed to get a few hours after work to pop down to the Blue Lagoon on the quest of finding the tench their. I fished on the pole at 11 metres next to a Lily pad in Peg 2. Using sweetcorn and maggot on a size 16 hook, I managed to tempt this 5 Ib tench, my best tench of the season so far.

5Ib Tench

5Ib Tench

Best Tench of the season as far

Just before release, the fin perfect 5Ib Tench

Blue Lagoon ( L&DAA Water )

Blue Lagoon ( L&DAA Water )

A two hour session after work at the Blue Lagoon produced two small tench using double maggot. I also lost a couple of bigger tench......thats the danger of pole fishing at the very edge of a big lily pad!!

3Ib tench

A nice brace of tench....3Ib and 1.5Ib

Blue Lagoon ( L&DAA Water )

Blue Lagoon ( L&DAA Water )

I got home from work at 3pm and thought, I know, lets have a couple of hours pole fishing at the Blue Lagoon. So I quickly got my tackle in the back of the car and set off. Since it's a 3 minute drive down the road, I was fishing in no time.

Double red maggot on a size 18 hook accounted for two nice Bream.....3Ib and 2.5Ib, plus a few small perch and rudd

3Ib Bream

Brace of Bream.....3Ib and 2.5Ib

The Blue Lagoon (L&DAA water)

My third fishing outing of the year......The Blue Lagoon (Skellingthorpe, Lincoln)

The view from Peg 2 at The Blue Lagoon (Looking left)

The view from Peg 2 at the Blue Lagoon (Looking right)

I have only fished at the Blue Lagoon once before and so I was looking forward to taking on a relatively new venue......until I arrived, and saw how much weed coverage there was across the whole of the small lake.

Only a handful of the pegs were fishable, and even then you would be confined to a very small area.

I decided to have a bash on my 11 metre pole, fishing at peg 2, the deepest part of the lake at a depth of around 5.5 feet. I offered double maggot on a size 18 hook, 3Ib hook length and 4Ib main line.

After catching a few roach, rudd and perch I managed to tempt a small tench......

3Ib tench.....first tench of the year

I ended up with a total of around 6Ib.....not too bad, at least the bites were regular and I was kept busy!!