Hawk Lake

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Hawk Lake

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Description
The Hawk Lake is an unusual lake in that you fish from the island. Comprising 20 pegs. Average size is 1 to 3lb and ideal for the younger angler!

Fish
Carp. Barbel. Tench. Roach. Skimmers. All up to 3lb.

Advice on how to fish Hawk Lake by our expert

2010 Division 2 National Champion
and Maver Bait-Tech backed Steve Winter tells you his tactics
he employs when fishing on Hawk Lake

Hawk Lake is full of fish you can compete from virtually every swim. My main tactics I use on this lake revolve around targeting carp tight across with corn or pellet or a small fish attack down the track or in the margins with maggots or worm and caster.
I always start tight across in inches of water with 4mm fishery pellets and corn feed via a kinder pot. This is a good indicator of how the lake will fish on the day!
Rig wise I use 4 x 10 Invincible Series 2 float tied to a 0.18mm Maver Genisis mainline, a simple spread bulk and a 0.14mm hook length and a size 16 Maver MT3 hook with a extremely sharp and wide gap, perfect for corn and pellet. I also have plenty of banded pellets made up just incase I’m getting bitted out.
If this line isn’t productive I will target the ide, barbel, brown goldfish and other silver fish down the middle with maggots fed heavily by hand. I set a couple of rigs for this. One shallow, set at 1.5ft which consists of 0.1 Maver Invincible Series 5 float with my shot spread evenly down the line. 0.16mm mainline and a 0.12mm hook length tied to a size 18
Maver Elite ES43 hook.
The second rig is Maver Invincible Series 1 float in 4 x 16 for fishing bits of worm on double maggot on the deck.
A size 16 MT3 hook and 0.14mm hook length and 0.18mm mainline are the perfect combination!
All my top rigs feature Maver 8-11 dual core hollow elastics with pulla kits. All my rollers and kit is set to hand or as efficient as possible.
To get big weights lots of fish are needed on this lake, so speed is the key!

Steve Winter

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Recommendation
Line weight: 4lb maximum. Hook size: No hook beyond a size 14 and must be barbless.
Bait: micro pellet, sweetcorn, luncheon meat, paste on hook.

Steve Winter
Expert Advice

Other fishing related information

Bait and Tackle Shop

You can purchase pellets, paste
maggots, sweetcorn,
luncheon meat etc from our
onsite bait and tackle shop!

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General Information

We are open from 8am to 6pm. Day ticket £5 per rod. Guest ticket £4 per day or £25 per week.
Only 1 rod per angler. All anglers must bring their own landing pole, poles are available to purchase from our bait and tackle shop. All fish must be landed by landing net. Running feeder only. Barbless hooks only. No boilies, buzzer bars, floating baits. No cat or dog meat. No keep nets. Feed pellets must be brought from our own bait and tackle shop. All barbel caught must be given time to recover in landing net before being returned to the lake. If all lakes are booked please ask at reception which you can fish, as not all pegs may be booked. Day tickets must be purchased from reception before you are able to fish. If you have booked a match please pay at reception. You must use keep nets and landing nets provided, you cannot share a net. All nets must be returned to reception area. Do not under any circumstance move any net from one lake to another. Remove all litter. Please respect other anglers.