Skylark Lake

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Skylark Lake

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Description
Comprises of 50 pegs, 10 metres apart, 13 metres wide with an inner shelf and outer shelf 24 inch deep.
1 metre wide and a centre depth of 6ft.

Fish
Carp to 5lb, barbel to 2lb, skimmers to 1lb, bream to 6lb, tench to 4lb, tench, roach.

Advice on how to fish Skylark Lake by our expert

Lake specialist and Middy backed Craig Butterfield shares his methods and tactics he employs on the Skylark Lake

Craig Butterfield

How Craig did it!

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Recommendation
Line weight: 5lb maximum. Hook size: no hook beyond a size 12 and must be barbless. Bait: maggot, luncheon meat, pellet, caster.

Craig Butterfield
Expert Advice

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maggots, sweetcorn,
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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.

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OPEN FISHING MATCHES
Held on Tuesdays & Sundays
Over 50’s Open Match Thursdays
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Skylark Lake is my favourite lake at Westwood because of the fairness and mixture of species that it has to offer. You can win a match from any peg!
The first tactic I use is to fish tight across to the far bank in 18 inches of water with pellet. I will be mainly targeting the lake’s large stock of carp from 1lb to 4lb. Feeding this line is very simple, I trickle in softened Westwood Lakes micro pellets in dribs and drabs and use a 4mm expander on the hook. Rig wise I keep it simple. A 4 x 10 or 4 x 12 Middy Carp Grey Series 3 tied to a Lo-Viz 0.16mm mainline and a simple bulk of No. 10 shot placed above the 6 inch Lo-Viz hook length and a size 16 T93-13 Hook (Pellet Carp).
These hooks are extremely sharp which is what you need on Skylark because of the amount of bites and fish you catch. This rig is matched up to 6-10 Middy Shock Core Elastic.
The second tactic is to target the large stocks of ide, tench, skimmers and bream. I target these in two ways, the first is to fish shallow with maggots which has worked well for me, seeing me win two matches with over 120lb of ide alone.
In order to achieve these weights I will take 6 pints of red and white maggots and constantly catapult maggots across. Rig wise I use a small pollyball set 6 inches deep tied to 0.16mm and tiny 3 inch 0.12 hook length with size 14 T63-13 (Finesse Carp) with single maggot. By being fast and efficient you can catch good weights with ease.
The other way is to fish chopped worm and caster down the track, I feed this line heavily with plenty of caster, worm and corn. I usually opt for this method in windy conditions. I beef up my terminal tackle because the tench and barbel pull hard. Rig wise I use 4 x 16 Carp Grey Series 3 tied to 0.18mm mainline and simple bulk and two droppers then beneath that 0.16mm hook length with size 14 T93-13 (Pellet Carp). With the size of fish you catch on this method it doesn’t take long to build good weights. So I opt for a heavier Middy elastic, Red Shock Core 12-16.
When the weather warms up the margins are an excellent area to target. Virtually every species can be caught and because of this I feed pellets and maggots tight to the bank. You will be surprised what turns up!
All the methods I have listed are match winning methods so get on the Skylark and give them a go.
Tight lines - Craig Butterfield - www.lincolnshire.angler.co.uk