Hampton Springs Fishery

[larsagi2010]

Hey!

 

We are off to Hampton Springs tommorow to hit the specimen lake (Folly) Although I have been to Hampton before I have only fished Alice Springs and Rock Pool, both of which produced me some nice Carp to 10lb 6oz.

 

My personal best stands at 16lb so I am really eager to try and beat this tommorow. My normal tactics are a Preston flat in-line method feeder pressed with soaked expander pellets. Hookbait is normally a single grain of corn on a short 3-4 inch hooklength. This seems to pull out plenty of Carp, but as we all know every water is different.

 

Does anyone have any recommendations for folly lake? What areas to fish on the lake, what kind of range, and also info about rigs/baits ect: would be highly appreciated!

 

Also, what species reside in this lake? Carp I am aware of, I believe there is a handful of large Barbel, but other than that I am clueless!

 

Best regards, Dan

[Rob Ward]

I had the misfortune to spend a day on there last season, did catch a couple of doubles but both were heavily deformed.

 

Commercials really aren't my scene though, there's some decent club waters and Rivers in the area that I wouldn't drive past again to get to Hampton Springs.

 

Both fish fell to a Method Feeder rig with pellet hookbait fished to the big Island at the far end.