Menards Carp Fishery

was wondering if zigs or surface fishing works well in warmer months here !!!
any one thanks

absoulutely shocking! I tried when i was last there i was fishing 12 to the lily pads and i walked round to the bank opposite peg 4 with peg 14 on my left. I looked around the lily's and into open water and the water was literally littered with carp somewhere in the region of 30 - 50 carp!!! i put out some dog biscuits they completely ignored them or spooked from them! So i tried a zig and didnt recieve any indication, although i used it one time in march and had a take from peg 16 but lost it

Hope this helps?

hi adam many thanks 2 your reply been meaning 2 reply but real manaic
can see the fishings doing well at the lake when hot
i dont think many people fish zigs at menards prob because of the set up and time taken
i might be wrong and the fish are to smart there
im down for my first fish at end may so cant wait 28 th tell 30 th sunday i believe your down on sunday mite get to say hi and let you know how i did

i will try a zig on one rod at least . Only look at latest cathes one out on a plastic zig

mite see u then darren

Yeah im down from the 30th to the 2nd june. Really looking forward to it still in search of my first menards carp! Believe it or not i lost 5 fish when i went in April on an overnighter 3 i hit into nothing and two i lost in the pads from swim 12! I'M hoping to get in swim 14 with my mate jpcarp. What time are you thinking of packing up, we will be down about 3.00pm would be good to hear from you! What swim have you got your eye on mate, so i dont ask every angler for Darren lol.
On the zig rig front i dont blame you mate, i mean i believe someone must have said they had nothing on a zig and it doesnt work so it is passed down the grapevine and everyone says it doesn't, just because the next person didnt! There could be many factors to why they didnt work: Wrong depths, wrong colours, wrong bait etc. When i had a take in march they were all just cruising in the deep end where the sun was shining and paul suggested i tryed it; 30mins later i had a run but i believe i was to eager and struck much to early But like i said in my last post, see fish in the region of 30 to 50 carp in numbers just sunning themselves and they just didnt take dog biscuits at all!

Look forward to seeing you.
Cheers Adam.

I'm gunna be trying black foam on one rod either on a zig 1 foot below surface or with a slightly weighted hook on a kruiser float so it sits just below the surface somewhere in the margins again depending on the swim..

I will also be soaking the foam in halibut mainline juice to give it a bit of a zing.

Nice mate, you should call it the zing rig hahaha! Yeah and defo try half depth too!

hi adam
30 th s me b day so im hoping 2 catch somethink great that wk end
ill be leaving at midday so will probably won't see you but by the time im packed up who knows
Dont know what swim yeat thinking 14' 12' 10' 8' 4' or 2 i think ill chose on the day with whats available and weather depending.

On zigs ill try black foam 2 soaked in cell only i made mine look like a spider fingers crossed ..... or just simple cell pop up with 1 small floting corn

adam ill try 2 leave some info 4 u with paul wish u luck on your first menards carp i need it 2!!!!

hi kev ... when u fishing best of luck on zig keep me posted

weather .......... depends on zigs ment 2 b sunny over cast & showers hopefully gives us all a good chance at everythink best of luck guys darrren

Indeed m8 the weather is looking cooler (18-19c) and overcast for next week with some drizzle and maybe foggy mornings which is ideal. Juging by last year Menards Carp did have a really long spawning period on and off over 2 months due to constant hot weather, so hopefully we get the calm before the storm so to speak. Saying that, it was batches of carp that were spawning and not all at once.

I'm down on Monday afternoon for the week when everyones back at work so I will have a mooch round before I plot up.



cheers

nice kevin i should see you there matey!