Tips & Tactics

A very natural tranquil lake where the fish have seen little pressure There are three traditional swims and best tactics are fishing to the far margin after walking round and baiting areas with corn or crumbled boilies.

For shorter day sessions stalking works well with just a traditional float and sweet corn approach.

Typical Secret Garden rig example

Again, boilies and pellets only.

The swim in front of the house is generally fished most and a large numberof the fish come from the bottom of the marginal shelf on the far bank where you can walk round and and  bait up.

Another hot prospect is the bottom left hand corner of the lake (viewed from the house bank) fishing close to lilly pads or in either corner. Again boilies only. In particular clients are very succesful with the Eddie Stercks Secret Key range.

A very popular lake exclusive venue.

Most of the fish are caught at the bottom of the sandy drop off at short range from all swims. Notable areas are swim 3 where a small plateau is a productive spot to the left at approx 35 yards.

There are also tree roots located in front of both swim 3 and swim 1 that are good holding areas. Swim 7 is a good option in the summer months fishing towards the neck of the channel or along the marginal tree line to the right. Eddie Stercks Secret Key is a great option and available on site.

The lake bed is silty beyond the sandy marginal shelf and there is a old stream bed meandering through the centre of the lake.

Elba lake and lodge is a fabulous venue for your group to fish socially from one side of the lake on a grassy bank with social distance between swims.

Most of the fish are caught from the far bank with either side of the monk being particularly good areas.

You can also locate three seperate plateaus that run across the middle of the lak. The bottom of these plateaus are also excellent feeding areas.