“THE MEAD” has gone from a 3 acre bowl shaped clay pit with a ridiculous average depth of 23ft to a NOW, 3 acre gravel/clay pit with an average depth of 5-7ft with a very pleasing new shape without losing its charm. A few of the marginal bushes and some small trees fell into the lake when I drained down but these have been replaced with new young trees around the site which will mature and blend in perfectly. The mead has 5 purpose built swims, 2 of which are large doubles, which protrude out into the lake, plus the luxury cabin with its decking and its swim making 7 swims in total. Each angler will command a little under ½ an acre of water and will share 210 carp between them, approx 75 different 20's, 7 x 30's, around 90 doubles and only 38 carp under 10lb, along with 50 Tench to well over 10lb+ and 32 Pike to over 20lb+. Work that out and each angler will have around 1 x 30lb+ and at least 10 x 20lb+ carp in their swim. The most important part of the engineering works have occurred beneath the water. I have had a central Island constructed which has already been grassed and planted with cherry trees and rhododendrons which will look stunning when in blossom. Beneath the water I have had constructed around 8 substantial features comprising of gravel bars, humps and troughs. As you know underwater features make for fantastic fish holding and catching areas and as soon as the carp were re-introduced into The Mead on the 16 November 2009 they were seen topping over the features within 2 days after some OM1’s and Trout pellets were introduced. Like people, I believe that carp enjoy congregating around features and objects which is why so many get caught around Islands and off or close to features. I have left one area in front of the luxury cabin completely untouched, it ranges from around 6-9ft in depth and has a huge blood worm bed with a huge bar going around it with a couple of light snags left in so this swim, for those who book the cabin, will become THE HOT SPOT on the lake.
The lake covers approximately 3 acres, and stands within its own very picturesque wooded grounds covering just over 7 acres in total. Being located close to the M4 and other major routes it is ideally situated for visitors from all over the country.
For those bivvied up anglers there is a separate shower and toilet block or you can choose to hire our luxury fishermans cabin.
The lake is protected by security gates and has infra red cctv, and there is an anglers car park plus a footpath leading all around the lake and to every swim. There is a manager available on-site 24hrs per day. Tackle can be transported to most swims via the managers vehicle to save on the carrying of your heavy tackle and equipment.
There is a bait shop on-site where anglers can purchase the full range of OM1 baits which now consist of OM1 boilies, pellets, OM1 particles, OM1 Hemp, OM1 Method mix and OM1 Bait Dip/Glug.
THE MEAD
BAIT PRICE LIST 2010
OM1 Twisted Boilies 1kg £9.75
5kg £45.00
10kg £87.50
OM1 Twisted Bait dips 150ml £5.75
OM1 Pellets – 5mm 1kg £2.25
10kg £17.50
20kg £28.50
OM1 Twisted Hemp (cooked) 2kg £4.75
4kg £8.75
OM1 Twisted Particles (cooked) 2kg £4.75
4kg £8.75
OM1 Twisted Method Mix (cooked) 2kg £4.75
4kg £8.75
