Raskelf

A well established lake in a former brick pit, classed by many members as the flag ship still water of the club. When bought this water was silted up with several former derelict buildings needing demolishing. Heavy equipment was required to remove the silt and the depth was excavated to an even 5 feet in the places the plant could access. The locals have several names for various parts of the lake. To the left of entry is the orchard area, here there are several well established weed beds and the water is shallower than average. This is home to the many massive hard fighting tench (6lb+)and several big carp (to 27lb). The gate or lazy pegs straight forward face a large weed/hawthorne bed and the large Ide and Roach seem to hang around here. To the right and far end is the area known as the Railway end, here there is a rod length and pole limit in place of 13 feet . This is the place to catch large nets of smaller Roach, Rudd, Tench and Bream plus the occasional Carp. The far side of the lake is called the field side and again is shallower, this is home to larger Tench and Carp, plus some of the older Bream. Raskelf is one of the only waters which a match can be won from any peg, and a water which responds to both little and often feeding and heave it and leave it tactics. The water was almost totally plundered by Cormorants and Goosanders during 2007 - with a noticable lack of attendance from members. During Autumn 2007, several thousand F1 Hybrid Carp are to be introduced, which will offer a different form of sport, help cloud the waters, and bring the remaining fish onto feed. Over the years, Ide and Crucian Carp have been introduced, plus Chub and Tench, Roach and Skimmers to allow the blood mix of the species. Being near to the River it also gets more than it's fair share of Eels, and some monster specimens to 5lb have been recorded at matches and pleasure sessions.

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