Specimen Lake, ADH Fisheries, Grimsby

The ADH fisheries complex is set in deepest Lincolnshire, and although the lakes are surrounded by a campsite, the specimen lake is quickly becoming a popular day ticket in its own right for carp anglers in the area.

In the summer months the lake is beautiful and very mature.

The stock isn’t huge but they majority of fish are well over the 20lb mark so every bite is something worth catching, all the way up to a lake record just under 40lb.

My favourite thing about the venue is it’s different every time, the fish have real personality and change constantly to angling pressures and conditions.

Solid bags are usually my go-to tactic to start but baiting tightly and fishing accurately in general is a good place to start. Fish for one at a time and feel your way in to the lake.

Take your marker road or use a bare lead to find the underwater features on the lake. Mussel beds, deep holes, gravel bars and depths up to 16ft in places.

All of the swims produce fish depending on the day and the conditions and there isn’t really a hotspot on the lake so you can always be confident when you arrive even on the busiest of days.

The fish do move on the wind so make sure to check the front and back of the winds depending on the direction it’s pushing on the day. Be ready to up sticks and move on a new wind.

It’s a pellet and frozen boilie water only and lot of my fish have fallen to Nash Strawberry Crush in solid bags but many of the more mainstream baits produce results.