Rixton clay pits 2nd Feb 2013

Was looking forward to visiting this water after attempting to fish a few weeks early but was stopped due to it being surprisingly froze. Decided to fish spinners and lures and with the whole lake and every swim looking like they would hold fish I was definitely confident of catching. It was a cold bright day and the water was very coloured. I decided bright coloured lure or spinners would be the key. The whole lake was fished and I tried several lures or spinners at each swim but it was tough going. Eventually a swim or bay which had tree islands about 20metres out and two small inlets right and left of the bay eventually produced the first fish about 4pm. It was only a small jack about 2lb caught on a rainbow Mepps spinner. Learnt a lot more about the lake and fishable swims. Will try a deadbait approach next week.