2010 new target new venue

[whitey]

Starting january 2010 going to concentrate on one water just wondering what would you fellow monkeys do when targeting a new venue for a season what would your approch be ie would you start a baiting campain in january or wait a few months till it warms up would you set your stall up to concentrate on just one or two swims for the year this is going to be the first time i have ever tryed to fish one lake all season with a target fish to fish for any help would be appreciated any tips open forum or pm will be gratefully recived the lake is only about 3 acres and not very deep say an average depth of 4 foot with only about 2/3 of the bank acsesable to fish it does see carp angling pressure but nothing to heavy

[Paul]

First thing I'd do is walk the water as much as possible and get talking to the regulars, make some friends!

Personally I wouldn't decide on just a couple of swims, I like to find the fish and put a bait on them, rather than pick a swim and wait for them to come to me! Saying that, on a water of that size you should never be far from the fish!

Choose a bait that you have confidence in or one that you know does the business on there. Get amongst the fish and your target will fall eventually!

Get to know the place and the people mate and you'll have a great time!

[baitman]

i would start with the marker and chest waders looking for likely spots.
i would try and get at least a few options, ideally that you could cover from different swims in case there or maggot drowners on.
i would trickle a bit of bait on these spots, and fish with small amounts of bait and add extra when leaving.

as the spring comes i would walk around the margins checking for activity. if possible [water clarity, etc] bait a couple of spots with a handful of large boilies [so you know it aint small fish] and look for disappearing bait.

[whitey]

so would nobody start baiting now and if not when would you start also how heavy say how much bait to putin in a week

[baitman]

if your wanting to put some bait in then there is nothing wrong with that. i would sooner find where the likely spots are, first, and give it to them where you know they are sitting up.
how much and how often is up to you.
as youve said its only a small water then you could cover most of the spots with a kilo, maybe a couple of times a week. more when its milder, and less when its frosty.