This time of the year, I like to plan ahead as a lot of times, I arrive in the day or just at dusk. The benefits of planning are very much a key to my winter fishing. I started by looking at the swims. I’m likely to be fishing over these months based on past information and the coming day’s weather forecast. If you have read my blogs a lot, you will see that I have two lakes as part of my syndicate and I split my time on these over the year. It is mostly dictated by the closure of each one, the volume of anglers on each one over the summer months, and I also fish Meadow Lake in the Winter as it’s the only one open. I use the Fish Deeper page to find different spots from the normal ones as much as possible. By pinpointing these, you’re able to calculate the number of wraps and the horizon makers before you even arrive.










