How to plumb the depth of a lake 

Yes I will be making more, thank you for your comment, best of luck.

Thank you very much, best of luck.

My pleasure, best of luck.

I am glad it was helpful, best of luck with your fishing.

Glad it helped, best of luck.

Love this guys vids , hope he visits my Novice Angler channel too hehe .

You’re welcome, best of luck.

It's been a while I know, but yes I hope to do some more this year. Thanks for asking and best of luck with your fishing.

@@AmateurAngling hi, great video but does the hook sink or float up as I thought when you put the hook in the water it forms a 'J' shape when the weight ends?

You can plumb a river in the similar way as a lake to find any deep holes, but you also need to find level areas good for trotting. Deepening the float rig until it catches the bottom is good if you already know the swim is reasonably flat. Use both methods to effectively map the river bed. I plan to make a film on plumbing a river later in the year. Thanks for your question, best of luck.

To plumb a large area I find it quicker with a plummet, but you are quite right, a swan shot can be used to fine tune the starting depth. Ultimately though, I let the fish decide the working depth of the rig. Thank you for your comment, best of luck.

Amateur Angling you're right, large areas are better and quicker noted with a plummet. I don't get what you mean with you let the fish decide, is it meant as changing the bait height during a session? :-) Kind regards

That is correct, laying on or presenting the bait just off the bottom, either way you are changing the distance between float and hook. There are of course those times when the fish accept the bait at exact depth. It depends on the species they all have different feeding habits, so keep an open mind when fishing, observe and work out what the fish want.

it's best to fish touching bottom or 50cm over depth. best of luck with your fishing.

@@AmateurAngling thank you il surely give it a try

There is a lake I fish from time to time that has a very silty bottom. I plumb up as normal to find the depth and any significant contours. Then with the float rig set up, I pinch a AAA on to the hook bend and use it as a very light plummet to make any final adjustments. Once you know the lake and know the various depths, you can roughly setup your rig and go straight for the AAA on the hook to plumb up. A heavy plummet may only be needed while you map the lake. Best of luck.

lift method?

I believe it is an old school/traditional method used to catch tench originally. The float is held on with float bands or quick change float rubber and grippa stops ( what I use ) so it can be slid up and down to increase or decrease the depth then you put a split shot heavier than the weight needed to cock the float about 3-4 inches from the hook usually an SSG will work and that is all the tackle you need, then you set the float when it is cast out to be over depth, this will make the float lay flat on the top of the water, next you reel in the slack to cock the float, once cocked a bite will show the float lift out of the water as the fish picks up the bait and lifts the SSG shot off the bottom. If the float dips under that can be a line bite so I usually count to 2 if its still under I strike on a dipped take but I am looking for the float to rise up or lift. There are a couple of good tutorials on youtube but I recommend fisherman Chris he details this method on one of the Tench videos unless of course Amateur Angling has not got this covered as this channel has excellent content as well. sorry for the wall of text ! hope this helps.

i see i know what you mean. what are the advantages though? than say to a ledger? i see why in some situations this would beat a normal waggler setup. but they will feel the swan shot, a running ledger would be better or am i missing something? i can imagine this would work well 4 perch on lob plus tench asd other coarse fish

A running ledger would work fine but you possibly need to set up rod rests and a bobbin or a quiver tip etc I caught a couple of small common carp last weekend on this method and with this method its all about roaming about for me and being a visual indicator, but I have a slight modification I am going to try which is using the float attached with grippa stops and a quick change float rubber with a standard crystal waggler float, a 5g inline olivette on the main line to a buffer bead then hook to nylon from the bead this will allow the fish to take without any resistance, but the float indication I suspect will be a regular dip like you get with a waggler set up and will no longer rise or lift, I like the idea of the lob worm for perch I might have to try that ! I did not mention I use a 1960's Strikeright Ultraflo centerpin reel for this method with a 10ft shakespeare omni specialist rod and a cheap telescopic folding landing net its a real budget setup prob cost about £75 including the 6 lb line and tackle.

never tried the 'pin. never have much luck with carp at the best o times never mind in winter, what bait were you using? im going piking on deadbaits tomorrow i might set up a second rod with this lift method and worm and in theory could catch almost anything. thanks for the tips

Search for slider float fishing, best of luck.

Azam Or use a method feeder!!