Well we set off at 5.30am and we got to coniston at about 8.00am got the gear set up ,jeff went 1 pike rod and one course rod,i decided to go 2 pike ,one on the float and one on the bottom ,none of us however had any idea how deep this part of the lake was,until that is i decided to plumb the depth.I was casting about 30 metres out and started of with a 10 foot drop ,float righted itself ,then i went to 15 feet,again the float righted itself ,to cut a long story short i ended up with a 30 foot drop on the float and it still didn't touch the bottom and so i let it drift into the side about 15 feet out,that's where it touched the bottom,we could not believe how deep it was,i then took a heavy spinner and cast it about 50mtrs ,it took 27 seconds to hit the bottom,we both new that this was way to deep and there was no drop off ,most of the places were taken and so we had to make the most of it ,jeff got a run after about 50mins,and that was the sum total of our fishing trip,nothing much more to say, scenery spectacular,saw a steam boat go up and down a few times----would i go back again --Dam right i would, beats sitting in the house all day and we loved the drive up and back,sorry we didn't take any pictures ,but we caught no fish lol,mabe better luck next time
