rudd

Rudd

The Rudd are mainly present in The Pleasure Lake but also appear in The Match Lake. They are a surface feeding fish so fishing baits in the upper layers of the water will be most suited.

A simple waggler set up with the shot bulked around the float will allow the maggot/caster hookbait to slowly sink under its own weight and this presents the bait perfectly for this species.

This tactic though does require constant feeding of loose offerings to keep the fish in the area and you may find you have to fish through the smaller fish using bulk shot before getting through to the larger specimens of Rudd which run up to 2lb.