{"id":7094,"date":"2025-06-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=7094"},"modified":"2025-06-03T20:39:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T19:39:51","slug":"fun-at-frogmore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=7094","title":{"rendered":"Fun At Frogmore"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I love a new venue and was blown away by my latest trip to spend the day on the bank with Mike at Frogmore. This is a stunning club water, near St Albans, controlled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verulam-angling.co.uk\/frogmore\/\">Verulam AC<\/a>. What a cracking venue and the chunky F1s, carp, roach, rudd, perch and skimmers we caught in Ash Lake were all in great condition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We kicked off on the short pole with hard pellets, catching carp and F1s before progressing further out towards the middle. It wasnt long before I realised we could catch the big F1s shallow and Mike was soon getting his elastic stretched with F1s averaging 2lb. A fixed-depth rig to begin with then progressing to a jigga setup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We ended the day with some flying skimmers and a couple of big F1s down the margins, but it was nowhere near as productive as the open water on the day. Still a nice end to a brilliant day on the bank. Great weather and great fishing. We even had a nice big cake to share for our lunch! 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