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Got out for a bit last week and struggled for the most part with the carp showing way out of range but did manage this old original common to save a blank.

A late start for me this year after the winter lockdown and starting a new job in March. Hard to believe it is May before I have had the chance to get the rods out! I had the lake to myself and so, I perched up in a corner swim with a South Westerly rippling in. It was mild and drizzly and looked ripe for a bite after a few shows in the area but alas, the weather changed during the night and the bobbins remained motionless. Brew in hand, I watched the water intently as the morning broke and there seemed to be some activity a little further up the lake. Half an hour of watching gave m

Yeah the wind has been a nightmare all day. Calmed down so re-did the rods a few more spods and all set for the night. 🤞 It's blooming freezing though🥶

One from a couple of autumns ago.

A selection of home made cakes, jam tarts and a orange and lemon sponge cramed full of black cherries, might have to get some custard should make for a nice bankside warmer, she must of felt sorry for me only having pot noodles to take with me.

10k for the weekend. 🤞

It’s been so long since I went, I’m not even sure where my alarms are!! 😫

I hope you get one mate. I'm going again tonight for a quick overnighter so hopefully I can turn up for work tomorrow tired and stinking of carp!

Well done mate, good angling 👍 I am going to join in this catch report, its been too long, I'm bringing my A game this week, and if i can't catch one I will cry I am going for a night Thursday and will be doing a fresh game plan before, those carp have had it too easy for too long I am going to wallop them 😂😂😂😂😂 Or be sulking 🙄

My share of today's earnings are going towards my syndicate ticket renewal, but that's probably my fishing budget blown for the month so no toys for me 😂

Been to do a post lockdown boot sale this morning, sold a metalheadz drum and bass album on vinyl to an OAP, just goes to show you should never judge a book by its cover,

My thoughts as well. There is no fixed lead still attached, either pendant or online, just what looks like a bag stem.

Good luck guys 👍🤞🤞

Got snugpac rip offs on and the wet gear in the bag, bring on this tropical wind, got that new wind coming right at me, slus gates were open last night so there is a load of river water in the lake.

Bottle of Isotonic Goo.... my buddy took me to Angling Direct in Chelmsford... he bought some bits and I felt guilty that I really didn't need owt... bought the Goo to assuage my guilt... smells of Irn Bru....!!!

Been after a quiver for my ESP Lo Pro and 9ft rods for ages. After much umming and ahhing, I plumped for the Thinking Anglers slim quiver. Should be delivered in time for my work overnighter on Monday so time will tell if I made the right decision.

Good luck hopefully you can add to the report again, 👍

I use prawn and squid witch I liquidised myself and I have no rolling problems I just find it will go off quicker than a shop bought boilie but the natural pulling power better than any shop bought

Sorry to hear that mate, hope you find something soon

A couple more pics

Managed a day on a little pond tricky was an understatement I managed 5 small ones biggest 12lb but it was hard going not far away from spawning I think

Thanks very much , Mufty . I'm pleased that you like the Actor as well as Highy as I have bought a new one , and I hope to try mine out tomorrow . 😃

I've got cash burning a hole in my pkt 😢😢... I'm scouring the sites for either Sonik Spod Rod n Sonik Reel, Bait Boat, Baiting Pole... Also thinking of getting rid of Sonik AXS Brolly, Groundsheet, Storm Poles n pegs to put it to the cash for the Sonik AXS Bivvy.

One long one short... guess which is which😛🤣

Good job the Carp weren't in the margins , Yonny , with the Sun glinting off your shaven head - you really should came it . 😁

Well the Chinese snugpac is very impressive just done a silly in the rain and swapped the zig over to a bottom Bait took longer than planned the snigpac gear is water proof too bone dry under just got to dry these out now or it will be the 1990s style rain suit proper heavy may as well strap the bivvy on. Lad two pegs over just had one.

I find the wettest rain is a fine mist rain especially if you’re using a brolly... if that makes any sense

Nice in Northampton flat calm now seen a few boshing near my middle rod

Best of luck Commonly + Carpbell 🤞

Making a bait is about balance, ings are mainly broken down into non soluble, soluble and semi soluble. You can usually make a bait between 15-20% soluble, as the water works it way into the boilie all the good stuff from your liquids and soluble ings is push out into the water and that is what will trigger the carp to investigate, the rest come into play when the bait is eaten. The key is balance if you aim for around 35-40% protien content is a general mark most people work to.

Only use it on Korda Boom to create stiff loop sections for Spinner rigs and Loop to Loop combi rigs... Only use stiff boom on level underwater grounds.

It's a great tool when used with the right materials. Great for creating booms whether it be for Ronnie rig, Hinged Stiff Rig or Combi's. It's also good for creating short Chods if that's your kind of thing and allows you to consistently get the same length each time.

£14... used it on the last trip had 2 fish with it....the trial continues

Tried it out earlier, it's a tidy little boat. So easy to use and control and glides across the lake and turns on a sixpence. Doubt if you'd got more than a kilo combined in both hoppers but that's plenty for me. Not sure what it would be like in very windy conditions as its so light.

why not buy a cheap setup with a keepnet and see how you get on? I found unless I was catching decent fish instead of bream and silvers the size of my finger I got bored pretty quick😂 I usually do a bit of everything, when I get bored of one type of fishing I’ll do something else until I get bored of that and move on again lol. I have so much gear in my shed I struggle to get in it, it’s a nightmare trying to find stuff 😂😂

i will bite ... I don’t think it’s particularly bad or unsafe unless the plastic bait is banned then they can use it it’s a lazy combi rig using stiff coated material because it’s easier to strip the coating than tie an albrite knot lol personally I would have just used a quick change swivel rather than the quick link and a swivel

I’ve used the crimp system and on the correct hooklinks, it can form lovely neat loops, with the wrong hooklink it will come undone on the lightest of pressures. They are useful for spinner booms and making up combi rigs, but to be honest, I’ve just gone back to knotting it! Using the domhoff (don’t know how you spell that!) for combi rigs and figure of 8 loops for spinner booms. I tend to favour a semi stiff material for the lake beds I’m fishing over at the moment so crimping isn’t an option for me right now.

Even if your camera can't take an intervalometer, you should be able to install 'Magic Lantern' on your Canon. I have been using this for a few years now and it is absolutely spot on. It is essentially 3rd party software that you install on your memory card and it opens up a load of extra features on your camera such as an intervalometer amongst other things. I generally use a 50mm equivalent lens (so 35mm on a crop sensor camera like yours) and use the aperture priority setting with an Av of around 5.6 and let the camera decide shutter speed for me. (this is obviously variable depending

Cracking common @yonny

The night ticket is fan and heapey 1, no2 is part of the syndicate now but you can do days only on there, you can also do days only on no3. I've fished no2 a few times very hard water for the carp.

Sonic will be gutted... they may have to lay people off

Congratulations to trakker for the first tent over a grand lol

Behave myself I’m a 😇

Lovely fish yonny, well done fella.

That's a belter @yonny nice one

Looks like fun need a tea boy or a chain lad once built three bridges on the M40 lol did the marking out for the diggers right up to marking out where the bearing plates would sit on top of the concrete that the steel crossbeams sit on., it was the only job they would give me due to age seventeen had to be eighteen to get a labours job. The guys with a good trade or their own 360 machine were making real big money being in the engineers team i got to work with most of the trades always a good bit of competition to see which trade was earning the most. That area and the whole of War

One of the reasons i no longer jump on Barston of all places for a runs water, had it with two grown men and their scabby dogs, i was fishing the bottom far corner casting down to the margins weekday afternoon not busy, two guys come down get the same idea and drop in the few pegs between me and the bottom corner, to cut a loud shouting match short they ended up at the other end of the lake and i was getting a beating at some point, i stayed for my three days as planned with no beating, but i'm not putting up with that so not really been back since.

Broke my 7month blank, didn't weigh, hard work on your own photo's.

Still hard at it on this lake job .... the main contractor hired me in a 50 tonne machine to speed things up a bit . I'm loading 30 tonnes in 4 Buckets now.. right beast !