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I think that is not a rant, but more of how time's have moved on, and as with everything, not always for the better. Like you, I have never caught a barbel, nor a grayling. I did see barbel a few years ago back on the Wensum when I was 'between' waters, but never actually managed to trip one up. Saying that I do go up there to see my daughter.

Good luck, hopefully they will be sheeting up all over the gaff

I can relate to topic, Think my best carp fishing days were in the mid / late 90's, without boring people to death with nostalgic memories, but my early Horseshoe days were something never to be forgotten. After that, things changed, couldn't do it anymore, a very long drive and work and family stuff meant I gave up and sold my ticket., did a lot of day ticket fishing in and around Sussex, and a few club lakes too, then the noddy carp anglers arrived en mass, all the argos gear with no idea, no manners or respect. Had a great spell with pole fishing on a certain sussex venue that had lots of crucians in their front lake. Then moved on to find a few Dorset and Kernow venues that were relativily undiscoverd back in the day. What I am trying to say is, don't loose the feeling, at my age, can't go as much as I ever used to, but still have a Sussex club water I can think will do me. My one regret is that I have never caught a Barbel! Sorry for a bit of a rant

Good luck mate. I'm setting the alarm for 4am so I'll be sneaking round the pond fist thing tomoz!

I'm going after work tonight, buzzing even though it's going to be cold, come on you carps. Let's have a muncher or two.

Sounds like a plan! I get the 'not feeling it' feeling about a few places, some of which I used to love, one of which was and is a day ticket, Suffolk Water Park. I really enjoyed going down there, walking around, finding fish, choosing a swim, and being able to move if the fish moved. It was at the time £20 for 24hours, so a just about affordable 2 nights. Then over time we have now come to book into a swim for however long the session, which at the rate the SWP fish move may be miles away from them, and £35 for 24hours. Sadly my local club has lost the ball, they were unable to take on one of their biggest venues when the owners sold up, and now only have two stillwater venues instead of three, which makes one water in particular rather crowded. I am keeping my syndicate ticket, I do occasionally put on pictures even if I can't name it, although a few people know where it is.

I was out having a vape last night and noticed it was v clear skies.... I expected a frosty car this morning and I got one. It'll be cold tonight too but tomorrow night is...... wait for it....... 11 degrees! Feeding time.

There was a frost this morning! I got woken up to an occurrence at around 5.30, thick mist across the lake and a frost on the ground. Let's hope that the forecast weather wakes a few fish up.

Looking at the forecast we'll be seeing 15C+ starting tomorrow for the foreseeable. Hovering around 17/18 for the coming weeks. IT'S HERE LADS! In a strange twist of fate, it's fallen perfectly for me. I have a few days planned this week. Fingers crossed I can get on them. Good luck for the season guys.

I have set accounts up so that new members have to use a validation email to join. So it looks like they were human accounts rather than 'bot' accounts. If one person at a time joins, we can keep an eye on the posts, or if the email address is suspect can put on post moderation. However when we get a whole office signing up to spam it is difficult to keep up. The joys of VPN's can make the best laid plans of banned IP addresses, banned emails and providers worthless.

Do we know where the spammers are coming from? Can they be geo blocked? What about new user moderation? Whilst I know this will put more work onto you moderators, it seems to be getting worse ATM.

Sounds like you have done the right thing, enjoy some nice angling with your lads, it will be quality time spent, i only fish the local club these days, got a few mates on the ponds and usually i really enjoy the sessions, main lake has some good fish but i tend to fish the smaller pond and some lovely fish to about 18lb, good enough for an old codger like me

Well I decided not to rejoin, then the owner, in all his wisdom decided to close the season, a month early??? Im not too keen on day ticket waters. So, without anywhere to fish until the estate opens in mid June, I've signed up to a local angling club for £90 + a small joining fee. There's a few small local lakes with some reasonable size fish to go for. My boys are welcome which is important and no stupid rules, which is refreshing. A new chapter for me, trying out the club scene.

It’s called Lac de Rogers, in Fontaine-Heudebourg. Looks like a nice little spot for a quiet session. I found a bit of info online but not loads, which is usually a good sign 😄 There seem to be a few other small waters in the area as well, although quite a lot of them are fairly close together and more “estate-style” venues.

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Hi all, I’m currently looking at a few quieter venues in Normandy for a short session and came across a small lake near Fontaine-Heudebourg. It looks pretty tidy, not too busy, and from what I’ve heard there are some decent carp in there. Seems like the kind of place that could be nice for a relaxed session rather than big pressured waters. Has anyone here fished it before? I’d be interested to hear how it fishes (stock, pressure, tactics…). Cheers 👍

seems each time i log on the most recent spammers have been dealt with, sadly at times forums just get hit with this rubbish

If I had as many takes as spammers recently, I would have had the season of a lifetime already! 🙄

Checked it mate... and Alibaba. Best I could find was on Alibaba but it was slightly too small, MOQ of 2, and extortionate shipping. The problem is I need an absolutely massive one so shipping from China doesn't save owt. Literally 🤣

Temu mate.

Just looked at those lol a sea fishing measure and a tray lol

Just to add..... if you guys think carp tax is bad you should check out koi tax. I've just ordered a koi measuring bowl (literally a blue plastic tub) for 147 quid. It's the cheapest one I could find. Average price is more like 300 with the most expensive one being 550 quid because it's Japanese. Couldn't make it up. It's a plastic box😅.

Well the koi are absolutely loving the elevated temps this past few days. Scoffing their heads off. The covers and parasol are doing a good job of prohibiting a sudden increase in water temps so it's warming up slowly which does the fish a favour. As a result the water has remained very clear with temps currently around ~11.5 C. Feeding has increased gradually over the last month or two which has given the bio filter the chance to get going properly. A few more degrees and it's time to start piling the grub in for growing season. It's been awesome feeding them this past few days. I could sit there all day watching them I swear it. The covers will be coming off in the next week or so as most of the blossom has now fallen from the trees. Shouldn't be long before I can get some good shots of the fish to whack on here.

Good morning all, many thanks to all who have reported the spam appearing recently on the forum, special shout out to @elmoputney and @InteraX who gave me a pleasurable 10min banning them all! please keep reporting them as soon as you see them and the mod team will get them rid. many thanks! ouchthathurt (Matt)