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22lb common caught at 8am this morning

his winter fishing pj's (fleece) 😊

S'cuse the mat shot, 11-12lb ish (no scales with me) caught on a light feeder rod... I s'pose I could call it an early Chrimbo pressy👍😎

my result 🙄

I use a magnifying glass light thingy when I tie flies nowadays whoever said it was cheating poke them In The eye and say now tie a rig lol

No no no you’re doing it all wrong! No camou tape on the rod butts, no dinky 3 rod buzz bars, where if you get a take on the middle rod, you can’t strike it without knocking off the other two, no folded reel handles… barely even trying also, 12ft rods?? That’s so 1990s… where’s the 6ft sawn offs and bread bombs? 🙄

That's a lovely Ghostie , Ouch. 😁

Few years ago, my rods on the Right side...me n a mate on local lake...

Uncle is at Cool Acres in 1 of the Pods.... No.1 Pod shown in there Facebook page. Said it was a Frosty 1 last night. Picture from His Peg From.inside his Bivvy (Pod) 🤣🤣 Lake just to left of Shot Sunrise this morning Frosty 🥶🥶

He really doesn't look too happy with you Kev 😂

50 mph winds down Bluebell Lakes, happy to be on the back of it. Must have been 15 - 20 fish out around the lake in a crazy 36 hour period. Timed it right for a change.

I finally managed my first pike of this season yesterday. I've really struggled with getting up early so camped out Tuesday night by the lake under the umbrella. After coffee yesterday morning I got the rods out and within an hour had the 15lb pike on float fished dead roach. A while later I had a pick up on ledgered mackeral, which was dropped, a recast and a little later I managed an 11lb pike, as I netted it, the hooks fell out. I also had 3 more dropped takes on mackeral, which leads me to believe that mackeral has been hammered as a bait.

Use some kind of magnifying glass to aid with tying rigs? I'm really struggling to see close up at the moment, uncoated braid was a nightmare when I tried a rig yesterday, in the coming years I think I will have to use wire and shark hooks to be able to tie them. I was told it was the bait boat of the rig tying world to use a magnifying glass and that it was cheating 😮😭😱

Rods out at the end of an overnighter, taken yesterday morning the boys rods out

Well I had no luck on the bass front, mainly because the whiting and dogfish were on the bait in minutes. Always next time.

You need em like this, if you wanna catch a fish My wife is trying to sew a jumper up at the minute, she also needs magnifying goggles I think 😂

No-one's catching owt with rods that aint level.... you know that Elmo!

Even if you caught it, it wouldn't count if you'd used a magnifying glass to tie the rig. Back she goes without a photo 😜

Just took delivery of a pair o' new banksticks..😍 the optonics look nifty on em I have a trio of 400 and 300 Mitchells, 2 of em with the Boomerang anti reverse levers, the other a later version

He's after something "rock solid" Nick. That RH pod is about as solid as a strong cup of tea. @The woodcutter at low budget you'll be looking at something like a Fox X Pod (probs 50-100 notes second hand on ebay). Cheap and not the best quality out there, but certainly solid. If you want to spend more the world is your oyster - just let us know the budget mate.

Main difference lads, GTHD is prestretched so great for casting but less abrasion resistance. Hydrotuff is the all out snag line so crazy good abrasion resistance, but still manages to cast ok and is still responsive. Gt80 somewhere between the two. All great lines.

You can still get hydrotuff I don't think chuck Norris uses GT HD, but he does use use hydrotuff because it's the only line strong enough to pull doors off with his teeth.

Hydro Tuff that's the name - I remembered, is it sad that I'm celebrating my brain working 🤣

Yeah I saw this cringe material. Don't like the guy and will never fish his waters anyway, even if they were on my doorstep!

hi lads just started my carp fishing back up after 10 yr break ! Wow how things have changed is incredible. looking forward to reading and learning from you all . tight lines lads be safe out there 😎👊

Welcome back I am on a 3-4 year carp break so far lol Last Time I went was when they opened after lockdown then when the angling trust said oh look what we have done to get everyone back out, I didn’t go again. the fish haven’t changed but the amount of stinky winky you can buy to catch one has lol use what you had last time out with the same set up and you will still catch one.

Hi all! I've been lurking for a while now & getting back into carp fishing after over a decade or so break! I'm from the Kings Lynn area & currently searching for venues. Tight lines & I look forward to chatting.

When we were kids minnows were the one for big perch.

Welcome to carp.com

Here is my latest purchase i scored this haul of 9 in number vintage strikeright centrepin reels all in original box`s some have paperwork in box 7 of them look as new the other 2 are in nice used condition, i cant say what i payed for this job lot but it was a very keen price indeed but i wont be keeping them as i do see a rather nice profit from them that will help offset some of the money i have spent this last few months

Welcome to the forum 👍

Welcome aboard and great avatar JW was a true legend

Welcome in

Tues - Fri last week, arrived at dawn and lapped but saw nothing, only one angler on. I settled on the usual swim, so many rafts of surface weed everywhere that in truth theres not many swims you can viably fish at the mo, needs some big winds on there. The spot was still clear but the line lay needed attention so 2 hours of dragging weed beds in with the spod rod which eventually snapped the swivel off the lead, emabled me to get 2 rods out nicely. 3k of chops, wholes and crumb, hemp, maize and tigers went out and I was fishing. I left the 3rd ready hoping for a show on the marginal plateau but ended up leading about and found a clearing at the end of the marginal plateau in about 6ft 40 yards out. Baited that with about 6 spombs, was happy with everything, thought I was fishing well but nothing for 2 nights, none seen or heard. Now despite forgetting the barrow handles and having to make do with the legs for short arms and 3 trips to the swim that I said to my mate I wouldn't be moving, but you know me with 1 night remaining had to at least try to find them to know whats going on. I moved to the oposite end with a good view over the section but after finding no spots whatsoever I thought I might have messed up. Something splashed though to the right of the swim so I waded for line angle to make the cast and the first one banged down with a smooth glide after for maybe 3 feet. After a few more checks I was happy, diary done I got 2 rods on it and 6 spombs. I gave up on the 3rd rod as pointless cramming in another. Despite the graft no joy come dawn and I was back home for midday, none seen or heard, couldnt say the splash was a carp but it lead to me finding a good spot where there are very few so small win, the spot diary is filling up for sure. I heard my target did come out in May so thats after I seen it from up the tree. With me catching the first fish in March and one of his mates to boot I cant help but feel excited for spring next year - hopefully fish through winter if access allows. Got the dog waterproofs and fleece onesie lol so he's ready.

100% agree with pan fried bass or cod fillet. I couldn't believe the taste difference from fish I'd caught to shop brought/ chip shop fish. Also plaice is one of my faves. Hopefully bag myself a nice bass this evening 🤞.

I seem fine with coated braid still so won't be caving in and cheating just yet, I will just have to move the goalposts a little as time draws on 😂 He was joking I think 🤔

All I fish with nowadays... cane, pins old school coffee grinders... Old Skool = Old's Cool...👍😎🎣

Have a look at the Solar A1 aluminium ground pod fella.

That pool is Southwick pool, In Sept I fished the peg opposite and had this... Stuart (AKA The Sweetcorn Kid, hence SK films) popped over to see how we were getting on that day... I've know him since 2008 when we fished Les Quis... top lad, makes good vids

Problem is humans rape everything until there’s nothing left. instead of harvesting for need we harvest for greed

I have tried a few fish both in UK and abroad, carp, pike, gudgeon and bleak. Gudgeon and bleak used to be eaten whole, basically stir fried like whitebait, or in a pie. I've never found carp earthy, although that may be because of being 'washed' in water (tank) rather than straight from the capture. The same with pike, although they are bony, fine needle bones that take a lot of picking out. It kind of bugs me because obviously we catch and return, but carp were brought over specifically for eating, monk stew ponds possibly even the Romans. Pike were eaten for years. Problem with everything is taking from the wild rather than farms or 'overstock'.

Was just reading about a 220 year old koi lol

Hi all I'm a new member based in Essex I've been carp fishing on and of for 30+ years Fished some really good waters over the years Bayeswater Syndicate Darenth big lake and Lately the North Met Pit in the Lee Valley

Great water a really good winter venue Some stunning carp un there Can be a bit dodgy over the meads like alot of venues in the valley

Welcome to carp.com. I fished Nazeing Meads for years, some very good fishing, but you did need to be very aware...

Yes i do have some collectable tackle Mitchell reels and a lot of centre pins even some of my floats from course fishing are old vintage. Also i agree about the lakes going quiet so my next trip out is on canal as we have some private pegs and target fish are perch,carp and Gudgeon

I'm on a break at moment, last time I was out was more than 14months ago, not a single line wet since then, I did end up selling all my Gear, but recently started to gather backup. Bait, I think, is a personal choice AND can be an expensive 1....inuse Sticky Manilla all year through and did do before I stopped, now I've gone back to the same, but will only be doing PVA Bags close in range. Same with rigs, there is alot of mechanical in them, only 2 rigs for myself....Ronnie Claw rig, pva bag rig....job done. But don't think I could do the lengths of your 2's being so many years...

Welcome to the forum...👍😎

Thank you. I will get Gardner pro line for next year.

Watching his shows got me into fishing when I was a boy. I remember being so excited & looking forward to "go fishing"!! I was lucky enough to meet him at a carp show some years back now & he was such a nice guy!