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Beauty linier mirror steve. Didnt weigh or photo but i would guestimate about 17lb. They run to late 30s here with the lake champ at 38lb 9oz and cats to 52 so good chance of a couple of pbs lol Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

I'm in Nat West at the moment does that count ?

So before I start I not saying the above is wrong, I am just offering an alternative view on what is happening to your bait. So we air dry our baits why ? well usually to get more shelf life out of them, but what are we really doing to the bait itself, when you design a bait you want it to be moist in the centre it help it release the soluble attraction when the bait gets flooded with water, when you air dry you remove all the water from the bait so when they enter the water it takes a lot longer to get to this point, also are you dulling the effectiveness of the ingredients ? is the soluble content still has effective after the moisture has been removed from them, are they still even soluble ?, after air drying what you are left with ? Hydration mainly used to re hydrate air dried baits right ?, How many re hydrate with a liquid similar to what was in the original bait ?, if not have you taken a bait and changed its profile from what you originally purchased as you may well have neutralised the original liquids that were in the boilie to start with. All this said people still catch plenty of fish using this method but is what you have caught on a bait that has morphed from its original purchased state to a form of high level attractor bait as touched on by the scientist in his rotary entry and thats why it scores high. Is all the above a bait industry tactic to sell more products from add on sales. So there are plenty of thinking anglers present on this site, I would be interested in some of them's thoughts on the above subject.

It's windy here, we had trouble getting the shelter-skelter up, still, it does feel good for a fish

I waded out a bit to far earlier, I couldn't be bothered to wait for my mate to finish with the waders, just went in a little too deep and the twins shot up and my pants are soaked lol

good luck , i screwed up for today ! i forgot i had a hospital appointment this morning ,its peeing it down a blowing a hoolie up here now,and the same untill midnight ,i dont mind packing up in it but cant be doing with a soaking before starting looks like its sunday or next week for me now

All set up, bait out, rigs out, coffee on, now it's just a waiting game

There's no real difference anymore, I use shelfies now because of limited freezer space and convenience.

I don't bother rehydrating air dried baits, I use them as they are, rock solid. Why change what I started with? I usually use a mix of air dried, frozen and shelf life's in the same bait. The exception to this is my hookbaits, which are glugged or soaked in Marine 17. Air dried baits I am certain take on water faster than frozen, actually making them softer than frozen boilies at a faster rate. Catapult incidents? The number of times I manage to spray myself with misfired maggots, boilies or mixers. And almost every start with a throwing stick sees a few splash down in the near margin...

If you like using big pits but want the feture of a bait runner why not look at the reels which have both... like the longcasts by shimano or the br's from daiwa. Both will suit your needs.. Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

A bit of an unsung hero, but I still rate the Fox Micron alarms of old, bullet proof and reliable