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1-2 hrs and then try a different spot. usually have one on a sea bait and one on a freshwater bait where allowed . like to inject with plenty of fish oils also

neoprenes are warm but take ages to get on. vass are most peoples choice but there are some vass lookalikes on the bay that are identical but a bit cheaper. I got these and they are good .

i have to say, i second Tims choice of pod, i have that one and it does everything it says on the tin cheap enough, sturdy and very flexible as far as configs go.

I've always done well with deadbaits and the sink and draw method. Pollen is a good buoyant bait, smelt as sink and draw. Funny thing is, I've never caught pike at night, and I have done enough of it in the past. This winter may see me sticking both rods out for pike during daylight hours and carp at night. I've used all sorts of bait, but I wouldn't give an area any longer than an hour or so, keep searching, you'll find them eventually. Look for ambush points, where there used to be weed or a narrowing of some kind. Pike love structure to hide in, as they are mainly an ambush creature try and think where you would be waiting

I think I know why the two lakes fished so differently. The larger lake was more heavily fished by more pike anglers, and I think that the pike had been pressured on most deadbaits, with the exception of blueys, so where Colin and I were being different, and casting regularly we simply picked up on a group of fish a big quicker than other anglers, although eventually we had a blank or two as well. The small lake is bowl shaped, with a ledge around it. We got our takes with the Mackeral deadbait landing on the edge of the ledge, basically perfectly positioned for the pike to pick up from underneath. Sadly I can't remember the weather pressure during most of the trips, but it wasn't too cold, until the final trip on the smaller lake we managed when it was only just above freezing and with showers, and my mackeral was picked up by a 20+.

Cygnet Quicklock. http://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/cygnet-quicklock-d-l-pod-length-26inch-45inch?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Products%3A%20ALL&utm_term=%2Bcygnet%20%2Bquicklock&utm_content=CY12052801 Absolutely brilliant pod for the money.

One other tweak I am contemplating is the use of maggots as I'm spombing my bait out, trying to tap into the electrosensory might be of benefit, so Ill be using those rubber imitation maggots as boilie stops to match the maggots I'm using

This morning I've been and brought myself the new trakker f-32 I've tryed this suit on all together today and it feels really warm...only time will tell. But the best bit is I brought this from go outdoors who priced matched.. angling direct which was £75:99 and go outdoors beat that by 10% so I got my self a right bargain in my eyes! So I've posted this if anyone wants to save some pennies price match

First bit of bank chat as I'm getting ready for tomorrow's session, time is short, so what ever I can get done at home can only be a good thing