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My lake is similar mate. I use vitalin alot. Some days it's just bream after bream but others it seems if the carp are on it they muscle out the bream. At least you had the excitement of the bite alarms singing.

At least you know your rigs are working lol

Just a little update, I've been destroyed by bream, my carp cradle, net, sling and clothes are covered in slime. I've lost count how many of them I've caught but I'd say 4lb was the average and the biggest was 7lb 3oz. Last night was manic, I switched over to a size 6 with an 18mm pop up topped off with a piece of plastic maize and I was still bringing them in, sadly no carp lol! Gonna call it a day soon and go home and get some sleep haha.

I have made my own. I've made my own marker floats for a while now and thought a zig float can't be any more difficult to make. I used a length of balsa (about 15mm diameter) cut to 3 inches. Sanded smooth and shaped at the edges to be rounded off. Next I made a hole through it using a very long nail. Make sure it is straight(ish) I then hammered in a inline lead insert and trimmed so it fit flush (measured against this before cutting the balsa so was almost bang on) gave them two/three coats of grey primer. It soaks it in so you need a second coat at least. Finished them off with a spray varnish from the model shop to seal the wood. (I did this after using them without and found they take on water like a sponge and sink pretty quickly. You live and learn) I've tested them now and they float for days in water so I'm good to use them. Just haven't got round to it since.