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Absolutely knackered been pulling weed out of a lake all day . Can barely grip the phone lol. Amazing how quick the fish were moving in behind me picking off the naturals. Certainly food for thought. Do we give to much credence to spooking fish ? Get wading & kicking up the bottom & dragging weed about & your see what I mean . Dinner 🔔

When we’ve been in our lake pulling lillies lads have had fish bump into em getting at the hidden gems...... I’ve certainly had them spook from the murky waters as we’ve gone back in after a Fag break !

Sitting outside with a cider looking at this 😊

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Wouldn't surprise me if it went again before the year was out. Don't think many people take a lot of notice of the actual record these days...… As anglers, I think the sight of a huge fish is always impressive, no matter what the species or where it came from... But imo, these sort of captures create a somewhat fabricated record. Good publicity for the fishery, who have probably done their bit to encourage a claim...… From a scientific point of view, it does give us an insight into how big these strains can grow in our waters, in certain conditions. But that's exactly how it comes across to me, one big, unfinished experiment...….. Having said that, all records aside, To see a creature of that size on my mat, would blow my mind..... I'm thinking , the sheer width of it, an impressive sight no doubt..... Good luck to the fella. There's no room for animosity imo, Just applaud him or take no notice.. One thing is for sure, we'd all like something of that size tugging our lines. How you go about achieving that is down to the individual...…...

Sticky krill , double 12mm bottom baits. Total faith and confidence in sticky baits. That said in the winter it’s maggots and lots of them! Underrated and often ignored.

Called Mere Lane in Tarleton...not the biggest but Deep 20ft in middle areas..around 50 carp to 20lb in and 1 sturgeon to 33lb...

Yeeehhh....thats wot ive chosen...the 2 rods woukd have been for my son but then would need 2 reels too...he already has a 2 rod NGT Dynamic setup up with lineaffe All Blacks (he only also already have a TFGear wideboy so im being greedy....Fishing it is...5th october 48hrs instead👍👍

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Your Dangly bits should most definitely be removed! First thing in the morning is spotting time, not baiting up time😉 I have been out on a lake in a boat first thing in the morning over my baited spots, and if I didn't catch the night before, my bait is usually still there untouched. There are some occasions when I had been sussed, or a tangled rig prevented a take, but very few. Carp and other fish cannot visit every spot in the lake that has food on it every night, and they simply can't eat it all. Add to that night time darkness takes, they cannot see the rig, so it is suck and blow ejection, not visibly avoid. Carp do not always feed at night on every water, I have had numbers of fish during the day. Some are night waters, but some are definitely waters where the carp will feed during the day. If you do catch first thing, the only bait to put in is with a PVA bag or stringer, don't be spodding loads more in. Even cattying baits in can be enough to spook some fish. The splash of a lead and PVA is one splash. Cattied or throwing sticked baits is numbers of splashes, as for the spod/Spomb... If I was turning up for a day session then all my baiting is nearly always done with PVA, a single chuck with a stringer or bag. It is very rare I spod in. It is extremely unfair on other anglers, disrespectful and plain ignorant. If no-one else is on the lake, maybe I will if I know the fish respond to loads of bait, and maybe if I am baiting up for later, but most definitely not around other anglers, Just a few first light fish: