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Some if the highlights of my recent session the not an upper double 20lb 2oz this was no 10 looking at that paddle I am not surprised it went like a train

I wouldn't go that far geezer 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😉

Nearly correct. By law all peanuts (including bird food grade) have to be tested for aflatoxins to get into the UK. Assuming we buy from a reputable source they are all OK.

It's a cancer caused by aflatoxins. Bird peanuts used to be the leftovers, quite literally the rubbish that hit the floor, got wet, mildewed and attacked by bugs. However I think you will find they now have to be top grade human quality, so these aflatoxins are not present in them anymore. A 1kg bag is actually perfect, it stop you using too many. If you work on one bag per trip or for 48 hours then that prevents the 'addiction' that fishing with too many can create. Obviously, don't forget, soak for a minimum of 24hours and boil for 20minutes. Peanuts while they are high in Vitamin E, due to, I think, an enzyme inhibitor it stops the nutrition being utilised, so high quantities of peanuts are not good for carp, and many places ban them. Dried mealworms float, might be some alternative thinking coming around, like putting them in groundbait and wet spod mixes for floater fishing, or even as freebies for surface fishing... Or maybe grinding into base mixes... As for the wild bird seed, £1 a kilo may be slightly more than £12 for 15 or 20kg from an animal food store, but I have bought bags from the supermarket when out fishing just to top up, or not been able to get to the animal feed shop. The preparation is easy when fishing, I just pour boiling water over them in a bait bucket, put the lid on and they are ready 24hours later. You can boil them after 24hours, it releases sugars, and does make them more attractive.

Went out round some club lakes this morning... took the two photos while walking round the waters.... those two were taken next to an "out of bounds" section of one of them... all the fish were sitting up there while 20 odd blokes were lashing the water with every method under the sun...

They were all a nice shade in there there is another lake on there, where they are a lot darker, wouldn't mind some of those in the album

Told you it was good 😉😉😉

Just for info , 6L equals about 1 Kg.... Mealworms dry

That’s it aflatoxin i couldn’t even find it as I couldn’t remember what it was called lol

Simple answer is anything you have confidence in. Most bait companies still trading have been in the business for quite a while and to survive in a competitive world, you have to be good. The days of using sweepings from the floor are probably gone. If you half, crush or grind a boilie, it will leak off attraction quicker and it always pays to get some into the swim to get the fish grubbing about and get a taste for you hook bait.

I used similar seeds tbis week, I added some chilli flakes, himilayan salt and a good glug of Stinger oil (you could get an oil from bm too have a look at the supermarket sweep thread for which oils you want,) I've used a stir fry oil before because that seemed to have a good blend I just soaked mine in a cool box for 36 hours and they went all gloopy and nice

Bought a 12.5kg of B&M sack of bird seed for silly cheap money and blended it with some hemp (which is very expensive now) and added a bag of frozen sweetcorn after cooking and use that as my spod mix. I get most of my seeds from Jollyes pet store as they have 20kg sacks or you can buy loose from the tubs which is far cheaper then buying from fishing shops. Pigeon conditioner is another good one although I do tend to add some foreign finch mix so there are a blend of larger and smaller seeds.

Find them first feed them little and often then fish for them

You were right framey once I worked out which washers you were talking about I'm not really that clued up on reels. The washers were a bit dry so i've ordered some washer grease off the bay this morning, Thanks very much for your help framey. 🙂👍

Mid 40 common in the middle here.