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You need to see what others on the lake are catching, have a chat, how many did the top rod catch last year? How many nights do they do? You may have unrealistic expectations for the water, whats the lake size and total stock? I would say that I fish intermediate to fairly challenging waters and they tend to have a way of punishing you, particularly if you start to think that you've sussed it. I seem to have runs through the year when I catch consistently for weeks, then the obligatory blank run and head scratching moment when you question how you ever caught anything. The high, lows, eureka moments and frustrations we all go through it, the blanks are part of the puzzle, just keep trying and learning, keep improving your game! Most of all enjoy the experience 👍

I'm in a very similar situation. Started again last year and only caught 1 on my own + a few when with someone else who told me exactly where to drop the rig. Both of these were at what would be considered close to a 'runs' water. Last year I was changing a lot at once including baits, rigs and venues. This year I've take a much calmer approach. Became a member of a syndicate lake and plan to only fish the one lake the entire year in order to actually learn about it. I've been taking less bait and less variety of bait with me so I can focus on ensuring I'm actually on the fish instead. I've also been trying to avoid re-casting so much as I think I have a habit of doing that too much from coming from float/feeder fishing. I've been on 2.5 day sessions so far and blanked all of them which feels quite frustrating but I'm trying to remain 'calm' about it. Not sure how often you're going but I think I am a little hard on myself. It feels to me that I've been loads and am 'always' blanking but in reality, for some anglers, 2.5 days is just a single session (which they may blank on fairly often). I think it's hard to know whether you're doing something wrong or not when you have no baseline to begin with. Would be good to hear how often others blank to get a feel for what is considered 'normal'. (Obviously this is lake dependent!)

The owners of the fishing at Burghfield are crowdfunding for an otter fence. Basically asking people that will never have a chance of fishing it to pay to they can fish it forevermore. Prizes on offer are session on blue & gold pools and a walk around the big lake with a 'celebrity' angler.

Your welcome take a picture of your rigs let's see if theres anything wrong it's a place to start and work back

Stick to one water, preferably a fairly easy one. Find out what works. It could be pellets, particles or groundbait with a boilie on the hook. Stick to one rig, stick to one bait. I look at every single session, every trip, on every water. If I blank it is what am I doing wrong? If I catch it is what can I do better? In most cases we screw up our chances on getting into the swim. We pile bait in, sit on it, and have given the fish all the food they need to take their time to eat. The weather at the moment is warm, so warm that the fish may not be comfortable feeding. It can be better to just put out single hookbaits, maybe a small PVA mesh or bag. It may even be that right now the way to catch on some waters is floater fish at dawn or as the day cools down. In terms of rigs, a knotless knot rig will still catch most fish. Don't get confused with Ronnie Rigs, German rig, 360 or whatever. Put your rig where the fish are, you can find them. It may be that you need to go to an easier water to catch a few fish

I’ve had a run of over 32 nights blanking, all in the space of 3.5 months. I’ve also had runs of 20+ nights without a blank. what is the fishing like on your syndicate? Stock and size? 2.5 days isn’t much fishing at all really. @cromiee what sort of lake are you fishing? The best thing to do is fish somewhere easy and full of singles/doubles so you gain confidence in all aspects of carp fishing. Rigs, fish care, photography, baiting, etc. As Kev said, a photo of your rigs would be handy and we can see if there’s anything glaringly wrong.

And not at the easiest time of year either

Can you put a picture up of your rig end tackle - could be something not quite right. Are you getting bleeps, rod knocks, line pulls? TBH you are starting with carp fishing which can at times test the resolve of the very best of us. So tip one has to be find somewhere classed as easy - a runs water!

Funnily enough there is two of them, one created by Greg Ellis and one created by Burghfield Main Lake. Both with very little information, both asking for different amounts. Like I said, playing on the heritage of the place to get a few quid out of people who will never even be considered to have their name on the waiting list, let alone fish it.

Donations LOL - get stuffed 👍

Fair enough, I wouldn't donate to that page though, I put more info on my pages, when I did a fundraiser people knew who I was and why I was doing it 👍

They are auctioning off days on the blue/gold pools in addition to the page buddy.

the issue with Burghfield is that it is somewhere the 1% have a chance of getting on, not the 99%. Mad really, asking people to pay for something they'll never be allowed to have access too. It's the general premise, like I said there is no indication if they are asking for crowd funding for the entire lot, with members and owners not inputting anything or much at all, or if it's for the remainder of the costs...however it seems like it's the former sadly. Doesn't offend me either, just think its ridiculous, as do plenty of others.

I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for donations to help do the fence , if it helps the syndicate fair enough, I would support it if it was my syndicate or one I wanted to join or had been a member of, if you disagree with it just don't donate to that cause surely, , it's not really my place to comment what's right and wrong for burghfield, I don't know all the details but personally it doesn't offend me them starting a crowd funder for this

Personally don't agree, it's like me asking you to fund an extension to my house, that I'll never let you step foot in . I believe they are using the fact the BC is so well known and admired that people don't want to see it go prematurely by way of otter, because if it did how many of the ticket holders would drop them. No planning permissions, landowner consents, etc yet by the sounds of it, and I cant see any indication as to what the owners & members are investing and what proportion needs funding. Maybe I overlooked it but doesn't seem to be there. TBH it seems to have all but disappeared after the general consensus of "you cheeky gits, not a chance" Fair one, owners still stand to gain the most from it though regardless of who's asking.

That makes more sense, I take it the fence will cost a lot, I also think it's probably unreasonable to pass this onto members, personally I don't see why they shouldn't try and raise money for it, it does seem cheeky, but if it helps let em Get on with it I guess, doesn't really affect me but maybe it might lead to more clubs and lakes doing similar in order to raise funds, so could help you indirectly in the future

Exactly no right and no wrong we are all different

Try this sorry again this is only 1 way to do it change the sweet corn to a pop up you can also change the floss to fishing line if you do not have any floss use a lighter to burn down the ends of the floss