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Well if it's too cold for a Northern lad I don't feel such a Southern Softie for staying at home , and keeping my gear clean and dry . 😁

I'd pay good money to see that. Ian.

Secateurs snorkel and goggles 😉

Yes your it lol

The control for a surface bait is second to none

Great fun, especially when your bait is hanging off your rod tip just touching the surface and gets taken.

No Joking now Elmo if your out on a boat or even wading wear a life vest mate you can easily lose your footing 👍

Baiting up over lilies doesn't stop the root tubers growing, they are thick. Cutting is the only way, and as mentioned, they will break away and regrow. This might be of interest:

Been using pins for carping for the last 8 years (as well as fixed spool reels,) the downside is casting any distance... 30 yards is pretty much at the limit and take a special technique which is hard to master (Wallis casting) One way of getting a rig out is to peel line off the spool onto the grass at your feet and underarm it out.... beware though this can lead to tangles... If stealth is required I use a baiting pole (6mts landing net handle) and put my rig into the spoon and ship it out and drop it into the required spot... this is a dead sneaky way of baiting up.... Most pins do not have an anti reverse but they do have a ratchet which can make an unholy shriek when you get a screamer of a run (you won't need an alarm) The rigs in the above pics are Sharpes 9' Scotties (approx 2.75lbsTC) with Mordex Merlin 4.5" pins with 12lb line

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If you want to stop weed coming up then just keep baiting the spot as regular as possible. You make holes in weed with bait and you can most certainly stop it growing by baiting. If the spot is getting too big then you just slow up on the baiting so the weed has time to grow back. As for lily pads, like has been said, manual removal of the root tubers is the way. Failing that maybe baiting them might do the same as baiting in the weed.

Thanks for this, I might be able to do something by boat, it is just too far out from land I have tried I've got a big rake though and a cutter so I should be able to do something, was hoping there was an easy solution 😂 It seems a colder winter this year already, so hopefully that will do some good

Take the roots out, which is easier said than done. Lilies are thick tuber type roots, and can be cut by saw. If you leave bits the pads can regrow from drifting roots. Canadian pond weed is a 'mare, take chunks out and it still spreads as thick. Hope for a cold winter and keep raking the spot to take out shoots and roots.

Elmos' Wife will have to grease him up , like they do for English Channel swimmers ! . 😁

From keeping ponds and pads the only solution I know of is to pull up the pads by the roots which will be extensive/thick as your arm. Probably an annual job to get in and pull them up. As it's too deep for you to wade I can only think of chucking a heavy duty rake out. You could do it in winter when the pads are gone because its the thick connecting roots that have to come out, they are often up off the bottom when it's really thick.

Happy new year everyone. Good luck for the year and more importantly, good health and stay safe.

Just to add to this several yrs later, as I, m shopping for a new bag! Fact is, some feel the cold more than others like myself, bad circulation to fingers and toes. I always put a spare bag on the bedchair as a mattress.

Happy New Year guys , just for lols, they have had to ban binoculars on my lake, funny as, I'd love to know who that was, I guess it's true no one likes a grass lol.