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Well the exclusive lake we had booked at woolpack ,has started spawning 🙈. As we were here, we ended up on one of the syndicate lakes instead of a refund, so only just got the rods out & sorted. 🤞

Max barked at a swan that was 200 yards away, yet when 20 were over my lines at the rod tips he didn't bark at all, which is just typical. Both bark if someone comes past but that's good. Just take them fishing or just him to begin with they will probably surprise you - they love it and come home exhausted, I walk them at lunchtime and play ball with Max to tire him out. 👍

That's what we thought mate when the offer was made . Managed 3 bites so far , 1 lost & 2 Tench . Leaning towards the lost fish being a Tench too . All 3 very similar bites"drop backs" Nige has had 2 stockies & mick 1 stockie all low doubles. Think we've had 7 bites between us . Just need what's on the end to change 🤞

i prefer taking a dog, fred has come along great considering he was rehomed twice before i got him, no idea why as he is a real friendly dog think it must of been his excitement level, which is an easy fix in a terrier believe it or not, all you have to do is let them know they have gone too far by ignoring them works a treat,although to be honest if some other dog owners seen how i first had to discipline him they would call the RSPCA you only need to physically overpower them once then do the ignore bit. he loves fishing, don't even eat his dinner the day before i go too busey following me getting my gear together.. he was even behaving like a carp dog with ducks just in front of him not a murmur, couple of weeks back he would of exploded, he is just like my patty, as soon as he sees me packing away that's when i need to watch him, tied him to a tree knowing he would slip his harness and go for a swim, he didn't let me down lol.

One from another season. Dogs learned when to watch the water.

I've got 2 cats, a dog, and a couple of fish. I wish I had a penguin, they look just like small tuxedo people! 😁

just take the one, the most feisty dog out the two don't worry about a bit of barking it only disturbed's the anglers and not the fish the birds make more of a ruckus than any dog

this is fred at home after fishing, he will have his dinner soon and proper konk out.

🤣Made me chuckle!

I had similar turned up sunday to a few left on the lake come monday just me and one other on there, then some chubby bloke came round and asked me why i was fishing they closed the lake, i was like eh? yeah just seen a few spawning he said, so sent a message and they closed the lake, to be fair both me and the other guy on the lake hadn't seen any spawning, they let me jump on the big lake for the night as it was tea time and a bit late to be packing up and heading home, chubby guy must think i get up and constantly monitor facebook, thought he was a bailiff at first... still no spawning when i left. rod n dog shot, that's what fred thinks of the last two days

But then if you come back the next day, you will have prebaited the spot with the bait from the day previous, it's never going to be a fair test whatever you do unless you are fishing singles, and even then there will be variables, like conditions etc, I think the question is aimed at finding the ultimate mix and let's be honest not sure that really exists, I know it doesn't really help but confidence in baits only comes from repetition and trial and error (application is more important as most baits will catch some ) , and if you keep changing you won't get to that point (been there a lot and still play) A better question may be what do you want your bait to achieve, after all there is no benefit of fishing an overnighter with rock hard air dryed boilies as they probably won't soften til home time.

What's max like for barking at wildlife? , one of my spaniels the girl is pretty chilled, but the boy one is an idiot and will bark at anything that moves, cats, birds, deer, I can't see him ever being a fishing dog if that doesn't change they are also mad and like to fight a bit 😳 Betty and Buster

The other main lake on my complex started yesterday too must be something in the air, not sure I will be able to get out this week, kids have got a busy week after school and it would appear I need brownie points, I've been trying to get a night fishing this weekend and seem to be halted at every turn(I will keep trying though) 😳 Good luck though having watched all the Jim shelley vids, all the lakes seem to have some nice ones to go at,

Could be worse fella! There's some incredible carp in those waters. Good luck.

If I were to guess, trying two different spots wouldn't give you the correct data about which mix works best. This would be because carp could just generally prefer an area to a different area. My recommendation would be to come back the next day and try with a different mix and compare your catches from both days.

Personally I can’t see the point . Whether it’s put out there by hand or catapult or Spod , A hungry Carp will eat pretty much anything and plenty of it . I think Hookbait and location are far more important , but that’s just me .

Max is on a 15 metre lead, you just can't see it in that pic, can't see that changing any time soon, he's too mad! George is OK off the lead, I trust him not to go too far, but he still hides close by and scares me silly at least once per trip, on busy lakes he is kept on a lead too.

Behind me Davie and push me forward... see they got a few pics up of dave looking all cute and butter like might nip in and see him this week, he looks like he has lost a bit of weight i said they needed to cut the food for obedience out with a dog like dave i still reckon someone is shaking a sausage at him in those new pics, he is my sort of dog other than when he play fights it can go from 0 to max in a blink of an eye but he is still playing, i seen a video of when they first got him , put him in with two well trained german shepherds that could handle his rough play, i got to say i didn't fancy their chances much, he was all over them with a big stupid grin and a waggy tail the dog just didn't care.