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I'm scared of scuffing em, had em on a walk with dog, commmmfy.

being fairly new to carp fishing my old specimen scales reached a heady weight of 3lb, i did grab myself some bigger ones for this year as i am keeping a little diary each time i go so have started keeping a record. For me though i view a personal best as something i have caught using rigs i learnt to tie myself and with something i have done differently with my bait, i have had some really nice looking fish but still struggle to tell what is what from all the different types but a best for me is something simple like 'i really enjoyed landing that one' i just like the challenges of learning rigs and a new approach to fishing having been a maggot drowner for 30 odd years. i have had some lovely memories of different fish over the years and spent a time targetting perch which was fun but never really gone for pike and maybe that might be my next challenge.....

In Norfolk you have a very active Pike Anglers Club region who arrange fish-ins, (sometimes with Suffolk region) and boat days. I know that the PAC may seem expensive for a single species 'club', but the money is piped back into pike preservation. With Norfolk, you might get some 'help' or training on handling pike, and be lucky enough to be able to go with someone. I love the whole concept you have on your fishing, it's a real breath of fresh air, and most importantly, the enjoyment you have.

100% agree. I've got a solar bed and by far its the best I've had in how it's made and how comfortable it is.

"Best" fish is very subjective. I suppose I'd have to go back many years when I was a match angler and fished with a local juniors club. I got a bit bored of catching small roach and with late teenage distractions of drink, being in a punk band, motorbikes and girls, I started to drift away from fishing. One day I saw an advert in the local rag for the local branch of the Pike Anglers Club advertising for members and I went on a fish-in with them. After a slow day with very few fish coming out, I caught a 12-3 pike that blew me away and one of the members offered to take me fishing on a regular basis. I think I was being groomed as he didn't have a car (or a job!) and I ferried him around for a few years until his first spell in prison - long story, leave it at that. Summers were spent fishing for barbel with my new found "specimen mentality" and after being single minded on catching a double, after 10 x 9lb+ fish, I smashed it with an 11-14. When all the barbel in the river seemed to disappear overnight (yes, otters were present), I decided to start doing some Carp fishing on a local day ticket. The first trip was a blank and the second was going that way until some pike anglers packed up mid afternoon and complained they couldn't get a bite because there were too many carp crashing around in the swim. The second they were gone, I decamped and caught 6 with the best being a 19-2 that made me feel that I'd arrived. My best fish is a 9-6 pike! I hooked it in a narrow river and it went absolutely ballistic! Every time I got it close to the net, it turned, put its shoulders out of the water and pumped it's tail forcing me to back wind until it got back to the middle again. I must have played that fish for a good 15 minutes before I finally netted it but it totally earned my respect.

Yeah they’re not cheap, I’ve still got my issued pair, wandered all over afghan in them, they’re 11yrs old and still going strong

Maybe the post should read My personal best memory’s The Bass at a club record 12lb fishing into a big surf at dawn Two Cod at 8lb and 9lb from the beach in the dark with no headlamp..I always wanted a double 😞 The big Common from Oxlease, sadly no longer with us had the fish by fishing the opposite of what everyone else was doing Watching family, friends, and complete strangers catching their 1st fish while using my rod The three 2lb plus Roach on a feeder Finally and finally when it all came good on a French lake A bag full of Mackerel and feeding the campsite with them And recently a couple of low 20’s from my syndicate So many good times and adventures with friends some who have sadly passed away 50 + years of fishing with many memories the above is just a snippet of them … I do hope for many more 🤞

This one I think just under 36 but goes up to 39 nice fish out of respect I won't name the carp but it's the biggie out the little lake unless 43 is still in there. Gutted I'm not on there still it was the only lake I liked out the two I had a ticket for, really is a one off. https://youtu.be/K-wa4WsVGEY?si=hBXlyYeALJDqXUfd

Have a look at the Solar Range. Probably not cheap, some are on discount as updates are due. I'm sure there is a sleep system. https://www.solartackle.co.uk/products/chairs-bedchairs I do have the basic Solar bedchair, and it's probably the most comfortable I have used.