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Mainly manilla but I did have some Sticky Visuals. Manilla Chops, Crumb, Few Wholes, Hemp, Manilla Stik Mix Dust and Manilla Glug/liquid. Did have some Krill for 1 other lake but never panned out... Also Had some Munch Baits Bio Marine for another lake campaign, but that didn't take off either (Sopd all My Gear since)

2nd night a bust still no fish down the other end so a move today after trying floaters on the small lake for an hour. Can't get the swim I really want on this new easterly, but this is the nearest one, 2 rods very close to the point, 1k of mix over the top, one close on a single pink. New swim to me, had to open it up as noones bothered - hours work before setting up, deserve a fish for that, last night so fingers crossed 🤞

Don't think of prebaiting as a one swim tactic if you are on a food bait. The bait should be thought of as a food and the carp used to finding it anywhere. On Virginia Lake at Earith I prebaited Trigga putting in around a kilo of boilies as I left in a few spots, and knew that I could catch from any swim I went into next time. On Brackens, despite there being a no catapult or throwing stick rule in place, every boilie had to go in via a PVA stringer or mesh bag, I would cast in probably 100 boilies as I left. Again whichever swim I went into I knew I could catch. Again Taverham I was putting in the same bait, (along with probably 5 other anglers), so wherever I ended up I knew they liked the bait. On my current lake any prebaiting is to keep spots weed free, again, I'm leaving after putting in a kilo of food source boilies, but I have caught from various swims. I don't have any worries about getting back into the same swim every time. If someone is in the swim I will go somewhere else. Knowing the lake helps, I know most of the features, and I had the same on Taverham, Brackens and the South lagoon and Earith, with hand drawn or Google maps of the features.

Nope, kept everything exactly the same, just lower qty

personally i have never used a 3 rod set up but as i only go to one water anyway its never been something i have missed. in fairness both my rods have a different bait and set up often i will have one with a pop-up cast away from my second which is usually a method or solid bag set up. sometimes when my daughter comes with me i will have a carp rod out in the middle and then my old course gear set up for float fishing for silvers which can be good fun as never blank with that.

Tricky Baits No.1 for me. Blue Drum are Aller Aqua 8m for feeding

Your bait approach might need to change depending on your fishing. If you are fishing various waters, then 'attractor' baits might be the best option, but on 'easy' waters where you fish regularly it can be an option. By attractor baits, pellets, groundbaits, spod mix, and the boilies and pop-ups. Not every water responds to the same method. Then you have one water you are fishing as a campaign where you are concentrating on catching regularly, getting the fish to concentrate on one bait. This method is slipping out of favour as real food source baits seem to be becoming fewer. At one point you had Trigga, Activ8, Grange CSL, Monster Squid, Live System, BFM amongst others. My fishing I tend to concentrate on one water, and sort of mix the two approaches of particles/groundbait and food source, and for years I have stuck with this, except on Brackens Pool which was boilie only; mostly because of size, waters ranging from 40 to 500 acres.

It can depend the features in the swim whether you fish more than one rod on the spot. If for example you are fishing a gravel bar or plateau, 3 rods on the spot might be the right method, whereas a silty weedy lake you might have 3 rods in totally different places. I turned up for my last session and fish were showing alongside the rushes either side of the swim. One rod on each side, and one on the baited area in between. Now when it comes to bait on the rods, I have a pop-up on one rod, a snowman bait consisting of a 15mm bottom bait 12mm pop-up on one and the 3rd is usually my experiment rod. Funnily enough it's the experiment rod that produced this week, a Multi-rig with 2 6mm pop-ups on as bait, however I've caught on pop-ups, snowman and bottom baits. However, if I was fishing 3 rods on a spot then its likely that I would be fishing 3 identical baits.

About 4/5yrs, and i would start straight back with it. The Sturgeon was on a White Manlla wafter about 1 rod length from bank in margin.