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Just got set up. Result with the weather. Just hoping I might bag one🤞

Just had this beaut at 28lb 4oz 👍

Another double this morning, I was gonna go home today but everything is damp, it's cold and I just cba packing everything up so gonna do another night, got 2 - 3kg left so should be good for a few more bites 👍 rods are in, gonna get over the shop get a few bits etc 👍

quick overnighter the other night.

I wouldn't be without my radio 🤣 I quite happily just sit there making rigs, watching the water/rods with the radio going in the background lol. This session has been a bit nuts, I've been working the spot since I got here, putting out 10 spombs after every fish (had around 18 I think) its been a lot work but very rewarding, but it's enjoyable, kind of got into a bit of a rhythm, got some music going while I bait up lol. I just wanna point out I'm not being a yobbo belting out music disturbing everyone, I'm on 90 acres of water and hundreds of yards from anyone with a small radio basically following me from the bivvy to where i bait up🤣

I usually have a couple of books to read when I'm fishing, The Secret Carp and Reel Time ll by Chris Yates are currently in the rucksack, along with my tablet with a couple of downloads and games. Sky gets a 2mile walk round the lake, and it's a slow walk as I combine it with fish spotting. Strange thing though, often if I see fish on the way around, then get back to my swim, I'll see fish there, so be reluctant to move. The nature here is amazing, swans, coots, ducks, muntjac and roe deer, along with owls, buzzards and red kites. I've even seen stoats and grassnakes as well as newts, frogs and toads.

There's not much to report really, after the 24 this morning I've had countless doubles, I think im on 16 or 17 fish 🤣 I showed an angler the 33 I caught and he said its called "black spot" and is the one of the best looking commons in the res 👍

If it’s the aniseed version I can’t see the point in adding molasses to it personally if it is plain then Yes but each to their own you could also just mix some marmite with hot water and get that yeasty effect never neglect the cupboards at home for alternative liquids or powders

I agree the best place to recover is on the bank.Chilling with the wildlife with a few carp thrown in for exercise lol. Take it easy though dude. I don't think of anything whilst on the bank. First thing I done as soon as I was mobile was arranged this weekend on a lake.

It's going off this morning, 3 fish on the bank already, two low doubles and this 24lb 8oz common 🤙 I've just took a screen shot of it cos the file is 10mb 👍

Over the moon lads 💪 gonna do another 24hr today, there's rain forecast and the bivvy is still wet, they give a sunny day tomorrow so makes sense to pack up then 🤣 dropped down to two rods, got 5kg of bait left so it's all good 👍

Found a bargain of a lens must give great close ups just watch you don’t poke your eye out.

Possibly because it also has a reputation as a bream attractor. Saying that, I don't think it is the molasses in itself that attracts bream, but how bream feed, hoovering up big beds of bait, totally cleaning an area.

What do you think of this mate, is it everything I need lens wise? Scenics and portraits? https://www.currys.co.uk/products/canon-eos-250d-dslr-camera-with-efs-1855-mm-f3.55.6-iii-and-ef-50-mm-f1.8-stm-lens-10192408.html

I used to add them to groats. even naked groats adds a nice subtle milk into the water

I add Mollasses to my particles because I get decent results from it. If it ain't broke and all that. Plus 5l of marmite would cost a hell of a lot more 😂 Also I don't use the aniseed mix, I don't think this one is either as its the same one I use.

To all those catching, some brilliant pics and write-ups. Well done. I've split the camera tips and advice into a separate thread in UK Carp fishing, so they not been deleted, just moved. I'm sorry if this thread seems slightly disjointed now, but the advice I think is worth a thread in its own right. https://forum.carp.com/topic/33337-camera-tips-and-advice-from-september-catch-reports/page/2/#comment-385983 @yonny thanks for the tips for all, very helpful.

I don't like or even won't accept being ill, I'm too active. Being stuck pretty much indoors for a week just walking Sky and doing small bit shopping was a nightmare, so Monday on the Wensum was a relief, although I was shattered Tuesday and was in bed by 10pm. Today is off to the syndicate to fish for a few days, best place to recover i reckon...

Put the rods back out this morning with a few spombs of bait and the right hand rod went off within minutes 👍🤣 low double, tried taking some pics but it wouldn't stay still 😬🤣

I've just had the best fight of my life, fish was kiting down the res from 100 yards out, it was a long slow plod towards me until about 40 yards, started going again, got it back to about 20 yards and it just went off, the rod went in half with it just charging off, it kept doing this for about 15 20 minutes, every time I gained some it just took off again, I didn't want to tighten the clutch anymore at risk of losing it and the rod was already going in half 🤣. I eventually got it into the net and straight away knew it was a chunk 🤣 33lb on the nose!!! Guys i am absolutely buzzing, my adrenaline is going and my hands are still shaking 👍🤣 I do have some photos on the dslr too, they came out acceptable to me but still can't get the focus correct. But it don't matter tbh I'm happy with my phone photos and can look back on them 👍👍👍👍 fish has destroyed me 🤣🤣🤣 In the middle of the fight my second rod went off, then the third at the same time. Once the fish was in the sling I lifted into the second rod and connected to a fish, starting getting it back but it Bumped off, so drops that rod and lifts into the 3rd rod and landed a little common about 10lb All rods are out the water and I feel done in🤣 might have a chill tonight then get rods back out early with a fresh lot of bait 👍

A somewhat different view from the bivvy for me been to a 4 day music festival just got back yesterday and I’m off for a 3 day fishing trip tomorrow somewhere in Somerset. 🤔 Had a great time with family and friends and drank very sensibly what with them charging £6 a pint 😳 so i took 3 hip flasks filled with dark Rum each afternoon and evening

Nicks on the acid again! 🤪😃