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GENIUS! I solved any winter heating issues so long as you have a suitable power bank, check this little 60 watt beast meant for greenhouses so is waterproof against damp and splashes.

Sorry that's a 45 watt beast even better plus it's green and carpy looking!

So the Carp at the lake im fishing are just not playing ball, oxygen levels are low in all 3 lakes, so for a while im gonna dabble on the canal, we are lucky to have a private peg only accessible from the main lake complex so its on opposite side to towpath, seems Perch can go to over 3lb, also carp in canal so gonna put a hair rig boilie out for Carp and then float fish for Perch

100% agree - I’ve got 4 of them, and absolutely love them.

It wouldn't surprise me if the float stops had moved when trying to pull it out the tree.

Ever lose the will to session fish just watch a few Terry videos and you will be up and running in no time, he is the Gangster rap of carp angling, seems a very private guy to be fair he could be top billing on all sorts of angling media.

One of the original under water films wanna know how much to allow for spodding etc https://youtu.be/gBZ0OOW1C7c?si=D4mIrw2SjFI8c5OK

Not a purchase as such but I have been looking at a new rod or two something in 12 foot 3lb test, the 10 footers are fine but if I drop on larger waters got a few in mind, I might need at least one 12 foot rod set up. Was looking at the Fox Horizon X4 to be honest i like my Torques so much Fox is the only high end rod I'd buy off the shelf, I'd get the 12 foot Torque rod but they don't do them anymore.

It's like a Ronnie rig but with a new bit up top. More like a Rooney rig.

That's something I've done sort of for years, a few steps forward or back, or even changing up lead size. There is also a difference in casting between mono and braid, and mono being elastic can come back further than you think as it retracts. The number of people I see wondering why they are so far away from their marker, I've always allowed around a third of the depth past it to account for swing back, although I have smashed a few Drennan or ESP markers or pike floats in the past with the lead. Oh boy! One night at Taverham Dave Cobbold and I put in a 10kg base mix bucket full of hemp on one spot with the original Gardner spods. The anglers on the lake were astounded and laughed, until the morning when we'd had around 10 doubles between us. It was Rob Hughes who said if you have an idea of how much bait to Spomb in, double it. I've frequently put in buckets full of bait for fish. On Alton tipping whole buckets in off the bridge... I loved that swim! Funny thing is that if I caught on the bait I didn't catch on the single bait, and if I caught on the single bait I didn't catch on the bed of bait. Every other swim I think it was all over large amounts of bait. I've tried wading and putting bait in on the syndicate and failed, yet Spombing has worked sometimes, not every time. Stringers and throwing stick have worked. It's a case of find the fish or hope they come to you.

I think we all have if we are honest a buddy of mine chucked in half a 17l bucket of particle caught nothing I ground 7 boilies shared between 2 rods in pva sticks (i always use 7 never thought about that before.) And I had 6. everyone calls me tight, I just say I’m trying to catch ‘em not feed em lol.

Too much bait is underrated tbh, misplaced spods lead to creating a bigger spot which more carp can visit 😂 I do get what you are saying though these spots still need to develop if you don't regularly bait them, then the fish probably won't find them and keep returning. I guess that is probably where the advantage lies. It would be a lot more discreet prebaiting with a boat also, spombing in loads of bait seems hard to do without being spied on. In the defence of the guy that showed me he is a decent angler who would have caught them despite the boat,and he also puts more effort in than most, walks it a lot and always seems to know what's going on and he has caught a lot of the decent ones.