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The area I cleaned out and created and started prebaiting 2 weeks ago and now fishable.

Sounds an epic target, fish feeding purely on naturals do your head right in, they seem impossible at times, I've tried maggots, snails, worms all manor of normal baits - right on their heads, fizzing right on me for hours yet not a bleep aaaagh!!!!! Good luck you'll need it 👍

I've given a name as a conversation joke to my mate reference one particular fish, 'BC'. It's the old prehistoric uncaught big common. If it does get caught by me, I will be officially naming it that. I'm trying to work out a plan how to catch it. Not every member of the syndicate has seen it, but those who have agree it is a big fish. I've been working out where, and how it feeds, but it is difficult. I've seen it feeding, even put a hookbait in front of it, and it doesn't appear to pick up bait. I've waded out where it has fed in a line about 5metres from the bank, the groundbait, boilies etc were untouched, yet the bottom was turfed up as it mooched along feeding on naturals. You can't miss it feeding, it's tail and base of the dorsal is sticking out of the water, yet so many people haven't seen it. I think it stays in one area of the lake, and doesn't mix with the other fish, even in winter.

I made it, but I also added pop powder wafter I made it

Funnily enough I met BC and Helen McDermott at Anglia Television when I was a kid. My dad worked at London Weekend Television and had friends and colleagues at Anglia TV, so we went into the studio. I'm sure he has a picture somewhere! Maybe something to look for when I'm going through his stuff when we have to move him into a care home. The problem is finding him. You won't see it for weeks, then he'll appear and wind you up for a couple of days before disappearing again. I've thought about maggots and casters, hemp and worm, but it's having them to hand when he appears, and carrying bait that might not be used if he's not about. I say him, I think that it is a big male as I've seen him alongside Chestnut a few years ago when they spawned. She leapt clear out of the water, he just cruised! It's weird how the fish can just disappear, we have a ghost mirror that I saw, no-one had caught it, I'd lowered a bag onto where it was feeding, it skulked off, and finally got caught 2 years later at a spawned out 27lb. How can a highly visible fish just disappear in really clear water? There are few places you can't get to or see.

The OG BC from ITV 😂 Worm zig in its face, Surely irresistable?

It's probably true. There are some flavours that really are out and out smells rather anything else and to the carp are all the same. I've never done really well on strawberry, I don't like the taste or smell, it tastes and smells artificial to me, as a result I've rarely used it, so self perpetuating. A mate of mine did do really well on the old Strawberry, cream and bergamot mix. I used to go through the flavour shelf at work, mostly Nutrabaits, and many tasted the same, raspberry, strawberry, cranberry. Then we have others I have done really well on, Megaspice, Ultraspice by Hutchy, Peach Nutrafruit, Liver Elite, and a few more. They look good.

Bought some more zig stuff today Atomic zig bugs and kickers red and black Thinking anglers barrels brown and black and some more size 8 hooks Some 12lb zig line I think I've caught the zig bug (get it)

If I had a single bleep il be looking at the tips mate a carp could be trying to get rid of the hook maybe been on a while. I try to set the bivvy up as close to the rods as I can if it’s dark just need a flick on the torch to check, and I have the rods at slight angle to the water a bit like quiver tipping. Always near the rods even when I’m in a hot tub 😂

Ha ha I somehow accidently turned vibration on this weekend I had to Google how to turn it off was doing my head in 😂 Nah small and simple love em, I get tempted by snag backs from time to time but haven't yet.

I've always liked making fishmeal baits with fish/spice flavours and sweet flavours with a nut/milk bait only because that's what seems right in my head lol. I remember someone saying that flavours have caught more fishermen than carp 🤣

Ha ha, the kids call it a victory flag I believe 😎😱😅