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2nd time I've seen the odd bubble come up in this tiny back bay, this time though the culprits moved about up in the kelp bed on the left, didnt look big but a bites a bite. Nothing overnight but heard a slosh amougst the fireworks last night, fingers crossed - last trip before a venue switch.

Fogged out ! 🤞🤞

2pm sunday I was packed up ready for a move or home with just the rods left out when the weed started moving again, this time a tail came right out and again swirls and the weed lifting up as they hunted snails or mussels or whatever. As you can imagine the camp went straight back up and another night was on the cards. Changed the rods over to longer hinges as the bottom wasn't great, placed one rod at the near side and one the far side of the potamogeton bed. Again nothing overnight, then as I'm packing up 9am I see a ripple coming from the left treeline, then 30 seconds later a carp comes up at the far end of the weedbed and starts pushing the weed around again, swirling and tail out. So I leave it until 11am but no more activity and can't wait all day. I can see me doing more time on the medium sized lake next year and these little ignored areas round the back are right up my street!

Going Sunday to Tues for the first trip, been getting bait ready. Moved over to the Live System range for winter. Pics: Bag mix bucket: crumb, bag mix, 2ml pellet, 6ml pellet and 21 bags ready to go! Glugged boilies bucket Mix bucket: crumb, mixed pellets, boilies Everything is glugged in a few liquids lol: Corn steep liquor, Amino Blend 365, Bait Booster, Feed Stim XP, Hemp Oil Kits been moved into the barrow luggage so I'm quicker to move. Oh and the dog has a new Merino wool jacket and fleece, to say we're ready is an understatement. Weather looks to be changing perfectly for the 1st trip, rise in temps, southerly winds, rain and a pressure drop - fingers crossed 🤞

Finally on the bank for a night 🤞

I've started on my 1:48 Harrier GR9

Seen this been posted on another forum but thought I would share: Just spotted Slumberdown have launched a bivvy pillow. They’re a massive UK bedding brand, so could be an interesting one for us anglers! Anyone tried one yet?

I think the 2 year guarantee, makes it worth a punt

Not seen that but I have got the carp life pillow case and filled it with 2 nice new pillows, that's great and more comfortable than the Aqua one I have on my lightweight spare bed. Interesting a major brand has chosen to make a fishing product, will have a look for this 👍

Bought the Bluebell Lakes winter ticket which runs 9th Nov - 12th March for £299, setting this up to encourage me to document the trips and see if I end up getting value for money. Not sure when the first trip will be as I'm still giving it a go down the syndicate.

Best of luck @kevtaylor.

I liked the colour, I now got a lifetime supply of marker braid lol. Luckily it went on my spare spools instead of stripping the SBX.

A couple from France, double take madness 🇫🇷

Have to agree with the posts about the bloke behind 'Stonze', for @Golden Paws, I have not seen the video but 9lbs of lead in 1 square metre seems completly unbelieveable 😂 I have never used drop off leads, never will, cannot see, except for very snag ridden venues, why I would want to, maybe abroard might be justified? Wonder how we ever managed to land fish from weedy venues without them? Don't need to use the set up now, but remember back in the day, a tulip bead pushed over the hooklink swivel and the zip or dumpy lead swivel eye pushed over that was probablay the safest and so simple set up to use in weedy waters imo. As @greekskii said " I’d be more worried about the microplastics than the lead. "