Carpmaster

Been doing 12 hour shifts from 4.30am each day this week, feeling it pretty bad since I’ve been out of work since January 😭😂 will have enough wedge to buy a nice bait boat and some bait when I get paid 😆 😂

strangely enough had a lot of respect for the guy what he has done with those lakes, is how a carp lake should be. this is my last year on them prices have more than doubled since i joined, up to 590 a year now, few of the long-term members are said to be leaving this year due to the prison reopening it is huge one of those super jails, i have a feeling he will go day ticket on a booking system  like the monument and other similar lakes.  i wonder if my opinion on bait boats got aired, just about every angler on there is using a bait boat  to get to places you just couldn't cast to, under trees into the reeds. it's getting rare to see a rod cast.  all used with the reason don't have  the time to fish a hand cast rod. 
think it must be getting to him having to blow smoke up the backside of boat anglers when they have a multiple catch from round the back of a island. 
i found to lovely feeding bowls in the silted up margin swim had a nice fish off one, talking to to guys  about the peg, neither of them new about the close in feeding spots, too busy fishing to the same spots the last man had a fish from. 
i  liked the guy as a lake owner, it is not the first time he has done this sometimes he is alright the next day he might say something really... well not with theses swear filters. 
i did have a falling out with the resident doorman gym bunny of all people, i call him blackballed, as he said he would get me blackballed due to me rocking up next to him when he as fishing two pegs and asking him to pick one. that was in my first year. 

You must very proud of him…best of luck to him… and you on your early retirement  🤞

Quick update, 
Little en went for his 1st training session on Sunday (just gone), he is GUARANTEED a place in the England / NW England Team in Barcelona April 2022.
He now goes every 2 weeks for a 2hr session with England Grass-Roots GK Coach until March 2022, but every 8weeks they've requested £50 (which I don't mind) for Insurance, Coaching, Amenities, Snacks & Refreshments. 
Hopefully retire at 40 😁😁

Do I know this guy - seems strangely familiar?

Nope. I know the guy and it's just the way he is. I was a member of the same place for a while. @Carpbell_ll, just ignore him mate. Don't let it bother you.

Sounds like some jealous member has been bending his ear about you doing 3 nights because he cant, if you can just don't let it bother you, keep your head down and crack on with it, don't report anything to him and see how he is with you to your face next time you see him 

Basically I texted the lake owner yesterday morning to let him know what I had out and that I had seen what I call the lucky mink, got a phone call about an hour later asking a few vague questions about the mink as it has been smashing the wildlife nothing new, then out the blue it was, so you are off today, no mate got another day to do I said,  oh don't  you work, yes mate you know that I'm a personal  carer nvq qualified, well who is with the person now, like that is a concern of mine when I'm out fishing. So sasuges to it I'm off in a bit, that might seem strange  to some I gusse but I have been down this line of questions before from people it always comes from personal biais, end of the day I have had my entire life reviewed by just about every civil service you can think of so I don't  know why your average guy on the street also needs to act the amateur civil servant. 

Ink mucka I myself like most the others here I’m married kids etc fishing is a hobby I’ve done a 2 yr blank and realised that I was overthinking things and stressing because I wasn’t catching  there was an old fella a few swims down that suffered a heart attack luckily an ambulance was going past near where we were he was saved but it made me realise that there’s enough stress in life we fish to enjoy Mother Nature and the surroundings we are in the peace an quiet    Just chill remember life is short   Don’t stress yourself it’s about being there

Best of luck

Don't  it get you going when some complete no body tries to pry into your personal life, yes I get to do regular three day sessions, no I don't  get any benefits, I swear the next idiot that makes an assumption is going to get a beating, had enough I'm not a criminal.

Just dried out some of my Gear from Friday NIGHT, JEEEZ it was wet, main thing wanted dry was the Overwrap, took about 20mins in this sunshine, dried out net n cradle too. 

I won these from the korda comp on fb recently, and as soon as I read about them I thought I had just the right pop up for those 😂
The moonshine flavour smells just like whisky, and the pop ups I've chosen to glug are proper job spice blend, so spiced whisky, got to be worth a go I think, maybe a good single for winter 
Of the previous ones my go to combo has been 
PJPU washed out pink BP+ with pink almond supreme, seems to be quite effective so far, wasn't too impressed with the cultured ones I found the coating just fell off them 😁

JB sure knows his onions another nice mirror to me mid 20, fishing with no boilies for feed knocked up a match man mix of flavoured ground Bait and matching hook baits.

Cheers mate 👍 
I'll definitely enjoy it ...a fish or 2 will be the icing on the cake mate .But not a given at this venue . Got a few days to try & winkle one out.

Good luck hope you enjoy it 👍

My thought of the day is ..... Vans packed ready for the morning.  First time out in 4 years in this country!!! Like a kid at Xmas 😁
Rods probably won't be in till the afternoon got the draw to do etc , not somewhere I've fished before either so nothing to go on . 
Anyway happy days 😎

Very much so they are very bitey at the minute, you tube is pretty good for dog training vids already got them to sit for treats but we do need to divide and conquer this week  😁

I’ll admit mine is spoilt rotten and has the run of the house, I’m glad I’m not alone 👍😂. I’m for ever buying new treats and toys 😂
Fair play mate I wish you the best of luck they look so cute 😆😂, I doubt I will get a puppy again they are too much for me 😂😂 mine was the spawn of Satan when it was a puppy, it would give you a nip, you say ouch and it would get even more excited and nip even more/harder 😂😂😂 thankfully it’s mellowed out now but the first 6 months were pure chaos 😂 it had all the toys, I spent ages playing with her but she would still wreck stuff, steal shoes or socks when you weren’t looking and chew holes in them 😂
has yours started the puppy nipping/ biting yet? 😆

We've looked into that and we are taking all the steps to avoid it like trying to separate them, train them separately etc,let them be there own dogs but they still seem to like a ruck and even though we have 2 crates, so far nearly every nap they have been together in one its not going to be easy but we will do our best 😁
We will continue to try though they are quickly taking over, I had a nap in the sofa so I'm doing better now 😔 they are cute and fun though 

Our pup just wouldn't take to the crate he used to cry and howl all night and one night he had the runs in there, I've never seen such a mess before or since, So we had to get rid of the crate and give him the run of down stairs, now 8 years on he's got the run of the whole house. But too say he's spoiled would be an understatement. 😂🤣😂

Good luck with 2 puppies at once mate one is a handful 😂😂 I remember someone speaking about litter mate syndrome, apparently it’s quite common when you get two from the same litter lol might be worth reading in to 👍
I can still remember the first night, I was told to let the puppy cry it out, by midnight I couldn’t take it anymore and went to see to her only to find her to have crapped in the crate and get covered in it. I had to give her a bath in the middle of the night 😂 since then she just stays on the end of the bed 😂

When we got our puppy it was like having another baby, I can only imagine having two puppies is going to be like having twins, goodluck with that elmo. 🤣😂🤣

If it helps I just looked at the clock and said is it only quarter past 9 I only had 3 beers but the puppies kept me up late settling in and then they woke up at 5am, 😬

Get on that mate, they'll be looking for food in an hour or two