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Starry starry nights 

Starry starry nights 

I think yonny has just about summed it up , 
If you can climb trees so much the better for spotting .

I think yonny has just about summed it up , 
If you can climb trees so much the better for spotting .

Thanks me too, I can't sleep I'm that excited 😂

Don't panic dude. I have experience with res fishing, you'll love it.
First thing to do is completely ignore the advice of the manager (imo). Carp go where and do what they want. They may well feed mid water on fry from time to time but that is not how you should try to catch them imo. Carp are carp, and they like food (i.e. bait), so you should start with the method you're confident in. If that doesn't work start thinking about why it's not working and change accordingly.
10000 BRs will be fine mate (assuming you can hit your spots), you'll not run out of line, they are just normal carp in a bigger water.
You will defo see them showing mate, but you might have to look harder.
Basically you should approach it like any other water. First thing is to find them, don't even bother setting up unless you've done so or the blanks will soon mount up and you'll lose your head. Once you've found them, fish for them like you would any other carp. If you get the very basics right you will catch them. Don't over-complicate it.
If over time you find they frequent certain areas, you can start pre-baiting and get good results very quickly.
Have fun.

I remember this day, it was cold and windy and we only got the one bite, but worth it in the end.  Good grief the hair!
 

I  am just glad I can drive to the swim ☺️
5kg + Bucket full of chops and 12mm lers
2 buckets full of stinky, oily, spicy seeds, probably 4kg dry so probably a lot more wet, it was quite wet still so I thought I would add some pellets to soak up some of the juice, they expanded and popped the lid, oily liquid all over the garage floor Oops 😂 wd40 used to clean it up 👍
Pva bag mix big bucket
4kg 18mm boilies +1kg of 12mm 
Pva bags and hookbaits in one bucket 
My water bucket with liquids in 😁
and seriously I questioned whether I would have enough for a 24 hour session  😂😂😂😂😂
I think I need some bigger buckets 🤣
 

Hours to go before I got picked up to go to France I impaled my finger l
 

As that great 20th Century philosopher Dolly Parton once said, If you wanna see a rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain! 

Orange dot belly near full leather mirror from stanwicks that had a orange dot on its belly seen a few with that marking in other waters. 

A 12lb Common from the Dam at Redmire

Well It would appear, fishing is now back on the menu from Monday at 6am for me, I plan to be packed and ready Sunday night ready for an early start Monday, I think lots of people will also have the same idea so the lakes may be fairly busy, i might try and fish one of the other lakes Monday just to stay away from the crowds this week, and I think this may help me get a better swim on a less popular lake rather than fitting in around others, it's a lake I've never even walked round and have no idea about, but I am keen to see how my approach stacks up on a new water, I've cleaned and greased my reels,and have fresh line, created my pva bag mix just needs more liquid boosting, got loads of rigs tied, just need to make a load of bags, sort my kit out, etc
It's quite a well stocked lake I think, so I am going to approach it in a match style and try and build up the swim with regular baiting and recasts, I have 24 hours so I want to try and make something happen with it, if I can get them feeding then I will try and keep them feeding, 
I'm going to fish bold, fish hard and love every flipping second even I make a compete hash of it😁

Cheers... the Mother in Law insisted I keep standards up... yes those are sugar tongs😜🤣
 

The Chase, Carpology Social, have to keep up standards dontcherknow

Something must be wrong...... or im very lucky .
20 wraps ,so an easy cast , 40 lbs Wiplash direct to large Spomb and never had a crack off ,same set up as a few guys I know 

Just the 3 of us Plaice fishing a couple of years ago , mates in the wheel house making the coffee

Just the 3 of us Plaice fishing a couple of years ago , mates in the wheel house making the coffee

Just the 3 of us Plaice fishing a couple of years ago , mates in the wheel house making the coffee

Just the 3 of us Plaice fishing a couple of years ago , mates in the wheel house making the coffee

Just posted this for a bit of fun .
Post your random Fishing related photos 

Bits getting a tidy up and stock take
 

Lets see your rigs and bits , Heres mine ,enough for 20 years at least  😀