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I got stabbed with a syringe by a shoplifter back in 2011 I think it was. That was an A&E job, HIV, Hep C and B tests, and a year of blood tests and Hep B immunisation jabs. The 'no win no fee' solicitor took the case on for criminal assault etc. The court awarded a total of £1000, which in terms of the mental health covered bog all. After he took his cut I got a total of £520. The assailant got 2years after changing his plea on the trial day, he'd served 11months on remand, so had 1month more to serve before his release. Pleading guilty pretty much got 50% of the sentence reduced and time served. Really not worth the effort either way. Justice and sentences really wind me up, and Starmer let loose a lot more on early release to make places for 'right wing fascists' who were in many cases demonstrating against the current immigration, and not all were rioting.

I don't think so. Only 1 fish came from any sort of marginal or 'surface' feature, a marginal lily bed in a bay, the rest came from wide open water. I did get through plenty of calories walking and Spombing. My Spombing and casting was normally to a marker float. I also didn't have to worry about a sailor or windsurfer hitting a bait boat as happened to someone up near the dam where the sailing club are. When I was Spombing there, I used mono, the marker rod was used with braid. As @kevtaylor says, no problems with it not hitting nose first at the distances I was fishing, which was up to 100 metres I guess, hit the clip and it drops. When I use the Spomb with braid I do get the occasional not opening problem, but it's a whole lot more aerodynamic in any cross wind than the Nash Dot Spod, and that seems cheap and tacky, I really dislike it.

Very witty, although I did just edit the title from cash reports to catch reports before seeing this

I've put the discussion in Tackle and Equipment... https://forum.carp.com/topic/33654-a-section-for-bait-boats/#comment-387097

I actually posted about it on here when I think @kevtaylor mentioned that he was having premature release. I normally switch it to higher pressure to open it as I nearly always have it dropping vertically. Hitting the clip on a low cast Spombs can 'skid' not hitting the clip, often a problem with braid. I much prefer the Spomb to Dot spod, Fox spod and the dropping of bait is quicker than a standard spod, which 'trickles' out. A standard spod has the advantage with high liquid mixes of bait, as you can tape the holes. A Spomb just sprays you as you swing... I have fished against anglers using bait boats on Alton Water and honestly my results were better, but that was down to spending so much time walking round the reservoir I had got a few of the patrol routes and feeding areas sorted. They are banned on my syndicate, as are Deepers and drones.

I have still got my Spong 301. It grinds dog biscuits, dried bread, boilies, maize, sweetcorn, tigers, peanuts, pellets, or I use it for mincing fish like mackerel and herring for pike rubby dubby. Screw it to a wooden board, they last forever. A couple on Ebay at moment!

I use a 4000 Baitrunner for chub and roach, usually ledgering with 8-10lb line where barbel have been seen, or with braid on the reservoir. I was using the same reel for carp fishing for small fish as well, nice to play them on that rather than an 'oversized' big pit reel. They do go nicely on a 12feet ledger or specialist rod.

It wasn't that Mate, under the old Vbb control panel I was able to add new sections, I can't under this one.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/unqEusN6UsMDJ33w/

At the same time, advertising or reposting them is not a good idea. For now put them in DVD reviews. https://forum.carp.com/forum/43-dvd-reviews/ I had a look around my control panel yesterday and I can't add a new section so I messaged Neil to see if he can do it. I do love new updates....

Nash, a brand I try to avoid giving money to. At Gladwells we had Nash deliveries come in straight from Felixstowe docks. I spent a lot of time sending tackle in the rods and reel boxes back to Nash as it was delivered broken, or was returned broken shortly after purchase. Then add in my own personal Nash Tackle problems and lack of faith in his ethics... In terms of reels I do like the Shimano ST6000 baitrunners Johnson Ross aren't the cheapest, but are a shop I trust: https://johnsonrosstackle.co.uk/shimano-baitrunner-reels/15312-shimano-baitrunner-st-6000rb-reel.html

I'm not the best 'pin user, simply because I don't do enough stalking or fishing with it. Too much time behind the battery... It is the pin I learnt on, and I found easy to use, both casting and playing fish. Just remember that a a spinning spool slowed down with too much pressure can lead to a burnt thumb...

Hey, I'm not responsible...😆 I know what you are saying, although I am wary of angling practice even promoted in magazines in the past, where tackle and fish safety were not shall we say, of the highest quality. When tackle manufacturers are advocating unsafe practice... Anyway as I said, I will see if I can add a section, increase the Mods workload and censor every video, (joking, partly) so that media ideas can be passed on.

Bait Boats are under the Tackle and Equipment section. I can possibly add a 'sticky' in there, but with technology advances a thread is only relevant for a maximum of 3 years and the same on Google, who 'limit' their search finds now to 5years maximum. That is actually one reason I split New Purchases into separate threads as the original was started in 2018. Searching for an original post on that thread doesn't show up.

I'll look into it. We do have the DVD and book reviews, I'll see if I can add a new section in that area of the forum. Big problem with anything is the 'sponsored' video. Fox produced a couple of pike fishing DVD's and the PAC asked for them to be removed as some very fish dangerous practices were shown. Anything that is bad angling practice is a problem if it gets put onto a video and onto YouTube, TikTok etc

I actually use a Marco Cortesi centrepin myself, usually rigged up lift float method for stalking, or for a small fish water, or with a freelined dog biscuit hanging from the rod tip just touching the water surface. Both methods are great fun, especially the freelined dog biscuit where the 'screech' is the indication of a bite as I am sat back with the rod butt under my hand. I've managed carp to just under 20lb, and do think with no gearing you have more feel. The real reel specialist is Chris Yates.

Bad angling? So is it bad angling to tighten down to attempt to keep a fish away from a snag? Or a weed bed? I think not! Now when it comes to line snapping in breakages, it is nearly always at the join closest to the rod tip, hooklink swivel or leader knot, that is the 'pressure point'. If you have 18-20lb 0.38-0.40mm mainline and a decent knot, then the weakest point is the 0.36mm fluorocarbon crimp. A fish does not know how much pressure it is exerting, so at times as in my first paragraph to keep it out of the snags I might really put the pressure on. With braided hooklinks, it is quite possible, even probable, that the hooklink is a higher breaking strain than the mainline! I know my mainline to hooklink swivel join is strong. I have wrapped the mainline around my hand, and pulled extremely hard putting pressure on the knot. I do the same to hooks, using a hook puller, with carp tackle, pike tackle and sea fishing gear. That is on carp fishing hooklinks in any material, any knot, or as I do with some braided, even spliced.

For perfect round loop knots, you can get it very tidy with the Rapala knot. I get the perfect circle tying it round a Solar rig tool, the stainless tool that would stretch and slide beads to push tubing inside them. I've actually used it for coated braids, mono and fluorocarbon. I'm not sure about the visibility of braids against other materials, I think it is more natural, feeling more like weed. My choice for years has been Merlin but I do have some Gardner Camflex and Tricklink. On looking for them in the margins in very clear water, they are invisible.

For perfect round loop knots, you can get it very tidy with the Rapala knot. I get the perfect circle tying it round a Solar rig tool, the stainless tool that would stretch and slide beads to push tubing inside them. I've actually used it for coated braids, mono and fluorocarbon. I'm not sure about the visibility of braids against other materials, I think it is more natural, feeling more like weed. My choice for years has been Merlin but I do have some Gardner Camflex and Tricklink. On looking for them in the margins in very clear water, they are invisible.

You can get away with a Multi-rig! I've used it for pop-ups, snowman and bottom baits. Longer hair to the rig ring for bottom baits, maybe even snowman, but it works.

I had a look at the Sofa chair myself when I needed to replace my previous Sk-tec Recliner, and settled on the Solar Recliner with armrests. I'm 5ft 11in and found the Recliner suited my needs, and was a bit cheaper when I shopped around as I got the older model, (just under £100).

I never used PVA on Ardleigh or on Suffolk water Park. Moulded Vitalin and particle mix around the lead and the hookbait was pushed into the bottom of the ball.

Mentioned them before: https://gardnertackle.co.uk/product/covert-tungsten-kickers/

I used to test and time my PVA bags, string and mesh so I had an idea of breakdown time of various brands in the water winter and summer. The bags I use now are either Rod Hutchinson or Alacarp, run by Dave Goring on my syndicate. I just hand him a £10 note and he fills my hand with packs of PVA bags. Both brands break down within a couple of minutes. I know one thing, 15years ago, Nash PVA bags used to be awful, with a breakdown time of over an hour in the side pocket of a pair of combat trousers that have gone through a 60⁰ wash The outer plastic bag was unsealed, and the bags themselves were still complete despite the bag being full of water. Knots do take longer to break down than the rest of the PVA

Crayfish love putty, they chew tungsten putty and tubing for fun. Like you I try to avoid putty anywhere crayfish are present, so for balancing pop-ups I went back to olivettes, either small inline threaded and fixed on boom sections or 'lock and slide' olivettes with a piece of silicon or shrink tubing fixing them. In terms of putty, I still use Kryston Heavy Metal, once tried never beaten. I bought a tub around 2008 for Brackens on Nazeing, I finally had to buy a new tub this year. Dave Chilton did say that the make-up was lost by Tasker (?), so he had to go and get it redone for them. It is as good as it was, so it's still my goto. I do use a bit of putty moulded around a swivel or knot join on combi-rig pop-ups when no crayfish are about, and you can get away with it on silty areas as they don't usually feed on there.