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Suffolk Water Park gets very busy at times, and even with the board showing captures and weights, and anglers wanting to move swims, you really have to be fast if you change swims. You also get anglers queuing up behind you if they want to fish the swim and you show you are leaving! Parts of the lake are very weedy There is an existing thread on Suffolk Water Park, which I have added some of their catch reports on, so I will try to copy and paste this onto that thread: http://www.carp.com/topic/2029-suffolk-water-park/

I had some nuggets that I knew were fresh in my tackle box, but only a few so I threw them away, well out my bedroom window. It has since rained, had storms etcs, but the sad remains of a few of the nuggets are still stuck on the lead flashing. i have doubted that all of them dissolve properly, and in fact I think that some baits have been zig rigged without anglers realising it. After casting in when using them, I was only ever happy if I could see the nugget come to the surface after breaking away from the hook. The ducks on the lake would then be picking up the mush,

I use both the stripped back and the combi-rig. With a combi-rig, I would suggest that you check the knot between the materials after every fish, and change the hooklink regularly. I have had a knot fail after I played and landed a good 20, then without checking the knot between the braid and Amnesia cast out, and then lost another good fish when the knot gave way. My fault for NOT checking! With the stripped back hooklink, the same rig can be used to land a number of fish, obviously checking hook and the knots as well, but you only have to check hook knot and mainline join, compared to the 3 on the combi-link.

They may be competitors, but can I suggest you ask for some advice and maybe help from Mrs_rusheslake (Kim) on here and possibly Moorsey? They may be able to give you some on hand advice for setting up the fishery and getting the full licences and SIRET code etc. I know that although both are members on here, if you Google Moorlands and Rusheslake you should be able to find them, and they both have Facebook pages

Swivels are more than just a convenience for me, and I still don't think that they work as intended, probably partly because we cover one side with a nice lead clip or rubber sleeve, to stop tangles, but also because I don't think that line as it compresses and twists will exert enough 'pressure' to untwist. I think a swivel needs a fair amount of force to make it swivel. One thing that they are very handy for is attaching the hooklink to the mainline. The eye is large enough to pass the mainline (or hooklink) through twice to create a very safe strong knot. I don't like joining lengths of line together, (mono leader or braided (leadcore for those that have to ) a knot creates a weak spot; so joining a hooklink with a knot to mainline is a worry for me, although I do it when I'm small fish fishing with fine lines One very big advantage that swivels have in that join is regularly changing rigs, you automatically cut away a (short) length of the mainline, this piece of mainline just happens to be the section most likely to be damaged anyway, the lead rubbing over it, the run ring running up and down it, all will weaken that last bit especially, plus with the lead, it is the section that gets most force exerted on it during casting, causing stretch, and weakened line.

Gents, Please, all of you. I know, don't argue, be nice, play fair. Now I have edited this thread to remove some of the comments, and if I have deleted anything on the rig details of relevance, I apologise. Hopefully it makes sense, and still works.

I'll give you fair warning, superglued knots are very bad in fishing, and it is not just my view, especially with braids, as Dave Chilton makes this comment on the Kryston DVD, and his company sell a fishing glue. What happens is the knot can't move or flex, the glue then breaks, but as the glue breaks it tears the braided material. Unfortunately I have proved this by accident on t-shirts and jeans when I have 'splodged', and the clothes then rip on the glue spot

I never glue knots, superglue will cause lines and materials to fracture. As for a good loop knot to use, try this: http://www.kryston.com/articles/ultimate-knots/ Non Slip loop

Nice big set of reservoirs with some very nice fish, which unfortunately seemed to have picked up the nickname of 'The Stow' in the angling press: http://www.thameswater.co.uk/about-us/8986.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walthamstow_Reservoirs

http://www.suffolkwaterpark.co.uk/the-lakes/jacobs-creek

One of my Nazeing rigs from last January, I still use this on a free running lead, running on the mainline, with no tubing. In fact, this rig I cut off one of my rods when changing the line: Mantis coated braid, stripped back, knotless knotted, and a hair with additional loop created for tied on pop-up, above standard bottom bait, a snowman presentation. The small piece of silicone on the shank means the hair leaves opposite the barb. This very rig produced 4 carp without changing the rig or hook. If it's sharp and good enough, no need to change it

I keep saying it, but have a look at the lakes on Earith Carp Lakes: http://www.earith-carp-lakes.co.uk/index1.htm Then if you do consider them, I can give you a lot of detail on Virginia Syndicate lake of the site

I haven't, but had a mate who has had a very good look around. It is very weedy, and yes it does make it hard. He has also looked very closely and despite claims of 30's has not seen any that really look that big. He saw plenty of doubles, maybe a few 20's, but none that really looked 30+. Bear in mind this was a few years ago when we were debating the cost being justified for the lake!

Ok, I'll try, but be warned, I haven't fished it for a few years and the Doughnut or Match lake 3 I haven't fished at all. You have a breakdown of the Main Specimen lake as above, I would say that still applies. Match Lakes 1 and 2 are perfect lakes for 'learning' fishing for carp, although I would say that you do NOT need to resort to boilies and the 2 rod route, as it fishes very well to other baits over groundbait, my favourites being luncheon meat peperami and sweetcorn. In fact I use to catch more fishing them with floaters or the lift float method than anglers fishing boilies on the lake. I outfished a couple of my mates by putting in about 10 balls of groundbait at the start of the day, and then a small ball of groundbait every 10 minutes or so when I recast. If they switch off the sweetcorn as they sometimes do, change to the meat and they will often pick up again. The carp in these lakes do hit into double figures. If you fish maggots, you can get perched out, but some of them are BIG perch. The Traditional lake is a lovely water, In fact its name Traditional is right as it is a genuine water full of all species, bream, roach, perch, carp and an occasional pike and maybe a chub or two I reckon. It is no way just a carp water. It has a major problem though, it is the lake attached to the river by an inlet stream, so when the level is high, the river and lake are joined and fish have been known to come in and out, although its the carp that seem to go out! Carp and bream get caught over pellets and the dreaded boilies, but since I use the 'back' lakes as relaxation fishing, not as specimen hunt, I'm happy catching anything, even eels, although my son hates them,

I'll cut the post down a bit as I don't want a massive quote; Doppelganger has been on the market for around 10years or so I would reckon

The degrade time was what I was wondering as well Now from memory Kryston also did a biodegradeable bait, called Doppelganger, so Marukyu could be a follow on from that? Found it on Kryston site: http://www.kryston.com/products-redone/doppelganger/ I've never used it, so I don't know how effective it is, but apparently does away with the need for bait stops

The latest prices and opening times for Suffolk Water Park. http://www.suffolkwaterpark.co.uk/pricelists-opening-times The catch reports that they publish: http://www.suffolkwaterpark.co.uk/big-lake-catch-report

I used to use a lot of plastic baits, as the top bait or visual as the sight on a snowman, or as a bait apart when fishing over plenty of Vitalin and sweetcorn. As a tipper, I found it made very little difference, I caught very few fish doing it As a hookbait over Vitalin, I found it was pretty good bait. Then I started thinking about the whys and wherefores of plastic baits fishing eternally, and had to dispose of a couple of birds that had pecked at the plastic on the rig, and hooked themselves on other peoples crack-offs that had tree'd themselves. (Still a chance with an ordinary boilie, but that being bigger would require a bigger mouthed bird). I have also seen fish hooked on peoples plastic crack-offs, and then tethered to death If a bait is fishing forever until the hook rusts away is that a good thing? what happens to the plastic if left in the environment? So if you do fish plastics, make sure that they can come off the hook/hair, they actually don't in many cases need a bait stop! Also be aware that numbers of waters have actually banned them for those reasons amongst others. Now as it happens, years ago, Neilcatching and I had a discussion about the plastic artificial baits, and I think we discovered that one of the oils used in their construction was fish based, making it an attractor in its own right, but to some extent because of their soft 'squidgy' spongy nature they would take on a flavour inside the sponge. I have had mates try dipped or glugged plastic baits, and I don't think that they really outfished the plain plastic that I was using. It was always a case of we fished over a bed of bait Marukyu or whatever their name is, have brought out some biodegradeable artificial baits which could well be worth a look: http://www.marukyu.co.uk/2013-07-21-17-53-28/credence-corn-new