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3 hours ago, framey said:
The top 2 posts have it nailed down
only thing to add is jumping fish do not necessarily mean feeding fish.
9 hours ago, kevtaylor said:Spot on that 👆👀
The only way to find where the carp are naturally feeding is to be watching from before first light IMO, last 2 trips the feeding activity ended by 6am from first light. Miss it and you're clueless it happened. Effort = reward which is this case is understanding exactly whats going on whilst most others sleep.
10 hours ago, yonny said:Your eyes are your most important bit of tackle mate 👀
Think that says almost everything.
Most anglers who walk round a lake choose the middle of the day, yet have missed the first light shows, or have gone before the dusk/dark shows.
I HATE mornings, yet when I was fishing Alton Water to find the fish I had to be there an hour before first light to find the fish. Not easy when you finished work at 11pm!
However on my late night shift before 2 days off, (3-11pm), I would still walk various stretches looking for fish.
On my current syndicate, binoculars are a must, shows can be tiny, just a fin breaking 200metres away, if you don't have binos you've missed it. They could also be a bit more obvious. Another thing, try to find natural food areas, look for 'thick' bubbling, rolling.
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On 08/05/2024 at 17:02, BackInTheGame said:
Hi all
I have just signed up as i have been away from fishing for a few years due to other "2 wheeled" interests taking priority.
I used to be a member of the SDAA (Shefford and District) ticket for many years then moved to the Priory ticket in Weston for a few years. Not been on a ticket for a couple of years but just rejoined the SDAA ticket for the coming season.
I dont claim to be an expert (or even that good) but i just enjoy carp fishing and am hoping to get time to spend some time on the bank.
Hoping to get (and give a little if i can) some advise and guidance from like minded anglers.
Now other bike minded people on here are @welder and @levigsp
Frank (levigsp) is also the person with an immense knowledge of carp strains, bikes, and hunting dogs
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Welcome to carp.com
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22 hours ago, crusian said:
Hi Everyone
I have some Proper Job Pop Ups , lovely and buoyant , but I have this mental thing where I want to have feed Boilies and Pop Ups the same flavour .
Trent Baits I can have matching pop ups ( that stay up ) , and boilies .
Essential Baits , is it me or do their pop ups not stay erect as well as PJPU , and Trent Baits ? .
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Currently I usually have a different pop-up on one rod from my feed bait, one on the same pop-up as the food bait and a snowman of the food bait in 15mm and a 12mm Monster Crab pop-up.
Pjpu's are supposedly the ultimate pop-up, nothing coming close in terms of buoyancy and longevity although I have found that most pop-ups I use still pop-up after 3-4 days.
The only problem with glugging pop-ups is that you can change the buoyancy. I had some that took on much liquid they sank, so flavour sprays are the alternative, but how quickly they 'wash-off' might be an issue.
The only thing that I can suggest is see how long the food bait pop-up stays popped up for.
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15 hours ago, tomgun44 said:
Thanks for reply going to fish there end of may so hopefully weed shouldn't be that bad
Be prepared for it though.
While the winter was wet, it wasn't particularly cold, so might not have died back.
On my lake I don't think that we lost any time due to the lake freezing over, and the weed, (especially the silkweed) is already coming through with fresh growth.
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53 minutes ago, emmcee said:
Think you were unlucky with your bed. As has been said the solar range are top notch in my opinion. I've had several beds from different manufacturers (fox, Nash sleep system plus others) but my solar bed is head and shoulders above anything I've had before in my opinion. I sleep better on that than I do my bed at home 🤣.
I dread to think how many bedchairs I have had over the years, Lafuma sunlounger, Fox, Bison, Chub, Badger, (actually a good product!), and Solar.
I think the usual life was around 6 years other than the Lafuma which was only a year until I bit the Fox bullet. (I can go back to the 1990's and before sometimes sleeping on a mat before a bedchair.
The honest answer is that so far the Solar is the best and most comfortable, I haven't had to replace elastic and it hasn't sagged.
10 hours ago, Whitstable Jack said:I can see that driving to a swim is a great way to go, I just want to be able to move by foot onto fish and move quickly and have less big bits of kit.
Believe me it doesn't happen on every lake, or even on mine all the time. If the ground is really wet we stop cars going round past the inlet (all winter), so a barrow trip might be needed.
Wow, just checking my references on my bedchairs, and found this, a thread on bedchairs:
Strangely enough, I think unless you buy right at the top range, prices aren't too far different or inflated.
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1 hour ago, kevtaylor said:
That retainer looks mint - not seen it before 😎👍
I saw @newmarket have one delivered when I visited him a while ago, so when mine died I had it already in mind.
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More Nutty bait, another 10kg of shelf life, a new retaining sling to replace the old one that's dying, of age, and more PVA bags.
https://rodhutchinson.co.uk/product/folding-camo-recovery-sling-xl/
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3 hours ago, elmoputney said:
I bought a solar bedchair it bent after 1 use, I replaced it with a sonik AXS duralloy, light, strong and seemingly Elmo resistant.
2 hours ago, kevtaylor said:Which model did you manage to bend? The Solar beds are as good as they get IMO
2 hours ago, elmoputney said:It was like a cheaper version of the sp tech maybe called a bankmaster or something, I know they've discontinued this version of it now, I was gutted because on paper it was a decent bed but the frame bent like a banana in the middle right where there was no elastic
1 hour ago, kevtaylor said:blooming unlucky there mate, even the Undercover Pro sleep system which I got for £205 is a sound bed. Did you complain?
9 minutes ago, elmoputney said:I did to angling direct and after a lot of calls got it replaced for a sonik axs
7 minutes ago, kevtaylor said:Well done mate 👍
That's weird!
As @kevtaylor has said for Solar to have a problem is a rarity.
Perhaps a fault in the frame manufacturing?
Sonik items on the other hand i now avoid after cheap rod rings drop inners, and chairs where the extending legs slide in under Nick weight, I'm only 80kg... so they can only be used on a perfectly flat and level bank.
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5 hours ago, Whitstable Jack said:
Hi all,
I have the solar SP c-tech sleep system as my bedchair - it is lovely, really comfy and strong. But I am done with the weight of it, I am really focusing on pairing things back.
It is 17.5kg.
I saw this bedchair by Solar, and it is 8.7kg, has anyone on here got one? Under Cover Pro Bedchair
I'm 6ft 6, 13 stone - so don't need a wide one. I sleep on my side so ideally the bed chair wouldn't sag.
I'd probably use it with the solar sleep system sleeping bag as I love it.
Yes, I have the original Solar bedchair, and yes it's comfy, however the folding legs don't lock in or out, it is you making sure that the legs are fully opened before you get on it, and I have occasionally forgotten to check to my cost.
The strap keeps them in place during transport, so it's not a problem. I also use the legs as 'side bars' when it's on my barrow.
You have approximately 100millimetres on the full leg extensions so you can get flat and level on most ground. The Springloc system locks as well, it does not slide.
To be honest, most of the time weight is not an issue for me as I can drive to most swims on the lake.
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On 23/04/2024 at 12:10, kevtaylor said:
I'm honestly finding Met Office totally different to the BBC, can't understand why, MET Office saying next to no rain this week, BBC says raining daily. MET Office is the one thats proving to be more accurate at the moment, or it has been on my trips so far, strange!
Unless my data for BBC is not refreshing from when I looked days before?
It's not just you, I've had totally different forecasts from the BBC to MetOffice.
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On 20/04/2024 at 23:08, ktc123 said:
Anyone know how these compare? I'm looking at the 10ft 3.5lbs.
I'd go Cotswold every day.
Any reason for 10ft as opposed to 12ft?
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I use Metoffice on my phone as well as the app installed by Samsung as well as checking BBC regularly.
All 3 are giving wet weather for at least one day this weekend.
I've noticed that forecasts are changing regularly, I can check for 2 or 3 days ahead, then 24 hours later get a totally different forecast.
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19 hours ago, framey said:
these have no mention of no dogs on the fishery
farlows
thorpe Lea
henlow bridge lakes
fairlands
stanborough
rib valley
I do recall a friend of mine used to take his boxer dog with him to Rib Valley
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21 hours ago, mrmud said:
I've got :
thermal base layer, 95% merino socks, prologic max 5 thermo suit, hat, gloves, neck scarf.
snugpak 4 season bag, snugpak jungle thermal blanket, ngt hot water bottle
Got a bio ethanol(ventilated but supposed to be odourless) to burn in trangia stove if it's to wet to use gas stove outside. Did look at the candle heater but candles still produce carbon monoxide
This is the main reason I was looking for some kind of heater as it can be the middle of the summer but the other half still wants the heating on.
I'm not sure on the effectiveness of most fishing tackle brand winter clothing, as most are not outdoor specialists in the clothing range. I prefer army surplus, hunting or shooting clothing.
My cold weather clothing is from army surplus, and Hoggs of Fife, along with Merino wool socks.
Top half is usually t-shirt, Norgie or UBAC with a standard fleece on top, and a Hoggs Strathmoor jacket on top, (look at current outdoor shooting or hunting jackets), or a DPM wind and water resistant smock on top.
Bottom half is combats with Hoggs overtrousers, and the Merino under my combat boots.
For the neck I do have either a snood or my shemagh.
That is cold winter wear!
On 15/04/2024 at 20:37, framey said:I also have one the size of a Fag packet that will charge the phone up a couple of times that cost about £20
I have 2 of them. Annoyingly where I fish the phone signal is absolutely awful, half the time I'm on emergency calls only and when it comes up 4/5G is only one bar.
It is often lack of signal that causes phone batteries to die faster.
The Fag packet size chargers I can usually only get 1 charge out of. The Juice long Weekender I can get 2 sometimes 3 charges out of.
I still sometimes end up going back to the car and having to charge from the cigarette lighter.
I really must look out for the Anker versions.
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3 hours ago, mrmud said:
Just finishing getting all the stuff I think I need for a comfortable weekend fishing. Just gotta decide on a bivvy heater now.
Ooh no, you don't need a bivvy heater.
A decent sleeping bag for night, and good clothing for day.
Too many 'accidents' with bivvy heaters, burnt down bivvies, and deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Even using a stove in the bivvy is a risk.
Years ago a mate I used to fish with had a run while his stove was on to keep him warm, he only burnt a hole in his sleeping bag, but other mates have destroyed their whole bivvies and woken up in A&E.
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5 hours ago, yonny said:
Different concepts with completely different objectives mate.
If you want your baits to last, or become rock hard, air drying is the one.
If you want to boost them, just coat them as soon as they're out of the freezer (they will absorb liquids as they thaw).
You can of course air dry then rehydrate with liquids if you want to completely saturate them (to prevent them from soaking up silty substrates for example) but it's a lot of faff.
Under normal circumstances you don't need to do either imo, and when bites get harder to come by on boiled baits I'd sooner switch to something else entirely rather than attempt to make them more attractive using little tricks.
Nicely said.
One thing I noticed when air drying baits to get them rock hard, is they took on water (or other liquids) and got softer quicker than baits straight out of the freezer. It meant they could actually have a faster breakdown time than frozen or 'normal' boilies, which could be an advantage at times.
22 hours ago, framey said:Take them out even longer before you go and just wash them out in a bucket of water about 3 days
some stupid carp think they are safer as they have been in the water longer…..
Ah, the washed out baits concept, supposedly making the carp think they are safe as opposed to freshly introduced.
I never noticed an advantage over freshly introduced straight from the freezer, although I did occasionally have a fish that took a bait that had been in the lake for 2 days untouched, unmoved and left in place, fish that I think were wary of new bait, even the disturbance of putting any bait on the spot.
One particular example was on a 3 day trip to Brackens Pool where the left hand rod produced 4 or 5 fish to 20lbs, all on stringers fished to the treeline opposite.
My right hand rod produced only 1 fish, a 30lb mirror that was previously uncaught at that weight, but I had left it alone for 48hours after lowering it in to the tree line to my right.
Now mixing @framey and @yonny's quotes, when bites come hard to get on your food bait boilies, it can help by increasing the amount you prebait, or put in at the end of the session.
I think carp can get used to and avoid just a few baits and getting hooked on your hookbait. By increasing the amount of prebait, and potentially the free bait when you fish, you reduce the chance of them inspecting and checking every one.
That inspection of baits is why rigs get developed or changed, because the carp can learn to avoid a particular situation.
Some is because we simply can't afford to put in more bait every trip, so need to come up with other answers.
The more you can afford, the more the fish rely on it, and a basic inefficient rig will still catch.
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On 14/04/2024 at 11:42, Whitstable Jack said:
Hi All,
I got my insurance finally sorted last week, went with Emporium.
In the terms & conditions they say that a wooden shed is fine for my gear just as long as it is in the perimeter of the house, and a 5 lever lock - fine.
Insurance companies do not fill me with confidence that they would pay out with such a flimsy door.
Anyone any experience of insuring their kit in a shed, and anything to make the insurer aware of etc?
I rang them up too, just to double check.
Cheers.
I have little experience of explicit fishing tackle insurance, but I do know 'cheaper' insurance companies will try everything to prevent payouts in the event of theft; security not good enough, replace with cheaper items etc.
Always go for the best insurance possible, and not always the cheapest. Go through the small print (the boring bit) to find out their complete policy and best way to protect yourself.
Sadly fishing tackle is both sentimental and personal, so to replace a pair of Century rods with Sonik (for example) does not cover like for like.
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19 minutes ago, Whitstable Jack said:
I generally unfreeze the day before, in an air tight bag, moving the baits around every few hours as they thaw.
I've been reading that air drying on towels and air dry bags is a good way - but with this you top the flavours up. Sounds like a faff to have to re-add flavour, and could over do it. WHereas surely all the flavour that's already there gets sucked in during the thawing process in a bag?
I understand there can be damp patches that leads to baits going off quicker.
Also, I don't fish far out, so I don't need rock hard baits with a throwing stick.
Any thoughts on here?
Cheers
For years I have taken baits out of the freezer as I pack my gear into the car.
I've rarely gone to the 'faff' of adding extra liquid or defrosting a day before.
I'm not saying defrosting before use does not work, but I have caught on baits that have been put on the hair still part frozen, and sometimes within minutes of casting in.
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37 minutes ago, framey said:
Surely the latest version should be classified a mk3 and it would save these kind of headaches!!
effing manufacturers
How many times have I said updates and upgrades are not always better?
2 hours ago, framey said:Bet not many knew that
I didn’t
Nor me.
That's not a mark 2, it's a mark 2.5 or 3.
3 hours ago, kevtaylor said:So you know there are 2 x Carp porter Mk2 versions, pre and post 2017. Pre 2017 doesn't accept the drop in bag it's not clearly stated, or wasn't clear to me. Having a job to return it now 🤬👎
I hope you get it sorted, you can always use the return of item as not suitable for use described. It is one you could win especially if you got Trading Standards or CAB involved as the description is not clear.
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I think the longest cast was around 40metres.
12 hours ago, elmoputney said:They must have weighed about half a kilo with lead 😱, I take it you weren't casting far?
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I'm still catching on the last of my Rod Hutchinson Monster Crab and KMG boilies, other fish are coming out on maize or sweetcorn, one member on my syndicate is catching ON hemp, another on maggot, someone else on worms.