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Mines gone simple, hemp and birdfood, 50/50 ratio, soaked and boiled.

I googled it, and had no joy. I think you may have to get onto your feet and have a walk, see if you can find signs onsite for club or owner.

I'm still fishing until Friday. Went quiet today, but had this one at 24lb, 5 rod lengths out this evening, they do like the Monster Crab.

A decent westerly yesterday, and I was able to keep my rods tips underwater. Brilliant session!

This is an interesting thread again, and I have got more answers and probably questions. I'm probably not the most adventurous person when it comes to rigs, for years I stick to plain basic and simple, then every now and again I swap something around, sometimes based on hookpulls (I had a couple on Spinner rigs) I honestly don't know why I do it, but this trip I juggled again. A 360 rig, with the eye covered with tubing, to stop it getting caught in the landing net, and a size 4 Gardner Incizor, a sinker and putty tight to the ring swivel on the hooklink, a short Multi-rig with a size 4 101, putty just below the hook, and a reverse combi-rig, fluorocarbon section tied to the size 6 Gardner Mugga with Merlin braid boom. Every fish has been nailed and come through the weed.

Thanks Mate. As an aside, I was sent the stocking picture of the 21lb fish by the syndicate manager, and I am seriously shocked, it went in in January THIS year, have a look.

I'm honestly blown away! I lost a fish after the 26, where the fish ran over the middle rod, when I recast I didn't check the line and got smashed. I recast it while Michael Hawes was down chatting and just after he left I had the dark 21lb mirror, on a different pop-up, a pink Nutty Bait. I hadn't even sorted that out and had another take, this was 29lb, back on the Monster Crab.

Loving life right now, another fish at 26lb 10oz, you've guessed, Rod Hutchinson Monster Crab pop-up in a PVA bag of Monster Crab pellets only over a bed of hemp.

Thanks, I am still smiling every time I look at the pics. For the syndicate records we have to photograph every fish with accurate weights so we know the growth rates. I worked it out that with known originals and stock fish around 165 carp in 45acres. I say around as there are a couple we have seen that have not been caught yet and the occasional loss during spawning. This fish was stocked in 2018 at 17lb, and is the first time it's been caught. There are others still uncaught from then and subsequent stockings.

I'll change that slightly as I have managed to land 2 in just wellies and from just standing in the water. ( ) I have found the clear spots, and put my rig on it. Slight change in rig, a 360 rig using a size 4 Gardner Incizor and RH Monster Crab pop-up and putty on the hooklink knot. Cover the hook eye with shrink tubing to stop it catching in the landing net. It looks like time to change rig on the other rod in the same area, as both came to the same rod.

Rod Hutchinson Monster Crab pop-up working again. Proper wake-up call this morning, an absolute screamer from around 40metres out and a clear spot in the weed, so I can fish my preferred running leads, 27lb 8oz

I can normally get away with a citronella and lemongrass based skin spray since Avon Skin So Soft has changed, although mosquitoes the size of vultures did used to get me at Taverham in the back channel swims; Jurassic park round there, and I needed to resort to Deet and Jungle Formula. Permethrin impregnated clothing could be handy, and @elmoputney now your not wearing Crocs, tuck your socks over your trousers. The stuff below works, and don't laugh, it's from a company called purple-turtle. It's that mosquito buzz beside your ear just as you are ¾ of the way to sleep. Other biting bugs are deer flies, they hurt, and of course the horsefly.

The number of people who think the Internet is faceless and anonymous!

Is that the exception that proves the rule? Beast of a common!

I'm hoping that I don't have to get the rake out this week, it hurts!

Cheers

Does look good, although your reel handles and indicators aren't level... Mine never are either, even on the rod pod.

Be interested in the price of Go gas compared to Coleman. I usually get 6cans of Coleman (and text or message) the link to @snowmanstevo around £25-27 inc p@p although Wow Outdoor do them £22 plus carriage so the same in total. I think Go gas are better canisters.

Sorry to hear that, hope you get your refund. I try to use PayPal for as many payments as possible as you do normally get buyer protection.

With so few swims fishable if the silkweed algae moves, someone will fish it. There are a couple of us cleaning swims of weed and silkweed and fishing each other's spots.

I ended having to rake a swim this week, the swans have made most of my other spots unfishable. 4 hours raking to about 5 rod lengths out and baiting up with hemp, sweetcorn and boilies. Sadly I can't be discreet, I have 2 piles of weed about knee height, one either side of the swim, and some weed dragged into the margin rushes to my left. I was able to fish running rigs on all 3 rods, cast just shy of the weedbed l couldn't rake with my usual array of rigs. A line aligned sliding ring on the hookshank and sweetcorn on one, Multi-rig and a Hemp Naturalz and a 360 rig with Nutty Bait pop-up. It's the old school sweetcorn bait that produced.

Keep the Emblems.

I'm in this month, a lot of hard work for the result so far. 4 hours of raking and baiting with hemp, sweetcorn and boilies on Thursday, this morning I had one of this years stock fish at 15lb on sweetcorn. It went in in January at 11lb 4oz. I knew there were fish in the area, the young coot that was diving on my baits kept on coming up looking panicked, running away then return to dive again, so the run was not a surprise.

I make sure she has shade, and can reach the water for a paddle. I hope that is good news then. Not as bright today, and I've been on the receiving end of a heavy shower or two, one while I was walking Sky the 2miles around the lake.