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Hi When you say milk ground bait that is a great idea to bring the fish up. What would I use in my ground bait to do this. As we just can't go to a tackle shop here and buy ground bait. I make my own out of brown bread crumbs,chicken mash,bird seed and raspberry cordial for making drinks,sometimes I dye it red too. I also use liquidised bread. We have tried the feeder and Polaris fishing but we never get anything. My mate has caught a few with just a shot on the line and just letting it sit about 3 feet of the bottom. I have had some luck on the float fishing about 12 to 15 feet in 20+water. This is all just out in front of us. But it is hard going as we see the fish jumping around and rolling but they don't seem to need our bait. There must be a lot of natural food in there because of all the weed perhaps? Thanks again for all the replys perhaps if we try some of these new ideas we may start to get a few more fish. I keep you posted.

Thanks for your reply. Hemp is very hard to get here as it is banned. Well you can't get it! That is it. I will give the things you said a go and let you know how I get on.

Hi all Just wonder how would you tackle a very deep guarry lake about the size of a football pitch. The margins are 20foot deep all round and then drop off to about 30 to 40 feet in the middle. There is also a lot of eel grass in the margins and the lake has very clear water. The fish in it are tench,perch,Rudd,goldfish and eels I know these fish are. In there as you see them from time to time. The bait I will be using is bread and maggots on float gear close in. Any help on this would be great. Ps I will have this lake all to myself most of the time as it is not fished at all for coarse fish.

Hi all I know were there are loads. NEW ZEALAND on the north island. They are wild over here. Look up KOI in NZ. Mind you might be a bit far to go for a day trip.

Hi from NZ. The wife brought me a copy for my birthday. So Martin your book has been read in New zealand to. Also i lent it to a mate & he thought it was a good read to & he is not a Carp fisherman. Steve