kevtaylor

Last one - and the worst pic, but what an amazing shoul of prey fish I found in a corner of Bluebell Lake, in both opposite corners actually - the other shoul was about 20ft round - top to bottom, this much smaller about 8ft round.

This is the Raymarine Dragonfly 5 Pro bait boat screen. A the back end of a plateau on Mallard, Bluebell. Left screen, the more red at the surface the harder the ground, left screen shows weed etc. It will show more but I'm learning.

I've gotta get one, we've used my mates on a deep pit but didn't find any fish of note but worked perfectly showing weed, depth and bottom variation. We also hung it over the side of the boat whilst predator fishing - brilliant having the fish shapes and ding noise when a shoul passes under - so exciting, but I think you can change that to the arches you see on other systems and that can show if a fish is big or not more accurately apparently- I no nothing just starting out so could be getting mixed up. This is a poor photo taken off the screen of a Lowrence system, not sure which but I love the detail of the wreck we were fishing and in some pics you could clearly see the Zander- what a day, loved it. Will try to get better pics next time.

I've been predator fishing with an expert, we're using 'Lowrance Active Target' and you can see what the fish is and roughly whether its a whacker or not - very exciting trust me! I've got a bait boat with Raymarine Dragonfly Pro 5 and again with the size of the arches you can kinda see if a whacker or not and the bottom detail is next level, I can see individual weed strands on one side on the screen and colour coded bottom hardness on the other side - pretty epic tbh

Hi Chill, Yeah I'm using my Avid 2 man HQ exclusively at the moment. Had it for about 5 years I guess, its still perfect, lightweight for it's size, easy to put up - tbh I have no faults. Think newer versions are even better. You'll not go wrong with AVID gear IMO You wanna buy a Ridgemonkey 1 man? 🤣

Sorry didn't see this. It's a Hyundai I40 - you're supposed to push the dead keyfob against the start button on the dash, but it did nothing.

Best bait I've used was completely un-flavoured, just salmon oil, eggs and Aminos basemix, forgot to add flavours but the fish seemed to love them more, much more in fact, what a session that was!

I've got 2 shelves full in the garage now, some go way back should just chuck them away I suppose - I used to always have half a dozen pots in the living room (glugging) which mates seemed to like sniffing every week, how they moaned when I moved them out 🤣👍

sell me one mate 🤣

What were really saying is we have been naughty boys and we have to call it a day..................for a while at least!

That is a banging point I'd go for that too - you can get almost everything else carbon 👍

I'm with Elmo - just can't seem to stop buying stuff, especially since the first lockdown but I'm trying to rein it in a bit - or closer to the truth - what else could I possibly buy lol Stuff sounds well needed to me Elmo - go for it!

Hi mate, Yeah looking at their website now it's this: A0530011 Dual Layer Brolly System and what a fine system it looks - I would not hesitate to buy that - not for one second. What I did do on my MK1 was cut small strips of leather ( about 8mil wide) and stuck them under the ends of the 4 main poles if you like - 2 back and 2 side I think), so they went into the webbing pockets at ground level. This prevented the poles ever pushing through the webbing pockets. They may have pushed through over time - I've seen that on other shelters and I had an old belt so did the preventative work just coz I could. I saw the brolly as a lifetime buy, and I'm not wrong - I will be back in it this summer on a new venue and still expect it to see me out, it is still perfect, but a bit faded - (carpy) 🤣 Whilst my MK1 doesn't have a clip in second layer, my HQ 2 Man does and it toggles in really easily, is a lightweight fabric sheet that I just leave in always, no condensation noticed at any time of year. I do think there will be a little in extreme conditions on the underside of the outer layer but nothing has come through to the inside ever. Quality of fabric on both my systems is top notch IMO I'm jealous TBH 👍

he knows his stuff that Taylor geezer! 🤣👍

IMO this will be the one. I've got the Mk1 brolley System 'Ascent' - so much better quality than anything I've seen, everyone who sees it makes a comment. The fabric was the same as the Ozz Tent and Ridgemonkey - heavy duty. Mk2 looks sick, and the toggle in second layer will be bang on no doubt, ribs have been pushed right up - its an ever better shelter no doubt, different fabric but it will be very good still - probably lighter than it was. I've got the AVID 2 man bivvy with toggle in second layer and zero condensation ever - and I've used that for years now, summer, winter no probs! I sound like a bit of a fan boy BUT their kit seems to be top notch every time IMO 👍

Good time to sell my Ridgemonkey bivvy then - any takers? Thought not lol

I can't even get in mine or turn it on if the battery in the remote key is out. I watched a video on how to reveal the door key hole then couldn't fix the door handle back to how it was. Once in there's no ignition key hole so you cant go anywhere anyway, if it cannot detect the keyfob your going nowhere.

Good luck with that - get it hidden quick style! 👍🤣

The under barrow bag that comes with the MK2 will hold 5ltr water no prob, I just have the food bag that goes on the front and the under bag, does me.

I blanked anyway lol but always nice to be out trying

Big moon - big fish?

I did a 3 night social on Bluebell's Swan last week - unfortunately a blank for both of us on the back of the wind although we were on fish for the first day or so and pretty close throughout tbh. A great trip, good company and I learnt plenty - a few did come out to guys opposite one another so I now know the winter-early spring feeding zone 👍 One swim mapped many more to go. Got the bit between my teeth now - time to push on! 👍

Sure does - the promo video kind of shows them not really scared off but then it would. They do say dont do this anywhere you might upset other anglers in fairness. But we know some idoit will do just that - the lampings will have different meanings lol

Shining the brightest light you can get into the water to look for fish at night. Which brings about our other understanding of the word.👍

Anyone lamping near me will get just that - lamped out! 🤣 Might be a good idea on an empty canal but a water with other anglers on - NO