ouchthathurt

Awesome capture mate, very well done 👍

Managed a 3lb bass, not bad for the first bass trip of the season.

20 lugworm for tomorrows dawn - low tide, see if the bass have arrived yet.

He wanted to catch his first pike recently, he only had one…

Welcome back mate

I prefer to think I taught him everything he knows… although I blanked… lol!

Welcome back mate

this is my sons pb mirror that went 29lb - we were doing a night in a double swim, fishing identical baits, rigs, etc to a reedbed off an island. My son had 8 that night, topped by this otherwise unknown mirror. I blanked! he’s just done a new pb common of 26lb 5oz this week.

Very true mate!

I’ve never seen a pizza machine in the uk!

I use the esp ones with korda leadcore mate, without any issues, one thing I do after removing the lead wire section prior to splicing the loop is pinch the end of the leadcore and above the break of the lead wire and loosen the braided section up, that way it splices easier.

I’ve always used the ESP ones mate, they come several in a pack and I’ve got one or two that have lasted years. The korda ones have done me well, but something so fine wire will break sooner or later I reckon

Every time I go fishing, my wife places her hands on my head and says a prayer to the fish gods! Lol! I insist on it now, otherwise I blank… 🙄

If they’re the smaller ones mate, I want a ticket! Well done fella, cracking result!

That makes sense, I put the spinner swivel through the eye so the opening of the spinner swivel is the side of the point, then shrink tube it in place, I’ve landed cats to 55lb on that set up and it didn’t shift

I’ve had a few of the slimy critters on 12mm fish meal pop ups, over a kilo of premier fishmeal bottom baits. I wouldn’t target them, but they don’t half fight! This lake doesn’t have much in the way of silvers, it has a small head of carp that are rarely targeted, not sure what the cats feed on, maybe the silver population is stronger than I think, no one targets them, so how would we know? There’s no cormorants though…

My plans this year will revolve around a local canal, also I want to concentrate on bass fishing, nighting it is off the menu with a baby at home

I’ve been a victim of jealousy, it got so stupid, I stopped fishing there, moved on and got the same issues on the next lake! I did a winter on a local park lake that I know like the back of my hand - during one particular winter, I stayed on, putting the time in, blank after blank while everyone pulled off. Then I started stringing some captures together but kept it to myself - peg piracy was another issue, however one session, the bailiff was down while I had a take, he commented how this was the first fish out all winter, I then confessed to this being my 6th fish out! Word was out after that and other anglers started fishing again. I was still able to catch while others were blanking, the snide remarks started - then accusations I was using leadcore (which I wasn’t as it’s banned) I had spot checks on rigs - nothing untoward found - I then found anglers taking leadcore rigs to the bailiffs saying they had recovered from my swim! Bailiff took one look, said that they weren’t mine and put a stop to that nonsense, the green eyes still kept on it, I got a call from the club secretary saying I had been seen standing on an outflow pipe in the out of bounds area - I asked what day this was, turned out I was 150 miles away driving an ambulance car around central England! I had to show my time sheets and shift rota to the secretary to prove I was nowhere near the place in question at the time. I moved on to a small syndicate after that where I had a cracking start, landing the mythical big common at over 31lb, soon after that, one angler started casting over me, casting onto my baited areas while I was fishing them, even went to the lengths of pretending to be a bailiff and tried to quote fake rules (that I would be in contravention of) and then tried to chuck me off the lake! I had to call the real bailiff to come and sort it all out. I pulled off there in the end, it was getting far too busy, now I am looking for a new water, but having a newborn at home means that nighting it takes a back seat, I get my fix with a bit of piking in the winter and bass fishing in the spring/summer. Life is too short to get wrapped up in jealousy, I just fish for myself and move on if I find I no longer enjoy it. I’m currently wandering along a nice little canal that rumour has it is home to the odd carp, no one on it - sounds like heaven!

@marker many thanks mate, I’ll check them out and let my boy know 👍

Welcome buddy

Hopefully when you get a hip replacement, you’ll be a new man mate, fingers crossed you get back to full fitness soon.

Hi Nick, not seen you posting for a while, you good?

Many thanks mate, he is desperate to find a water that will suit him, but I’m at a loss and Google isn’t throwing up much.

Evening all, so my boy got a set of carp rods and reels (Leeda rogue 9ft 2.75lb rods and shimano 6000 baitrunners) plus a set of fox mini microns, landing net, line, terminal tackle, candy nut crunch readymades etc etc from wifey and I as he is obsessed with carp fishing but can only go when he’s with me in Sussex, so I got him the above gear so he can get carping with kit that he can stash in the boot of a car. What I’m trying to find is a venue for him in the Prestatyn/Rhyl-Chester/Ellesmere Port area that will allow a 14yr old to fish without silly rules (several waters I’ve found in the area are size 12/10 hooks max, no boilies, no under 14yrs etc - he’s 13, going on 14 in March) that he can go catch a few on a day ticket. I looked at Brickfields pond in Rhyl, but they are prebooked tickets only. Anyone have any ideas? many thanks

Many thanks mate, they became a bit of an obsession! Now pike have taken over 🙄