gazh

A club lake I was fishing in the summer had horrendous weed growth, so much so that in an angling club of 650 members I would quite often be the only one fishing it all weekend because people were put off by the weed. The best way to combat it was a solid PVA bag with a few hookbaits in and a PVA nugget on the hook to protect the point. I used to use a small bag and leave a little bit of air in to allow it to sink slowly and settle on the weed. If the weed in your lake is very low it will flatten it down a bit leaving your hookbait and freebies sitting on top.

I've been using mo's pva for a long time now and I would reccomend his bags highly, far superior to many others on the market.

I would agree with Liam on this one, I think if your rigs are working stick with them. I've never been keen on the chod rig for various reasons, I think the fish can lose the baited hook really easily and they can do it without giving any indication on the buzzers. A lead clip with a longer hook link works well in silt or chod and gives much better hooking and indication. Try to find out how deep the silt is by tying a bit of white wool on the lead and along the line and cast it into the silt. if you leave it in there for about 10 minutes it will stain the wool and tell you how deep it is then you can adjust your hooklength accordingly.

Caught a 16 pounder on a foam banana sweet at centre parcs two months ago, after word got round the lake the shop sold out of every type of floating sweet they had

It tends to be the carrier for the flavour that repels fish if in high quantities so chances are they will be to strong. Try making your own dips with essential oils or natural flavours & it will be ok to soak them.