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Ive booked to go on the 16th of May with 3 mates! Anyone know anything new? Cheers

Something else I am going to try which relates to this (as my run:fish ratio hasn't been great of late either) is a longer hair! I usually tie the hair so the bait is pretty much touching the bend of the hook and after playing about with a few things over the weekend have decided that 10mm seems like a better gap! Out at weekend for 72 hours so I will see how I get on! Ill be fishing the following on my rods: 1) Magaligner with no leader and inline bolt rig 2) Bottom boilie, no leader and lead clip bolt rig 3) Bottom boilie, no leader and lighter running lead Then obviously I will change the rigs around to focus on the ones catching me fish!

I agree Frank, I think I will still continue to use my bolt rig set ups but I will definitely try running rigs from now on! And you know what its like, if the running rig starts to produce fish, then all 3 rods will soon be on them! Haha

Thanks for all the help guys, just what I needed! I really do think the change in my tactics is going to make a BIG difference this year! Stu

Thats great advice matey! I think my carp fishing is going to change drastically this year! I know it sounds bad but I've always made my rigs on what looks good/neat to me.........and I reckon Im not the only one as well!! One thing I never really use are running rigs, can anyone help on the best set up to use!? Thanks again Stu

Afternoon guys I'm more of a reader than poster and as usual have been reading the forums on a daily basis. Haven't been carping yet this year - I know its a crime but after breaking my wrist in a snowboard accident at the start of the year Ive had to take things easy Anyway, as Ill be able to fish in the next week or so I've been looking at my rigs and a LOT of my lead set ups consist of leaders of some sort, mainly leadcore!!! After hearing some of the arguments for and against leadcore on here Ive got to say I am now not going to use it again! To be honest when I think about it now, I really dont know why I felt the need to use a leader? Im not going to change any of my lead set ups but as I said - Mainline straight through now! My main question is........how do people pin down their rigs from the lead to the rod. The obvious answer is backleads or flying back leads but if I can, I prefer to use a slack line. Its just that 3 foot or so behind the lead Im worried about wafting about? Sorry for the waffle and thanks in advance Stu

Well, had a cracking week at Serenity!!! Heres the catch report http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?p=375675#375675 Any questions, please ask!!!!! Cheers Stu

Hi Stevy Not a problem matey, Ill try to give a peg by peg breakdown of what was caught and on what methods too! Ill also try and draw out a bit of a map of the lake and the depths/features what are at least in front of me. As of yet Im not sure what peg Ill be on, does anyone know any "Hotspots" or are they all pretty even? Looks to me like every peg has enough features to hold fish anyway! Cheers Stu

Well four days to go for me (not excited, honest!!!! Haha!) Ill write up a cast by cast report when I get back as there does seem to be a lot of interest in Serenity on the boards! Thanks for all the info up to now guys!!! Stu

Great stuff!, thanks for the info!!! Well less than two weeks now, cant wait!!!!!

Cool, cheers James! Let us know how you get on and what is working best! Really trying to do my homework on this one because I think its going to be the only week Ill be able to get out this year! No worries Stevyice - Im out there from the 24th for a week so will let you know how it goes! Cheers Stu

Cheers matey! Great info that is!! Out of interest, what did you catch? When you say light leads? How light? Did you PVA bag or just spod? Thanks in advance Stu

Great stuff, cheers matey!!! Well all the general stuff really: Tactics Rigs Baiting Best areas Underwater features Lakebed Anything you can tell me would be a big help! Cheers Stu

Got the edition of Carpworld the lake was featured in......thanks for the heads up! Its your Dads lake? You must have loads of info then!!!

Thanks a lot for the reply! If you could track that copy of Carpworld down, that would be great! From what I have found the place sounds amazing, with as you say great hosts! Also the pictures of the lake look awesome, I might not even bait my hooks! Thanks again Stu

Afternoon Guys Only 8 weeks until my Lac Serenity trip so am looking for as much information on the lake as possible! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Have done a lot of searching the net but with only little success! And hopefully the weather will have sorted itself out by then too! Thanks in advance Stu