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That's my favourite fishing book as well, its quality. 2nd Favourite is probably Terry Hearn's "In Pursuit of the Largest". My favourite non angling book is probably Howard Marks' "Mr Nice". One of the funniest books I've read is "The Raymond Delauney Emails" which is full of wind up emails to various people and companies. Got to just love Mr Nice, Howard is a star! Can't wait for the film to come out, sure Rhys Ifans will do him proud

Ok, favourite fishing book is Dave Lane, Obsession with Carp. brilliant and hillarious from start to finish.

show us some pics then

I went there this year in end of june i think. did 5 nights on the bank and had 790lb of fish, there are a lot of smaller fish in this venue and the owner even admitted he has struggled to drain and net the lake. There are some big cats in there i had several 40's and a 50 that will hammer you on boilies or any other bait you got and they are fun but there is one or two you just can't get with carp tackle. They do rent cat rods and if you want a big cat use beefburger(cooked) and one of the owners catfish rod setup. It does hold some big carp but i never got one over 30lb but ACTION was start to finish and there boilies do work well if you run out of your own. The location is a castaway from a main road as my guest kept moaning about. all in all i really enjoyed my trip but i wanted less of a runs water if i'm honest but hey like i said 790lb in 5 nights!!

Try castaway lake, in ajain, france, has big fish but when i fished there i had almost 800lb of fish in 4 nights, mental fishing

Kryston dark, I LOVE IT! and it works well in all scenario's. For me anyway

Stunning result, may concider it myself

Thats the joys of carp fishing mate!!!

I generally use the korda mesh Boilie or long chuck stick pva stuff, always pulled onto the hooklink with the hook pushed ito the mesh and no where near the knot. However never had a problem of finding pva still on the line etc even when having almost immediate takes. Sounds like cheap PVA to me mate try something new and do some bucket tests on the bank always a good way to be sure

Try castaway lakes, ajain France. Just got back from 4 nights there and had 739lb 10oz of fish (6 hours sleep also) Not bad going on 3 rods

Thanks for that

Hi guys anybody been to this venue??? All answers welcome please

I actually used a bait boat that i have since sold, spod would do the job just the same but i have to admit although i will not be getting another boat for rhis country i would concider renting one when i go to france this year purel due to the size of the bed of bait i put out and the time a boat saves you. Rig wise i was mainly using short hybrid hooklengths size 6 and 8 longshank hooks, with pva bags of pellets but mainly my own stick mix for a bit of extra attraction. you will have to let me know how you get on!

August when you going?? Been speaking to steve and the changes they have made to the lakes look good

When i went they did have freezers but not for anglers bait only the bait sold. I took way to much bait but rather have to much than not enough ay. Prob used between 1-2kg a day but to be honest i relied on the particle mix with a few of my own extras as it worked like a dream.