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good choice going for ringwood- i think a much better run club and much better waters! if you already have a good bait i would try it on one rod to start with as you may be suprised at how quickly they can move in on scummers! but i have managed to crack hightown using my homemade baits so they are always worth a shot! as for big baits at hightown- it is too avoid the many millions of bream and now tench that inhabit the lake- if you do go there make sure that you have no pellet or particle that you may be tempted to use- DONT DO IT!!!! in the winter the lakes can shut down a bit as they will go very quiet during the winter months but in the main lake there is a sufficient stock in there that you will get the occasional run! good luck mate

hi mate- im a member of ringwood. currently targetting hightown quite heavily and have had a bit of success recently! northfield doesnt really appeal to me but the only i really know about it is to get some shellfish baits (known as scummers) either shellfish b5 or nash baits shellfish sense appeal. the fish absoulutely devour it on there ! as for hightown- big baits and location really- they are in there just get the bait in the right place!

there is a thread on it on here- i remember i posted on it!

it can be quite hard on there sometimes. if i were you id avoid spodding- there just the stock of fish in there in my opinion- you are better off just fishing for bites- so small bags or solid bags into the weed. small baits like 12mm red factors- they are the best on there or 12mm barrels work well. i had a 20+ common on just a small bit of flouro pop-up aswell as the water is that strange colour so bright baits stand out well! use backleads aswell- and nice slack lines! good luck

dont know if this is still any use to anyone- but little horseshoe is a lovely lake- still day dream about my time on there! try maize in the top right hand corner towards the snags on the left- plenty of fish in there! just be careful about the weed and make sure you are dumping the lead and using safe rigs. as for other hot swims- swim 1 (the first one on the left) has a lovely little overhang there- had 6 takes in a night i think! and getnoshedup- you dont need to be able to cast more than 60 yards to catch fish or be able to use 3 rods to stand any chance of catching! little horseshoe is a lovely intimate venue- you should be spenfing more time with just a stalking rod in hand than sat behind motionless buzzers!

id go for getting the garlic one out there mate ! it is an awesome bait and i seem to remeber a guy ripping apart the royalty for the barbel with garlic luncheon meat when he got back from france!

yes it gets incredibly packed- but being 110 acres you dont feel it that much! if you are on the fish u shud bag up but as it is such a large water you have the problem you cud be a long long way away from them! was once a proper water but is now full of simmos which ruined it slightly ! if you want rod bending try somewhere like thorpe lea or brasenose 1 and 2 they are more gauranteed !

did you keep them soaked in some flavouring? i keep all mine in some potent pineapple flavouring that probably masks any human flavour that may be on it. i know you use alot of maize kev, so wat wud be the difference that a carp could notice between a peice of plastic bait that looked and smelt the same as a normal peice of maize over a bed of maize?

it will! it may be inert to us- but can we smell and taste water that the plastic has been sitting in aswell as a carp can?

it wasnt working to well? wat did you type in for stjohns tactics? could a profer the suggestion of st johns? (it aint that hard mate )

and samovmarske, try using the search facility mate: http://www.carp.com/carp-forum/viewtopic.php?t=40937&highlight=johns

a long shank nailer is a cross breed between a kurv shank and a long shank. they have a long shank that is curved, they can cause alot of damage if used wrongly- expecially on rigs like the 360 rig.

right- this is sad i know ! i tied up a little bag and the rig that i normally use- then put a bit of corn on like i normally do and then put it into a bowl of water, this is what happened: how good does that look? the hook was hidden and the bait just stuck up over the little pile of quick dissolve pellets!

as you may or may not know, i did a tuition session recently and this was the way that i was told to put single fake corn on the hair ! i will go and try it out in a minute- you made me think about it !

my pb's "only" 23lb 6oz, what you complaining about?