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It's a great water. This time of year it tends to get a bit tricky but the catch reports suggest it's been fishing well. Not many of the bigguns out recently... so they're due. Fish it like you would anywhere mate. Keep your eyes open and try to get on them. There used to be a lot of pretty awful filamentous algae out in the pond (that long horrible lime green candy floss silky type weed) so make sure you're fussy when it comes to finding a spot. I assume it's still there and it renders much of the bottom unpresentable, even with long chods. A lot of fish come from the margins so take some waders and have a good look either side of your swim (be careful as there's some pretty deep holes too). Check the opposite margin if you're in a swim that controls one. Any decent bait will do, crumb it up though. Bits seem to do better than whole boiled baits (the coots destroy beds of boilies anyway). Enjoy.

Not sure mate, the waters I've been fishing have deeper areas but not all over. I've not noticed them moving up or down in the water, rather a total cease in activity 🤷‍♀️

I cook the bacon then pour the fat onto the roll in place of butter. One less thing to take 😆

It's a nightmare as I tend to have to book my time off to fish in advance. The obvious thing I look for when planning a trip is a big low front moving in but I've done miles better when those conditions haven't showed up 😅 Well done on your latest capture btw 👌

Odd innit🤷‍♀️

The one you can see fish in bro 👍

Bacon rolls. The food of Kings. The bread shouldn't be going dry on a day session. Just wrap the rolls up in a bag👍

So rather than start a new thread I thought I could jump on this one. Sticky just bought out a new Penning Vid (Reflections | Volume Four | The Campaign). In this vid he (Adam) mentions that over the last few years he's noticing the waters he's fished are not responding to "carpy" conditions. He'll look forward to those big low pressure systems and the big winds/rain that come with them, and when they arrive the carp shut up shop(!). I have also noticed this. This last few years the carpy conditions seem to be getting less and less special in terms of the carps response. The water I'm fishing this year is doing it big time; it has fished well when it's warm with high pressure, but when a big low pressure system rolls in on a new wind (those conditions you wait weeks for) the carp don't seem to be fussed one bit. In fact they stop showing for 24 hrs or more. Then as the conditions pass and the sun comes back out, whallop, the carp are happy again. Tbh I though it was just the water I'm fishing but after AP mentioned it about a few waters he's fished, it made me realise that it's been happening on the last 3 waters I've fished. So how can this be explained? Could it be the angling pressure (anglers all set up waiting on the end of the new winds)? Or could it be related to climate change and the increase in average temps? I'm struggling to come up with an answer so wondered if anyone else has noticed this or has an idea about an explanation?

This is just content for the sake of content imo. On a nice clean spot a standard lead clip with a boilie on a knotless knot will perform as good as anything but when you have to deal with weed/silt/debris you'll potentially not even be fishing. The rig and set-up should be chosen to suit the swim/spot/substrate. Simplicity is a good thing but a rig shouldn't be chosen solely for simplicity, and certainly shouldn't chosen because Adam Penning said so 🤣 I can think of absolutely no reason why anyone would use a ronnie/spinner on a spot clean enough for a combi (other than possibly to single out bigguns). It is a given that the combi will out-fish the ronnie in clean spot scenario imo. The ronnie is to be used to suspend the hook/bait above any debris👍

There's loads of room in the VASS mate. If you don't fancy them check out the OCEAN ones. Very good. As a third choice check out the PROS WADERS. Not as good imo but some guys rate them.

I tired it on toast once. The rest went to the carp lol.

Defo on them then mate. Silt is a funny one. When carp feed in silt they don't just grub around on top, they bury themselves gill deep to get at the bloodworm it contains. Therefore it shouldn't really matter if you're hook bait is buried in the silt. That said, it can be tricky to feel confident when you know your bait is buried. I'd just start with a slightly longer hooklink than usual and go from there. Pepper some pellets over the top, job done.

Not used them but a close mate got the heavy version (3.5 13 ft I believe). He found them to be overly soft which could mean the lighter version might suit what you're after 👍

Where as mine went back to Delk for repair 3 times in 3 years due to water ingress before I ditched them and got the Fox's🤷‍♀️

None of it matters unless you were on the fish and you haven't mentioned this mate. Were you seeing activity on your spots? Were they defo feeding over you? Your focus should be on getting the swim/spot right. The rig should be chosen to suit the area on which they're feeding👍

It was a crazy fish. You'd find it easily from up the trees, it was like a breeze block. Then one day it just seemed to disappear. Was never found.

🤣Brilliant. Such a lovely little water.

Is that Pearly? If it is, I had that off the top a few years back. Real nice kipper.

I'm not sure why anyone would do this but each to their own. That is 100% luck imo.

I have no idea what you're asking here but I assume you're referring to Cransley Res? Good tench water. Very, very few carp.

That's clever thinking mate. I like it.

Agreed mate - convenience and versatility. How else are you going to fish at distance? And don't you dare say bait boat 😂😂😂

I agree with many of your points but disagree about the luck aspect. A good angler will make sure he can find and fish for feeding fish. He'll not just hope that he's landing on a shoal of them. It doesn't matter how good your bait is if you're not on the fish. Regards tackle I agree that much of it is irrelevant unless you need it for a specific application (distance fishing for example). However, there are some thing that just shouldn't be skimped on and they are lines and hooks - the bits that catch the carp. Also not worth skimping on bait imo. I'm not sure about the States but here in the UK we have incredibly rich pits of various descriptions, most of which are heavily pressured. Therefore you tend to be competing with huge larders of natural food as well as numerous other anglers. There are plenty of cheap baits that will compete (corn and pellet for example) but if you need the advantages offered by boiled baits it's worth spending some money - cheapo boilies will not compete on anything other than overstocked commercials. Carp fishing is meant to be whatever the individual wants it to be. Some will happily set up in a nice spot and see what comes along. Others will go out there and make it happen. There is no right or wrong. Do what you enjoy 👍 Excellent first post btw mate.

Assuming we're talking about the Island lake, changing to bottom baits made a massive difference on there for me👍. Also hemp made a big difference. That's not the case mate. As you've said, carp get caught every day on the heli.

Very good bait back in the day. I'd love to think it's the same recipes but I doubt it if I'm honest. Alan would qualify as one of carp anglings true legends. RIP. No mate. If they're feeding on the bait and you're not getting takes it's more likely a presentation issue. Hitting single beeps is imo clutching at straws and not addressing the real problem (whatever that may be).