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Same stuff as the Gardner with a different label as I understand it. Decent.

Me too. Yes and no. The use of propolis originates in koi keeping. It creates a barrier on the wound to lock out any nasties. This is fine when a koi is living in a posh pond with clean, filtered water with controlled salinity. Not so fine for a carp lake - you risk locking nasties IN to any wound. Best bet is to use a proper antibacterial/antifungal treatment (like the Gardner stuff), and then use propolis afterwards👍

Nah.... if anything, your hooking potential is amplified on the zigs imo. Your hook length/link is already tight to the lead i.e. there is no slack to take up. If/when Mr Carp takes the hookbait, it's immediately under tension unless he dives down which is extremely unlikely given what we know from the numerous underwater vids in circulation. Ergo, the likelihood is a hooked carp. Zigs can give odd bites - sometimes screamers, sometime massive drop-backs, and sometimes those odd bouncing tips that you describe (which tbf you can visualise if you imagine Mr Carp flapping when he realises he's now attached to a lead system 6 ft below him), but I can almost guarantee you that changing to a 6 magnet roller will do absolutely nothing in terms of telling you if a carp is attached. They are either hooked or they are not.... I certainly wouldn't go hitting single bleeps without a visual indication that you've hooked one. I would certainly change this before I changed the roller on the alarms buddy.

For real distance you need a long, curved stick. For accuracy and shorter range, straight is best. Hated them. It's like going back in time 20 years when we were all spodding without the line clip. All over the place 😂

These are great for providing enough light for the camera to find it's focus point - I use one myself - but a flash is still critical to great night shots imo.

I've tackled up my fave rods for this one. A set of X-Lite's I had built by Nick Buss back in the day and rebuilt last year by Roger Hurst. Only used them once since the re-build. Lovely rods and perfect for small waters such as the one we're on. They actually caught my current PB back in 2017..... which you were there for! I'm hoping you bring me luck once again😉

Class, @jh92.

So some other set is reserved for landing the record?!!!

Result mate.... well done.

I bet it didn't this morning!

You sound like them! 😅😅👍👍

It is legal for approved parties (which are very few and far between) to capture and relocate otters from within fenced fishery boundaries under certain circumstances. You risk prison for shooting one.

I agree. I've been carp fishing for more than 30 years now (which probs sounds like nothing compared to some on here). Yes, of course it's changed in that time. The biggest change I've seen is the disconnect between young and old. Back in the day, it was the love of carp fishing (which included all the blanks, rubbish bivvies/bedchairs etc) that bought everyone together - a common love/obsession of this fantastic sport we all live for. You'd have youngsters, old boys, cops, criminals, brickies, students, lawyers and god knows what else on the bank - all getting on like a house on fire because we shared this bizarre infatuation with a fish. That togetherness is still there for those that seek it and most of the youngsters I meet on "proper" carp lakes are as driven by this love of fishing as anyone was back in the day. I see very few with a "catch at any costs" attitude tbh - they're just keen as mustard, as we all are or have been at some point. In fact, the guys I see ruining this comradery are generally the old boys, rejecting the youth (as is unfortunately so common for any generation), because they talk funny and push boundaries in their pursuit of carp. Tolerance is a virtue. Younger generations owe nothing to older generations. They are a product of a society that WE have all influenced in some way. They cannot choose when they were born. Next time you're out, have a chat with that spotty teenager who's up and down trees and moving swims 3 times a day before settling down to smoke a joint in the evening. Once you get past that ridiculous way they talk (😂) you might find he's an ok guy.

Google 'bedchair support legs' mate. You can turn any 6-leg into a 7 or 8-leg bedchair for 20 or 30 quid. This will bring loads of great options well within your budget. I've been using a single support leg on the end of mine for years, just gives that little extra support to prevent bending at the hinges.

I have to say that Jan/Feb are without doubt the hardest months of the year. To give up just as we see temps start to rise would be unusual. You're better off fishing the easy lake in Jan/Feb and then hitting the harder waters around now. Signs of spring are upon us.

If the weed is really bad, I'll dump the lead. Safest rig is the one that gets the fish on the bank imo.

Chod is the obvious one mate. If you can find low lying stuff any decent pop up rig on a heli will do.

Tel uses hand rolled cork ball pop ups (he rolls them himsel). You can buy hand rolled pop ups.... they cost a fortune. I use different hookbaits for different applications. Some are expensive (e.g. cork ball pop ups). Some cost pennies (tigers). Use what you have confidence in.

Same 👎👎👎

Seriously? Almost every decent water in the country has had to be fenced. Most that are not have been decimated. The effects of otters on carp fishing have been beyond comprehension.

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Remote or standard?

This 👆 Very similar to CSL... smells of a slightly gone over chestnut ale.

With 3.5 oz leads I'd maybe go 15 lb. Or go 12 lb and downsize to 3 oz leads 👍