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The problem is there are too many guys that are prepared to chuck kilos and kilos in when they are unable to determine whether there are feeding fish in front of them or not. There is no problem using big qty's of bait if you're on them and it's getting eaten. People need to use their eyes. You can tell if your spot is getting smashed to bits.

For real distance you need the ACA/Frank Warwick stick but they are like rocking horse poop nowadays. Second to that you have the Century one which is £££££ or the Gardner Pro-Pela which is what I'd recommend buddy.

You know if they're EA because they wear an EA stab vest lol.

He may have been a bailiff but he certainly didn't represent the EA as they do not need to see the license. They carry a handset that they can use to check your details. Sounds like an over protective bailiff to me mate.

An absolutely ridiculous rule imo. Per the posts above there's loads of options for baiting but if it were me I'd be onto the committee to discuss the rule. If it's the same Dovemere I just found online it's well over 100 yards to the middle. The carp will learn that they're relatively safe out there (in fact it sounds like they already have?). I think your best bet in the short term is piling the boilie in with the stick at range.

Greed is good when it comes to angling mate 👍 Exactly this. Which bit is banned? The pellet? Or the spodding? There are loads of baits out there that can help to achieve the situation you're after, and there are normally ways around certain bait/tactical bans.

OK...... So this is a result, no? Your problem is not related to rigs imo mate. You are catching fish where others are not so you're doing something right. I would be looking at baiting tactics if I were you. The fish are there and you are catching them, you just need to work the swim i.e. feed the spots tactically. Keep the bait going in (in moderation) in an attempt to extend the feeding spells. The longer they feed for, the more bites you'll get.

It got me for a second too lol

@carpepecheur, it's sir axeman with the problem, not Carpmaster 👍

lol Imo there is absolutely nothing wrong with that mate. I don't believe an old school hair will fix any problem you associate with the rig. When you say safety bead do you mean a lead clip? Or some other type? Assume you're using it with a bottom bait or wafter? What is the substrate on the spots you're fishing? Is there much weed, silt or chod about?

What rig are you currently using buddy? It is always best to change something for a specific reason. You think you're getting done which goes part way towards giving you that reason, but it is important to understand why you think your current rig is letting you down to make sense of any change.

I think the bigger question is whether they'd get in the bay at all if it's a cold drizzly day. This imo^^^^^^^

It's out of order what he said and there is no excuse for it but as devils advocate I'll say that it's easy for guys to become very protective over the waters they fish. I know I have in the past. In that situation I'd have gone straight over to speak with him. I'll bet that face-to-face he probs would have been very sheepish. It's not so easy to throw insults when the bloke you've just told to F off has a face and personality attached to him. He'd likely have clocked that you're a perfectly reasonable bloke, an angler just like him, and that would be the end of any animosity. I've also seen this on new waters. As above, I just go over there and chat to them like nothing's happening. Nine times out of 10 they end up being your mate lol.

It's the mechanism imo. Some of them seem to open too easy on the loose setting and not at all on the tight setting. I think the spomb could do with a precision spring but that's obviously not cost effective. If you know what you're looking for you can pick a decent one off the shelf. The Dot can suffer too. After heavy use the arms on the lid/cap can bend very, very slightly which leads to it opening on the cast. The bend is so slight it's really tricky to spot (in fact I didn't realise what was going on with mine until someone pointed it out to me on here I think).

I believe it held the US record for many years? I travel to CT with work quite regularly and often wonder about booking some time to fish the place.

I've used them all buddy. They all do a job but: - The spider is imo a tiny bit too heavy so not great for big distances. - The dot is a tiny bit too light so while it's great for heavy baits (boilies) it's awful for light stuff (pellet/maggot etc). - The fox can be a pig to retrieve unless you get a specific technique dialled. I keep going back to the good old spomb. You get good'n's and bad'n's but a good'n cannot be beaten imo.

Both are excellent. The hydro in 15 can cope with a hell of a lot and the specimon in 18 is nigh on invincible.

It has gone on a bit of a tangent hasn't it lol. If you try it you must give us feedback👍

Getting worse still. They've just shut Mallard (unheard of in my lifetime) due to high nitrate levels. I think they're worried with the thunderstorms this weekend that they could be looking at an oxygen crash.

🤣😂That's a new one to me. All this stuff (sound/light travelling down line/inherent magnetism of metals) is why people end up with their heads up their backsides. There really is not that much to worry about in carp angling: Present a bait well..... in an area the carp are prepared to feed..... when the carp are there, feeding. If we're not catching, 9 times out of 10 it is because one of the above requirements has not been met. The other 1 time out of 10 has nothing to do with sound/light travelling down line or inherent magnetism of metals imo. It is due to some other environmental factor that can normally be determined by careful and comprehensive observation. If the people that come up with these crazy theories spent as much time trying to present a bait well in an area the carp are prepared to feed when the carp are there feeding, they would become a very good angler very quickly. Imo.

Every single carp that has ever been caught on rod and line was hooked on a piece of metal bro. All fish can detect electrical impulses - but a piece of metal cannot give off an impulse. It can have an inherent level of magnetism, but it cannot give off an impulse. We can agree to disagree but imo if fish could distinguish metals none of us would ever have caught a carp in our lives.

No idea mate. Personally I just don't think it needs to be there. Any half decent rig that resets itself will do the job if the feeding situation is fostered effectively imo.

The Savay lads used to do this back in the 80s. There were several version including one with multiple "whiskers".

Me too. I have a close pal that I fished with on 3 different waters over a 5 year period. I always fish pop ups. He always fishes bottom baits in bags. My average was MUCH bigger, every year, on every water. Not conclusive, but a very good indication.

I just answered that lol: