yonny

Another weekend blank, racking them up.  Left what feels like my peg alone (West end, back of the wind) as there were others either side and only one down the windward end but out the way (East end taking a westerly).

Did Friday night in one swim and had a couple show over the rods at dawn but far more were showing in a vacant swim round the corner, so I planned to move midday get the rods in place early afternoon once it'd gone quiet.  I knew the swim a little and placed rigs all around the edges of the plateau with as little disturbance as possible.  Was absolutely gutted to wake up and nothing showing, just one tiny liner, area seemed dead and noticeably colder than the day before.  That's carp fishing in spring, never kind to me, onto next time.

Oh and pushing that barrow through floods and sticky clay holes full of random brick ends is not the one and will finish me off pretty damn soon, where's that power wheel 🙏🤣

 

Decided to try and fish one of the new lakes on the complex this year, first time out had a walk round and found the motherload of the fish all tucked away and chilling had to barrow through a swamp and lots of flooded pathways but when my rod ripped off this morning I knew it was worth it, what I realised pretty quickly though was it felt pretty heavy, when I saw it I knew it was quite heavy, I chucked my other rod in the reeds and made sure I wasn't going to lose it by playing it as delicately as I could, I needn't have worried it was nailed on the ever faithful spinner rig, as I sit here contemplating what just happened I've realised I still haven't had a proper cuppa yet today so kettle on and chill time. 31lb not bad for a first night on a new lake 😊

Thanks mate yeah I reckon the same, they fight so hard!! And I've managed to christen one of the daiwa reels as well 🤣
This rig done the business, the bait is sitting like a wafter would.

Just spoke to the bailiff and it's been fishing really slow at the moment with only 3 fish coming out in the last 2 weeks so hopefully its just the fish not feeling it and not my angling 🤣🤣
I've been watching the water and early morning and late evening they are coming right into the weed in the margins. I have very little experience fishing in weed, but wondering if I should try a chod rig on a heli setup 🤔
That being said rain is coming in tomorrow from early morning so might just do the day and go home this evening, hate packing up wet gear 🤣

Sat here this morning debating whether I should leave or stay on, at that moment the rod ripped off catching this little beauty 👌
 

 
8lb 12oz 👍
 
 

So the rods are put

I'm fishing off the bottom of a slope, roughly 15ft in depth 14 wraps out. 20 spombs of tigers/hemp/flaked maize.
So the traps are set, rods been out for about 6 hours. The fish have just started showing in front of me but like 5 or so wraps off where my hookbaits are.
Now deciding whether to wait it out and hope they move out towards my baits or put a rod on them 🤦‍♂️anyway its good to be back on the bank🤣

This is the logical solution👆

Back on the res helping with the carp removal 👍it's full at the moment so will be cool to check the depths etc.
I believe it goes down to 130ft and some old building out there.
But yeah just set everything up only to realise I've left the spomb in the car 🤣🤣

Just doused this on my boilies, splash of brut and I'll be right on the dance floor later. 
 

Managed to get hold of a set of original Daiwa GS3000 Whisker's.
Convinced myself I'd sell the SS3000's to fund the purchase but obviously that's just not going to happen😅

I pierce mine so they dont bother me. If anything they feel more secure with the large chunks for me. Funny how the attachment you use can change your view on something so drastically! 
I would keep buying them but at £20 a pot is the reason I'm looking down the making my own route. Basemix from my bait guy and I can add to it and do what I want then. Probably cost me less than £20 a tub but I havent worked that out yet!

It's the huge chunks for me, found them difficult to screw on without feeling that they were going to split, too inconsistent.
Odd shapes are the best - when we got the rolling wrong we ended up with pillow shapes - these were the best IMO

Managed to get hold of a set of original Daiwa GS3000 Whisker's.
Convinced myself I'd sell the SS3000's to fund the purchase but obviously that's just not going to happen😅

Think I ended up doing both...
Now it's Handbags n Purses 
🤣🤣🤣🤣

My mrs says we really need to sort your shed out and get rid of some of the fishing gear…
 
ME..
ok we’ll do your boots and shoes first..

Sell stuff, never gonna happen again
 

Sell stuff we no longer need - crazy talk!  Dont know anything about the reels but sounds important, to be filed under angling archive items/spares, coz you never know and can justify it to anyone who asks 😁

Managed to get hold of a set of original Daiwa GS3000 Whisker's.
Convinced myself I'd sell the SS3000's to fund the purchase but obviously that's just not going to happen😅

Managed to get hold of a set of original Daiwa GS3000 Whisker's.
Convinced myself I'd sell the SS3000's to fund the purchase but obviously that's just not going to happen😅

Managed to get hold of a set of original Daiwa GS3000 Whisker's.
Convinced myself I'd sell the SS3000's to fund the purchase but obviously that's just not going to happen😅

Test it mate!
Just tie it onto something and start puling.

Ordered a power barrow conversion kit for my Mk2 wide boy, might keel over long before it arrives (10-12 weeks),  pushing through sodden ground getting stuck, unloading/re-loading - going again is about killing me off, although each week seems a little easier.

Test it mate!
Just tie it onto something and start puling.

Test it mate!
Just tie it onto something and start puling.

Well if we do meet and you seen me catch, it was a Tench that got weeded up for 10 mins, so exciting looked 10lb but went 9.14lb - buzzing mate, get on the multi, spinner, up and down rigs 👍🤣

Several years ago I bought a big Nash cradle with a metal frame. I set it up in the front room when it arrived, then packed it back down, and sent it back. Did not look at all safe to me.