fourseasonscarper

Hi fella's, my self and my 2 fishing buddies have been looking at Bosmere carp lake in needham but getting very mixed reports from locals (or the lack of em) i know its an FMS water but 2 people weve spoken to about it were not hardend Carp Anglers so could not offer too much advice about what is in the lake, although i know its apparently a hard water for carpers, (im accustomed to this type of fishing) problem is we cannot get any info about what is in the lake, to be honest its only £80 a year but i dont wanna pay to fish a water full of 5 pounders. Does anyone know how many fish are in there and what sizes they go to? We did spend 4 hours there a few days ago just looking at the water, luckily the sun was out and we were able to see a few fish, however we saw nothing over the 8-10lb mark so im concerned as we have heard sketchy reports of the water holding 30's or fish pushing that magic weight, could this be true or are just having out legs pulled? Any light shed on this would be great, and i mean any advice no matter how small will be very appreciated. Thanks alot guys/gals.

I see so when the fish pics up the bait the hooklink swivel slides down the leader and stops at the lead? Seems like a good idea. Thanks for that its been winding me up

Hi everyone i have done a search in this and i can see lots of people talking about them but what on earth IS a chod rig? Im sitting here right now with a copy of carp talk and there are anglers talking about it in there. I dont wanna use one, i use running rig's for all of my fishing, its just bugging me! Cheers