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Yeah but never an actual fish 😁

Yeah but take that out of it and it's still weird I think 😁 I also think the pb bucket is a bad idea, I am quite glad I fish on my own mainly, I wont tip one over my own head next time I get a new pb 😁

I usually take 4 lovely ales or ciders during the warmer months but recently ditched that in favour of not needing to get out the sleeping bag every 20 minutes on the cold, So its just tea for me, I may go retro and get some horlicks for bedtime though 😴😴😴😁

I think it's weird Anyone else have thoughts on this? I keep seeing vloggers doing it and I really don't get it, it just seems disgusting 😳

Ha they wouldn't be able to cope with that and neither would I, I do love Christmas I've nearly done all my shopping already 😁

It's not winter till December 22nd this year, so anyone caught catching a winter carp before then is still catching an autumn carp 😁

Mine is a fold up lightweight one the legs dont work like that, so I think looking some seem to rest partly on the chair but I think i want one that completely rests on the frame much like the Nash one, that does also mean I am limited to wide ones or ones that fit wide ones

I got sucked into audible a while ago and kept forgetting to cancel my subscription, anyway this is one I am glad I got This book is read by Paul and Bob and so far has been an excellent listen, if you liked the TV shows you will love it, I have really enjoyed listening to them rather than reading it as the character really comes across as they tell tales of the magic of fishing, which is something that seems missing a lot from the modern day scene, but it's really taken me back to being a kid and made me think about enjoying fishing like I did in the olden days, All I will say if you don't like it you are not a Fisherman 😁

Thanks nigel will take a look

I can't see the misses letting me get away with a winter bivvy this year, I seem to recall my titan dripping without a skin, while my brolly also had Condensation Sunday it mainly ran Down the back

Hey guys Looking at getting some kind of chair that goes onto my bedchair as I am finding sitting on my bed isn't comfortable and is hurting my back, I have a normal chair but would like one that just goes on a wide bedchair as my stupidly enormous bedchair is taking up too much space in the brolly and would prefer to Save the space and weight it takes up

Starting to take shape now just going to add maggots and boilie crumb tomorrow, smells wonderful won't be too much food but hopefully lots of attraction in the swim

Thanks for that I read about riddling it earlier, so will give it a go cheers, I had to do a quick rush through the tackle shop earlier went for some sticky manilla stick mix to bind and sticky baits hydro ink, to compliment the mole mix smells fowl the ink, will make a mucky mole moosh though 😁 I will add a few other goodies just before kick off on match day and pray for the best 🙏

Got my bucket of mole muck this morning Will get the rest of the Ingredients on the way home Some good point made well done all, hopefully I can put them to good use this sunday I will add some liquids to the muck later to let it absorb into it, the way I am thinking it's high attraction fairly low food content and it should help me get the maggots on the deck if nothing else, I have started to build up a picture of this lake now I have fished it a good few times so even if I can't spot them I hope to be able to get near them, I am a little concerned the lake is fully booked for 2 nights on Sunday and Monday though, I have a theory it's someone doing an early winter series video or something, as I was all by myself the last Sunday I was on

I was walking to the canteen this morning at work and I spotted some lovely mole hills 😁 Seeing how the lake is now fully booked Sunday I may just just try it, will take a bucket and spade to work tomorrow 😁

I think it was these ones ? They seemed to think they were made by the same company anyway https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F201451158795

I like my soniks Wasnt there a snide version of those someone highlighted the other day?

But if you can draw them into the area to investigate you are more likely to get them interested and I would suggest most people these days are using an acceptable food source, and even if they aren't interested at that point they will know its there for the future, and overtime it may become a spot they love to feed at,

While I do know it has already been done in the past, I also think it's not really in any bait companies interest to research the use of compost as a groundbait so I doubt they would research it heavily or want there anglers promoting its use , in essence I think it could be a useful tool when it comes to creating your own spots you don't want others to know about or maybe getting fish to start visiting an unfancied area more regularly, I don't claim to be a bait expert I quickly gave up rolling my own but if there is an extra tool I can add to the kit then I won't poo poo it out of turn, I just think it may be worth investigating a bit to see if there is anything in it I do agree the subject of bait making gets very technical and a lot goes over my head but if it's simple enough to understand then I don't mind looking into it, I don't get to fish as much as I would like these days so I do the next best thing read listen and try to learn stuff and have ideas for future sessions,

I think it's just a required vitamin that they can't produce naturally that helps them to recover once they have spawned but they like to get it in advance I've not been able to find out loads of info about it so I don't see where it has been flogged to death, wouldn't mind reading about it more though, I find it quite interesting tbh so if you've read anything about it I wouldn't mind having a look cheers I have found a bait I am becoming confident using tbh, and that has helped me catch consistently more fish lately and I've got a night out coming on Sunday which I will be approaching confidently, but it doesn't hurt to try and learn more about other methods and ideas

Just read that it was mainly people moaning about crafty carper and Des Taylor which Is a shame, it seemed they poo pooed it mainly without even trying it apart from Nick 😁

Yeah I think I might wait to try it when I next start a pre baiting campaign tbh not sure I think it is a good idea for an overnighter with winter fast approaching, I will be using some liquids though in my winter angling soluble ones naturally, and I will be adding some maggots this weekend too I have found waxing my hooks is the only way to stop them becoming rusty that doesn't involve expensive pen type things so I have been doing that with my kids old crayons What I have learned about salt so far is they do need it in there diet, but it is particularly useful at certain times of the year 😉

From what little I understand of it you need a significant change of pH levels of about 2 in that area, the amino acid should be a lower pH than the water,I haven't checked that yet though tbh to see exactly what it will be but being called an acid should mean it is , but as its water soluble it will be a very temporary change, whilst I think adding the compost will also be temporary I would assume it takes longer for the shift back to take place due to the compost needing to be fully rinsed through, so may be a slightly slower process Lowering rather than raising it simply because it is easier to get my head around with feedstuffs already invented like amino acid liquids, maggots etc although I believe it could also work raising the pH also I just haven't even thought about that yet, Perhaps rennie might not be such a bad idea as they are probably heavily alkaline to combat the build up of acid in your stomach, might be a great digestion aid for the fish to combat all the amino acids they eat, 😉(i wouldn't know though so don't try this on my say so, I am just guessing 😝)

I didn't see that one tbh, shame but I always liked this place best, in the olden days always seemed more homely and welcoming Yes that is also one of the things I've read a bit about but then I need to find a mole Hill and that involves more than a trip to the garden centre, if I found one I would use it 😁

What's the Black forum? I've heard this mentioned before?