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I think they must've done a get stuff from China phase or something because I think I could have got a better one off wish the frame just bent it was awful, it had no rope the bed just fixed straight to the mattress. I agree some sonik stuff is pants didn't rate the reels at all and had one of their other bedchairs that didnt last,rods went soft quickly and th eye broke, however the axs bedchair is pretty decent so far, and my shelter is decent. My daughters use my old jrc cocoon that must be 20 years old and still going, they don't make em like they used too. 😂

Neither granules 😉 The Rudd have bred and bred now you can't really walk into any swim without seeing them. We cleared 160lb odd the other week and we are having another match this weekend to clear some more out. But there will still be loads I now cheat and use a bait boat tbh baiting in bulk has never been so easy or accurate tbh, especially with particles, no spod spill, no reels caked in molasses and seed juice, I can even use a bait scoop so I don't get my hands dirty at all 😂 It's a lot busier than it used to be a few of the swims are sewn up quite often, my plan is to make them come to me and give them a reason to stick around 😳

I saw that earlier all the evidence I needed to see that they are a bit of a death trap.

Luckily that wouldn't be on my spod rod and I have decent reels on my proper rods okuma 8k. The bail arms don't spring closed on those.

I bought a solar bedchair it broke after one use absolute rubbish. I had to replace it through AD for a sonik axs duralloy. Which I might add isn't a bad bedchair for the bigger boys. It's light, strong and I think rated to 160kg or something.

just started soaking some and I think I've already used about 25kg of dry particles since may and I've only caught when using it or after prebaiting areas with it, can't be a coincidence I don't think, going to need to visit the animal feed place again soon. At just over 20 quid for 40kg seems mad not to mass de bait 😂

Thanks for all the replies everyone The main one I can answer easily to is Nick as it is lake specific, the lake is a lot more pressured nowadays tbh and it's certainly different to when I first fished it, and they see a lot more bait probably mainly boilies, also I don't think there is as many tench and bream these days the Rudd seem to be the key nuisance. I think I've worked it out overnight and the answer is the maize I am using, the nuisance species must not be able to eat it so much so they are leaving it in favour of the other seeds and probably the boilies. My mix is 50% maize with a mix of seeds, maples, white peas, and a few other bits finished off with Molasses and a top secret garlic ingredient, I found in an animal feed place I'm now more convinced than ever it is the missing link and I am planning to do some bulk cooking and freezing 😂 Thanks guys, time for some mass prebaiting while no one is watching I think 🤔

Not sure if it is just coincidence but my recent results seem to suggest I catch when I use it and I blank when I just fish with boilies and pellet. Is this the missing link👇 I just wonder if inviting them all to the party is the thing making the difference? Has anyone else noticed this?

I do that quite often lol

I've bought some NGT spod braid a korda SLR marker float and some korda marker elastic since I've been home. Any prizes for guessing what happened? I hit my bait boat at about 20 wraps, I bet I couldn't do it again if I tried but that didn't do the damage. But what did the damage was when I went for the biggun and my aerlex bail arm decided to close by itself. It does this usually at least once a session, it's a silly bailarm.

So do I normally 😂 I've repacked my bag now I am home and put a new one in 👍

I bet you still have gas though, mine is just an ornament 😭

I treated myself to a carp life kettle last week, shame I've just run out of gas and forgot to pack a spare so cannot use it anymore 😂

Banned on my lakes too. Someone must have been using one because I had to get this in this morning

Been here since 9am got the rods out at 5pm it was a work party day 😲 We cleared lots of trees and I also cleared some weed out of another swim,

I did have a little moment today where I thought what if it really is an edge and tried to work out where to get one on the way home lol, luckily actually going to a shop hasn't worked out for me, And I've now thought, I'm quite happy with my rigs these days. I am still using the same booms, I've caught all my fish on this year. I'm trying new leaders this weekend, if they work out ok I will have a nice and stealthy set up that doesn't cost the earth. Will be interesting to see if anyone starts catching loads on them though. But yes my main concern with it is that it could be an extra danger if you get snapped up or, have a crack off or something then it could be trailing a mini weed rake. And losing one at a fiver a pop would make me really sad. Is it a lot worse than things like adjustable zig floats, or lead clips that have tail rubbers pushed on too far. Maybe /maybe not but I guess if there are issues it will come down to human error and them not being used in a safe situation. Time will tell

One from the other week.

Can't believe this hasn't got it's own thread yet? Thoughts? £5 each for that reason alone I'm out. 😂

Been bait and bathroom shopping this afternoon. I enjoyed bait shopping more 😂 I am going all in on the reaper nut mix this autumn, 5kg of each size 14mm,16mm,18mm,20mm Glugs, stick mix and some Rudd proof hard hookers 😉

Now you are just being greedy 😂 Well done cracking session, lovely red letter day for you

Well done mate, lovely result and a cracker too. No stopping you now 👍

Thanks I wasn't sure i also get confused, I just saw jump lead clips and thought they would need a battery 👍

do you not then need a car battery to run it off also with these?

Feed em off with particles mate or wait til night time to bait up, or just fish the deepest part of the lake where they will bother you less. Even if they can't eat them they will still move them about because they are scum 😂 I am awake at this time of night because the smoke alarm started going off, it was full of water from the bathroom. Oh the joys of being a grown up.

Be rude not too mate, tight lines with good line lay old bean.