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Even though its been a tough old year, I feel pretty positive still overall as I say to my kids you just need to put your Icando pants on and make it happen 😏

Good luck Need to aim big 😂 I decided I don't want to stay to stay on this lake forever, 1 more season is all I want to do, a 30 has always been the challenge, there is a few in there so by going through the numbers hopefully I can get one on the bank and catch plenty more on the way 😂😉

My 3 goals for next year 30lb + carp and to catch more than 13 from the big lake, both are gonna happen 😜😂😁😍👍 And the big one got to lose weight and be healthier, I've been feeling a bit ill lately I have a phone chat with the docs today about my blood test results, I think that's a sign things need to change currently 21st need to be about 4st lighter I reckon, I'm getting old now and need to start looking after myself properly 😩

I don't wish to be rude but surely you need to know how to make decent pop ups before you start a specialist commercial hook bait business, To make them perfectly round they probably use a boilie rolling machine, and to make them smell nice they probably boost the flavours once they are boiled with a booster liquid, or roll them and boil them unflavoured and add the flavours afterwards

I only had a look at shallow once but caught it on a good day, its a lovely looking water isn't it, lagoon always seemed busy when I was on there, I think if I was to rejoin I would try meadow I think, I would be totally out my depth but that's kind of the appeal 😂

Probably best to avoid it, wouldn't be much fun having an allergic reaction like that tbh,

How's it been going on St Ives? I always like Joe Morgans content tbh, seems a real decent bloke of all the new subscriptions I would probably prefer his to all the others

7. 99 a month, its good if you haven't subscribed before as there are loads of old episodes to wade through 👍

Well don't do it before the Christmas giveaway 😏 I'm watching through all the episodes still so I'm still enjoying it, I haven't watched any of the short films yet but I think I will have seen a lot from the episodes

Just speaking as I find it's a great series of films, 👍

Not sure if anyone subscribes to cypography, but I have been really enjoying the Hunter with Jim Shelley, so much can be learnt watching him in action, I haven't watched them all yet but I'm getting there 😁

I don't think it does that much tbh you still have to get the fish to take the bait all it helps with is finding points of Interest to feed them on,

I've come to terms with modern technology recently, especially as most of the great anglers of our time seem to adopt them in one form or another, they are just tools, for me I just want to catch fish, if a sonar helps me find some good spots in a very weedy water quicker and with less disturbance to work on then so be it, I know I will still work hard at my angling, will still be prebaiting regularly and still learning as I go, they don't catch the fish for you, but they give you a quicker insight into the topography of the lake bed, you still need to locate the fish on the day, create a feeding situation and believe it or not still use some watercraft or you still won't catch them, That's where I am at today anyway, I've even started to turn my head towards the advantage of bait boats in some situations and I used to hate them 😁

I haven't got one or any bait boat for that matter, but people do seem to give it good reviews

You wouldn't need to walk the lake just let the drone do all the work 😏

I have seen people using boats far more effectively than what I've been doing lately, it does start to make you think, I had a little play with my new deeper the other day, mapped out 3 swims far quicker than I previously would I'm coming round to modern technology, I don't think it's a total solution and you still need a lead to check the bottom but it will save casting a lead so much to find the potential spot in the first place,

Gonna play devil's advocate here 😂 200 for a baiting pole or an actor bait boat £200 both deliver your bait and rig to a required spot, bait boat is probably a better tool as it can go further and dare I say it with about as little disturbance,and probably easier to use too, however a bait boat is cheating and a pole is fair game, funny old world we live in isn't it 😂

That would be a lot less faffing about I think

I do think they are more useful when you have a longer reach, you can get a corus one and a saber one 18m for £150 nowadays,not sure if they are any good though, but to me it would be better value to get an 18m than a 12m for £90 and end up buying extra sections at £30 a pop

I've spend a little while thinking about baiting spoons, and for me a 12m one isnt that useful as its only 3 and a bit wraps long, it's fine if all your spots are close in but it wouldn't benefit me that much at 12m long really, and I could mainly live without one at those distances

Would latex gloves help? I occasionally use them if the spox mix is particularly nasty 😁 I've never used bloodworm in there raw state though only some bloodworm pellets so can't help you, but maybe the easiest thing to do is not use them, I wouldn't know if they are worth the risk of an allergic reaction.? Maggots might be a safer alternative though if they don't affect you on the same way

I wish I could be 21 again next time I go fishing 😁

Good luck, I didn't have any tbh, nothing doing today,had a good look about didn't see anything, in hindsight rushing into a night without a plan or clue where they might be isn't the best idea as winter approaches, I've been told I should hang the rods up for this year anyway, I'm starting to agree, I didn't fish well at all 😂had a nice curry and bailicks though so it was alright 😊 Need to sort all my kit out and have a good clean up anyway, and then I can start planning trying to catch more in 2021 than I did this year 🤔

Oh my, the bailicks is a bit special,

Beef saag masala with rice and Naan boom,