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3 hours ago, kevtaylor said:
He's right though, noddy move, this one will stay with me for a long time. I had a feeling I was on for a big-un and the power of the take suggests it was just that!!!
Fishing is cruel at times, the losses haunt me! I remember the worst losses more than the successful ones
I feel for you , Kev .
I've lost my last 4 Carp in the lillies , and although probably only low to mid doubles it still anoys me , and I think " what could I have done different ? " .
One of the loses was when I rushed sideways to hustle the Carp away from the lillies only to kick the water bucket ( that I'd forgot was there ) ; so I look down to see why my sock was wet , and that 1 second delay in playing the Carp was all it needed to shed the hook .
So next time out you'll just have to catch an absolute monster to help the painfull memory of your loss to fade away .
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On 24/08/2026 at 09:19, kevtaylor said:
An overnighter sat/sun felt that I was on for a big-un, 9pm a big fish rolled on the right tree line which got me going. 7am a take and I cant get out the bivvy quick enough coz of a dead arm and it manages to take line off a very tight clutch and makes the trees resulting in a cut off - absolutely gutted tbh, should have been up sat by the rod as I knew 7am was bite time!
Oh well next time I guess.
Well Jack doesn't need to say anything for you to see he is not impressed with your decision to be in your bivvy at bite time ! .
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15 hours ago, salokcinnodrog said:
A fair few ways to use rig rings on pop-up rigs:
Tie a rig ring onto the end of the hooklink material and then do basic knotless knot. You have the pop-up close to the shank and bend of the hook.
Again, a knotless knot leaving your tag end, but thread the rig ring, tag end through the eye, and you have a basic D-rig.
I frequently slide a rig ring onto the shank, hookbead fixed on the shank opposite the barb to point. That can be used on various rigs; Ronnie's and Spinners, Reverse combi-rigs or plain and basic straight on the hooklink and counterbalance.
Thanks , Nick
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4 hours ago, yonny said:
If you have seen that with your own eyes, I think you've answered your own question!
Yes , I guess I have , Yonny you wise old owl .
I'll start of with a basic plastic screw , and maybe then upgrade to a small rig ring and attach the pop up with floss .
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Ah , ran out of time editing ! .
Should I change from a Ridgemonkey Small Hook Ring Bait Screw as sometimes the screw seems to work its way through the hookhold and cause a bit of damage to the Carp's mouth ? .
I'm thinking of a plastic bait screw with no swivel .
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On 15/08/2026 at 13:04, commonly said:
So, I'm continuously being plagued by the blanket weeed, it literally grows while you watch it!
I added 10 more snails, ive only seen a few lately, so fear that the pigeons, or magpies have eaten the majority of them.
I hadn't want to, but am going to try a grass carp, or two.
The Copdock pellet is certainly doing the trick @yonny, they're certainly growing and looking very healthy👍
After my Son excitedly watched his tadpoles growing in our pond a Magpie went and ate them 🤬 .
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Hi Everyone
I've just seen that a tackle shop near one of the waters I fish is stocking the above boilies .
I realise if they are a small company with labour intensive methods of production that would drive the costs up , but are the flavours any good ? .
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8 hours ago, yonny said:
With the big pit covered in a giant weedberg on the end of the wind where I wanted to be, I decided to pop to the local day ticket for my monthly session. I experienced all the highs and lows associated with such places - plenty of carpy activity but got casted over, spombed at, hemmed in...... but all's well that ends well. Caught a few with these being the prettiest.
The linear is typical of the stock of this water, but the other one is a true leather. Quite a rarity nowadays.
Well done for rising above all the provocations and triumphing . I mean did these numpties not realise from your hat that they were dealing with a serious carper ?.
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1 hour ago, Golden Paws said:
As expected, my trip was a grueller and I packed up Sunday morning despite having paid until 6 in the evening. I couldn't believe how warm the water was when I washed my hands in the lake.
There were a few fish crashing about early morning but they didn't seen interested in feeding. I should have had a good nights sleep but both nights I think that one fish was trailing tackle as I had numerous lifts on the bobbin before settling again, despite using backleads.
That's disappointing , G P .
Could your lifts on the bobbin be Bream ? .
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54 minutes ago, salokcinnodrog said:
I tried that last weekend, setting up in the shade of a big elm tree, and blanked.
Last year I created a bivvy spot right under the willows and again, the fish seemed to avoid the area.
On both occasions the fish caught were in the brightest and sunniest spots.
I would say that I should have moved, but with Sky I refused as I would much rather she was comfortable as possible, and unless I tell her will lay in the sun all day and overheat.
Damn these fish they just don't care about an angler's comfort ! .
Good on you for putting Sky's needs first .
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29 minutes ago, yonny said:
Don't guess.....
Treat it like any other session and try to find the carp.
If you can't find them, I'd start on the end of the wind but be ready to move on any sighting. Imo deep water is not the one in high temps but hey.... I've seen them show up in the oddest of places at the oddest times of year!
20C+ is bad for oxygen but good for digestion/feeding.... but digestion uses lots of oxygen (lol). Swings and roundabouts mate. All you can do is find them and fish for them.
Oh no ! , in other words I can't just plonk myself down in the nearest shady spot I've got to actually put the effort in , how disappointing .
Still good guidance as well as Kev , and Golden Paws .
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1 hour ago, Golden Paws said:
I've got a 48 hour session booked for this weekend that I paid for last year and not particularly looking forward to it. Luckily that lake that I'm going to has quite good night form and early mornings also are pretty good but then not expecting anything until the following evening.
On my park lake a few days ago, I was catching a few in very shallow water. I didn't actually plumb it but the time lag between opening the hopper on the boat and the lead smacking down was minimal, I reckon it was probably on about 2 foot but it was under the far bank trees. The lake is a dammed stream and I've been catching at the top end when the effect of the oxygenated water flowing in is at it's greatest.
I hope your session turns out much better than you are anticipating , Golden Paws .
Thanks for the tips .
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2 hours ago, kevtaylor said:
I went Saturday 6pm to Monday morning 9am and yes it's too hot for me so made sure I started in a swim with shade and some breeze, problem was I saw fish opposite in a swim with less breeze and much less shade but had to move.
It's a long day waiting for dawn bite times and too hot to snooze in the daytime but I did have 2 takes around 8am before leaving so worth the effort.
I'm not going this weekend too hot but the weekend after I will do at least Saturday night to Sunday morning as the weather is cooling off.
If you're on a lake worth surface fishing then you could catch all day as long as you're confortable.
I have bought myself the Korda sun protection shirt (long sleeved/high neck) which means I dont have to worry about sun cream and some super lightweight combats/shorts from Fortis which were both ideal, oh and a sun hat ESP, drink lots of water.
Up at Trentview a few years back we sat in the water on our chairs most of the day to keep cool, which was lovely.
As an ex-ginger the heat isn't my thing at all and it does put me off.
Thanks very much , Kev , top tips there .
From a Grey / Ginger
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Hello Everyone .
I hate this hot weather , but if I did try and go fishing , hiding in a shady spot would it be worth all the effort ? .
The water temperature readings I have been getting are in the 20's C .
So I'm guessing go for deep , but how deep ? , water ; aerated , and try to avoid the bright sun ? .
What are people doing please ? .
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On 02/07/2026 at 16:39, ouchthathurt said:
Ah , Zombie Sheep Lake ,and now they are coming mob handed 😱 .
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47 minutes ago, Golden Paws said:
A lake I fish has several lake bed aerators and it does produce a current almost similar to a river and the fish do feed just downstream of them. They also have 2 large water fountains that run for about 4 hours in the summer mornings and I tend to avoid those areas, it must be like sticking your head in the Marshall stack at a Motorhead concert- -trust me, I've been to one!
Thanks Golden Paws.
No fountains for me then ! .
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Hello Everyone .
A water I fish has aerators installed on the lake bed , and my question is should I fish near these aerators as the water close to them may be well oxgenated ?.
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1 hour ago, yonny said:
Well it was a difficult weekend to say the least. I got the new/additional airlines in on Thursday night before going fishing on Friday night. Both of the fish that were struggling (a 68cm yamabuki (bright yellow/gold common) and a 60cm doitsu kohaku (white/orange mirror)) seemed to improve initially. The fishing was just savage in that heat on Friday so by 9am Saturday morning I was back home to check on the koi.
The smaller of the two, the kohaku, was feeding and swimming around like nothing ever happened - a full recovery it seemed, but I couldn't spot the big yamabuki. At 10am, having still not spotted the yamabuki, I started work cleaning the filters. I still had my polarised sunnies on after fishing and I was taking a closer look at the fish from the filter house when I spotted one on its side on the bottom. I knew straight away which one it was and so it proved when I fished it out with the net. One of the best in there and certainly one of the most valuable... the yamabuki.... dead.
Digging the grave in 35 degrees was not fun as you can imagine but that paled into insignificance compared to the pain of losing one of my favourite and most valuable koi.
I'm a member of several koi pages on social media and it seems all over the country people are losing fish despite following all the right procedures. My water parameters are fine and I have tonnes of oxygen going in. There's not much more I can do. I'm hoping this drop in temps does us all a big favour but I know that we're heading back up to 30 degrees after next weekend. I've increased the frequency of my water changes in an attempt to bring water temps down so that should help a little.
So basically it turns out winter is a doddle compared to summer when it comes to keeping koi. I knew that high temps introduce risk for koi but I genuinely thought I was prepared for it. Let's just hope that that's the end of the serious problems.
Hello Yonny .
I was sad to read about your favourite Koi .
I seem to remember in hot countries they errect " sails " to provide shade from the sun , and spray water ( in mist form ? ) over the area they want to cool down . Would this be a practicable / too expensive possible solution ?.
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On 03/06/2026 at 18:55, newmarket said:
I don’t like to talk about it much 😁
I’m not too bothered about division 2 to be honest mate , I’ve seen 6 now in my time , not sure we’ll be back anytime soon though with the Porno perv I’m charge .
heres hoping Panorama broadcast their investigation soon and it gets him out .
Devastated about those cheating G-its Varsenal winning the title though .
I did laugh the other day when the chief cheat Gabriel put that penalty over the top though .
There you are , Newmarket , David Sullivan gone ! .
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Congratulations on the addition to your family , Ouch .
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