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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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13 hours ago, 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 .
Funny that you should mention Arsenal in a cheating context . I know a lot of teams now at set plays are pushing and shoving , but it seems to me that Arsenal are the worst offenders .
Here's hoping that West Ham get the change at the top that you yearn for and you can start the rebuild .
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On 26/05/2026 at 07:00, yonny said:
I would have preferred to see Spurs go down but WHU will have to do😅
To see my beloved Sunderland go to Europe for the first time in my life (and I'm 47 years old tomorrow!) is absolutely mind-blowing. Still can't quite believe it.
So are you from " Up North " , then Yonny ? . No wonder you look " well ard " .
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Hello @newmarket
I was sad that West Ham got relegated ( would have been much happier if it had been Chelsea ) , but you'll now have all those " friendly " local derbies against Millwall to look forward to .
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On 18/05/2026 at 07:18, yonny said:
Quick night on the local day ticket on Friday. Managed to get on them easily enough but a bit disappointed to just catch the one. I put a bucket of bait out about 30 yards in front of me and got continuous liners on it from about 9pm until 3am. Bizarrely, the only rod to go was the one chucked under the bush in the near margin. I can only assume my hinges were not the one..... should have put bottom baits out.
Still, better than a blank and a very pretty little patchy common. I'll not get out again until the end of June which is a killer.
Cup half full , Yonny . You know that the Carp are going to start spawning soon ( in some places they have already had a go ) , and then they will need a rest to recover . So you are selflessly waiting until the end of June before you fish next .
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2 hours ago, salokcinnodrog said:
I can trouble this month's Catch report, with a 26lb mirror this morning on a 12mm Monster Crab pop-up on my reverse combi rig
It's lovely to see you smiling in the top 'photo , Nick . You usually seem to be grimacing in pain from the effort of lifting your catch due to your bad back .
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5 hours ago, jules007 said:
Went to local lake yesterday just for afternoon managed one carp just an 8lb 40z, lovely scaly mirror, jesus i really am looking like an "old codger" these days
Aren't a lot of us now showing our age , Jules , except Elmo of course who just gets more adonis like 😁 .
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Hi Everyone .
If I bought a 2.5L jar of Hemp and opened it ,then took what I didn't use home and kept it in a disused fridge how long would it last please ? .
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On 24/03/2026 at 23:27, framey said:
If you haven’t spent yet
could do worse than one of these at short range
https://enterprisetackle.co.uk/product/et86-plumb-eze
back to the dart I used a dumpy pear.
Hi Framey .
I've recently used the small Plumb-Ezee ( with a dumpy pear ! ) and it certainly pops up to the surface locked to the depth it has found .
However , it seems that it will still come to the surface even if it lands in the middle of a weedbed . What I did notice though was that sometimes when it surfaced bubbles erupted around it , so maybe that's where the weed is ? .
I'll have a twiddle , then it should be just the job .
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8 hours ago, crusian said:
That could be just the job , Framey . I have used polaris floats previously . I'll look more closely later .
Thanks very much .
I've just ordered the small version of the Plumb-Ezzee , Framey . Looking at the video it could solve the problem I sometimes have with Polaris floats when my mono has gone crinkly and the float jams . Or I could just use braid .
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4 hours ago, salokcinnodrog said:
I nearly always use a tournament or plain pear lead on the marker rod.
I've always got some handy for a bit of clearance, a couple of 3's and 4oz.
Ahh , I feel a plan forming ! .
I've got a Weed Rake , but I can never throw it out as far as I want . So go Breakaway Lead with the prongs and I just might clear a neat little path for my line lay .
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Thanks , everyone .
I have used " prongs " before , but I can't remember why I stopped ? ,I may well have another go .
Rod Shots
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With such a beautiful setting who needs to catch anything , it would only disturb the tranquility .
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