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  2. May catch report

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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.

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    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 .

    😁

     

  3. April catch reports

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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 

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    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 .

    😃

  4. April catch reports

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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 

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    Aren't a lot of us now showing our age , Jules , except Elmo of course who just gets more adonis like 😁 .

  6. Marker Float Set Up

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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 .

    😃  

  7. Marker Float Set Up

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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 .

  8. Marker Float Set Up

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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 .

  12. March catch report

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    8 hours ago, Golden Paws said:

    Years ago I used to take the water temperature in the winter virtually every time I went but with the warmer, wetter winters of the last 10 years, I got out of the habit.

    I was fishing a 4.5 acre lake in an enclosed wooded area which is about 6 foot deep. The water certainly felt warm enough but the weather was pretty non-descript and cold and I wasn't totally surprised to blank.

    As you say GP ,  wait a while before your next trip - Easter ? .

    I must admit my local lake is only producing the odd Carp , the fish seem to be having a bit of a lie in ! .

    😃

  13. March catch report

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    11 hours ago, Golden Paws said:

    Two days after the full moon and moon set on Thursday was about 7:15 a.m. so according to the theory, it should have been a good time.

    I did my first 24 hours session of 2026 on Friday and started at 6:30 and within an hour saw 3 good shows close in and put a rod on it and the other 2 out tight to an island. I had 3 slight pulls within the first couple of hours on the close rod and that was as good as it got. The water has good night form but I didn't have one bleep or didn't hear one fish roll. I went in light with the bait, only about a dozen boilies and a small scoop of boilie crumb in the boat and poured some dip/oil over it so it was more smell than food. I also put on a small mesh bag of crumb on the hook and dipped that  and the bait in the liquid before sending it out. 

    I chatted to the bailiff earlier who confirmed it was hard going and I spoke to 2 blokes in the next swims up on the way out and they reported the same. The water didn't feel too cold for March as we have had a pretty wet and warm winter but I'll give it a bit longer before my next trip. 

    Well glass half full it sounds that you did nothing wrong , Golden Paws .

    On my local water I registered a water temperature of 11C  ; I don't know what type of water you were fishing , G.P. ? . 

  15. Trent baits SAS Squid or Shrimp

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    9 hours ago, LC1975 said:

    Hello mate,

    Thanks for the detailed response,  The Squid does smell good, funny how it's only us anglers that appreciate the smell, my mrs says it stinks! lol!!

     

    I've got some shrimp in shelf life, do you use shelf life exclusively now? I've dabbled with them in the past. lost one on my last outing after baiting with Trent Shrimp shelf life only.

    Trent said about mixing both but that fried my brain even more, I only like to use one boilie. 

     

    With a quality name like SAS (who dares wins) makes me think it will be the squid.

    Lets see, its a biggie for me changing. 

     

    Thanks again pal. :)

    Its much appreciated! 

     

     

    Hi Luke 

    Funnily enough my Wife is very reluctant when I suggest  she smells my boilies , these ladies  just don't know what they're missing ! .

    I only use the stabilised ,which are marketed as an improvement to shelf life , but my stabilised have lasted considerably longer than they are supposed to .

    I read an article by Shaun Harrison in which he said he liked to use 2 different flavours and colours concurrently .

    Whatever you do decide , Luke , tight lines .

    😃

     

  16. Trent baits SAS Squid or Shrimp

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    21 hours ago, LC1975 said:

    Hi,

    Has anyone done well on Trent SAS Squid? I purchased a kilo of each SAS Squid, Shrimp and matching cork ball pop ups. They both look and smell amazing, I'm torn between the 2 and am looking to bulk buy soon. 

    I see online lots of folk rate the shrimp, not much info on the SAS squid.

    Squid flavoured baits do well on my lake, but shrimp sounds like it can't be ignored.

    Thanks

    Luke

    Hello Luke .

    I started off using Shrimp and Squid in 15mm frozen , but eventually was able to switch to stabilised . 

     I wanted to go down in size to 12mm and there was a minimum order  , at the time , of 5kg ,and I couldn't afford to buy both , so I went for the Squidy goodness .

    I recently bought 1kg of 12mm Shrimp , and ran both the Squid and Shrimp together , but I find I radiate towards the Squid .

    I'm not saying the Squid is definately better than the Shrimp it's just that I have more confidence in the Squid - I guess I just like the smell ! .

    😃

           

  20. DNA Baits

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    1 hour ago, greekskii said:

    Personal experience is years and years ago now so probably not much use. Tried the switch when first released and found it poor compared to fishmeals. 
     

    a friend has done extremely well on the bug in recent years. 

    Thanks , greekskii .

    Funnily enough I was looking particulary at the Bug .

  21. DNA Baits

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    20 minutes ago, elmoputney said:

    I bought 20kg of S7 and failed to catch anything but 3 tench from St Ives, might have been out my depth at the time though. So possibly not a fair reflection. Their hookbaits never seemed to set the world on fire for me either though. But might again be me. 

     

    Thanks , Elmo , that's a nicely  balanced review .

     

     

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