crusian

9 tench in total, safe to say they love my bait 🤣 
Spoke to a few anglers over the last couple days and learnt a bit more about the lakes, they are saying pva bags/small amount of bait and being mobile is the best approach, spodding out quite a bit is asking for trouble as I found out 🤣
Gonna pick up a few bits from the tackle shop later and get on the solid bags I think. Gonna start using the brolly without a groundsheet again and just keep most of the stuff on the barrow so its easier to move lol. The hide xl is a wicked bivvy with a groundsheet but once it's all setup I can be a bit reluctant to move as it feels like ive set up camp🤣

Cup half full , at least they're not slimy Bream 😁.

Feeling a bit defeated this morning, no fish and got absolutely done by bird life yesterday, had swans, coots and ducks smashing my spot, they kept picking up my rigs and dropping them off the spot, pulling pop offs etc. Probably redone each rod about 10 times yesterday I couldn't keep one in the water 🤣
Packed up this morning and drove round to the other lake, just having a look now, the spot I normally fish is free, i could jump in there but I really cba 🤣🤣🤣

I thought you’ll be to young to remember Bjorn Borg 😳…and funny enough you mentioning a racket maybe get one to go with the fox pole, could get messy with hemp tho 😂
 

I didn't realise B B stood for Bjorn Borg, I knew you liked to make a racket, but now you've got his jacket  😂

I better introduce myself I'm a angler and countryman ..grown up and live in Cornwall..
Angling is not a hobby to me it's my chosen lifestyle..
 
All the best 

Hi mate,
It's not battery so has to stay plugged in, I've got the Atom battery pack with 3 pin plug socket, hopefully it won't drain it too much - will let you know how it goes. 👍

NO - but tuff titty, he's coming anyway 🤣
He does love getting home tbh

On the 9 acre lake as the one I normally fish is full lol.
Found some fish fizzing in one of the bays, got 3 rods on a clear spot close to where I seen the fizzing 👍knowing my luck it will be bream but it's good to be out, lovely weather 👌

No Elmo, no party ❤️

Hi Kev. 
Didn't you mean good people , and Elmo ? .
I'd rather go with Jack .
😁

26lb 8oz at first light this morning 👌 

Lovely fresh spring morning.
Nothing else to report, so far.....

No need for that is there? 
🥴

Jack was soon back in the bivvy Sunday morning, heavy frost and ice in the edge, who can blame him.

I agree , Elmo .
Yes my Deeper Pro+ is so much quicker at mapping than a marker float , and lead , but I can never find the interesting spots the Deeper finds later on with my Marker .

It seems everyone needs you to download their App. , can't have a physical piece of plastic anymore . Then you find that you need a new mobile as it isn't new enough to support the App. .
As I'm well into my sixties I feel like I'm being  marginalised , and the world's just for youngsters like Elmo ! .
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It seems everyone needs you to download their App. , can't have a physical piece of plastic anymore . Then you find that you need a new mobile as it isn't new enough to support the App. .
As I'm well into my sixties I feel like I'm being  marginalised , and the world's just for youngsters like Elmo ! .
😁 

I agree , Elmo .
Yes my Deeper Pro+ is so much quicker at mapping than a marker float , and lead , but I can never find the interesting spots the Deeper finds later on with my Marker .

I don't they work with well with modern phones let alone one of these 😂

I don't suppose you have a copy of Carp Fishing By JR Hartley do you? 😂😂
 

The issue is the attitude of carpers nowadays, its catch at any costs... to be honest if the carpers of today had to endure the blanks, poor bivvies, bedchairs that folded up when you breathed in, exploding tilley lamps and chinese takeaways that didn't deliver there wouldn't be the carp scene there is now... I suppose us old boys were the trailblazers  back in the day... you know what they say...
On the shoulders of giants and all that...👍😎🤣🤣🤣

For an all rounder, I'd go with My MkIV Avon... great with a float or a bomb on a river or a pool, gotta say though its all subjective... we all have our faves, another rod I love as an All rounder is a Sealey The Roach, tough, tippy powerful nice to play fish on except the handle is a tad short...👍😎

If I could only keep 1 carp rod it'd be my Sharpe's Scottie impregnated 9'3" more powerful than a MkIV  more usable, can cast heavier weights, and great in tight swims, if you wanted a longer carp rod it'd be  Chapman's 550 Deluxe... same as the above but with a bit more length

I remember seeing someone used to do an underarm catapult type cast, where they would hold the bait in their hand, pull it to tc and let it fly.