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To do our 2 acre lake ,12 yrs ago ,I reckon was 900 quid ,we only had one solar panal at that time .
 
also the pics dont show it ,but the mesh is double ,and in one stretch triple meshed ..
battery i showed earlier ,will niw be used as a spare,i have another already on the system in my insulted box ,and on thurs ill buy a brand new one for this winter
 
I did all the work ,and continually maintain it ...
 
 

No I didnt say anything, probably just threw my arms about at the time lol
You see some stuff there my word, swim boundaries are seemingly optional if you're catching, and every swim has a max distance but little notice is taken once they get desperate to catch.
I watched 2 guys arrive taking the windward corner to my left, fair play I tought they're on them.  Well both must have leaded about on their heads whilst they were showing for an hour or more - I wanted to scream at them but just thought well they've pushed them back out onto me.  Honestly clueless - all that casting then they put the rod out with a boat - unreal stupidity on their overnighter 😆🤦 

No you didn't get lucky , Kev , you just went the extra mile .
I do hope you were able to let the mickey taker who was fishing in your water know how you got on after he had left ? 😁.

I've been fishing and re finding intimate waters I visited from 35 yrs ago ,one of which I looked around ,but never fished ,it's all overgrown ,and farmer is 90 yrs plus..
 
Had around 12 fish to 8lb ,no monsters at all ,but the Oaktrees are centuries old ,ps,thats my 50 inch Mhr dwarf ed by just one of these amazing trees

Had this one at 29lb 8oz on Tuesday. The session was off to a bad start as I left my buzz bars and alarms at home so just fished them off my cradle 🤣  not the end of the world though as i was only fishing for a couple hours. Anyway it nearly pulled the rod off the cradle lol. I caught it from the 4 acre lake on the complex and I believe its same fish as the first carp I had out of there in jan/Feb at 28lb 14oz 👍 here's the one from the beginning of the year

Off to the canal in a bit, fishing through to Sunday, will report back if we get any carp on the bank 👍

That is a mega fish Kev. 
World class 😍

Mega fish and nice write up. I've always thought that fishing is a bit of a game of chance but when all the stars align and you have the skills and knowledge to capitalise on them, those long gruelling blanks start to feel like a distant memory.

No you didn't get lucky , Kev , you just went the extra mile .
I do hope you were able to let the mickey taker who was fishing in your water know how you got on after he had left ? 😁.

Got lucky on my Bluebell trip, arrived Sunday morning as swims became free from the weekend - lots of swims available on Swan but onto my favourite Kingfisher for a lap.  Fairly busy but suprisingly the 1st and 2nd points had become free and had the wind smashing in for the duration of my trip.  Within minutes I'd seen several shows in each so I bucketed the 2nd point and went to pay and get my kit.
With my kit in the 2nd point I noticed more activity in the 1st point so quickly moved and got set up.
I gave it a couple of hours watching to identify the main areas they were showing in then checked with a light lead - all presentable with just tiny bits of black silk weed coming back on the swivel.
I decided to go in with pva mesh bags with mixed pellets and crumb and 10ml pellet wafter hookbaits.  Conditions at this point were banging 50 mph gusting winds, low pressure and rain.  Sunday evening as the rain became biblical the right rod signaled a take, I frantically fumbled around for my coat and got out there.  Waders on out in the pond playing a fish in the monsoon - head torch shining through the spray it was mega and I netted a lovely 26lb common.
10am Monday the activity restarts and a guy round the corner leaves who was taking the mick in my water so I get the left rod repositioned where I actually wanted it.
Late morning and early afternoon I had 2 doubles from the 2 rods straight out so 3 in the bag and I'm praying for a big un.  Then at about 4pm i hook what feels a better fish and it kites right this time then I feel grating as it finds weed.  No drama it's still coming and I get ot free, but after 2 heavy head lunges it slips off - gutted.
Early evening after seeing a bigger fish roll on the left side - the left rod is away, this time it's in weed straight away but I manged to keep it coming bit by bit weedbed after weedbed and then after a great tussle close in I slip the net under a long common.
It wasnt until I plonked it down on the mat that I realised how wide this fish was and that I had made a mistake not going for the bigger scales.  The Ruben Flyweights bottomed out at 43lb so unfortunately I'll never know how big it was exactly but who cares when they are knarly as anything - best fish I ve caught for a long time - absolutely buzzing.
The rest of the trip got slower and slower by the day but who could be disappinted, I'd made the most of my weather opportunity - right time right place and no bait boat, spodding and distance sticks 😎👌

Things I forgot this time 
Thermocell pads 
Camera 
Micro hook ring swivels. 
And how to catch a fish. 
My dinner and breakfast were lardon omelettes with rocket, cos I'm on a health kick presently. 

I did have a savage take and before I had even got off the chair it had yanked the rod so hard my buzzer bars were all over the place and somehow my line snapped, it was either, clutch too tight, I had forgotten to take it out the clip or when it jolted the line got caught on something. Needless to say I didn't get another chance and blanked. 

😱

I found a lovely new happy place half way down France on holiday over the summer. It was a lovely place in the middle of the countryside, space for the family, a pool and a lovely little lake and enough around to keep the family amused as I get a load of fishing in. I think I unlocked the key just as I was running out of time.
Coming back to work has been the hardest it's ever been.
TBH, I'm sat here looking at the weather and thinking 'what the hell's happened'! I suppose it couldn't last.

Thanks
The most stressful thing is PFT (PRE FISHING TENSION) 
Will it be busy? 
Will I get a decent swim? 
Will I find some fish? 
Will I get stuck in traffic? 
Will I remember everything? No 
12:15 I leave work and then it's full on PFT. I've smashed the work out this morning to make sure I can chill though so come on the carps. 
 
 

My brother has a newer model CRV, and I have been in it on a decent journey when we came back from Tottenham Stadium when the Chicago Bears beat Jacksonville. It's nice, comfortable and on my list of 'possibles', as is the Nissan X-Trail.
 
I've got a collection of books for my Dad, the type of things that interest him, the cracking of Enigma, Orford Island and it's uses in military research, The Channel Island and German Occupation and the development of the Spitfire amongst others.
His problem with socialising is he gets an interest in something and doesn't understand that it is not always relevant, or that in the case of the charity work he used to do for Greenways that during school holidays children would be included so he needed a DBS. 
 

At last a breathing space for you and your Brother ; your Dad's in safe hands , and much easier to visit regularly .
Shame about your car , at least it lasted while you were commuting to Aldburgh . 
Skoda Yeti , ooh I've been looking to buy one of those , but my Wife is not so keen 😢 .
Well tight lines , Nick , and best wishes to your Dad .
😃
 

😆no worries Mate, I know what you meant.
Believe me if the syndicate was close enough to the hospital I would fish and visit him as well, but a 60mile drive from North Suffolk to Aldeburgh is not a possibility.
I've had some 'Nick time', even if it involved a blank chub chase and two lost end tackles in a snag, and daughter and Granddaughter time with a trip to Norfolk

Hopefully now things should settle down, my dad has been transferred to a rehabilitation unit in a care home quite local to me. He is still confused and unable to make decisions for himself with his dementia so my brother and I have signed the contract for the free treatment for 2-6weeks. It does mean that Dom and I can do alternative day visits to him, which might mean I can actually get fishing in again on the syndicate.
On a negative note I had to scrap my Honda Civic after a failed MOT, but have a hire car even if it is a Skoda Yeti.

I know mate obviously good and bad trips and area specific but when it's on it's on!  Can see me doing another trip or two at some point.  He was freelining from up a tree pulling the bait away from what he thought were 40s and 50s because there was one giant lurking at the back.  4 days later he finally allowed the biggest fish on the spot at the time to take it and it went 66lb and he thought that was a 50 at the most at the time, so what he'd been pulling the bait away from all week who knows, but the lure of that possible 80 at the back kind of forced him to refuse the others.  Was up a tree all day like 10 hours in the rain, wasn't pretty but exciting he wouldn't come down, I did find the spot as well it was mega!
Over a day a fairly small group would get through a full bucket 1ft from the edge, wish we had a go-pro.

I can remember when Taverham Mills was sold, a 25acre lake, stretch of river, a house and I think another 20acres of land.  The Carp Society put in a bid, but were outbid by Anglian Water with a bid for £1,000,000. Anglian Water managed to fence the lake trapping otters inside the fence.
What irritated me is I had built the fence around the roadside and the woods at the back when I ran it and had no problems. Anglian Water ripped the fence down to rebuild it leaving it down for weeks, allowing otters to get in. Those same otters were getting the barbel and carp in the river before they got into the lake, so AW would have known otters were in the area.

When I was 19 a v large water near me came up for sale at 40k.
I pleaded with the bank to lend me the money and of course they just laughed at me. Ten years later it was sold again for more than a million.
I still haven't forgiven the bank 🤣

I know one venue that's up for sale for less than £300,000

Even if we did save the cash and became millionaires, what would the first thing we would buy?? 
 
a carp lake… you know it makes sense! 

Don’t forget the carp anglers prayer… 
 
“dear lord, when I die, please don’t let the wife sell my carp gear for the price i told her I paid for it” 

A granddaughter who pinched and ate a couple of chunks of luncheon meat dusted in turmeric and garam masala... 
 
Bromeswell is on a few estate agents and as much as I would love it...

Sorry , Nick , that was clumsy of me . I just wanted you to have some " Nick time " so your head didn't explode .
I should have remembered how important hospital visits are from when I was in hospital , and my Wife visited me .
All the very best .