crusian

Now that takes me back..... I fished there probably 30 years ago as a spotty teenager. I remember turning up with all my kit on my back and there's these proper carp anglers with barrows everywhere. I loved it. I recall on my first session I hair rigged a cube of luncheon meat and hoyed it as far as I could (which wasn't far with the absolutely rubbish rods I had back then) and had one within 2 minutes. I got some right dirty looks from the proper anglers 😅

There are still some true leney carp around today. My old syndicate had 5 or 6 different known Leney's still in there from a stocking done in the 60's I believe.  I was fortunate enough to catch one on my second trip to the lake, the others eluded me. It was 50 plus yrs old when I caught it and that was over 10yrs ago. It was caught last year along with 2 others. So still definitely 3 in the lake and it makes them 60 plus years old. I'm pretty sure the committee of the lake have the receipt in a picture frame. 
This is the one i had, probably one of my most memorable captures if I think about it.   Weight was irrelevant but it was 28lb 02oz. Sorry about the quality, had to take a picture of my camera screen. 

 

I fished in much worse! 🙄

Mad!! 😂

another go for 2hrs today, another blank! My little girl had a fair few roach and rudd though. 

Interesting session today, I had a premonition that I needed  to be in a certain swim, and got up early, abandoned wife and children to their prospective fates and shot down the lake. No cars parked anywhere, so the swim was mine! 
 
only it wasn’t, as when I parked my car on the grass verge, I could see there were a couple of guys fishing it! 
 
I went to drive off and park up and discovered to my horror that I was now stuck comprehensively in the mud! My father rescued the day with a 5 metre length of astroturf, wedged under the front wheels soon had the jalopy free again. Still, try again! A quick glance around the lake and I saw a couple of very subtle shows, reeds knocking etc. then one fish put its head out at around 100yrds in the far margin. An orange northern special pop up soon landed on its head followed by a krill bottom bait against the knocking reeds in my near margin. (Not a usual go to winter bait, but my son has done well this winter on them here, so worth a shout.) 
 
2hrs later and a recast (with a small pva mesh bag of tutti fruitti crumb) and the orange NS pop up was properly ripping off! at a single ounce over the 20lb barrier, the first 20 of 2026 has hit the net. 

Nothing exciting, but the boy and I managed a few commons this morning to start this years captures. 
 
now have to find a tip eye for a fox warrior 2.75lb rod (any ideas?) 

If its been touched by Donald I'm out. 

Hi Elmo .
I would offer to be a field tester for you , but that would mean I have to get off my bum and actually go fishing 😁 .
Your pink boilies look very tempting .
😃

Just fork out £20 for a tub of magic beans mate..... all your worries will be over! 😂

Just joined, more a browser than anything else,  interested in bait, less in tackle or methods so will watch and listen.
Hello everyone. 

Hi Kev. 
A tackle shop on their facebook post has pointed out that Weds. - Friday the air pressure is dropping , but not a super low ?, so I'll probably stay home in the warm safe from the rain , and the mud .
😁

Condition are looking really good for Friday down here, shame the cars off the road 😂

Hi Kev. 
A tackle shop on their facebook post has pointed out that Weds. - Friday the air pressure is dropping , but not a super low ?, so I'll probably stay home in the warm safe from the rain , and the mud .
😁

Agree that investment has lacked but can’t say they don’t invest at all. 
I’m part of a £5billion portfolio…which does need an extra 2b to deliver fully. 
that’s over 5yrs. Most of that is to just keep up with either tightening regulations or demand from development. 
 
The underinvestment in the 80s/90s isn’t rectifiable now. Not quickly anyway. Even if the money was there, the workforce isn’t. It’s catch up and plasters to the tune of enormous sums of money. 
 
whatever’s happening with your water company is shocking. Be interesting to know exactly what the issue is. Must be major to be offline for so long! 

Would hanging cds like the farmers do help especially if at different heights?
 

Good try mate, but you're facing milder temps, winds from the South and by Friday it will be 988 pressure, DEFFO should give it a go if you can, seems bang on TBH
I should be on a work party Saturday, may do the night after.
 

Perfect timing..... my first sesh of the year on Friday!

Hi Kev. 
A tackle shop on their facebook post has pointed out that Weds. - Friday the air pressure is dropping , but not a super low ?, so I'll probably stay home in the warm safe from the rain , and the mud .
😁

I tried to go last week but it was frozen solid! 🙄 hopefully get another few hours in over the weekend 

Friday night mate.
Don't get me wrong, I've not had it as hard as others.
Im fortunate to have a 10000l pool in the garden, so buckets for flushing the loo.
Water came on for a few hours yesterday but was very cloudy and chalky.  We managed a shower and a few loads of washing. Ran out again by tea time.
Easily collected bottled water yesterday. 

As an update, still no running water.
I do hope this won't effect the shareholders profits

sat behind the rods in a wet and windy low pressure system, the lake was frozen last week. 
 
blanked unfortunately, but try again soon! 

If its Gardner its good...