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Managed to get a night in on Thursday last week. The weather was truly horrible and by the time I'd dragged all my gear to the swim and got the rods sorted everything was soaked through. A very uncomfortable night indeed.
I was rewarded for that horrible night by an absolutely gorgeous Friday morning... cold, but a a lovely bright sunny day. By 8AM I'd actually spotted some fizzing so was happy to spend a few hours scaring the carp off trying to find a spot in the area. Alas, it wasn't to be, so with the forecast telling me I'd be getting wet again I headed for home having originally planned to do 2 nights.
Mrs looked worried about me having never seen me come home early in nearly 20 years of being together 🤣
Tbf as I listened to that rain on Friday night I knew I'd made the right decision. Must be getting soft in my old age.
 

Kingy 1st Point - December

Did 4 nights on Bluebell's Kingy from Sunday 30th Nov, only 4 others on so got in the swim I wanted.  First night 4am as the weather front came in I got a take on the middle rod and landed a nice linear.
Same approach as last trip with pellet hookbaits and PVA funnel web bags.
No more action for the remainder but cannot complain in Dec and nothing else came out.
Hopefully back after x-mas for another go.

Winter sun found ❤️

That's a fair point, I would like to add anytime I did any cooking, tea making etc I did open the fart flap more to let air in, this was mainly when it rained hard 

Hello Elmo 
Sorry if this is hijacking your post , but is this a good time to remind anglers not as experienced as you to ventilate due to the dangers of Carbon Monoxide poisoning ? .
 
 

Hello Elmo 
Sorry if this is hijacking your post , but is this a good time to remind anglers not as experienced as you to ventilate due to the dangers of Carbon Monoxide poisoning ? .
 
 

The calm after the storm, still blanked though. 

I just keep wishing I was fishing

Catching, now that's a whole different level

So basically I stuffed up not going fishing today , but I could always lie , and say I was waiting for one of Kevs' super lows 😁

So basically I stuffed up not going fishing today , but I could always lie , and say I was waiting for one of Kevs' super lows 😁

It doesn't always pan out no, however the biggest hits of fish I've experienced myself or witnessed for others were all on super low pressure systems, I only really get excited if it's proper low like 970's then it is ON no doubt.  Slightly low pressure like 990's 1000 - nothing special IMO I can miss those sessions coz I know it's not gonna do anything or much at all - super lows are rare like a couple a year maybe - don't miss those 👍

I used to love fishing after a good rain in south or westerly winds.
I think it was my first season on the 2acre Brackens, and after serious rain it would fish it's nuts off. 

We have been doctored to accept what was previously written.
we ain’t carp so it’s only all theory.
 
how many times have the books said on certain conditions you should empty the lake and you blank,and when you think you are only there to take part you empty the lake.
 

This is why you invest in good waterproofs and warm layers, fishing is always about weather conditions - low pressure systems are the one, if I could be out now I would be.
Further to Yonny's observation on his pond fish, my Dec trip to Bluebell Lakes last year coincided with low pressure stormy conditions, 30 odd fish came out Kingy in 36 hours and my mate rang to say 'it's on' coz my pond fish are crazy active.

Agreed. At 6am this morning I checked my pond (as I do every morning) and the carp were really active. It was 4 degrees and had been raining so I expected them to be sitting somewhere near to the deck, but they looked up for a feed. You just never know innit.

I caught this one while it was absolutely chucking it down about this time last year, the downpour made me think I had no chance and was going to be on the end of a two night blank. Luckily this one ignored the script and I was happy to get a soaking. Packing up in the rain wasn't much fun though. But you won't catch em at home. 

Pressure is dropping and temps are rising by me. I'd not let the rain put me off tbf.

So this weekend was great. I've been doing a lot of work to improve water quality/clarity and on Saturday morning I realised I can now see the bottom in 2m of water. Result. The skimmer I put in is working a treat. A decent weekend all round. Fish are still happy but the feeding has slowed right down in the reducing temps.

They're two separate tickets mate.
The estate has about 2 miles of bank, over 4 stream fed lakes in a valley, a lot of it is unfishable.
It is lovely, with natural English carp rumoured to e around the 30 mark.
Just talking about it is making me want to go

It's took me a while to adjust from the ressies as well mate, I love everything about it. Fishing at range, spodding big beds of bait out, hauling multiple 20s a day 👌🤣 I haven't really done any fishing on the reservoirs this year, its been mainly the canal and the complex. Totally different type of fishing imho, really weedy waters, trying to find little holes in the weed then trying to present a bait over it lol. I think out of the last 30 days I've spent about 5 at home, and only had 2 carp (same fish 🤣)
Starting to feel burnt out from it now, ended up coming home this afternoon, but now I'm watching the weather forecast and we've got some low pressure coming in and now I'm thinking should I go back down 🤣

Like @yonny I never fish as well on a social as I do on my own. However like you I have lost interest in carp fishing at the moment, despite having a good syndicate, for a couple of reasons, most of which revolves around my dad.
I'm also slightly bugged by issues that happened around members who only fished when their other syndicate was closed.
I tend to catch when I can do 3 or 4 days, and either setup on fish, or prime an area for them to move onto.
However I do know I love the lake and when things work out I will be back on there aiming to catch both Chestnut and the BC along with any other fish that just happen to come my way.

You go off places - sometimes unexpectedly it happens, I do agree with Yonny though in that you've got the ticket and there are whackers, it's a great time of year now right into Dec.  You've paid the money why not commit to having a good bash if you're not renewing, nothing more rewarding/inspiring than seeing the broad back of a monster in your net!
All it takes is seeing one patch of bubbles at dawn and you might have unlocked the autumn feed-up area and a hit could be on!
 

Tricky one mate.
I never fish as well on a social as I do on my own. When you're on your own it's easier to put 100% into your angling imo.
I guess you need to ask yourself why you're not feeling it. In my experience, catching a few good fish is the best way to start feeling it, so I'd go all out to bag a good'n before winter hits. Staring at a 40lber in the net is a sure fire way to get the buzz back and you have the opportunity to do that right there in front of you. If it were me, I'd forget about the socials and get down there with a plan to watch, and watch, and watch, and move onto them at any given hour. Hard work always pays off and the harder you work, the bigger the buzz when it all comes good.