carefulcarping

Try adding some silicone tubing down on the bend of the hook to make the hookpoint heavier.

There are loads and some quality ones around the midlands if you look hard enough.

Cuttle Mill is where I would like to buy. Very expensive but wouldn't mind waking up everyday, opening the curtains and looking over the specimen lake! Minus the railway if it goes ahead

Never fished a chod before, prefer to use the hinged stiff rig with pop ups

Now your starting to play with the bigger fish they arnt as easy to catch. Waters around our area are quite common, but when you start targeting the carp over 20lb, you will find it more challenging to catch them, most waters around have a few in, but they are clued up, so you might find you will have to visit a venue a numerous amour of tomes before you land one over 20lb. But I am sure they will be worth the wait and effort. Another lake I have just thought of that you havnt mentioned is cuttle mill. Hold a fair few 20's and a couple of 30's. It is days only and have to book in advance. Pretty sure bait boats arnt aloud though. Ross.

She can't expect to do what she does, then google the place to get complimented. Whereas other fisheries are helpful and friendly often find when the google themselves everyone gives great feedback and reports. Treat others how you would like to be treated springs to mind

I copied and pasted what was there at the time Some may have occurred while I was in motion Must of mate I made my comment, within seconds got an email saying someone had posted on the thread, went to the thread and it had gone What I did say in my comment was... We should organise a social for there

Depends what your after. I've just started putting some effort into pine pool, kings bury water park. No joy for me yet, can be a tricky lake, but the carp in there are really stunning! Drayton is good for a few runs, but not all in the best of conditions. It seems fosters didn't mention Barston lakes to you. I really like that place, again, pretty easy for a few runs but some pretty fish to be had, not the biggest carp you'll ever catch though. Check out www.youtube.com/CarefulCarping for a few videos at Barston Ross

Nick, you missed off the last 2 posts on that thread, was dougs and mine, another comment may of being made after ours too.

I've got the SLX v2, used it for 7 nights so far, not many but it's great, I really love it. Was freezing the one night and done the job it needed. You can get packages where you get the overwrap free with it. Never had a problem with mine and would recommend it to anyone.

Catching the impossible series for me, was so good! Looking forward to Martin Bowlers DVD, chasing shadows, when that is released.

Right then, i have being to do my session on oxlease and i must say i was very impressed with the place. Was meant to be me and two mates, but one pulled out last minute, so me and my mate trundled on down on friday evening and got there around 5pm. Done a few laps of the place to find that half of swims where empty, and the carp kept topping infront of the island on the one side, where the island is a longer chuck than the other side (pegs 15 and 16) so me and my mate set up in that swim since thats where the carp where and the swims where free. Unfortunately 48 hours later we had to pack up both of us blanked, but my mate had one run on the first night around midnight, but his zip got caught on his sleeping bag and he was unable to get to the run in time Not many carp came out over the weekend we where there, probably between 6-10 across the whole lake. The lake never got stuffed with people like we expected, untill about sunday afternoon, a flood of cars turned up and everyone wnated to fish oxlease for some reason, i guess they all thought they would get a weekday session in and it will be quiet, but looks like everyone had the same idea. We thought the lake was well maintained and very well looked after, we felt 100% safe and did not fear any trouble or theft. We seen plenty of carp topping and there looked to be some big girls in there and we will definately be heading back when we can as we feel we have un finished buisness. We tried EVERYTHING we could possibly do and i felt that was the hardest i had ever worked over a 48 hour period to catch a carp, but unfortunately come to no avail. Everyone we met on the lakes where top blokes, all helpful, friendly, and also considerate with no one casting over lines etc etc, again, i felt very safe there. Cant wait to get back. Ross.

Carp mate, he stocked a new carp into there a month or 2 back around the 36-37lb mark. I don't think the sturgeon are in that lake anymore neither, the EA told him he had to move them because it was on a flood plain or something. Ross.

He put on his Facebook this morning of a rumored 40lb + came out. Which I'm guessing today, he recently stocked an upper 30, so very possible. I fished it once, blanked, but will be going back, lovely place, well run, a little difficult thiugh

Check out their Facebook. Talk to the owner, very helpful bloke, pretty sure his name is Paul, but don't hold me to that. Pretty sure the sturgeon have being moved because the EA told him they where no longer aloud to be kept in his specimen lake Ross.

Add Barston lakes to your list mate, love the place, and good for a few runs. Caught many fish there, all good condition too, I've caught upto 16lb 4oz there. Check out my videos in YouTube, "CarefulCarping" I think it's episode 10 I went to Barston, it's called "Another PB" where I take 19 carp in 24 hours. Defiantly a place to look at mate if it's not too far. Ross.

I don't actually own a spod rod, purely because I don't like spodding at all and think I can approach a water better without spodding. The rest of your advice has being taken on board and is similar to the approach I was going to take, Thankyou.

There will be a blog I don't expect to go and bag up, just a couple will be nice, i would settle for 1 though Cheers aaron

Our chances of catching on manor or st johns will be pretty slim, that's what I think of the difficulty level In only going off what people tell me about B1 and B2, but looking at the bycac result, you get it right, you'll bag up. And no, I don't have experience on them waters

Cheers Liam, I think Manor and St Johns is above our skill level at the moment. Il bear Ochids in mind, thanks.

Thats a reason we chose oxlease as it offers abit of a challenge and not a runs water like b1 and b2. One of the lads we are going with has already fished hardwick/smiths, so as thought we would go on a water that none of us have fished before. Cheers.

Helpful... You on about Oxlease or linear in general. Not very often we all get together and go out fishing, so this is the venue we have chosen.

Alright lads. I'm intending on fishing Oxlease lake at linear fisheries with a couple of mates in the near future for 24-48 hours. I have never being to linear, let alone fished Oxlease. So if anybody has any useful tips or information they wouldnt mind sharing it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Ross

My mate also said the same saying he seen 2 dead Roach. Bit weird.

90% of my fishing is using coated braided hooklinks, although i do strip 1" back from the hook for the "hinge" affect. Ross