chillfactor

Cracking fish all I'll have to dig out the old phone & see what I can find .

The Lord works in mysterious ways 😁

Yes mate still enjoyed the week 👍 Journey not so much with the French riots etc meant a pretty big detour to avoid it all .

The weather was against us tbh mate & its known as a tricky lake. I came away actually not to disheartened as I felt I actually read the lake & conditions well . There was a pressure change due Thursday Dropping down from 1022 to 1009 , so I put all 3 rods on a spot & felt sure I would get a chance to save the blank & bank a proper unit . The change came late afternoon Thursday still no sign of feeding fish! I was up before light on the Friday ( last day ) & sure enough there were on it crashing all over me felt sure I was going to get a take at any point .... bobbins were dancing with liners , but never got a pick up 🙈 , they had decided to feed an hour or so before the pressure started to rise again as soon as it did they shut up shop & with that my chance had gone . That's fishing eh .

Serious about blanking.... not about selling the kit

Well I've decided to sell all my kit after blanking all week in France 🙈😁 Taking up magnet fishing

Sounds promising 😎 👍.... I take it you've got a mahoooosive lorry to bring all the kit you've purchased over the last few years 😁

Just tell her there's a good chance of a pb .... surely any wife will understand that

I can see up to Tuesday next week & looking a little milder than its been ... pressure also starts dropping Monday afternoon & moon phases are is good as it gets all week , not seen any catch reports this week the lads the week before had two fish out all week between 4 of them (1st openingweek ). There's only two of us going so plenty of options to move etc the lakes 6 acres. Forest view carp lake near limoges, first time going to this particular venue so going blind so to speak .

Obviously off to France Friday lads .... shall we try & get this booked & paid for before I go ? just incase I have poor signal Or happy to ping my share to one of you before I go 👍

Thanks mate 👍 Your not supposed to take any bait since we left the EU .... but from what I understand its just something there not policing. Might hide the worms behind most of the kit though Every time I've been to France fishing I've been pulled out of the line & searched.... not that i look dodgy or anything

Save it for the social I'll have my bucket of water ready

Hi mate .... would of thought the fairest way to go about it is to stay on after ? All turn up at roughly the same time .... couple of laps of the lake then do the draw ? Number 1 gets first pick number 6 /7 the last & trust me coming out last isn't always a bad thing . Its gone beyond a joke with the guys i regularly have socials with as I always pick the last choice 🙈 but like I said not always a bad thing 😉🎣 we should all have an acre or so of water if we are clever looking at the lake . What does everyone think ?

Don't let the drive bother you mate get on it ... I'm getting on 3 hours away looking at Google maps you won't regret it 😉🎣👍

Happy to pay venue.... Will also do minimum 3 nights if possible 👍

Happy to bank transfer or PayPal to who ever is doing the booking before hand , just let me know what I owe 😎

Definitely go for lake exclusive 👍

The stance on invasive species seems to always change once the said species gets a good foot hold . Look at zander i was catching them 25 years ago & the EA policy was to knock them on the head , it was against the law to return them . Now there just another species we have in our waterways. Should think in a decade or two big cat fishing in all our waterways will be a common pursuit for specimen anglers . There's been the odd big cat caught out of rivers by me going back years now , quite often by barbel anglers .

Sounds good to me ... fairly flexible with dates in September at the moment so happy to go along with what suits the majority. How many are looking at coming at the moment? & are we up for more than two nights say 3 ?

Off to France in a week ..... could do with the weather turning some what 🙈

Looks good for a social.... get it booked before the dates go i say 👍 The rules are a little strange but nothing that would hinder the way I like to fish . Happy to PayPal the person doing the booking before hand , just let me know 😎

Evening carpio The main consideration when looking at stiffer rods is the ability to be able to compress it . All the power comes from the butt section & being able to compress it . I purchased some free spirits H'ive 220's years back , got on fine with them at first , but the more I used them I realised how hard I was having to work to compress them & that then coincided with fishing less & when i would come to use them it was just hard work . I ended up selling them & buying the softer version . It didn't cost me any distance i was still hitting 160 y but it was a dam site easier getting there! . I would look at the 3.5 unless your a beast of a caster.

Having arranged socials before on here a few times in the past .... its certainly proving difficult for you commonly. When I first joined this forum if you didn't get your name down you missed out ! & were members on a back up list for any drop outs ! Can honestly say I have made mates for life off this forum & still fish with them now every year on socials . Obviously I don't visit that much these days but thats only down to a lack of fishing time the past few years . All you regular posters should jump at this chance to meet up & have a fish... Good chance your make new friends for life . I'm certainly up for it

Not fished Horseshoe since the last social there .... not the most social of venues due to the size , so would probably recommend doing more than 2 nights . Give us a chance for a good Chinwag & a hopefully a bite . Always been pretty weedy & I can't see why that would of changed , so bare that in mind also .... finding presentable spots can take time , which would also point to a longer session ? Been quite a bit of change since I was last fishing there .... in regards to snag removal which has changed certain areas, so will be good to go back for a session 👍

Sounds good to me 👍