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Sounds like a plan mate, I will freeze most of it and take a bucket of fresh with me 👍

It's been banned already on all the waters I fish lol.

I will have a look at the Gardner Pro line mate 👍 yeah daiwa sensor is all I've really ever used lol. I was thinking of adding maple peas 🤔 at the moment my spod mix is 10kg hemp 25kg maize 10kg tigers Going to buy some tins of corn to put in it as well. Not sure how much im gonna need all together but tempted to prep 10kg of everything just to be on the safe side 🤣 should be a good few buckets full lol. Do you think if i cook everything the day before i go it will last 6 days? Or would it possible to freeze it and take it frozen in a cool box🤔 Thats a good idea mate, I'm still not decided on if I should just use 15lb right through lol. Decisions 🤣 I've just been on Google Earth and had a look at the stretch of bank I'm fishing, the arm that will be on the right of me has a small stream going into it so might be a starting point if the pegs can access it 👍👍 Cheers mate I will have a look at the line 👍 as for pegs I've been informed that there is a total of 12 but only 10 can be fished at one time, you have to pre book a ticket and pick a peg when you get there, so once the 10 tickets are sold for that 24 hours, no one else can get on if that makes sense lol

@salokcinnodrog I've rang them and they are saying there is a leader ban. When I fish at distance I normally tie on a leader that's connected to 12lb daiwa sensor. I know its not the greatest but has always done me well for my situation lol. Minimum line is 15lb. I'm not sure if I should fish 15lb straight through or use a tapered mainline? Any advice on a decent line to use? Absolutely hate respooling my reels and as for trying to work out how much backing I need on for the tapered mainline spools is beyond me 🤣 Bait rules are very strict, hemp, maize/corn, tigernuts, beans and peas only. I asked about pigeon conditioner and they said no🤔 hemp is a seed and is allowed but pigeon conditioner isn't 🤷‍♂️🤣 I'm thinking of using a mix of hemp, maize, corn and tigers. Anything else I should add for beans and peas?

Not at the moment mate just 10 swims on a certain stretch and that's it 🫤 I've been looking but no luck yet, I think you're right about the stream and I think there's a couple at the top end of it, sadly I can't access any of them 😒 Wonder if it's worth trying to borrow a drone and take that down over the weekend to have a look 🤔 I've tried Google maps but it isn't clear enough, I've had a little look online and it's possible to download a high resolution picture from Google maps. But haven't tried yet lol, job for tonight 🤣

It looks a bit different to mine, I have a single joy stick that controls all its movement, not sure if @Highy remote does the same, looks like it has buttons for moving 🤔 I quite like the single handed feature tho, can hold the rod and control the line going out with my finger and steer the boat at the same time lol

Yes mate so you see the second arm on the left, a section of the bank beyond that is where I can fish 👍👍 just gonna try the bait and wait approach 🤣

So I ended up booking 5 nights instead of 4 on this beast 😆 Super excited 🤣

Awesome mate, I will pop in Halfords and have a look 👍 Should get a few charges on my phone with it then 🤔 I'm torn between buying something like you've suggested or just going all out and buying a silent generator 🤣

Yeah it's only open for the month on a trial and you can only fish from one bank that has 10 swims marked out, all catches must be recorded and pictures sent over. I love big waters with my main one being just under 90 acres, but this is a bit of step up. I'm really excited to be part of it 👌 not sure on the future I just think they want to see what stock it holds and make a decision later on 🤔 I'm going to take the dog for a walk around where you can fish from and see what it's like this weekend. Sadly prebaiting and having a cast with the marker is going to be out the question until September. I dont think they will allow me to turn up and prebait etc so will probably have to all be done on the session. Its also quite a drive so there won't be many walks before fishing either 😕 Same as you the swims I fish on my res I'm only fishing in about 10ft of water. At what depth would be too deep for carp feeding on the deck? I think so far my plan will be picking a swim on the day depending what's available, spend some time with the marker, find a spot to fish over and bait up quite heavily, then just top up the spot if it produces fish. There are rumors of big shoals of carp but what the average size is I have no idea lol, I can't find much information online about it so will have to keep digging 🤣 At the moment I've got 10kg of unprepared tigernuts, 25kg sack of maize and 20kg of pigeon conditioner on order, anything else you would recommend? I might try and get some hemp seed as well 🤔 Exciting times 👍

So a trout reservoir near me is allowing carp fishing for one month [September] Its just over 700 acres, I have no idea of depths, bottom etc. There are some gnarly rules as in particles only, no boilies allowed. No boats including bait boats lol I expect I'm gonna have to try and fish at range but with boilies off the cards, do you think tigers as hookbaits would be suitable for fishing at range? I think im going to prep a load of tigernuts, maize, pigeon conditioner. Any suggestions on tackling this beast would be great 😆 I haven't really made a plan other than I'm booking 4 nights on it 🤣🤣🤣

Does the battery do well mate?

https://www.toolstation.com/v-tac-300w-portable-power-station/p26271 Been looking at this 🤔 Might just buy a generator 🤣

I have no idea what I'm buying but I'm after something that I can charge my phone off and hopefully if its possible a laptop by a plug socket. Sadly it doesn't charge through USB c 😕 Does such a thing exist? I don't mind if it's bulky or heavy.

Think the duck wanted out of the rain 🤣

Yeah same as that, when I first started carp fishing some guy took the time and showed me how to set up and fish off the bottom with a method feeder and gave me some vitalin to use and it caught me so many carp on that session, probably what got me hooked to begin with. I use it pretty much everywhere I go unless I'm fishing with just boilie. I will have a look mate, I was doing a bit of research earlier and looks like flaked maize mixed with meat and bone meal is pretty close. If I find anything that works I will keep you updated 👍 I tried adding sugar to the soaking stage and swear it didn't swell up like it normally does lol What does sprouted mean? Is that just leaving it to soak for ages or?

I've just used them to bulk the vitalin out a bit, I'm down to about a kilo of dry mix left 🤦‍♂️ I've never caught on home prepared maize. Not sure if they wasn't having it or if I messed it up somehow lol. Anyway the mix seemed to of worked, bagged a 20lber 👍 I see they've discontinued vitalin, do you have any suggestions for something similar?I've got about a kilo of dry mix left 🫤

That's awesome mate I got tins of black beans, butter beans, chick peas and sweetcorn, gonna mix them into vitalin for a mix to send out in the boat 👍👍

Just wondering which ones are safe and if anyone has tried the butter beans, black beans or kidney beans?

Yeah i get you, other side is a cycle path though and it can get quite busy where as the side I took the photo from is harder to get to so not many people except fisherthem walk it. It's annoying, there's some cracking fish in that canal but as soon as someone sees you baiting or clearing a swim they will be in it as soon as your back is turned 😒 gonna rake it and just fish for the day and see how it goes I think lol Mate there's dead rabbits on it I'm sure they run off the bank onto it thinking its still grass 😭 Might be worth a try but I don't think many will listen. I happened to walk a stretch the other day and found someone baiting up and the look on his face said it all, he was gutted and asked me not to fish that spot as he's been baiting it so he could fish it for a few days the following week. As we stood talking we even seen some carp move in. I don't have it in me to do that, each to their own I suppose but the capture wouldn't seem right tbh lol.

Out with my dad for 24 hours 👌 So, we've been coming here for years always having a few. It's our runs water for a bend in the rod, anyway the last few sessions it's been very quiet, it turns out they've removed most of the stock, leaving more room for the bigger ones to get bigger 🤣🤣🤣

Gonna try and create a path through this 🤣 Yeah I think I'll clear it, set up and start fishing. As some has mentioned, any time of baiting, raking or even looking at bits of water, you'll come back and see someone fishing it 🙄🤣

Wicked, now to make a weed rake 🤣🤣

How long should you rest a swim after raking it? My canal is caked in weed and would need to rake a swim out to fish it 🤔

Interesting thread 🤣 I use sticks for most of my range fishing but have noticed they can be a little inaccurate. I was fishing at 120 yards, wrap up 30 times and clip up when the tip is next to the distance stick (might of worded that wrong 🤣) wind the line back onto the reel etc. Anyway I wasn't sure if I actually counted 30 wraps correctly, so I wrapped it back around the sticks again and noticed it was like 2 - 3ft off. I'm sure it was due to how tight/loose the line gets wrapped around the sticks. Has anyone else experienced this?