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Sadly didn’t get to do any fishing, my dog ran into a boggy patch head first and got covered head to toe in [censored], so had to get her back, washed and dried 😂😂 Out of the 30 acres of water there’s only a handful of spots to fish from, the rest is inaccessible because of how steep the banks were. I baited a spot with a kilo of krill boilies, probably peeing in the wind but gonna go back tomorrow after work and fish over them for a few hours and give the lure rod a go. stunning res though, there’s a few old quarry pits around it too so will be checking them out as well 👍

I’m off to a 30 acre trout res with the pooch this morning, no idea if there’s any carp in there but going to look for them. Any tips on trying to locate them would be awesome 👍 also got the dropshot rod in the boot just in case I want to try for a trout or w/e else is in there 👌

I've got them in 3lb and they are nice rods mate. Personally if I was your friend I'd get a set 2.75lb rods for general all rounders. They will be fine casting pva bags unless he is whacking them out. Years ago I remember 2.5 - 2.75lb tc rods were best all rounders but now I've seen a trend in heavier tc rods being the norm.. Whatever floats your boat I suppose lol

Isn’t that what a fishing umbrella is mate? Not sure if I get what you mean lol It’s not green mate you won’t catch!!

No idea mate I don’t follow the sport at all, all i was getting at was footballers get paid a ridiculous amount to play football while people who graft, put their life’s on the line, save people’s lives all earn peanuts compared to them and it doesn’t seem fair at all. i don’t blame the footballers though, id do the same if I could lol

Man gets paid 660k a week to kick a football while low/middle class people go out and work silly hours to provide for their families and still struggle to put food on the table. totally wrong if you ask me.

Can’t help but notice you’ve got a nice collection of lures there...what lures/brands do you use? I’ve got my rod/reel/braid/leader sorted but now it’s the end tackle lol

Got myself a shimano sienna 1000, nice little reel, feels nice on the rod 👍

Ask on the other carp forum mate there’s more members so you’ll probably get more replies 👍👍

I’ve decided on getting this rod here https://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/shakespeare-agility-lrf-rod?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_py228jh4gIVCLTtCh2gOQcEEAQYASABEgJdV_D_BwE The 0.5 - 7g 6ft one, just looking for a reel now lol. I’m gonna check out the ones you’ve said 👍

I’m gonna go to the tackle shop today and see what they got, hopefully they can set me up with a deal lol

I take my dog with me so I give the swim a good go over picking up rigs and discarded line before we fish. Fires me right up when you see 20ft of mono just chucked to the side when it takes a few seconds to wrap it up and put in a bag. I would say in the last 3 sessions I’ve picked up a couple rigs and over 100ft of mono from different places. I salvage everything I can from my rigs and have started to do it to the ones I find aswell lol

Will do mate, just after something cheap to play with really lol

I left maize soaking for about 2 weeks and it was the best looking maize I’ve seen.. about 3 times the size and would squish in between your fingers, I boiled it and completely ruined the batch, it blown basically all the kernels so no good for a rig. I do wonder if you soak it for long enough, do you really need to boil it?

Can anyone recommend a cheap drop shot rod reel combo? Not after anything expensive, just something I can use to catch a few perch lol ive got a 7g+ rod but the tip is too stiff for the small lures

I was in a bit of a rush mate me and the dog went for a walk along the canal so wanted a few floaters to put in. Ended up getting a bag of Sainsbury’s mixers for 3.50. Anyway, no carp about but seen a dead tench knocking the 6lb mark 😩 baited up some clean patches in the holes of the weed with boilies, might go back down later or tomorrow and fish them for an hour lol

What floaters/dog biscuits do you use?

Does anyone who takes their dog fishing have a problem with their dog being protective of the swim? When we are fishing my dog is becoming increasingly protective of our swim (like they do when in their own garden) and will growl at people when they get close to us. Any idea how to deal with this? Don't really know if I should be telling the dog off because I want it to let me know if people are about when it's nighttime? Thanks

Interesting replies lads, I forgot to mention I mainly fish bottom baits. I'm gonna shorten my rigs down to 5-6" and go from there.

Might have to try shorter then lol. I was always under the impression that it was easier for a fish to shake the hook out when fishing a really short rig because of how far away the lead is? Or something along them lines anyway 😂 Esp tungsten loaded for me. Nothing fancy about my rigs just a simple hair rig with a bit of shrink tubing lol

What rig length do you use if fishing an inline lead over clean ground? I'm at about 8" at the moment but wondering if I should try shorter

My local started spawning on Monday as well (Devon)

Well that was a close one. I've spent the morning tidying the fishing shed up, been avoiding it for months. I put some baited rigs (popups) in ziplock bag then into the bin liner to chuck away. Anyway job done, decided to sit in the sun and roll up, looked up to the of the garden to my dog sat there chewing something, so I walked closer to see what it was, only to see a swivel hanging from its gob, as I went to grab the dog the whole rig fell from its mouth. The little **** chewed through the bin liner, pulled the zip lock bag out, chewed through that and got a rig out, all in the space of 30 seconds or so. Absolutely bricked it, luckily all rigs were there so I know it hasn't swallowed any. Vet bills was going round in my head 😂😂😂 no more rigs being left with baits on, gonna chop them up put them straight into the black bin next time lol

Caught nothing mate, was nice to get for a few hours though.

Car loaded up for a few hours tonight, walked round the lake last night and a fews been coming out, so hopefully might bag one!