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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?

One of the cogs/wheels/gears or whatever they are called in the middle that makes it spin had shattered, its been put on a shelf for now hopefully fix it in the next few weeks 🤣

I'm not happy, I've dropped a reel while cleaning it and it's broke something inside, reel won't even spin now 😭 ffs 🤣🤣 On a good note I just booked me and my dad onto a lake for 24 hours next weekend 😀

Picked up 2 nash BP 6 reels for £40 😀 gonna pair them up with my 9ft dwarf rods 👍 Also bought 5kg of sticky krill 👍

I woke up in Friday morning with a cricked neck, rested in through out Friday and woke up Saturday with a stiff neck but it felt like it was on the mend. Decided to walk the dog. Dog lunged at a cat. Dog brang all that pain back from the cricked neck and it felt twice as bad!!!! I hate to admit it but I feel like my body isn't recovering like it used to 😂😂😂

It would cost a small fortune in my ford focus 😂 All the best though, hopefully you all have some cracking fish 👌

I was thinking about then I seen where the lake was... 😂😂😂

Discovery cx landing net mate, the net handle doesn't split 👍 my only gripe with it is the clip that holds the net up, but to be fair I've got this far with out using one so isn't really an issue 😂 I've got ngt 2 piece handle I bought years ago I use it with my 9ft rod set. Even though its done by ngt the quality of it is solid 👍

It's nice and light compared to what I already use. The clip that holds the net up is rubbish, doesn't hold it up at all just falls off as soon as I try clipping it in, i will probably remove the ring attached off the bottom of the net, looks like a guaranteed snag on the reservoir I fish 😂 The weigh sling is nice and so are the clothes 👌

Hi mate I got 2 2.75lb tc 9ft nash Dwarf rods and I love them. They are awesome little rods, I've paired them with nash bait runners loaded with 10lb daiwa sensor line. I use them for most of my carp fishing 👍 Heres a video on the basics of setting up a carp rod👍

So my local club has issued a ban on returning catfish caught on our canal. If you catch one it needs to retained, it will be removed and released into a local pond. Originally the idea was to have it killed, but I think a lot of the anglers kicked up a fuss about it hence now they moving them to a pond. My question is, how bad are these fish for our waters? We have otters killing fish all the time, cormorants putting holes in to fish. Boats and pollution releasing chemicals etc into the water. From my understanding the ea won't put anymore stock into the water until the catfish are removed. Are catfish really that bad to our waters?

I was thinking about buying a baiting pole myself but ended up getting a bait boat. It's the restriction of not being able to bait past 11m, so my spots would of been limited. If you want a cheap baiting pole I wouldn't bother faffing about with trying to make one, I would buy an old match pole off of gumtree or marketplace and convert the top section, I don't think it would be too hard 👍

Yeah I've been having this issue as well, but also on other sites. I'm not sure if it's on Google chrome's end, maybe their last patch/update has a few bugs in it 🤔 I've started using duck duck go browser for now 👍

So I've gone into the shed to start putting up some more racking, a bottle of squid liquid has cracked and leaked all over my gear and the floor. It happened a while back by the looks of it and has seeped into the fabrics 😭😭😭😭

This weather is looking good for a bite on the reservoir I fish 😆 anyone out this weekend?

I will have a look mate thanks 👍

Well the printer has arrived, got a couple lure molds designed, going to hopefully get it up and running today and start printing the molds off. Then just need to wait for the plastisol liquid and dyes to arrive so I can start making them 👍

It's not exactly fishing tackle but I've just ordered myself a saturn 2 3d printer so I can bring my fishing tackle ideas to life and get some prototypes made 👌

Hi bud not sure where you are selling to but I've found it a lot easier and quicker to sell gear on Facebook marketplace rather than gumtree 👍

Sounds good 😆 the reservoir i fished last I was putting out about 1kg per rod per day 😆 spent a small fortune on bait over a couple months but it was well worth it, i had a really good go this year and had some cracking fish and a new pb 😁 I want to roll bait for next year so looking into getting a motorised roller/air dough gun and industrial mixer. There was a set on Facebook marketplace which was 2 rollers 20mm and 16mm, automatic cutter, a gun and mixer for £1000. Basically fill the gun up and its ready to roll 😂 Tried to get it but it was already sold 😂