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A syringe/needle puncturing the skin I think mate

Got myself 5kg of the French stuff on its way, hopefully the carp don't mind 🤣

5kg jumbo tigers 1kg xxl tigers 15kg flaked maize 5kg hemp 25kg maize Busy week ahead 🤣

They ended up in the bay, just on my left. I think it annoyed me more than the fish, expect they are used to it, with all the boats and water sports etc lol. I'm heading back there next Monday for 5 nights so will be prepping this week. Is there much difference in Chinese and French hemp?

Doing paddle board lessons right in front of me. 730+ acres of water and they decide to do it here 🤦‍♂️🤔🤣

Thanks mate yeah I reckon the same, they fight so hard!! And I've managed to christen one of the daiwa reels as well 🤣 This rig done the business, the bait is sitting like a wafter would. Just spoke to the bailiff and it's been fishing really slow at the moment with only 3 fish coming out in the last 2 weeks so hopefully its just the fish not feeling it and not my angling 🤣🤣 I've been watching the water and early morning and late evening they are coming right into the weed in the margins. I have very little experience fishing in weed, but wondering if I should try a chod rig on a heli setup 🤔 That being said rain is coming in tomorrow from early morning so might just do the day and go home this evening, hate packing up wet gear 🤣

Sat here this morning debating whether I should leave or stay on, at that moment the rod ripped off catching this little beauty 👌 8lb 12oz 👍

Yeah mate it's like grass 🤣 I'm thinking of moving my baits to the edge of it, I didn't have anything last night but they were jumping close in and I reckon they getting amongst it 🧐 Lovely morning tho 👌

So the rods are put I'm fishing off the bottom of a slope, roughly 15ft in depth 14 wraps out. 20 spombs of tigers/hemp/flaked maize. So the traps are set, rods been out for about 6 hours. The fish have just started showing in front of me but like 5 or so wraps off where my hookbaits are. Now deciding whether to wait it out and hope they move out towards my baits or put a rod on them 🤦‍♂️anyway its good to be back on the bank🤣

Back on the res helping with the carp removal 👍it's full at the moment so will be cool to check the depths etc. I believe it goes down to 130ft and some old building out there. But yeah just set everything up only to realise I've left the spomb in the car 🤣🤣

My approach on waters with big shoals of bream etc is to feed 20mm boilie (no particle) with a blowback snowman rig, size 4 curve shank, 20mm bottom bait and 16mm pop up. I also like about 5 - 10mm between the hook and bait 👍

Doubt it mate, I keep all pva stuff in a bait bucket where I keep pellet to make bags etc 👍 I normally take the kitchen sink with me. Prefer to have it just in case 🤣

Bought the ridgemonkey armoury tackle box about a year or so ago and haven't looked back. Love it, it fits everything I need in there 👍

Might have an old one floating around mate, I use a groundsheet all the time now since watching a spider appear out the ground 🤣🤣🤣

Cack handed mate 🤣🤣 Christmas present 🙈🤣🤣

After a few beers yesterday I wake up to find I've ordered this 🤣🤣🤣 Also just spooled the sportsmatics with 15lb korda long chuck, they feel great 👌 excuse the socks 🤣

So the knot would stop the rig slipping down to the lead when hooked up? If I remember correctly I seen Alan Blair spice two bits of leader to an O ring, one end would be the top half of say 2 or 3 foot where your chod rig and beads sit then on the other side of the ring would be like 6 or 8 inches of leader down to the lead. So in effect when hooked up the rig will slide down to the ring and stop leaving the lead clear of the fish. If that makes sense 🤣 and is that just as safe? So really, if you're dumping the lead on chod rigs/heli setups, it's not as safe as keeping the lead on?

Never really used chod rigs, do you need to dump the lead? Just curious because of how close the lead will be to the carp when playing it?

I've got the nash ss4 indulgence wideboy sleep system, mega comfy 👍👍

Slow sinking bread is always a good shout 👍 can recommend the bread bombs from nash when fishing with bread 👍 With mixers we used to soak them in hot water until they start expanding, drain it then lay out in the sun for an hour. They shrink and toughen a little 👌

3 x nash slap heads, won them on ebay for £17.66 👌👌

Only went in for some kickers 🤣🤣

Thanks mate will just stick with the one I got then 👍

Thanks for the reply mate. Is there anything you would suggest for rough ground?

Are the raised metal framed cradles safe for carp? I can't confirm but I'm sure I read somewhere about a fish having its tail snapped by being placed in one? I'm using a cradle that lays on the deck with padded walls at the moment but it's pack down size is massive, so would like a more compact one. I like the way the metal framed ones fold up. Any suggestions?