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Arrived today. Just had my little boy grab it and play with it so I can say it’s durable! Interestingly we filled it with some small toys and dropped it so it opened up. Which it did every time without fail. I then dropped it empty from the same height and it didn’t open. So it must operate on weight or something. Interesting find though. I even threw it on the floor and got the same results. Looks well made and can’t wait to give it some proper use.

make sure you dry them well in between glugs, or you'll have wafters

Yeah it looks impossible but my mates opened every time, no matter how it hit the water! I wouldn't be surprised if they wear over use and become a bit weaker (wont do it any harm!)

Got one of these on order. Should have it in the next week or so. My mate has one. Very decent and open every time upon impact, even though magnets seem too strong when you try open it on your hand. I never spomb/spod during winter so I won’t be using it until March when I start prepping spots for spring. Although I might have a play one session before that.

open to most places then, you could always give Rockford a go? Club water but well known big fish water. I only spent 3 years in Hampshire and didn't fish much apart from Peewit in Winchester and a couple of sneaky trips over to a small pond, so don't have much knowledge. A few lads fished in the New Forest area though. I believe the South Downs has some big old lakes but not sure on names. Yately isn't far? Frensham?

It would help people a bit if you named places you've previously fished otherwise you may get suggestions which are on your 'NO' list already.

I’m in the market for some new wellies for winter. Luckily work will pay for them, got my list of the navitas, the vass R boot or Baffin trappers (although they might not stretch to those) obvs the baffins will be worth the money but are the navitas good at keeping your feet warm even when you’re not moving @yonny??

Hasn’t it got KHV? I know it’s likely dormant in these temps but still wouldn’t go near the place just in case.

Use as many rods as you can comfortably and legally fish with in your given situation. Simple as that. More rigs in the water means a higher chance of catching.

Just harder to roll!! Although I agree, defo worth it.

Have a look at the sonik ones mate.

Should do you well mate that.

Too light test curve rod IMO. You want minimum 3.75lb. Most spod rods are 4.5lb+. If I was you I’d pick up a Mitchel avocast spod reel for around £30, both the sonik vaderX spod or fox warrior spod are £50+ ish and you can get the braid in bulk from eBay Here

I fell foul of not thinking about a certain venue hard enough. Ultra low stock, 10 in 6 acres, my 3 fish have come from the first or second night fishing a spot, with no or little previous bait gone on them. Once I tried to feed heavier on those spots to keep them coming back then just didn't. It was either they spooked off the large beds of bait or obviously clean spots or they never got to the hook bait first due to untold amounts of tench and bream. I thought the latter at the time but now, especially after watching Terry's video I realised I'd overlooked the obvious. When I return there it'll be a handful of bait maximum on a spot. Think we all fall in to the trap at times, especially when things go your way at first, and if you cant visibly watch them then it is just a long wait until you realise!

Personally for me it all depends on the group, I fished one lake where we helped each other out and left swims well alone if others were baiting, to the extent that if we were there with fishing boshing over their spot we would ring each other telling them to get themselves down to the lake. We all respected each other and had a good friendship. Haven't encountered that since anywhere though, keep myself to myself and try not to tell people much, a lot of prying eyes nowadays. Fell victim to it on the estate lake where etiquette was almost non-existent apart from a few good eggs.

@yonny dont worry, my little one is 2 and I still get out a fair bit, tricky at times but well worth making the effort, even if its for a full nights sleep!! Well done on getting a few in horrid conditions.

so does a drilled out and corked hook bait though? albeit less than a pop up but still reacts differently when fish are mooching about over the area.

Apart from the mouth. That looks like it’s had some pretty serious mouth damage in the past. Sadly the case with most waters that are day ticket though.

Matching pop ups, cork dust if possible. Don’t like cork balls as I don’t trust flossing around that bait to keep it on. That’s been what’s caught me 90% of my fish for the last 2-3 years. Going to give the fluoros a go over winter again to see if I can put my confidence back in to them a bit to fish over a bed of bait. I do have 100% faith in my homemade pop ups however which are a washed out orange colour. Put one of them out and I’m confident I can nick a bite.

Does this fish not have a tail?! Or is it unlucky timing? Well done though! Back to the syndi with high confidence

Yeah, it was just you asking if deano knew exactly what went in to them.

Not sure what that’s meant to imply but I’m assuming is some kind of weak insult somehow. Sadly im not insulted. Just in tears laughing once again.

It’s not my site 😂😂

I scrolled up. You basically quoted what you typed in your own post? I can see it on my screen. I mean the site must work pretty well then 😂😂 you can insult my intelligence all you want but I know how to work the site and you don’t 🤣

Not a witch hunt. I’m just asking if it’s the same person. As funny as it is watching someone disagree with themselves it’s not what the forum is for. It’s not what the forum is for, it’s not informative to anyone and doesn’t make good discussion.