Carpbell_ll

Got snugpac rip offs on and the wet gear in the bag, bring on this tropical wind, got that new wind coming right at me, slus gates were open last night so there is a load of river water in the lake.

so who else is out this weekend? first time i have been out on a weekend in a while see how my single skin bivvy holds up in this rain got the last of my shelfies to fish with before i switch to a proper food source bait, although to be fair even though i have not caught on them i'm very pleased with how they work in water, they very nearly break down to a paste with in 24 hours of being in water seem to be good baits too from what i can tell. dynamite corn and tiger and their hot glm both are nice.

just gave my nephew a load of tackle two reels both shimmies a pike rod an old pod and a original korum day shelter and and few bits plus a load of hook baits that haven't seen the light of day in a while. he does a bit with his grandad on farm ponds around furnace end

Might not roll if you put too much of something in sure their is a inclusion list on-line that shows the maximum levels of single ingredients per kilo mix and what the results will be if too much is used, think it was a CC Moor list. I'd try some of the other Haiths stuff, robin gold really is something else the fish love it.

Ha ha try match style carp angling on a runs venue more than once i have brought all my rods in just to get a kip without having to get up for a straightener with a specimen size F1 hybrid Looks like you went at it a bit too early this year Highy carp angling is a late spring through to late autumn discipline anything else really is a grind, if i wanted to fish all year i would target large perch on worms or roach on bread punch , match angling is ok just depends on what level you wish to compete, if you think us carp anglers have expensive gear take a walk round a proper match venue when the big guys are fishing then visit the same venue when the local guys are fishing a mid-week pot not a lot of difference in the gear on the bank.

Tell you what is a shocker I hang a proper spank it like your its daddy kind of thread and no takers 😷

Twelve hundred notes did mention it to the Bank Manger the reply was, could get a caravan for that.

Looks like fun need a tea boy or a chain lad once built three bridges on the M40 lol did the marking out for the diggers right up to marking out where the bearing plates would sit on top of the concrete that the steel crossbeams sit on., it was the only job they would give me due to age seventeen had to be eighteen to get a labours job. The guys with a good trade or their own 360 machine were making real big money being in the engineers team i got to work with most of the trades always a good bit of competition to see which trade was earning the most. That area and the whole of Warwickshire could do with a few decent big fish venues something like a Linear fishery in south Warwick would make someone a lot of money.

Lol often wondered if anyone did that, in my local tackle shop the fox armour mesh is next to the fox pva mesh they look similar. Must be a real confusing angling discipline to come into a new, i got given a withy rig years back and no instructions on what to do with it, ended up on a inline bit like a chod tied to a house brick, looked alright to me.

50 is a funny age for many reasons, got talking to a very old friend who i have not seen in 30 odd years, I'm all like oh hi what you been doing then, turns out she is a fairly high ranking Navy officer done a few tours in Afghanistan which I always thought was land locked? Named a few ships she has helmed whatever that is? currently working in the oil industry jaunting around the world still a Navy reservist, I'm all like playing cool, yeah I'm out in my bivvy in the badlands of Northampton and can still put an 8 hour shift in on a set of ladders lol.

Best video of the day on YT bar far a colourisation of Warwickshire it really is striking to see just how much is still the same i knew all the places in this video and most of the buildings are still the same, the river Avon looks even more carpy back then than now. Loads of other good videos on that channel.

Moorhen chicks getting a swimming lesson

Bishops bowl near Leamington is OK if you can ignore the clecha lingo nice place though

Just seen my first snake of the year, must of been a grass snake as it was swimming,must mean the water is warming up he was just cruising around.

I just get a pot of pop ups from the shop currently using a Dynamite pineapple n banana had a few beeps also got a krill wafter on and a proper foam zig lol.

Bluebells might be rammed but i think it well of eased off on a lot of the lesser known waters, Elsons at Stanwicks is always a safe bet if you want to book, don't have to book a peg just your time on the lake. think a lot of lakes are going to be surprised by the lower anglers numbers this year than last, excluding the Big Fish circuit.

Not tried them myself but if you want to give it a go get some clay balls from the garden centre they are super buoyant and have a texture that would help the bait grip tight, plus the carp could crush the clay if needed. never tried them but they will work in fact they could be fished bare loaded with attractants as they take on liquid.

Hi had a bit of a giggle at FB this morning Bishops Bowl group page one of the carp anglers posted this rig he reeled in they are all having a wild guess at just what the hell it is they ended up calling it a PVA bad rig, which it could be, but i think it has come off an okish trick running rig, certainly not a ronnie , here's the offending rig, i give you what passes as a death rig todays carp angler, oh just as an add, not one pointed out the fake corn is still fishing. Whoever tied it just needs to use knots a bit more and cut back on the swivels?

Think they are sort of banned on the lake i fish is due to they can sit fishing on a snapped off rig for years, they do allow zigs but it's a don't snap off or don't fish them if not sure, plus zigs should float if lost.

How about if you are fishing a lake that does large fish once or tice a year, from now till june is your best bet for that rare capture.

They have the old river fishing rules sowed up best bet is to find a bit a river you like buy the ticket and do what you like but keep it to yourself as you will get moaned at no matter what you do on rivers this time of year, really not worth it. basically it is fly fishing only that's a whole new book of rules and etiquette.

Sometimes smaller fish take a a hook too far back in the mouth, on waters with a stock of fish up to the 10lb mark it's a rod in hand job hitting bites before they hook themselves might want to avoid using a hair rig if you are.

Plastic tipping baits are one of the very few if not the only bait banned on the lake i fish, for obvious reasons.

Ouch.

I'd be too worried to sack a big carp just not doing it if you have the confidence it's up to the angler, but it could go real wrong fast. chap on the lake behind me came and got me just before 6 am Thursday morning i was up, and more than happy to do a few pics. I tend to sleep more during the day than at night when out.