salokcinnodrog Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 I'm glad to say Alton Water has reopened again. Doing my first night on there since pike fishing. RH KMG still working, got woken up at midnight by a 15lb scamp chillfactor, buzzbomb, gazmc and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Its-grim-up-north Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 10lb, Hopefully something bigger to follow. crusian, kevtaylor, yonny and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted June 4, 2020 Report Share Posted June 4, 2020 20 hours ago, salokcinnodrog said: I'm glad to say Alton Water has reopened again. Doing my first night on there since pike fishing. RH KMG still working, got woken up at midnight by a 15lb scamp Well that didn't take you long to get off the mark , Nick , that must give you confidence for the season ahead of you ? . 😃 jh92 and salokcinnodrog 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger9991 Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 My first visit to my new ticket. Took the kitchen sink with me as I had no idea about the lake. Few friendly lads gave me an idea of the lake and its stock (only 40 carp apparently) so I wondered around the lake aimlessly looking for a sign of life. 3 hours later I had picked a swim. Only to see a fish jump a few swims down so quickly moved the gear down and by midnight I was into my first match pit carp. 32.2lb. Chuffed to get one on the first night. jh92, chillfactor, commonly and 17 others 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted June 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 21 hours ago, crusian said: Well that didn't take you long to get off the mark , Nick , that must give you confidence for the season ahead of you ? . 😃 I did spend the day they opened walking the whole reservoir rather than fishing, then went down the next morning after reckoning some bubble shows in a particular area were carp. Nothing on the second night, maybe because I put some boilies in on top of them though. crusian and commonly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commonly Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 Lovely fish ginger, great angling! Effort = Reward. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 6 hours ago, Ginger9991 said: My first visit to my new ticket. Took the kitchen sink with me as I had no idea about the lake. Few friendly lads gave me an idea of the lake and its stock (only 40 carp apparently) so I wondered around the lake aimlessly looking for a sign of life. 3 hours later I had picked a swim. Only to see a fish jump a few swims down so quickly moved the gear down and by midnight I was into my first match pit carp. 32.2lb. Chuffed to get one on the first night. 22 minutes ago, salokcinnodrog said: I did spend the day they opened walking the whole reservoir rather than fishing, then went down the next morning after reckoning some bubble shows in a particular area were carp. Nothing on the second night, maybe because I put some boilies in on top of them though. Exactly as Commonly says , " Effort = Reward " . Do you know yet , Commonly if you will be able to use a boat to look for signs of Carp ? . 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelabel Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 Quiet day today... all I've had so far ..., Its-grim-up-north, muftyboy and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 About 7lb, didn't bother weighing, dig wanted on too... chillfactor, elmoputney, crusian and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 3 hours ago, Highy said: About 7lb, didn't bother weighing, dig wanted on too... Interesting colouring on that Common , Highy . Looks like you were worrying that Dig was going to have a chew on the camera ? 😁 ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Just had 1 of the elusive mirrors, not really setup for lonely night shots. Didn't weigh either. commonly, bluelabel, finchey and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 5 hours ago, Highy said: Just had 1 of the elusive mirrors, not really setup for lonely night shots. Didn't weigh either. Well done mate, do you have a bivvy light if you can get that outside it would help light up the scene maybe, ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 9 hours ago, elmoputney said: Well done mate, do you have a bivvy light if you can get that outside it would help light up the scene maybe, I had on the floor, but think I'm gonna invest in a tripod for the light 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Jus had the 2 fish, there was only 5 on the lake at night, by 8am there was around 17 anglers...too many so packed up and was home for 10am....straight onto the bar work... crusian and elmoputney 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 42 minutes ago, Highy said: I had on the floor, but think I'm gonna invest in a tripod for the light 👍 If it's a magnet one you could've stuck it on the outside of the bivvy, the ridge monkey lights come with a bank stick adaptor plate this can be useful, I've got a video light for my camera though just sits on top of it on a tripod, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 15 minutes ago, elmoputney said: If it's a magnet one you could've stuck it on the outside of the bivvy, the ridge monkey lights come with a bank stick adaptor plate this can be useful, I've got a video light for my camera though just sits on top of it on a tripod, Yeh, bivvy light has a magnet on back and phone is in a holder on a bankstick adaptor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smufter Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) 25lb wake up call... Took an overnight break from gardening! Crofties coconuts doing the business. Edited June 16, 2020 by smufter B B, commonly, crusian and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 2 hours ago, smufter said: 25lb wake up call... Took an overnight break from gardening! Crofties coconuts doing the business. Well earned break and well deserved reward, great stuff crusian and jh92 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smufter Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 Small Common. Damn that sun 😁😁😁😉 elmoputney, Golden Paws, chillfactor and 4 others 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smufter Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 Red letter day here today. Another Common (12lb) very similar to the second fish I've never had such a good day at White Cottage 😁😁😁 bluelabel, elmoputney, commonly and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 Love the T shirt 👍 smufter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillfactor Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) Nice smuft ... great session mate 😎 Well done all cracking fish 😎 Edited June 17, 2020 by chillfactor smufter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Paws Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andoer-Orange-Filter-Camera-Camcorder/dp/B01J727A9A/ref=psdc_1330763031_t2_B077VL3DDY Have a look at one of these Highly. It makes night photography a lot simpler. You can still use your on board flash but the extra light does fill in the gaps a bit. For quite a few years I played about with slave flashes. They are small portable flash units that you mount on a bankstick or are placed on the ground and are triggered by the main flash going off. https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/slave-flash/bn_7024918190 Some on here, you only need the sub £20 versions. I had 2 and positioned them at least 10 foot away and angling from the side so you didn't get any visible "flaring" in the shot. ... and yonny 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, Golden Paws said: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andoer-Orange-Filter-Camera-Camcorder/dp/B01J727A9A/ref=psdc_1330763031_t2_B077VL3DDY Have a look at one of these Highly. It makes night photography a lot simpler. These are great. They provide enough light for the camera to focus effectively, the built-in or slave flash does the rest. I rate them, especially for the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smufter Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, chillfactor said: Nice smuft ... great session mate 😎 Well done all cracking fish 😎 Thanks mate. Was trying out a new(ish) bait. Mate of mine makes and sells boilies and I've used his coconut ones before to good effect. I was chatting with him last week and asked him if he could make me some more up, but make them a bit whiter, a bit more visible if you like. White Cottage is very silty, and lighter colours tend to work best. His "normal" coconut boilies are a light beige colour, I was just thinking that something even lighter might give me an edge. He bought a couple of kilos around on Sunday and they looked spot on. Really bright white in comparison to his usual. On my suggestion, he had also added some black seed to them to try to break up the shape a little (from the fishes viewpoint obviously). He was so impressed with how they turned out, he made a few more kilos and stuck them in the freezer for himself. Whether it was the bait or other factors I don't know. But it's certainly given me confidence in them. I was using them on all three rods by the way. Edited June 17, 2020 by smufter crusian and elmoputney 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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