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[elmoputney]

Just now, yonny said:

Ages ago I decided to calculate my annual spend on carp fishing. I took into account tickets (of which I had a few back then), bait, tackle, petrol, France trip etc etc....

I had to stop counting the figure got so high. It was eye watering. I decided I didn't want to know!

100%😅

Yeah best to not venture down that rabbit hole 🐰🕳️😂

Capitalism would have taken it in other ways. Like now if you want to get popcorn at the cinema it will cost you nearly £100 for a family movie. At least you can still look at your fishing stuff even if you don't have time to go. 

[framey]

On 09/09/2025 at 14:03, Roughtor said:

Same as me ,simplicity is key ..

 

Location  Presentation and bait ..

Got taught that by Gerry Savage many,many years ago I've got LP.B engraved on my landing net ,stainless butt. 

 

Can't add anymore ,what you wrote is spot on...( I used to blog,test  for Haiths )..was good fun ...interesting..

Still can’t decide if that saying is the correct way around or not 

location bait and presentation ??
there’s a future topic lol

[framey]

1 hour ago, elmoputney said:

If it wasn't for fishing we would all be millionaires 

Imagine if you do all the disciplines…

[elmoputney]

Just now, framey said:

Imagine if you do all the disciplines…

Billionaires? 

[framey]

3 minutes ago, elmoputney said:

Billionaires? 

It certainly does hurt the pocket lol

[ouchthathurt]

4 hours ago, elmoputney said:

If it wasn't for fishing we would all be millionaires 

Don’t forget the carp anglers prayer… 

 

“dear lord, when I die, please don’t let the wife sell my carp gear for the price i told her I paid for it” 

[ouchthathurt]

Even if we did save the cash and became millionaires, what would the first thing we would buy?? 
 

a carp lake… you know it makes sense! 

[elmoputney]

1 minute ago, ouchthathurt said:

Even if we did save the cash and became millionaires, what would the first thing we would buy?? 
 

a carp lake… you know it makes sense! 

Very sensible investment. 

[salokcinnodrog]

3 minutes ago, ouchthathurt said:

Even if we did save the cash and became millionaires, what would the first thing we would buy?? 
 

a carp lake… you know it makes sense! 

 

1 minute ago, elmoputney said:

Very sensible investment. 

I know one venue that's up for sale for less than £300,000

[ouchthathurt]

I saw that, and here’s me buying a family home for the family like a chump. Could have brought that lake and a caravan… 

[yonny]

23 minutes ago, salokcinnodrog said:

 

I know one venue that's up for sale for less than £300,000

When I was 19 a v large water near me came up for sale at 40k.

I pleaded with the bank to lend me the money and of course they just laughed at me. Ten years later it was sold again for more than a million.

I still haven't forgiven the bank 🤣

[salokcinnodrog]

34 minutes ago, yonny said:

When I was 19 a v large water near me came up for sale at 40k.

I pleaded with the bank to lend me the money and of course they just laughed at me. Ten years later it was sold again for more than a million.

I still haven't forgiven the bank 🤣

I can remember when Taverham Mills was sold, a 25acre lake, stretch of river, a house and I think another 20acres of land.  The Carp Society put in a bid, but were outbid by Anglian Water with a bid for £1,000,000. Anglian Water managed to fence the lake trapping otters inside the fence.

What irritated me is I had built the fence around the roadside and the woods at the back when I ran it and had no problems. Anglian Water ripped the fence down to rebuild it leaving it down for weeks, allowing otters to get in. Those same otters were getting the barbel and carp in the river before they got into the lake, so AW would have known otters were in the area.