elmoputney Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Reporting from the social, I decided to move on Saturday morning had a walk round with Dale and decided it was best, I moved into Bogmageddon and after a slog with the barrow, fannied about and found some spots, it soon became apparent I had made the right call when I saw one bosh to my left, then another to my right, got the rods tried to throwing stick some boilies out as I managed to lose my spod in a shimano faulty bail arm incident, that the others didn't rinse me for at all 😂 Of course within minutes there were a flock of seagulls trying to eat every last one. But I figured I has some in the zone, within an hour I had a weird bite lifted One bleep dropped right back then lifted again, and I was in, went right to get behind an island then went left to get behind another, then wstsyed deep to try and lose me over the massive plateau betwixt us, but I got it over, it tried to go through all my lines and eventually I netted the beast of bogmageddon, all 27 and a half lbs of it, Leon (commonly) came to assist with the photos and as actually managed to make me smile for one 😬 As I write it's lashing down the swim looks like a wet Glastonbury and I'm not looking forward to packing up but it's been fun and eventful, maybe time for another but it doesn't seem as likely today, hopefully I've pushed them down for Leon to have a busy night tonight. Golden Paws, emmcee, jh92 and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobcross Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Well done, nice result.👍 elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jh92 Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Cracking fish mate, well done 👍👍 Had a similar incident with my shimano reel when spodding, bail arm shut as I went to cast. Snapped 60lb leader only for it to whip me across my arm and neck. Made my arm bleed 🤣🤣🤣 Good luck with the rest of session mate hopefully bank a few more 👍 elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B B Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Made up for you Elmo nice fish 👍 How many members fished ? elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 1 hour ago, B B said: Made up for you Elmo nice fish 👍 How many members fished ? Thanks There were 3 myself, Dale and Leon, who we left there for another night of freedom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted March 10 Author Report Share Posted March 10 1 hour ago, jh92 said: Cracking fish mate, well done 👍👍 Had a similar incident with my shimano reel when spodding, bail arm shut as I went to cast. Snapped 60lb leader only for it to whip me across my arm and neck. Made my arm bleed 🤣🤣🤣 Good luck with the rest of session mate hopefully bank a few more 👍 No more for me, I got a small gap in the rain and made for home, My one has done that repeatedly and cost me loads of spombs, there is a simple fix, don't buy shimano 😂 Or you could try this, I have to manually close the bale arm now but it beats losing spombs all the time. jh92 and commonly 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Paws Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 I bought a set of Shimano XTE's recently and they have disabled the bail arm shutting after turning the handle, you have to pull it over manually. I did find it a bit strange at first but can't fault the smoothness and ridiculously brilliant line lay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouchthathurt Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Did a quick overnighter on my winter estate lake last night, wind hacking into my face, mild night, overcast with showers on and off. This lake is a typical mixed fishery, rather than an out and out carp fishery, but has a good head of carp to 25lb(ish) the frogs were active in the margins, a sign spring is springing. I had a hectic night, with 14 carp landed plus 2 bream from 18 takes, a few low doubles, a smattering of singles and a couple of 20s to top it off. 15lb 20lb ghostie 22lb 14lb jh92, yonny, commonly and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouchthathurt Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 froggie I lent on my self take button whilst waiting for one of the fish to settle on the mat, it looks like I’m in a meditative stance fish is totally swallowed by the mat! B B, crusian, commonly and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobcross Posted March 11 Report Share Posted March 11 Well done 👍 ouchthathurt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelabel Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Got out today... over me club lake... a nice scrappy common got in on the act and gave me a good tear up all the way in from about 30 yards out... Rod was a 9'3" Sharpe, reel is an Abu 77 Cardinal, had a smaller carp which didn't stay still long enough for a shot... also had the scabbiest Bream in the lake...🥴 elmoputney, Whitstable Jack, finchey and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 18 hours ago, bluelabel said: Got out today... over me club lake... a nice scrappy common got in on the act and gave me a good tear up all the way in from about 30 yards out... Rod was a 9'3" Sharpe, reel is an Abu 77 Cardinal, had a smaller carp which didn't stay still long enough for a shot... also had the scabbiest Bream in the lake...🥴 Hi Blue Were you banned from going to the Yorkshire Vintage Tackle Fair by Mrs Blue 😁 ? . I think your Sharpe is the same as mine , so could it be used instead of a 2 3/4 t/c 12ft. carbon ? ; I guess I would need to practice if I wanted to cast any distance 🤔 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelabel Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 My back isn't up to the drive Andy... anyway, we're doing Romsey later in the year... had 8 cortisone injections in one hit last month... drove to Portsmouth for the Wally trip and I was in agony... waiting for an op on my back to de-nerve it so I'm down to a few hours fishing locally at the mo... The Sharpe is a tough rod, I can almost cast across our club lake with a 1.1 Avid lead, but I'm holding off giving it the beans on a really long chuck... besides if I want to fish the far bank I'll go round the other side and fish the margins...😛👍🤣 crusian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 20 hours ago, bluelabel said: My back isn't up to the drive Andy... anyway, we're doing Romsey later in the year... had 8 cortisone injections in one hit last month... drove to Portsmouth for the Wally trip and I was in agony... waiting for an op on my back to de-nerve it so I'm down to a few hours fishing locally at the mo... The Sharpe is a tough rod, I can almost cast across our club lake with a 1.1 Avid lead, but I'm holding off giving it the beans on a really long chuck... besides if I want to fish the far bank I'll go round the other side and fish the margins...😛👍🤣 Oh H , that's horrible about your back , I hope you get your operation as soon as possible . I'm hoping to retire this year , and I'm wondering about going all cane with my Sharpe , selling my carbons , or selling my Sharpe 🤔 . I must get down the lake and experiment . All the best . Andy 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelabel Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 I have 2×9'3" and 2×9'6" plus an 8 footer... all have handled 20's... the only time I struggled with one,was when I hooked a 40lb+ at Ashmead in 2018... just couldn't stop it ploughing through 2 weedbeds... lost it...😭 I retired 6 years ago, (ill health) get my state pension this year, got my name down for one of Leszeks Masterpieces but he's getting on a bit now crusian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 43 minutes ago, bluelabel said: I have 2×9'3" and 2×9'6" plus an 8 footer... all have handled 20's... the only time I struggled with one,was when I hooked a 40lb+ at Ashmead in 2018... just couldn't stop it ploughing through 2 weedbeds... lost it...😭 I retired 6 years ago, (ill health) get my state pension this year, got my name down for one of Leszeks Masterpieces but he's getting on a bit now Well the waters I fish don't have anything bigger than 20's , so I should be o.k. ! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelabel Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 They'll be fine... the Sharpe 9 footers are Salmon spinning rods, all I'd say is they are not meant to cast heavy leads, I keep my leads down to 1.5oz max for a chuck crusian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouchthathurt Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 Did the last night on the estate lake until next winter, had 6 out, biggest 21lb. low double 21lb crusian, B B, yonny and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouchthathurt Posted March 31 Report Share Posted March 31 My son joined me, he had 4. 20lb on the nose 18lb commonly, bluelabel, yonny and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted April 4 Report Share Posted April 4 Finally had a fish, Long winter on low stocked day ticket water. Boom Boom jh92, Golden Paws, B B and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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