Rod Shots

[ouchthathurt]

couple of rods out on a little pond I found ten mins from the hotel I’m staying at. On a week residential course for work. 

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another evening, another few hours spent by the lake side 

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[jh92]

Canal/basin 👍

[salokcinnodrog]

[ouchthathurt]

Dusting off my old shimano aero 11ft 2 1/4lb tc carp rods and 6000 shimano baitrunners on a little pond in the Mole valley. Literally fishing under the rod tips, my baits are each side of the end of the boards. I’ve not used these rods in maybe 15yrs, but this lake didn’t suit either my 12ft 3lb fox torque or my 12 3.5lb fox horizon rods, average carp mid-high singles, with the odd low double, so a lovely through actioned rod like these ones are so much more matched and more fun to play carp on. 

[crusian]

On 12/07/2025 at 08:28, salokcinnodrog said:

That's a lot of swans , Nick , reminds me of Mistley 😀 . 

[salokcinnodrog]

3 hours ago, crusian said:

That's a lot of swans , Nick , reminds me of Mistley 😀 . 

There are 'only' about 30 on the lake this year, from over 100 2 years ago. Bird flu took a big hit on them, more so than the geese. 

The lake, which is just up the road from Lopham Fen seems to be a spot for young swans to grow before they go get their own territory. The 2 dominant pairs, there were 3,  but 1 was killed in a swan fight keep moving them about.

[ouchthathurt]

another evening with the rods out 

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another evening spent behind the rods 

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sun up on a productive overnighter. 

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the rods out on last nights session, the calm before the carpy storm 

[yonny]

23 minutes ago, ouchthathurt said:

the calm before the carpy storm 

Conditions were next level by me last night.... had me standing by the window wishing I was on the bank!

[kevtaylor]

Thought we were in for some bites over the weekend with some favourable conditions at last.  Only fish seen were in a section with no swims between points - absolutely choked with weed.

Plotted up nearby in whats become the usual swims for a little while now - 6 weekends.

Changed back to pop-ups but rained the baiting right back to just a few boilies with the catapult.

10pm a decent one clatters out in my water, we both hear it and think game on.  But as usual that was all the activity all weekend, what a kick in the nuts!

Think the fish was just telling us he was off somewhere 🤣

Plus points - bivvy pegs are good and seen dear on the island again - sorry for the phone pic.

Edited 12 hours ago by kevtaylor

[ouchthathurt]

1 hour ago, yonny said:

Conditions were next level by me last night.... had me standing by the window wishing I was on the bank!

Mate, it went right off, decent nights angling 👍🏻

[kevtaylor]

As I put the last post in the wrong section have a recent rod shot - changes afoot for those with a sharp eye! 👀 Tarty!

[framey]

I walked around a pay lake with grandkids on Saturday and the fish were coming out all over the place..

one of those 

wish I took a rod type days .

 

[commonly]

Foxy, kev!

[elmoputney]

4 hours ago, kevtaylor said:

As I put the last post in the wrong section have a recent rod shot - changes afoot for those with a sharp eye! 👀 Tarty!

Snide rod in the boat??? 😎