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Day session down at my local syndicate and I opted to go with a different baiting approach from the norm, as I know a lot of boilies and partical goes into the lake
The night before my session I soak Supa fruit pellets in lump liquid then just before I head out to fish I give them a good covering in matching DNA liquid then a coating of Supa fruit stick Mix this allows the liquids to get to the lake bed and dispense overtime into the upper layers to bring the fish down to my baited stop
I put a small amount of boosted pellets into a pva mesh bag and fish it on a Slip D rig with a CWGB Take 4 white wafter. ... Read less
After not being able to get over the lakes recently and only having time for a quick overnighter, when arriving at the complex I wasted no time in getting the drone up to locate some fish, with the 3 lakes having a total of 150 acres 10 minutes on the drone had saved hours of walking, I had found around 20 fish held up in an area of the lake, 3 rods shipped out to the spot with the bait boat at around 80 yards, utilising the n bland range which consisted of pop ups, half and whole boilies, dna liquid and good helping of Himalayan salt, the rods were set for the night, morning bite time was slowly creeping away but eventually one of the rods pinged out the clip pulled up tight and kited across the lake, after a decent battle this 30lb.6oz mirror was mine ... Read less
Lovely 27lb ghost common caught by 10 year old Buddy.
Buddy was watching the water while Dad set up. He spotted a few fish and knew where he wanted to cast.
Buds chosen method was a pva bag filled with end blend & milk b + strawberry nectar pellets, with his own homemade banoffee wafter on a simple KD rig tied with OMC products.
Nice afternoon session with 3 fish in total and coming away with a new PB for Bud! ... Read less
A cracking 24 hours with my boy over the syndicate another 3 on the bank and all absolute gems. Starting off with the nice clean common at 18.14 followed by the scaley mirror at 18.11 and then another capture of the baby leather at 28.15 which was up in weight. A combination of fbo, oily chicken, test bait and peach and sour cream along with a load of different items from @carpparticlesuk ... Read less
N-Blend Pop Up fished over a bed of N-Blend Boilies. Finding a clear spot in amongst the weed, produced this stunner. ... Read less
Cult classic Banana popup fished at the bottom of a gravel bar drop off.
Arrived yesterday afternoon placed the bait by boat , looked awesome at the bottom of the bar water Cristal clear, surrounded by pellets and supa fruit freebies. had to have a take on this presentation 18 hours later off she went.
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Just getting 2 quick overniters a week I opted to pick a fairly quite swim at the start of July found some spots and decided to bait it and let the fish come to me!
I was fishing 2 on 1 spot with 1 kilo of supa fruit laced in matching dna and the 3rd rod was placed in few different spots over the month! Reeling in at 6.30 must mornings was frustrating but I made sure I baited up with 3-4 kilo of bait to try and keep the bites coming! I managed 7 nites in total in that swim! Losing my first bite in the weed, but followed it up over next few days with a 24.12 mirror, 33.8 common, 23.4 mirror and topped off with 1 of the rarer A team members Chantelle at a spawned out weight of 36.8! Couple of blanks with the mega hot weather too but a good reward for a months work!
Onto a new plan for aug now ... Read less
Part of a 3 fish catch using supa fruit white pop up over a bed of black supa fruit freebies ... Read less
Best of seven fish caught off the end of the island ... Read less
one of seven fish off the end of the island over a bed of Peach & Sour boilies ... Read less
After sitting behind motionless rods for 24 hours I was considering a move to the opposite bank, but my gut was telling me to sit on my hands and wait for the morning bite time. I wasn’t disappointed, come first light the bobbing pulled up tight to the alarm and this common known as ‘PATCH’ rolled over the cord and into my net.
Baited a small area with 8-10 Spombs which consisted of DT baits Nblend boilies and carp particle uk dark mix with a good coating of Nblend DNA liquid and a yellow Supa fruit 15m pop up over the top. ... Read less
When Fenton showed me the Take 4 Pops, I knew they would be a winner straight away.
Especially taking into consideration there size, the way I fish and the confidence I already have in Cold Water Green Beast and the Take 4 Wafters.
Wanting to use them as soon as possible, I thought I would take full advantage of my lunch break and after half an hour I was slipping my net under this awesome ghostie. ... Read less
Tactics for the day was to bait up a few areas around the lake as we had it all to ourselves and watch for bubblers. It didnt take long before we saw some bubbles coming up on one of the baited areas Bobbie quickly cast out a couple of rods with pink dumbbells on and small pva mesh bags of supafruit 3mm pellets on. It didnt take long before the 1st rod was away and Bobbie was into a nice 14-08 common. Using these tactics for the day Bobbie ended landing 5 commons and one mirror sadly with fish still feeding on his spot when we had to pack up. ... Read less
Two old and very special mirror 30lb carp that were stocked back in the early eighties.. Gems of Danish carp fishing history.. Snowman consisting of 26mm Black Crab with Pukka Fish Mix and a15mm pink Squid & Octopus test pop up fished in the silt over 50 26mm freebies did the job. ... Read less
Arived at the lake .it was fishing very slow with only one fish out all week. I opted to fish banana pop ups to the far margins over a bed of supa fruit. As the rain started I got a big drop back .and this angry male mirror was in the net ... Read less
One of 3 twenties caught in a 5 hour session using 15mm Banana pop ups fished over corn and Banana freebies. All 3 fish came from a baited spot no more than 20 yards out. ... Read less
First day of the summer holidays and their was only one thing Bobbie wanted to do . As soon as he had woken up up we headed straight back to the club lake for the day armed with DT oily chicken floaters and pink supafruit fruit boilies.
The fish were up on the surface again but with all the scum floating around on the surface it made it hard work to present a hook bait. When Bobbie did manage to present a hook bait it normally turned into a bite landing five commons and one mirror during the day. ... Read less
After struggling for 24 hours and a lot of rain, I was looking at the water, spotted a few fizzes and then a mirror launched itself around 18inches out the lake. A quick wind in, new glugged pink supafruit screwed on and cast towards it. With 10 mins the rod bent round and I was into the same fish. After closer inspection its actually a repeat capture but who cares when they look like this ... Read less
I was recently lucky enough to be invited on a five day DT Baits social over at the amazing water known as Waterside it was the third morning of the five days, I woke up and put the kettle on to make myself a well earned cup of coffee, after only having two hours sleep due to the scorching heat and listening to carp boshing through the night.
After taking a few sips of coffee I noticed some fizzing in the margins about a rod length from the bank. After watching the fizzing getting bigger and bigger after a couple of minutes I decided to reel in one of my rods and put a solid bag on which consisted of crushed up fish blood and orange pellet and some crushed up DT test Bait boilies which one of the guys on the team gave me to try out. I then tipped it off with a fluorescent yellow banana pop up which I trimmed down until it was critically balanced on my KD rig
I lowered the bag into the middle of the fizzing and rested the rod on the floor with a loose clutch. Terry, one of the team members, came over and asked me if he could have some milk as his had gone off in the extreme heat. Just as he started to walk away to make a cup of tea I looked over and the tip of my rod started to bend around. I shouted TERRY and he rushed back to give me a hand. After what was a nervy fight Terry netted this absolute monstrous common carp for me! He knew it was big as it filled the net but we didnt realise it was in fact the biggest in the lake until we got her onto the bank!
At 55lb 12oz this was not only a PB but a day I will never forget!I cant thank all the guys enough for the best trip ever. I would like to say a special thanks to Stephen and Vinnie for the photos, to Terry for his netting skills and all the boss at DT for not only organising the trip but for allowing me to tag along! ... Read less
Fishing the bottom of a flat shallow gravel bar
PVA bag with pellets and 10 black crab boilies
3 bleeps and the rod was away ... Read less
Two lovely commons from another overnight session. Hard fighting and very hungry fish. Both fish were caught over large beds of test bait and particles along with DT pellet. Solid bags consisting of crushed boilies and CPUK naturals range. Banana pop ups the icing on the cake! ... Read less
Best of six fish caught on peach & sour cream boilies just off the end of the island. ... Read less
Caught off the end of the island where i had four other fish using Peach & Sour cream boilies. ... Read less
Following on from my capture of Big Lin I was keen to keep the ball rolling where possible, and I knew there was a window of opportunity if I could keep sneaking in overnighters with bait trickling in, even though I wouldnt be getting full or regular trips in.
I therefore adjusted my set up to naked chods, set up with pink Supa Fruit and white N blend pop ups my armoury, over a throwing sticked bed of 15mm N blend soaked in DNA liquid.
Well my nights were limited with spawning kicking in soon after, but I took 3 fish in 5 nights over a 4 week period, an 18lb stocky, a 25.12 scared mirror, and the pick of the bunch a beautiful fully of 24.08! Time might of been short, but I made it count. ... Read less
First time using fbo and what a session it turned out to be! Had 11 fish in total and a new pb common at 40lb 3oz, made up and what a fantastic bait ... Read less
With the weather being so nice Bobbie couldnt wait to get back out for some more fun with the floater rod. The lake was pretty busy when we turned so we just slotted in to a free peg and Bobbie started flicking out floaters while I got all the gear set up. It didnt take long to get the fish feeding so I handed Bobbie the rod and he cast it and slowly reeled the bait back into position within a couple of minutes he was hooked into the first fish of the day. Straight away you could see he was into one of the better fish trying to make it into the lily bed tightening the clutch he managed to slow it down and turn the fish. After a couple of minute of it trying to bury itself in the weed beds it was beat and on the surface ready for netting. Sadly a repeat capture but 1lb heavier than last time made it a new pb of 24-04. The other fish all came to the same tactics with one of them being a nice ghosty mirror. ... Read less
Just reeled in as was considering moving swim and took a stroll around the syndicate I fish, saw nothing, so did one more lap to find a chunk on my spot. After sneaking back and popping a green beast wafter back out, it wasnt long until the bobbin started to dance. It was kind to me until it saw the net, then came the fight and took takes to net. ... Read less
Last day of the DT social at Waterside fisheries and I finally could see signs of fish over my big bed of whole chopped and crumbed supafruit boilies. Slowly packing up I got a single bleep on the middle rod then another and the bobbin pulled up and I was into a fish holding the bottom it try to get into the weed beds but I kept the pressure on and before I knew it Michael Carr was sliding the net under the Double Lin.
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Caught in open water using Fish Blood & Orange boosted hook bait and pellets .
The fish was called the zig zag linear mirror and weighed 27 lbs this is a known 30 lb fish but spawned out . ... Read less
After seeing fish in an area where I caught earlier in the week I again used the same tactics as before, loading the baiting spoon with the whole and crumbled test bait, hook bait was an 18mm test bait tipped with a piece of fake corn. A #leesleads 4oz inline drop off lead completed the set up. This was dropped between the two weed beds.
From my position up the tree two fish could be seen swimming over the area, I was a little disappointed to see one of the fish swim away, but as I watched it the rod burst into life, the descent from the tree was rapid and after a short battle I slipped him into the net, 22lb 5oz of gorgeous furzebury mirror carp. ... Read less
After landing the first fish from the left hand spot just off the bar, I was very confident it would do another bite. I topped it up with another spoonful of fish blood and orange pellet and chops, mixed with some hemp and maize from carp particles uk with my rig over the top. The next 24 hours passed with nothing, but then late afternoon the next day, when I was least expecting it, this fish came along. Another low 20 but what an absolutely beautiful fish!
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After a very hot start to the week with not much happening, and not expecting too much either, the fish finally decided to play ball. Unfortunately, I lost the first fish I hooked which was very painful but soon followed it up with this belting mirror of just over 21lbs. My left hand rod was fishing to a spot just this side of a bar but still in fairly shallow water which usually gets hammered by the birds. I used a baiting pole to get my rig out to try and avoid attracting unwanted attention. I opted for half a spoonful of fish blood and orange pellet, a few chops and filled the rest of the spoon with hemp, keeping the mix dark to further avoid bird life. I fished a fbo boosted hookbait on my rig, tipped with a tiny piece of yellow green beast dumbell wafter, small enough for the birds to miss it but it certainly worked to grab the attention of the fish. 4 days in and finally off the mark! ... Read less
Second session on my new venue and was rewarded with a cracking 27lb 10oz Mirror presented a couple of rod lengths out on a stiff hinge rig with a Green beast pop up followed with a scattering of boilies and particle....Well happy the green beast work just as well in the summer as in the winter. ... Read less
Our 2022 annual furzebray social began in glorious sunshine, probably not the best fishing conditions, and after coming out second to last in the draw I chose a swim called" the Aquirium " thinking maybe the fish would stay in this area with the temperatures in the 30s.
Nothing happened during the first night but by mid morning a few fish could be seen in the area, climbing a tree a could see one or two fish dipping down and having a little feed.
Using a nash baiting pole I managed to get the rig into the area between two weed beds. This consisted of a muti slip D rig and #leesleads 4oz inline drop off lead, hook bait a pink supafruit wafter with whole and crumbed test bait soaked in fish Pro DNA as loose feed.
After watching a couple of fish feeding around the area my confidence was high, suddenly the rod ripped off, half climbing half falling from the tree I manged to play the fish in which gave a great fight.
The scales registered a weight of 31lb 5oz a new PB and my fist English 30lber.
A fantastic week was had with my friends and special thanks to Dave Atkiss for the photos ... Read less
Got him just before they started spawning ... Read less
1st time its been out since it was stocked back in 2017. Lovely Mirror ... Read less
After 3 weeks of fishing and only catching a smaller mirror on a big Danish lake, I eventually found the fish and part of my captures were these two old and very special mirror carp that were stocked back in the early eighties.. Gems of Danish carpfishing history.. Snowman consisting of 26mm Black Crab with Pukka Fish Mix and a15mm pink Squid & Octopus test pop up fished in the silt over 50 26mm freebies did the job! ... Read less
Arriving at the lake it was empty and the fish were on the move. After choosing a likely swim I was out in the boat and had fish mooching around underneath me. I set the traps and then sat back. It was quiet throughout the day with most of the fish sunbathing.
As it got dark my right hand rods bobbin out of nowhere smashed against the rod followed by a slow a take. Lifting into it I knew it was good fish. Like hooking a train and battling the weed after 20mins she was in the net. A repeat capture of the baby leather at 27.3 I was buzzing!
Back out in the boat and trap set I got into bed a happy man. The folllowing morning at 0530 the left hand rod was away this time a more scatty take and after a short battle a lovely Stockie at 13.10!
Quietly confident it had never seen a hook before! What a result! Test bait and banana pop ups doing the damage as well as carp participles uk chopped peanuts, triple M, micro snails and rock salt! ... Read less
With the weather being really hot and the majority of the carp where swimming about just under the surface so out came the Oily chicken floater pack. I started to spomb out some free offerings covered in oily chicken salmon oil and managed to get the odd fish feeding but before you could get them feeding confidently the bird life would turn up and clear up all the bait. After trying for a few hours I was just about to call it a day when I noticed one carp still feeding heavily amongst the bird life. I quickly sent a spomb full of floaters out into the middle of the lake and thankfully the birdlife followed the bait giving my the chance to put my hook bait into position close to that one confident carp. The rig was only out for 5 seconds before I mist my first chance but thankfully it didnt spoke it so I got a second chance. A quick check of the hook and bait and it was back out into position 10 seconds later Im hooked into a nice fish he put up a nice slow but steady fight and within a couple of minutes it was ready for netting.
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With the temperature being extremely high and the fish up in the surface, the only thing that made sense was to get out the surface rod and N-Blend floater pack. While the fish are extremely wary on this lake of the float, perseverance paid off and I managed to get this one through the weed and on the bank ☺️ ... Read less
Best of nine fish all caught on DTs Peach & Sour boilies.Fished over a bed of the same loose fed boilies. ... Read less
Fishing to a hole in the weed I found on a previous session. I place the my rig and 40 boilies with the baiting pole to be as discreet as possible. The next morning the rod melted off when my friend had popped to see me for a coffee. So lucky managed to get some awesome shots of this amazing creature ... Read less
After the lake reopened after spawning I had a quick walk round, picked my peg and scattered around half a kg of supafruit to my chosen spot. I then waited until midnight to get my rods out and at 1.25am this stunning linear had taken my pink supafruit wafter. ... Read less
This was only my second session on a new water. The first trip saw me land 8 fish. This time I opted for the opposite side of the lake and a swim I didnt know. Having found my spots I got the rods out opting for N-blend pop ups on a Chod rig and a Ronnie rig before sticking out a liberal spread of 18mm N-blend 18mm bottom baits. I managed 3 bites through the night and one the following morning. Again thanks to the N-blend I managed to keep the massive shoals of bream at bay. ... Read less
Caught on a silty patch between 2 weed beds over 5 kilos of free baits ... Read less
When its not broken dont try and fix it.
Solid bags have always been a huge part of my fishing but since using the Cold Water Green Beast Orange Take 4, I have seen my confidence and catch rate increase.
Here are 3 of the better fish caught during a 24 hour session recently. ... Read less
When its not broken dont try and fix it.
Solid bags have always been a huge part of my fishing but since using the Cold Water Green Beast Orange Take 4, I have seen my confidence and catch rate increase.
Here are 3 of the better fish caught during a 24 hour session recently. ... Read less
When its not broken dont try and fix it.
Solid bags have always been a huge part of my fishing but since using the Cold Water Green Beast Orange Take 4, I have seen my confidence and catch rate increase.
Here are 3 of the better fish caught during a 24 hour session recently. ... Read less
We returned to the lake and was lucky to get back on the baited area from he previous session but straight away we could see the majority of the stock swimming about on the surface. I got Bobbie to start trickling in some floaters while I got on with setting the gear up and it didnt take long before the carp were slurping up the free offerings.
Bobbie got hes two rods into position on the baited spot and the 3rd rod was ready to go with the surface gear.
It didnt take long before he was into hes 1st fish of the day a nice little common. Keeping the bait going in with a small spomb regular kept the carp feeding confidently throughout the session with Bobbie hooking seven and landing five with the best of the carp being the mirror and the big common. Bobbie did manage one from the baited area what was the smallest common of the day falling to a pink take 4 dumbbell. ... Read less
Managed to get a couple of hours down the syndicate and after a few laps of the lake I decided to set up on the back of the wind where I see a few fish jump
Baited my spot with pink custom Supa fruit boilies which I had soaked in the lump liquid and matching DNA and fished a 12m Supa Fruit pink pop up over the top
Didnt take long for one of my rods to scream off and after a long battle I managed to get this common over into the net ... Read less
Sadly a repeat capture but when they look like this Im not going to moan. Fishing my favoured spot over a big bed of supafruit fruit 15 boilies whole, chopped and crumbed soaked in matching DNA and then put into lake water for 24 hours to soften the bait up. The strong winds on the day was blowing all the rubbish down the lake when I noticed my right hand rod had pulled up tight but not taken any line. On further inspection I could see the tip gently bouncing so I decided to pick it up and see what was going on. As soon as I picked up the rod I could fell a fish on but my line was snagged half way out on the bottom to a snag that hadnt been in the peg all season. I slowly started to walk backwards and thankfully the snag started moving it felt like half hour but after a couple of minutes I managed to get a 10 foot branch to the bank with my line tangled round i. I fumbled around untangling my line from the branch until I was freee to reel on all the slack to find my self attached to a carp now down my right hand margin. ... Read less
Fishing to a set of pads in the margin . Bobbies tactics for the day was to cast pva bags with 3m supafruit pellets with a little pink take four dumbbell cast over the top of a couple of spombs of washed out 15m supafruit boilies crumbed up with matching pellets. Landing one big bream and three carp to 16-08 was a nice way to start the half term. Once we had packed up Bobbie topped up the spots with all the bait we had left just in case we could get back before the half term finished. ... Read less
A 66 and 67lb plus mirror from a six fish week at Luke Moffats Graviers. Bait was the usual 22mm Coldwater mix Green Beast, 22mm Coldwater Green Beast hard hookers and 15mm Supa Fruit washed out pink pop ups, that we catch so well on..
Best regards
Michael ... Read less
A week where we had to work for the bites.. For the last couple of years we have been using 22mm Coldwater green beast boilies on our trip to Luke Moffatts Graviers, as it seems to do a lot of big fish even in the warmer water temperatures. I like to fish a snowman presentation consisting of a matching hard-hooker with a 15mm washed out Supa Fruit pop up over quite big beds of boilies and only boilies, to avoid bream and other nuisance fish.
After a few days of silent bite alarms I knew that we would have to work hard for the bites, so we decided to try something different and move our rods around every day until one of the few carp in our end of the lake made a mistake.
In the end we had to wait until the following Tuesday before a high 50lber was in the net. After this it was a question of picking up the odd bite over a couple of kilos of bait and moving rods off spots that didnt produce and after a hard fought 7 nights I ended up with 6 good carp.
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After only a couple of hours I see my spot starting to fizz up in the margin. Using an NBLEND wafter fished over a handful of of chops was enough to get this beauty on bank ... Read less
Having used DT Baits for many years I had great confidence starting on a new syndicate with Peach and Sour Cream as my chosen bait. The water is known to be tricky and many people have struggled to even get a bite so very happy with my results so far
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Having used DT Baits for many years I had great confidence starting on a new syndicate with Peach and Sour Cream as my chosen bait. The water is known to be tricky and many people have struggled to even get a bite so very happy with my results so far
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Having used DT Baits for many years I had great confidence starting on a new syndicate with Peach and Sour Cream as my chosen bait. The water is known to be tricky and many people have struggled to even get a bite so very happy with my results so far
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Found the fish then discreetly places 2 rigs with the pole to small holes in the weed at 30 yards and I was away. ... Read less
Turning up to my syndicate after being shut for spawning I opted to fish a peg that had access to a large reed bed and baited up with a new test bait and fished over the top with a supa fruit pop up on a Ronnie. ... Read less
Turning up to my syndicate after being shut for spawning I opted to fish a peg that had access to a large reed bed and baited up with a new test bait and fished over the top with a supa fruit pop up on a Ronnie. ... Read less
Turning up to my syndicate after being shut for spawning I opted to fish a peg that had access to a large reed bed and baited up with a new test bait and fished over the top with a supa fruit pop up on a Ronnie. ... Read less
Cult classic Banana popup over new test bait ... Read less
Caught on a margin spot under an over hanging tree ... Read less
Caught on the back of a gravel bar at 70 yards range ... Read less
Cult classic Banana popup over a bed of supa fruit freebies and corn ... Read less
Not the clearest of photos but considering it was pitch black @linearfisheriesofficial Tar farm lake 4 from a clear far margin spot at roughly 200 yards. My ever faithful slip d rig with a few little tweaks using a @jprecisionhooks curve 4 getting a solid hook hold on a very soft mouthed 28lb stockie by the looks of her. The bait was the ever faithful @dtbaitofficial and my first fish on the FBO.
She gave a very good account of herself taking me left, right and Chelsea....and finally managing to land her basically in the next swim down after climbing through reeds and finding a more suitable place to land her after she kited hard right and round the wrong side of the reeds that were to the right of my swim.
Happy days...over a 100 hours of blanking and first 20+ of 2022 🎣🐋💪🏽 ... Read less
I hit the bank for my birthday session on a new water and managed 9 bites and 8 fish landed all on the N-blend. This lake is full of bream but I only had the one. I really think N-blend is perfect for lakes with a large number of bream. ... Read less
Banna popup over a bed of corn ... Read less
Anthony and his wife got to our swim on Friday evening to set up camp and get some bait going in. He didnt put a rod in until Saturday morning and only for 3 hours as he had to collect me from Regina airport, even then he had 3 fish to 26lb. Regina is in Saskatchewan, Lake Of the Prairies (LOTP) is in Manitoba and a 3 hour drive.
To give you some idea, LOTP is 6,150 hectares and 40 miles long.
I arrived late on Saturday and we fished through to 8am Wednesday morning. We didnt fish through Monday night due to needing sleep, and most of Tuesday was unfishable due to a pretty bad storm that rolled through. I think we managed to get the rods back out at around 5pm.
Baiting up spots 30 to 40 yards out might seem crazy on a lake of this size, but we have done this many times. Free baits we a mix or maize, seeds, tiger nuts and N-Blend glugged boilies.
All but 2 of my fish were caught on Banana 15mm pop ups on a Slip D rig.
My final tally: 59 fish
3 x thirties to 35lb 4oz
29 x twenties to 29lb 8oz
27 x upper teens average 18lb ... Read less
After what was undoubtedly one of the best sessions I have had in Canada to date, on the last evening of a three and half day session, this leviathan shows up. A spawned out 34lb common that Im sure would of been low to mid 40s only week or so prior to its capture.
This beast fell to a 15mm N Blend pop up on a choddy, fished over a steadily fed bed of mixed particle and boilies. Between myself and fellow DT team member Wayne Smith, over a ton of fish graced the net during this monumental session. ... Read less
A 3.5 day session at Lake Of The Prairies with DT Canada teammate Anthony Russell.
Anthony and his wife got to our swim on Friday evening to set up camp and get some bait going in. He didnt put a rod in until Saturday morning and only for 3 hours as he had to collect me from Regina airport, even then he had 3 fish to 26lb. Regina is in Saskatchewan, Lake Of the Prairies (LOTP) is in Manitoba and a 3 hour drive.
To give you some idea, LOTP is 6,150 hectares and 40 miles long.
I arrived late on Saturday and we fished through to 8am Wednesday morning. We didnt fish through Monday night due to needing sleep, and most of Tuesday was unfishable due to a pretty bad storm that rolled through. I think we managed to get the rods back out at around 5pm.
Baiting up spots 30 to 40 yards out might seem crazy on a lake of this size, but we have done this many times. Free baits we a mix or maize, seeds, tiger nuts and N-Blend glugged boilies.
All but 2 of my fish were caught on Banana 15mm pop ups on a Slip D rig.
My final tally: 59 fish
3 x thirties to 35lb 4oz
29 x twenties to 29lb 8oz
27 x upper teens average 18lb ... Read less
Another gorgeous Canadian Common caught on a sprayed 15mm Banana pop up on our recent trip to Lake of the prairies Manitoba Canada. ... Read less
I got this beautiful danish dark common this morning. Fished kd rig with a snowman set up peach and sour cream with clut classic banana.
Feeding with mix of N-blend, peach and sour cream and some tiger nuts. ... Read less
Anthony and his wife got to our swim on Friday evening to set up camp and get some bait going in. He didnt put a rod in until Saturday morning and only for 3 hours as he had to collect me from Regina airport, even then he had 3 fish to 26lb. Regina is in Saskatchewan, Lake Of the Prairies (LOTP) is in Manitoba and a 3 hour drive.
To give you some idea, LOTP is 6,150 hectares and 40 miles long.
I arrived late on Saturday and we fished through to 8am Wednesday morning. We didnt fish through Monday night due to needing sleep, and most of Tuesday was unfishable due to a pretty bad storm that rolled through. I think we managed to get the rods back out at around 5pm.
Baiting up spots 30 to 40 yards out might seem crazy on a lake of this size, but we have done this many times. Free baits we a mix or maize, seeds, tiger nuts and N-Blend glugged boilies.
All but 2 of my fish were caught on Banana 15mm pop ups on a Slip D rig.
My final tally: 59 fish
3 x thirties to 35lb 4oz
29 x twenties to 29lb 8oz
27 x upper teens average 18lb ... Read less
Having spent some time travelling in France between the canal and lake I had a fantastic hit on Supa Fruit ... Read less
Fishing all 3 rods at range over a baited area resulted in this 22lb 11oz common backed up with another 22lb common and 5doubles pink supafruit and siltbustas pop ups doing the damage ... Read less
Found a spot where I could bait up with minimal noise, 4 small scoops of chopped worm in pete 6mm pellet and left for a good 3 hours before putting a solid bag on the spot and as soon as the bag hit the deck and I took the line from the clip I had my first take!!! This was the start of the madness ... Read less
After baiting a spot earlier in the day I introduced my rig a few hours later. Then after seeing 2 fish show on the far margin I reeled in and cast within a few feet of the shows. Within half hour she was away, and after a long battle it was in the net. I was using a banoffee wafter which has been especially made for mill lodge in a pillow shape ... Read less
What a session to remember! After turning up at my local syndicate armed with the new test bait and fishing on the back of the wind resulted in a brace of thirtys within an hour and 11 fish in total, this test bait is on another level and cannot wait to get back. ... Read less
Social session with some friends ended in this result a few hours before packing up. Loves the supafruit bait spray!! ... Read less
Day session at Churchgate Lakes. 4 fish, biggest 17lb. Great days fishing on the chicken! Love the smell!! ... Read less
Myself and a friend with our 2 young sons fished for 3 nights over the jubilee. Lots of bait in spread across 3 rods with 5 fish landed, all falling to fish, blood and orange wafters. 4 or the 5 were caught over a bed of nblend, FB&O and Fish and peach boilies whole and halved soaked in the one and the lump liquid. The 18 fell to rory and was his new pb and the best fish of the trip!!! ... Read less
Hi, so I caught this 32.2lb mirror Carp at Mousehole fishery on kestrel Lake. I used a 15mm N Blend wafter with a ground bait of a hand full of freebie n blend boiliies. I also had an awesome ghost mirror Carp at 22lb using the same bait and rig. ... Read less
The next morning of me and my sons first overnighter, the rod has been placed back out on the spot utilising the baiting pole just a few feet from the bank where the previous bite had taken place, again using the new DT test bait crushed, half & full boilies with Himalayan salt, the morning bite time was wittering away but with the sun morning beaming down on the bank I was fishing the fish had to turn up at some point, a slow pack away had started but a close eye was always on the rods, half way through packing up the rod burst into life resulting in this lovely clean mirror!! Arthur was awake for the bite and you can see the excitement in his face when the fish was in the net! ... Read less
I caught this fish at the far reeds in a corner where the fish were cruising on the top all day. Finally caught it when the sun started going down. I used 3ml pellet on a method feeder then the DTBait fish, blood and orange boilie on the hair rig. ... Read less
One of a double take caught over loose fed boilies. ... Read less
One of a double take caught tight to the snags over loose fed boilies ... Read less
This was a special session for me as it was the first overnight session with my son Arthur, this was also my first time using the new test bait, the day before I had walked the complex with Arthur baiting some likely spots, using crushed, half and full boilies along with a good helping of Himalayan salt over multiple spots around the lake the spots were primed, returning the next day 2 spots had been completely cleared, I opted for the swim that has done me bites previously, with the rods out and Arthur chilled the first bite of 2 come just after dark, unfortunately Arthur was asleep for this capture, but one thing was clear he is my new lucky charm!! ... Read less
Caught at 11pm on a single supa fruit bollie dipped in supa fruit bollie dip over a bed of supa fruit bollies. ... Read less
After catching 2 low doubles and returning home wounded 24 hours later I had to return as I knew where the fish were.i set up at last light and by 3am the 1st rod fished tight on the margin shelf was away resulting in a lovely 28.0 common. By 9am the second rod was off fished in the silt undercover of the margin trees. A lovely 25.4 old mirror was my prize unfortunately a repeat capture but welcome all the same .11am the rod I positioned back on the first spot was away again resulting in a low double .the action stopped when the sun came out and wasnt until early hours the next morning the silt rod was away again! Unfortunately not to be lost in the weed!! All rods fished with black superfruit and banana pop ups on stiff ronnie rigs with 6oz leads . ... Read less
1 of the originals. A dinosaur called The Plank last out in 2017 weighing 28lb. He fell victim to a spread of chopped and whole supafruit combined with hemp & corn making them grub around until they find my double corn hovering close to the lake bed. ... Read less
Caught using an IQ D rig with a fish, blood and fresh orange bottom bait topped with a pink wafter over a bed of free boilies.
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Caught using solid bags and the green beast yellow orange flavour wafters.
First time using this bait and got a double take.
Photo with my son Austin age 7.
Also added photos of some others we caught in our session using same bait and tactics
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Cult classic Banana popup over a bed of supa fruit freebies
After a while had just a bleep and small rise on the bobbin this continued remembering when I was younger and told that some large fish will try and shake the hook without moving off
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Fishing a 6 acre park lake in France with a stock of around 30 carp I decided to target the deeper water. I put out a good amount of FBO freebies. Some chopped and some whole. Second morning I had a tench followed shortly after by this beast! ... Read less
Arrived at the lake , nothing was showing so decided to bait 2 spots and wait for the carp to move in
Cult classic Banana popup on 2 clear spots with 20 supa fruit freebies and some pellets to keep the small silvers occupied ... Read less
A Sunday day session on a local water fishing in a bay where I spotted a large group of carp ,fished with a simple rig with a n-blend wafter attached and a scattering of freebie n-blend and resulted with a small common and a old original 20lb mirror ... Read less
An excellent late spring session on beautiful Lake Ontario waters in Canada. This 12 hour session put 15 fish on the bank between myself and a friend. All 7 of my fish fell for a variety of bait, mainly the cult classic banana pop-up, or a piece of large flavoured maize tipped with a dumbell wafter. All hook baits were coated with a healthy layer of banana spray. ... Read less
Last day on the Lake, First Time with DT Baits N Blend and Last Carp of the session..!!
Took two DT Baits with me, the other being Supa Fruit to give me options and both paid off
Landed seven carp over the week long session using Katran
Crypton CARP Mainline and Fantom Fluorocarbon for the crimped Boom Section with a Roddy Clips HEX Hook in size 4.
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Margin fishing putting the rt4 to the test using the ray marine. These fish fight so hard take 4 dumbell wafter topped with worms over a bed of the new test bait which they cannot resist it ... Read less
After returning to an old syndicate after 5 years, I was looking forward to making up for lost time. Saw a few fish crashing in the furthest peg away so made the effort to get my gear round there in 2 trips. Got all 3 rods out with pink supafruit wafters on over a bitbof pellet and a good amount of supafruits and within a hour I was into my 1st fish at 17lb 4oz. For the next 36 hours all 3 rods were fished the same and all produced fish.14 runs and 14 fish landed. The biggest at 28lb 12oz followed by a 27lb, 25lb3oz, 25lb, 21lb Common, 21lb and 8 others with nothing smaller than 16lb 4oz. This is not an easy water by any means so I was over the moon. My past 18 months fishing have mostly consisted of taking photos for your angler Peter Topham so this was greatly appreciated ... Read less
Using take 4 topped with live worms fishing drop off McF lead clips hard fighting fish ... Read less
During the DT social at berners hall I managed one on the final morning an absolute cracker at that! Supa fruit doing the damage as always! ... Read less
The temperatures in Southern Ontario have finally started to warm up, and after a few unproductive sessions I was able to head out this morning and put 5 fish on the mat. As I arrived to the swim, hundreds of fish were seen passing through in schools, which was an incredible sight and way to start the day. Although the fish landed were consistently mid-teens, there were some larger fish present. ... Read less
First Time on the Lake, First Time with DT Baits Supa Fruit and first Carp of the week on day two..!!
Took two DT Baits with me, the other being N Blend to give me options and both paid off.
Landed seven carp over the week long session using Katran Crypton Carp Mainline and Flex and Fantom for the Hook Link with a Roddy Clips HEX Hook in size 6.
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Another piece of short session magic this morning. A 4 am to 9 am rip to get the lines in and the rods were motionless for over two hours. A little 3 pounder broke the silence before the beast decided to give a fast drop back. I tried lifting into the fish from the rest but it didnt move. No crazy runs, just slow plodding power back and forth in front of me. Once the fish hit the surface I knew it was big and began shaking with anticipation. The fish then started to give a harder battle but eventually made it in the net. The quality of fish Ive had since switching to DT Baits is nothing short of amazing. ... Read less
Caught at 80 yards range on a gravel hump. Fished over 3 kilos of boilies gouged up with DNA fish pro and GLM powder. ... Read less
Since the fish began to wake up on my syndicate very recently, I have been steadily picking up the pace with regards to captures, getting on average 4 runs each overnight trip (5pm until 10am). The fish are really liking the supafruit but I have been very unlucky in that I have been plagued by the smaller stock fish. However, last week of the three landed, one was 20lb and another 25lb . On that trip, I fished two rods very close together and received a double take so this week I knew that if I did the same it could give me a bonus bite. After 3 bream and a tench I was beginning to think the carp wouldnt show up but as seems to be the theme, at 3am (as I had predicted) I caught my first carp- a mirror of 25lb 4oz. that was followed by another smaller mirror which came off at the net at 5am. At 9am with two rods a meter apart I landed another mirror of 27lb 12oz then as soon as it was in the net, the other rod was away with a 13lb mirror. Landing 3 carp in one overnighter for the second week running is great but to have two of those over 25lb was just what I needed! ... Read less
Since the fish began to wake up on my syndicate very recently, I have been steadily picking up the pace with regards to captures, getting on average 4 runs each overnight trip (5pm until 10am). The fish are really liking the supafruit but I have been very unlucky in that I have been plagued by the smaller stock fish. However, last week of the three landed, one was 20lb and another 25lb . On that trip, I fished two rods very close together and received a double take so this week I knew that if I did the same it could give me a bonus bite. After 3 bream and a tench I was beginning to think the carp wouldnt show up but as seems to be the theme, at 3am (as I had predicted) I caught my first carp- a mirror of 25lb 4oz. that was followed by another smaller mirror which came off at the net at 5am. At 9am with two rods a meter apart I landed another mirror of 27lb 12oz then as soon as it was in the net, the other rod was away with a 13lb mirror. Landing 3 carp in one overnighter for the second week running is great but to have two of those over 25lb was just what I needed! ... Read less
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Decided to to go down to my syndicate on Sunday evening on arrival the lake I wanted a fish the fish for spawning so they closed so I decided to fish one of the other Lakes
After a long walk around and I decided to go into the shallow end which has quite a lot of Lily pads
After having a feel around and I decided to fish between two groups of lily pad that night Ive got a take unfortunately a rod length out my line decided to snap gutted or what.
The next day being fairly warmday I felt my chances were high hi as I was in the shallow end that night again I got a take but ended up having a hook pull, so with a change of tactics and rig I place it back to where I was
This morning as I was just ready to put the bivvy down my rod ripped off straight into the pads and I thought great, luckily enough I could walk to my right so I could get a side angle on the pads which i then managed to get the fish out of the Lillys.
A combination of 2 hand full of chopped and whole 15mm NBlend and a matching nblend popup gave me one of the old fish at 31.5 ... Read less
Fishing scopex pop up over a large bed of supa fruit ... Read less
Quick afternoon on syndicate black superfruit pop up fished over 50 superfruit boilies moved twice until I found some feeding fish ... Read less
3rd trip back and straight back in to the action. With the weed in the margins now growing back I opted for a longshank spinner rig Tipped with a fbo pop up soaked in black crab bait spray, with a scattering of my custom mix boilies over the top. Managed to trip up this awesome hard fighting 27lb mirror. The night passed and with minutes to spare before packing up for work, I was away again. This time further out in the pond and the result was an equally welcome 15lb mirror tacking my tally up to 7 fish in 2 trips. Matching hard hooker corked soack in spray on a slip d rig snared that one ... Read less
Found a clear spot amongst the weed. Single FBO pop up and a few freebies was all that was needed. 3 nights in and the FBO as done the business! ... Read less
Not the biggest in the pond by far but in my eyes its definitely 1 of the A team, being 1 of the only originals left and prob 45 years old!
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Stiff hinges with matching supa fruit pop ups and a kilo spread of whole and chopped boilies ... Read less
On arrival at the lake I headed to a swim I have fished the last two trips in but trying to dispatch rods
to the marks at 120 yards was made all the more tricky due to a quite strong crosswind. The first rod
went out perfectly but the bow in the line despite hitting the clip nicely and angling the rod the
opposite way was less than ideal so I decided to make the 1.2 mile walk around to the other side of
the lake to a swim that was largely sheltered from the wind.
One rod was placed tight to the island, another just to the side of it tight to an overhanging tree and
the third down the margin. I put 6 spombs of mashed Supafruit boilies over the rod to the side of
the island as it fishes a spot that has produced a number of fish for me and sure enough, at around
3am i had the first bite resulting in a 10lb 2oz mirror- yet another of the stockies that have plagued
my time on here.
At 5am I received a second take from the same spot, this time a 20lb common being the culprit and
I decided that as it was now light, I would put two rods on the spot to maximise the chance of more
carp. Two multi rigs, one with a spufruit pop up and the other a special white bubblegum pop up
were positioned a meter apart and another 4 spombs of mashed supafruit duly followed.
at around 8.30am I got a take on the right hand rod on the spot which had me walking backwards to
keep the fish from powering behind the island. it then kited on a tight line down to my right hand
margin beyond the third rod and got lodged in something close in, so I started getting into the
waders to go in for it and suddenly the left hand rod on the spot ripped off. It was chaos as I stood,
half in my waders trying to keep a tight(ish) line on the snagged fish whilst trying to turn the fish
that was doing everything to get around the island but that fish then managed to rid itself of the
hook which was probably a blessing as it allowed me to attend to the snagged fish.
I waded 25 yards down the margin certain the fish was still attached and as I followed the leader
down I saw a big log with a carp under it so I got my foot under the submerged log and lifted it
enough for the carp to swim out into open water where I could net it.
It was a common of 25lb which I was absolutely made up with after my desperately unlucky run of
stockies. A few big fish have been out in recent weeks so its surely only a matter of time before I
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Caught on a pop up fished over 2 kilos of peach and sour cream at the back of a bar at 60 yards range ... Read less
Caught on a 15mm Cold Water Green Beast boilie over a few loose fed boilies.
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What a way to start my second season on this amazing venue, after being unlucky with battles in dense weed, this gem fell to my 12mm green beast washed out pink pop up over a spread of green beast chops and crumb, by far one of my best captures and a stunning carp to say the least ... Read less
Again used the cult classic Banana popup close to the bank with 15 super fruit boilies as freebies ... Read less
Boosted Green Beast with a matching pink pop up. Few spoons of my mix including assortment of DT Baits on the spot. ... Read less
Fed around 3 kilos of a mix of green beast dumbells fish blood and orange and black supa fruit a black supafruit with a bit of black foam doing the ... Read less
After an uneventful night and with just over an hour before I had to be at work, I decided to re do my solid bag with a fresh bait from the CWGB Take 4 range. I also took the decision to move spots. It paid off within just 10 minutes, with this old warrior of a mirror. ... Read less
With another quick overnighter planned between work and having had success the night before, I knew the swim and spots I wanted. With this previous knowledge I knew it would be a case of waiting for the fish to make their way into the swim and I didnt have to wait long with this being the biggest of 3 fish. ... Read less
With another quick overnighter planned between work and having had success the night before, I knew the swim and spots I wanted. With this previous knowledge I knew it would be a case of waiting for the fish to make their way into the swim and I didnt have to wait long with this being the biggest of 3 fish. ... Read less
It was great to get out prior to the lakes closing for spawning and even better to manage a few bites. This being one of the new stockies.
Ive always been a huge fan of the Cold Water Green Beast, but certainly love the take 4s which resulted in 4 fish for this session. ... Read less
Ive been fishing a new syndicate water since February with little result except a few lower doubles. A friend of mine but me onto DT and advised I try the green beast or the supafruit. I opted for the supafruit and I havnt blanked since landing over 7 fish in just 3 sessions chopped and whole boilie with the matching pellet and glug. 1 fish being a new lake 30 at 32lb, a dark common area 29.3 a distinctive common with a black dot weighing 23 and an old mirror weighing 28.1. This is now my choice of bait I will be using all year round. ... Read less
25 super fruit boilies and cult classic Banana pop up on a Ronnie rig in a PVA bag.They just love the DT Banana popups ... Read less
Presented pop ups over a light spread of 18mm supafruit at range this tactic also produce two more 20lb commons and two upper doubles ... Read less
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I saw the wind was changing to southerly so I popped down around midday to find a spot in a swim down the southern end of the lake anticipating the fish would move down there throughout the night. Put a kilo of FBO out on the spot and then returned later that night around 2230, after work, and flicked 2 rods out on the spot. A blowback rig fished snowman style tripped this fish up at 0630.
Happy to be getting it right and over the moon with yet another quality DT bait. ... Read less
All fish caught over a 9 hr day session using Green beast pop ups with green beast crushed boilies in a stick mix with DNA liquid. ... Read less
2/2 fish caught on a afternoon session down the local syndicate decided to set up in a peg down from where my cousin had been fishing for a social but my gut was telling me to move down the other end of the lake. After sitting behind motionless rods for awhile I decided to make the move and it paid off having a double take
CWGB white barrel wafter soaked in condensed milk bait spray fished over a bed of chopped custom pink Supa fruit boilies ... Read less
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One of the smaller residents from the lake, but who cares when they look like this :) ... Read less
Another weekend on my members water resulted in 2 grass carp and a Pb at 27lb ... Read less
An unknown fish that had never seen the bank before from 30 year old stock! ... Read less
Another quick afternoon session down the local syndicate decided to set up in peg down from where my cousin had been fishing for a social but my gut was telling me to move down the other end of the lake. After sitting behind motionless rods for awhile I decided to make the move and it paid off having a double take
12m Supa fruit pop up fished over a bed of chopped custom pink Supa fruit boilies
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Fishing in a bay up to some reeds over a big bed of supa fruit and cold water green beast. A scopex pop up on a Ronnie did the damage ... Read less
Fishing in a bay up to some reeds over a big bed of supa fruit and cold water green beast. A scopex pop up on a Ronnie did the damage ... Read less
Over cast conditions during day mild with south west winds I know it was going be hard to get a bite so plenty of dna in the pva bag with some crushed boilies and a dna yellow topper with 40 baits scattered with caterpult scattered over the top and in the area resulting in biggest fish in the lake now being scatters mate ... Read less
Fishing in a bay up to some reeds over a big bed of supa fruit and cold water green beast. A scopex pop up on a Ronnie did the damage ... Read less
Fishing in a bay up to some reeds over a big bed of supa fruit and cold water green beast. A scopex pop up on a Ronnie did the damage ... Read less
Fishing in a bay up to some reeds over a big bed of supa fruit and cold water green beast. A scopex pop up on a Ronnie did the damage ... Read less
After finding a few fish in a shallow bay i flicked out a couple of FBO matching pop ups and scattered a few freebies over the top. Rod was away within 20 minutes. Very happy with this one! ... Read less
After finding a group of fish in a sheltered bay I chucked out 2 single FBO pop ups. Scattered a few FBO freebies around em. This mirror was the biggest of 3 carp. ... Read less
I managed a fish on only my second trip to my new syndicate. Having found a lovely deep area in the far margin at 17 wraps I ran around and baited the area with my catapult. About 8 pouches of free offerings were spread over the area before I cast a slip D rig and two bottom baits hollowed out and cork wedged between them. The following morning I set an alarm and got up just before first light to fight fish showing all over my spot. Forty minutes later my alarm let out a one toner and I was into my first fish of the campaign. ... Read less
Caught using the CWGB Boilie over loose fed cold water boilies.
Only fish of the day and a PB for me. ... Read less
Caught in poor conditions, cold high pressure and a busy lake. ... Read less
First 24hrs on me new ticket and had the whole 28acres lake to myself! ... Read less
Fishing zigs at range soaked in peach and sour cream bait spray ... Read less
Fishing zigs at range soaked in peach and sour cream bait spray ... Read less
Fishing zigs at range soaked in peach and sour cream bait spray ... Read less
Fishing zigs at range soaked in peach and sour cream bait spray ... Read less
Hi, Tony Knight from wetlines, so recently just got back from a social we was invite to, and I thought I would send you in a pic of a carp that I landed on your N blend wafter size 15mm, also mixed in with crumbed up Green winter beast and pellets, this little combo saved me a blank, so thank you DT Bait Development ... Read less
Fishing to snags with custom tutti coated with supa fruit DNA ... Read less
Fishing to snags with custom tutti coated with supa fruit DNA ... Read less
Yearly social with a few of the lads on Houchins day ticket as always we had plenty of fish. Fishing was a little slow for me but managed two a mirror that hasnt been out for potentially 3 years and is an original stock from the lake when taken over and a stunning fully. ... Read less
2nd trip back to my syndicate and straight back on them. Double take resulting in a 21lb common followed buy the biggest common in the lake. The sloped head common at 32lb 14oz. The night and morning passed with no action. Then around lunchtime saw me land a hard fighting mirror tipping the scales to 29lb 9oz. Baits doing as expected and takes my tally to 5 fish in 2 trips. Black crab bait spray and custom mix boilies doing wonders in this brackish lake. Happy days ... Read less
First trip of the year and a 34.12lbs common and a koi of 18/19lbs both taken on supa fruit pop ups over light scatter of dna liquid boosted supa fruit freezer bait nice start to the year on my syndicate ... Read less
Banana popup fished over a bed of DT pellets and crumb ... Read less
Cult classic Banana over a bed of hemp, corn and tutti frutti boilie crumb ... Read less
Managed to get a quick session in after work, on arrival to the lake I decided to set up where I left off from my last session and baited the same spots and it didn’t take long for this 26.09 common to roll into the net
Baited my spots with chopped, crumbled and whole custom pink Supa fruit boilies covered in the matching DNA liquid and a matching pink wafter over the top. ... Read less
After a long hard winter it was nice to finally tick another target fish off the list with my super keen little apprentice Bobbie. The lake shut up shop in October with only a few newly stocked fish coming out prior to this fish so it was a welcome sight after so many months.
Fishing a pink supafruit pop up over a big bed of crumbed, chopped, whole and dumbbell custom rolled pink supa fruit boilies covered in matching DNA was once again the winning tactics.
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A cold week in France. After 5 nights with no movement at all and fishing into the teeth of freezing easterly winds, it was all looking a bit grim on the fishing front. I kept the bait trickling in to a couple of spots. This 57.5 grass carp came on the 6th night. Fishing over Hemp, tigers and sweetcorn and liberal scattering of Supafruit and Pukka Fish with Peach and sour cream. Fished on a combi rig, size 4 hook, with a double wafter hookbait.upa fruit boilies covered in matching DNA was once again the winning tactics.
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Popup fished tight to the bank just over a over hanging branch with DT pellets ... Read less
Saw 4 fish show on arriving at first light, all on the same spot. That spot gave me 4 bites landing 3, the best this 28. ... Read less
Fishing at range with chopped super fruit and corn ... Read less
Fishing at range with chopped super fruit and corn ... Read less
Fishing at range with chopped super fruit and corn ... Read less
Fishing at range with chopped super fruit and corn ... Read less
Fishing at range with chopped super fruit and corn ... Read less
Managed to get down the lake after a early finish from work, placed two rods on a baited spot and it didnt take long for one of them to scream off resulting in this 22.09 mirror.
My go to approach is Supa fruit 15m boilies coated in matching DNA liquid then finished off with a coating of Supa fruit stick mix this allows the liquid to get to the lake bed and dispense overtime into the upper layers to bring the fish down to my baited spot. ... Read less
After finding the fish the day before I turned up before first light and soon had a couple of FBO pop ups sitting pretty. Light scattering of FBO freebies over the top. Had 2 smaller ones followed by this one at 25lb 5oz. ... Read less
The bait that never fails for me. N-Blend. ... Read less
Fishing far margins over a big bed of supa fruit. Putting a washed-out pink supa fruit pop up over the top ... Read less
Fishing far margins over a big bed of supa fruit. Putting a washed-out pink supa fruit pop up over the top ... Read less
First session for 6 months on my members water resulted in 16 fish which included a fish known as golden nugget tar 24lb and also included 11 grass carp with 5 of them over the 20lb mark biggest been 25lb 8 oz ... Read less
Solid pva Bag with super fruit boillies and liquid ... Read less
To follow up my 32 only minutes later, a screaming run and long and tiring battle for me, this fish found the net. It was like tug of war with a truck. Only 2 pounds off my PB and my 2nd 40 to date. Hard to believe in the vast expanse of Canadian waters we can find these beasts, but every now and then they trip up. ... Read less
The cold Canadian winds have not let go just yet, but we still managed a great session in the mighty Lake Ontario. This fish being my first 30+ of the year and the earliest in a season to get a 30 ever. Fishing single pop ups over hemp and maize at 92 yds This fish fought hard and held its ground. A memorable capture for sure. ... Read less
An Easter weekend social produced some quality fish for a few of the Canadian DT crew that made it out on the bank. This fish came from 75 yards using the Cult Classic Banana Pop up in conjunction with my homemade method mix around the lead. A great battle and a solid hook hold. Banana seems to be a killer in our local water! ... Read less
The Snowman/spinner rig was a little unorthodox but produced my first 30 of the year from a BIG water venue. This set-up was fired out as a single near some corn that was spodded out hours earlier from another DT team member at approximately 90 yards. This fish fought incredibly hard and wouldnt quit. The battle was intense and I couldnt be happier with the result! ... Read less
Fishing far margins over a big bed of supa fruit. Putting a washed-out pink supa fruit pop up over the top ... Read less
Fishing far margins over a big bed of supa fruit. Putting a washed-out pink supa fruit pop up over the top ... Read less
Fishing far margins over a big bed of supa fruit. Putting a washed-out pink supa fruit pop up over the top ... Read less
Day session on a local water - 6 fish in total ranging between 4 and 10lb including a lovely double mirror 10lb 4oz ... Read less
After a tough week, moving 4 times in as many days trying to find these tricky big pit fish, my final move paid off. Fishing at 100yds over a good bit of cwgb crumb and pellet, and about 2 kg of mixed sized boilies. Mega happy with this beautiful leather! ... Read less
I went down to my new members lake for the first time on the bankholiday weekend i had one a comp with dt bait and won some free wafters so i bought some matching bait to put into pva mesh as the lake i fished is hard so dosant pay to chuck loads in so within 4 hours of turning up i had this lovely fully scaled on the bank on the cold water green beast with matching pellets ive been told i done well to catch on my first trip there so gose to show the right bait in the right spot will work well happy with that ... Read less
Fist trip on my syndicate this season. Fish blood and black crab custom mix working exactly how I imagined. Hard hookbaits drilled and corked fished on German rigs over a scattering of 18mm boilies got me off the mark for this season ... Read less
This fell to a banana pop up chopped Supa Fruit and hemp making this a mega session ... Read less
This fell to a banana pop up chopped Supa Fruit and hemp making this a mega session ... Read less
Spring is without doubt one of my favourite times to fish. So, with shows done at work for another year, I booked my annual leave to co-inside with the end of the last show.
The session didnt get off to the best start, (story for another day), but a few days in I had managed two fish, a stocky of 20.12lb and fully scaled in the form of 23.08lb.
I was on my penultimate morning, and I stood watching some fish showing long that my mate Jim had pointed out, that I will admit I had not initially seen.
As both fish up to this point had been taken to reacting to signs of activity giving away areas they were residing, we agreed I needed to get a rod out to them long, as far as the swim allowed me without intruding into the next swims water.
The rig sailed out long, and cracked down, my DT pineapple pop up soaked in cold water and orange bait spray would be sitting prime on my hinge stiff rig. Had to be a bite.
No. The day ebbed away, and by late afternoon I was refreshing the spots. The long rod, came back clear, and so I opted to put the rod back to the spot out long. Rig the same, a fresh hinge made of Gardner Stiff link, Ultra sink and a size 4 BCR Riga, with a nice fresh pop up.
The rig sailed out first time, cracking down. Scuttling out in the boat, I fired 20 baits around the zone, keeping well back so not to disturb the spot.
An hour later she was away, the bobbin pulling up and the tip pulling down.
Instantly on picking the rod up I knew it was a good fish. Slow, heavy plodding lunges as the fish drew closer, kicking up big patches of fizz as she tried to bury in the fresh weed in close.
She passed in the clear water in close, big apple slice scales twisting as she powered out into open water, wiping out my middle rod. Suddenly things got serious. The fish surged off, forcing me to back wind, as I snapped the bail arm open on the caught rod.
The fish drew several more long powerful runs, trying to bury once more in the fresh weed out front.
After what seemed like an age, she came up like a cork coughing water, the line from the middle rod wrapped around her drawing her in side ways. I managed in slide her straight in first go, and let her drop into the mesh of the net.
I quickly looked into the net, and snapped a picture to a couple of friends to confirm the identity, before giving it a huge BIG LIN shout across the lake.
With help from the owner Stuart, and Sam, we weighed and photographed her at 40.10lb, and awed at her incredible looks, over lung mouth and huge apple slice scales.
A truly breath taking carp from an incredible water! ... Read less
Pics following on from previous catch report....
Spring is without doubt one of my favourite times to fish. So, with shows done at work for another year, I booked my annual leave to co-inside with the end of the last show.
The session didnt get off to the best start, (story for another day), but a few days in I had managed two fish, a stocky of 20.12lb and fully scaled in the form of 23.08lb.
I was on my penultimate morning, and I stood watching some fish showing long that my mate Jim had pointed out, that I will admit I had not initially seen.
As both fish up to this point had been taken to reacting to signs of activity giving away areas they were residing, we agreed I needed to get a rod out to them long, as far as the swim allowed me without intruding into the next swims water.
The rig sailed out long, and cracked down, my DT pineapple pop up soaked in cold water and orange bait spray would be sitting prime on my hinge stiff rig. Had to be a bite.
No. The day ebbed away, and by late afternoon I was refreshing the spots. The long rod, came back clear, and so I opted to put the rod back to the spot out long. Rig the same, a fresh hinge made of Gardner Stiff link, Ultra sink and a size 4 BCR Riga, with a nice fresh pop up.
The rig sailed out first time, cracking down. Scuttling out in the boat, I fired 20 baits around the zone, keeping well back so not to disturb the spot.
An hour later she was away, the bobbin pulling up and the tip pulling down.
Instantly on picking the rod up I knew it was a good fish. Slow, heavy plodding lunges as the fish drew closer, kicking up big patches of fizz as she tried to bury in the fresh weed in close.
She passed in the clear water in close, big apple slice scales twisting as she powered out into open water, wiping out my middle rod. Suddenly things got serious. The fish surged off, forcing me to back wind, as I snapped the bail arm open on the caught rod.
The fish drew several more long powerful runs, trying to bury once more in the fresh weed out front.
After what seemed like an age, she came up like a cork coughing water, the line from the middle rod wrapped around her drawing her in side ways. I managed in slide her straight in first go, and let her drop into the mesh of the net.
I quickly looked into the net, and snapped a picture to a couple of friends to confirm the identity, before giving it a huge BIG LIN shout across the lake.
With help from the owner Stuart, and Sam, we weighed and photographed her at 40.10lb, and awed at her incredible looks, over lung mouth and huge apple slice scales.
A truly breath taking carp from an incredible water! ... Read less
DT Banana popup over bed of hemp and sweetcorn at a range of 20 wraps ... Read less
This fell to a banana pop up chopped superfruit and hemp at a range of 26 and a half wraps ... Read less
This fell to a banana pop up chopped Supa Fruit and hemp at a range of 26 and a half wraps ... Read less
washed out N-blend popup over some corn and hemp and some crushed N-blend boilies mixed with some DNA N-blend.
got it on a spinner rig fished over a small gravel spot. ... Read less
I turned up to the lake and instantly saw signs of fish at the far end of the lake of a shaggy tree line so that was my first area to attack. Having never fished this swim before my first plan of attack was to fish solid bags in likely looking areas amongst where I saw the fish showing. The conditions were spot on for fishing in the shallower and sheltered end of the lake. The custom rolled banoffee is what I was using in my solid bag mix with a green beast white dumbbell wafter. After having lots of liners throughout the night the left hand rod screamed into action. After a hard fight in the very deep and snaggy margins I finally slipped the fish into the net. A stunning 27lb mirror was my reward. ... Read less
I turned up to the lake again after work knowing my gear was still set up in the swim I had a fish from the previous morning. I had a quick walk round the lake and found that the fish were still up in the sheltered, tree lined part of the lake, so I found myself fishing the same swim. After having caught a fish on the previous morning I tied up some fresh solid bags and got them back out onto the same spots. The conditions were exactly the same as the night before so I was confident in another bite. The custom rolled banoffee is again what I was using in my solid bag mix with a green beast yellow dumbbell wafter this time. After a quite night and not hearing many fish show like the night before I was very surprised when the right hand rod tore off. After having one of the hardest fights with a carp I’ve ever had I finally managed to slip another belter over that net cord!! ... Read less
Warm and sunny day at Willingshurst Fisheries, Guildford. Caught in the margin on a simple hair rig and an NBlend boilie. ... Read less
Recently had one of my best sessions in a long while using the banging Silt Bustas resulting in a Pb common at 35lb 2oz & a Pb mirror at 40lb 5oz ... Read less
Bait used was a mixture of crushed n blend , hemp and maize with a scattering of freebies. Hook bait was a cult classic banana pop up on a Ronnie rig . This was cast to a hard spot on the back of a bar . Both fish came to the same rod in an hour and half feeding spell. Both fish weighed 16 lb on the nose and came from St ives lagoon , these being my first fish on my first session of the new season . ... Read less
With fishing shows in full swing, the chance to grab few hours with a mate at work was presented, and knowing I wouldnt get another chance with a double header of shows looming, I didnt need asking twice.
I had several fish through the evening, and I had finished packing up when I decided to check the snags, before leaving. It was black with carp.
I couldnt resist, just ten more minutes right?
Rod back together, a small white n blend wafter was quietly lowered in and only minutes later she was away, with a pristine 20lb common. Well worth being a little late in the office for. ... Read less
Knowing my club ticket was coming to an end and the close season was looming I opted to use my quick overnighter on a local club lake, as my syndicate hadnt quite woken up. (However as I right this, its polar opposite as youll see).
Arriving to a busy lake with anglers well spread, I was surprised to find. a peg in full sun, sheltered, and a very inviting snag down the margin screaming carp.
With light levels due to fade soon, I quickly set about getting rods out, the main rod, on a short choddy, made of Gardner stiff link, coupled with a white n blend pop. A short length of lead core, and Noir braid completed the set up and on the 4th cast the rig landed perfectly. 25 n blend baits scatted around the snag, the other rod flicked down the left hand margin, I got my head down.
Just after 3am I was away, the snag rod signalling a very tench like bite. However this was no tench and a short fight ensued, with a beautiful old fully scaled my prize. Spinning the needle to 23lb, spring was definitely upon us. ... Read less
After catching one of the character fish from my syndicate the broken back ghosty and slipped it back into the water it didnt take long for my other rod on the same baited area to scream off.
Baited a large area with whole, crushed and halved custom pink Supa fruit boilies and a 12m matching pink pop up over the top was too irresistible for this lovely 26.08 ... Read less
Caught on a cold water green beast 15mm boilie over loose fed cwgb boilies one of three fish. ... Read less
Caught on a Silt Busta pop up over loose fed cwgb boilies, one of three fish. ... Read less
On the front of a warm west wind I fished 3 rods over a two snooker sized area 70ft out on an mid bank shelf placing two rods by boat with chopped green beast hemp sweetcorn an a few green beast pellet using wash out pink green beast waffter an a pub chuck next to my two baited areas an at first light it was the single pub chuck next to the two baited rods that melted off with Martha @19-10 the end result ... Read less
After a move around to other side of the lake. It paid off. By having this 21lb common happy days ... Read less
Caught off an overhanging tree within 30 mins of getting the rods out over 20 free baits ... Read less
Fishing day session, foggy conditions eventually clearing to spells of sun. Slight northerly wind and fishing right hand margin 1 rod length from some bull rushes. Cold water Green Beast wafter presented on blowback rig with small PVA mesh bag of matching boilies, crushed and whole. 1 of 4 fish off same tactics. ... Read less
Chunky mirror
Got it on a white Green beast Dumbell wafter ... Read less
Had a slow start due to hot days and freezing nights, nothing for the first 24 hour.
Used a German rig with a size 4 PB jungle hook, fished over a good size bed of freebies and a wafter.
First time using DT baits.
Very impressed, 1st fist 45lb 2nd at 52lb 3rd at 52.8lb
And a baby at 19lb.
Great 48 hours.
The guys on the lake the week before had 2 fish all week. ... Read less
I spotted a few carp just of a island so cast out 3 pva bags with pink cold water green beast barrel. ... Read less
I spotted a few carp just of a island so cast out 3 pva bags with pink cold water green beast barrel. The first one was away within 30 minutes ... Read less
I used a snowman Rig with a boosted green beast and a small pink green beast pop up. A scattering of assorted DT boilies catapulted in the area ... Read less
I spotted a few carp just of a island so cast out 3 pva bags with pink cold water green beast barrel. ... Read less
I spotted a few carp just of a island so cast out 3 pva bags with pink cold water green beast barrel. ... Read less
Got to the lake just before first light. Found a group of fish in the middle. Cast a single FBO pop up into the zone and scattered around 20 FBO freebies around it. Half hour later resulted in this nice common. ... Read less
20.0 common caught on a cold water green beast pop up on a clear spot between the weed. Fish now know as the tench tail common! ... Read less
Quick 24 hour in a swim where I had seen fish pink superfruit fished over a few handfuls of hemp ... Read less
Caught at 20 yards range on a silt spot on the back of a bar, over 30 free baits ... Read less
Caught at 80 yards in a silty gully ... Read less
Caught over a few scattered cold water boilies only bite of the day. A PB Mirror for me. ... Read less
With the warm weather and high pressure I decided to fish 2 zigs scattered around the lake and it didnt take long to get this 24lb in the net. ... Read less
As I was fishing two rods on Zigs I decided to put my third rod on the bottom fished a green-beast and orange wafter over the top of crushed up Superfruit boilies which resulted in this lovely 19lb ... Read less
I had a fantastic week in France late February managing a haul of 3 x 40+ fish. The weather was cold but still managed to get on the fish. ... Read less
We visited Hopsford hall fishery for the first time and with a green beast in a bait what more could you need mixed boiles with pellet and crushed boilie soaked in the dna liquid the fish couldnt resist it ... Read less
With spring in the air, I have been regularly feeding a spot at 20 wraps. So on arrival to the lake, I wasted no time. I wrapped 2 rods up, got them on the spot, then spodded 2.5kg of home rolled CWGB in various sizes. Within 3 hrs the left rod was away. Happy days! ... Read less
A 24 hour session resulting in 3 carp, all presented on a spinner rig with supa fruit pop ups and a scattering of 15mm supa fruit boilies over the top! ... Read less
The Scandinavian weather has heated up slightly and Lasse (@lasse_christensen) was out behind the rods again this past weekend in hope of finding a few carp that had started to feed. A yellow take 4 wafters fished on a IQ D-rig with a small PVA stick filled with crumbled boilies produced this lovely common after just 30 minutes of fishing. ... Read less
Black superfruit pop up over 1kilo Black bait ... Read less
Fished over the Mill Lodge Retreat custom baits rolled by your good selfs. After pre baiting fish were clearly in the area so it didn’t take long to get a bite from a very deep and weedy water ... Read less
Having walked the lake a handful of times I eventually found a group of fish in the weediest corner. I decided to fish chods and opted for Zinger pop ups as until now I havent used them.
Casting to showing fish resulted in a brace of 20s and a very happy me! ... Read less
Caught casting a chod and zinger pop up at a showing fish. ... Read less
Arrived at the syndicate for a quick overnighter baited an area with crushed Supa boillies and a 12m pink pop-up over the top which resulted in this 21lb common ... Read less
27lb common being the best of a 10 fish 3 night trip
Take 4 over supra fruit doing the business again. Cheers guys ... Read less
After finding a show on saturday morning on the back of a cold wind around the entrance to a corner bay on a 27 acre pit, I fired out a hinge stiff loaded with a CWGB matching 15mm pop up to the zone. 2 rods went out at a staggered distance and 30 CWGB boilies were scattered out with a throwing stick. That night I landed a 28lb Mirror. Next day 2 rods went out to that distance with another scattering of boilies. Then early hours of the morning the same rod went off again, resulting in a 29.04 mirror with some lovely apple slice scales on it. When the wind was freezing and the pressure high, CWGB produced the goods. Mega bait ... Read less
Lasse (@lasse_christiansen) was out braving the icy Danish weather this past weekend. With clear skies and temperatures down to minus 4 at night, the conditions were far from perfect. But Lasse did manage a nice winter mirror on a single yellow Green beast / Tutti Frutti dumbell wafter from the Take 4 hook baits. Lasse used a simple fluoro carbon rig with a kurv shank hook and D-rig kicker to make the carp trip up. A great result in the middle of a cold Scandinavian winter!" ... Read less
Great weather this weekend 4 carp and a coot lol loving the supa fruit ... Read less
This has ended up being a fantastic session for me with 3 x 20lb + fish gracing the net.
Cold Water Green Beast with matching wafter doing the business yet again for me ... Read less
I fished a single 12mm howler popup over a bed of the CWGB in a 18ft deep channel with a clod wind blowing into my swim. i had missed a drop back bite, 15 mins later I had a screamer and picked up into a 15 minute battle with this beast of a common. Once I had netted it I saw it was one of the biggest fish in the lake. ... Read less
Best fish for me. ... Read less
On my 34 birthday ... Read less
5 fish in all, on an over night session, all taken on a Green beast bottom bait with a pink plastic corn topper Kd style fished over a bed of mixed green beast and supa fruit crushed boilies ... Read less
Match the hatch pop up with crumb and maggot ... Read less
Mia was using green beast wafter with a pva mesh with matching boile crumb am now Mia is apart of the dt team what a fantastic first session with the baits see you all soon at the northern angling show ... Read less
Second fish from my 24hour session at my local syndicate caught using the same method and bait but switched the rig for something I was more confident in using over thick silt
Hook bait choice was the new green beast & orange wafters over a bed of maize and hemp which was soaked in DT baits Super fruits DNA liquid
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My first fish on my first outing since joining DT. I knew when I saw the quality of these baits they would catch me fish but even Im shocked to have had one on my first outing from a lake that hasnt done a bite in months. Cold water Green beast freebies and a matching pop up on a hinged rig. ... Read less
Managed to get off a day earlier from work so I thought I would take advantage of the mild weather we was having and head down to my local syndicate, Decided to fish one of the new green beast & orange wafters over a bed of maize and hemp which was soaked in Super fruits DNA liquid
Not long after refreshing my three rods before heading into the bivvy for the night my middle rod went screaming off which resulted in my first 30lb common of 2022 ... Read less
So what after fells like forever I finally managed a trip to my syndicate. With not much to go on I set up in a swim ive had previous success in.
Choosing to fish with match the hatch wafters and my squid favoured boilies, a good helping of dt baits squid and octopus bait spray and a few chops on stringers.
Morning came round with the night being quite, bit while waiting for the kettle to boil a massive drop back on my middle rod indicating it was time for action. Crispy frozen wader on and a short battle see this cracking cold water 25.5lb mirror slip over the cord. ... Read less
Decided to tie up 3 zigs and fish to where I believed the water would be the warmest and within a hour of the sun being up my left hand rod went screaming off, Which resulted in this 27lb common rolling into my net
Caught using black foam that I had soaked in DTbaits Supa fruit dna liquid and dipped in Supa fruit boilie dip before casting out
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Fished a local day ticket for a couple of nights. Fishing was hard and slow due to the lake partially freezing. Manager this 21.1 common on the first night. A single cult classic banana pop up soaked in banana bait spray done the job! ... Read less
With one of our members fishing to celebrate his birthday, i took the opportunity to join him for a quick overnighter between work.
I was rewarded with this beautiful common and whilst it isnt the biggest in the complex, it certainly will be remembered by me.
Not only was it my first fish of 2022, it was also my first fish out of the middle lake. Even more impressive, only 30 minutes earlier I was photographing the same fish for Jodi who had caught it in the swim next to me.
The same tactics caught me another but was slightly smaller, meaning my search for one of the new 30s continues. ... Read less
After a cold few days and a slight increase in temperature i jumped at the chance to go fishing and make The most of the mild weather
On arrival to the lake it was dead still no signs of showing carp so set up in a swim I knew has good winter Form
Baited a area with crushed CWGB boilies and a strawberry and condensed milk pop up over the top which resulted in this lovely 20lb common ... Read less
My winter campaign continues on the big river. The Canadian weather is up and down, and the the inconsistency seems to have the fish moving around. A long wet day watching the wildlife and listening to the 50 km winds was interrupted by two quality runs and enjoyable battles. Both fish coming from the same spot only minutes apart. Clearly the winter feeding windows are super narrow, but being there when they happen has proven to be rewarding. ... Read less
Some times when the target water bites go solid, you’re questioning your tactics and it’s starts not being fun! You need to reset and get yourself down a water that will be do a bite, although not massive these are a 2/7 fish from a day session today, even had Mr Robin keep me company between bites, fishing for a bite each time a few crushed Cold Water Green beast along with a the same amount of help kept the action going through the day ... Read less
First catch of 2022 :) ... Read less
Cult scopex pop up fished over supa fruit chops and pellets Essex syndicate ... Read less
Back over to linear and the temp dropped massively so I decided to fish single hook baits in order to tempt a bite. I fished at 30 wraps with a single banana pop up and manage this lovely scaley mirror at 22.10! ... Read less
One of two landed on a recent session to linear. Caught on a cult classic banana pop up in a solid bag with cold water green beast pellet! ... Read less
Two of two landed on a recent session to linear. Caught on a cult classic banana pop up in a solid bag with cold water green beast pellet! ... Read less
I fished a single hook bait in the furthest position I could cast with my 8ft rods. I was using a chod system so knew my hooks and bait was above the silt which there is lots of in this low stocked moat. ... Read less
Having got out the house after New Year I managed to get on a local park lake. I was fortunate for this fantastic fish to grace my net, what a way to start the New Year with a 40 on my first trip. Long may my luck continue in 2022 ... Read less
My frosty first session of 2022 found me arriving at the river in a snowy slushy mess of a wind storm. While I was set up nearly two hours before sunrise, the first run came just as the weak light of day was trying to get through the clouds. A surprisingly hard take on the middle rod and strong battle for a small fish. Once the fish was photographed and released, I was inspecting and prepping my rig to get it back on the spot. Some annoying indication from wind pushing frozen weed up my line on the right hand rod had me delay a recast to correct the issue. As I was pulling the weeds from the braid I felt tension on the line, then a sudden tug. The rod peeled off as I was holding the line. An almost cookie cutter sized Carp made it into the net to give me my first two carp of the year only a few minutes apart. For a short session, I just hit the conditions right and was happily home sipping a hot coffee and watching cartoons by 10 am. Yellow pop ups in Banana and Pineapple chunks spritzed with the pineapple bait spray did the job in the cloudy wind churned river and you can bet my next outing will see those same choices going out again. ... Read less
A quick night over the syndicate resulted in 5 fish ranging from 17 -35.11oz
Using a mixture of green beast and supafruit chops and pellets
Soaked in green beast dna
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Fishing 10 wraps out to the back of a small weed bed, used a small funnel Web filled with coldwater stick mix, cold water 3mm and 7mm pellet mixed and some banana coldwater crumbed to add a a little attraction to the hookbait, and a couple of handfuls 15mm boilies scattered along the weed ... Read less
Out with the old, in with the new.
So 2021 again saw me embark on my annual social trip with my good mate up on guest session on a local syndicate the weekend before xmas.
The first morning saw him bank a gorgeous linear, but on him landing the fish, I clocked the bubbling in the calmer water further out.
After the pics were done and the fish slipped back, I asked Jasons permission to move round to his left off the point, enabling me to target that zone beyond him.
I soon found the spots dead in line where I wanted to be following with some advice from J. As ever coldwater, was my weapon of choice, with 3 cold water pops up on all three rods. Identical hinges of Gardner BCR Rigas and stiff links making the set up.
The next morning with an hour remaining the rod tore off, and after a spirited battle, the cold water triumphed, and I had a beautiful scaly 20lber in the folds of the net, in full winter colours, seeing my 2021 out in style.
Come New Years, I had cabin fever, and so new year, new start, the rods were in the car, and I was off to a day ticket with a mate for a New Years social. With it being so mild, a short 2ft zig to the back of a bar, black foam soaked in Coldwater bait spray would surely prove to good to resist?
Not proven wrong, I was up and running in hours with mirrors of 17 and 18lb coming in a short 2 hour spell.
Not a bad start. Happy new year folks! ... Read less
Had a mega week. doing 2 short day sessions using cold water in sold bags injected with cold water dna liquid casting to showing fish. Total of 9 fish to 19lb ... Read less
Having just set up in a swim I noticed a show on the opposite side of the lake. Being that shows and signs this time of year can be rare I upped sticks and headed over to the swim where Id see the fish.
Opting for maggots and foam you might think there isnt any place for a DT product however I believe soaking my foam in supa fruit bait spray and giving my maggots a liberal spray made all the difference. ... Read less
Having just set up in a swim I noticed a show on the opposite side of the lake. Being that shows and signs this time of year can be rare I upped sticks and headed over to the swim where Id see the fish.
Opting for maggots and foam you might think there isnt any place for a DT product however I believe soaking my foam in supa fruit bait spray and giving my maggots a liberal spray made all the difference. ... Read less
Relatively new to carp fishing (come over from the Salty side!) it was my first winter carp session so looked into cold water, winter carp fishing baits and DTs Cold water green beast popped up so ordered a bundle.
Turned up just as daylight was breaking, set my first trap on a simple hair rig, the CWGB wafter with a size 6 curved barbless, the rig presented perfectly, with the hook sat flat and bait lifting on the hair just enough to keep it out the silt. 10 mins and it screamed into lift as I was setting my second rod.
I Landed my new PB a 16lb 10oz lumpy mirror! The rest of the 8hr session saw another mirror at 7lb 5oz Mirror, 10lb 3 oz common and an 8lb 15oz Common all on DT baits!!
Thanks guys!!
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Double take on a day session resulted in two commons 27.0 and 22.0. Not bad for a days winter finishing in December! ... Read less
After 24 hours of not seeing any signs I eventually spotted a few bubbles. Two pouches of ten mil CWGB were catapulted over the area and an hour later I cast two ten millers and a fifteen mil CWGB onto the spot. 30 minutes later the left hand rod was away resulting in a 3lb mirror followed an hour later by the right hand rod giving two beeps resulting in the 29 later. ... Read less
So after my first couple of trips i had found the carp tend to feed from 11am onwards so i was in no rush to get down to the lake for first light.
After getting set up it was quiet for most of the day, 2pm come with not even a bleep so i decided to re do both rods and put a bigger bed of bait out.
This time a covered the particle in DT Baits CWGB DNA liquid, within 15mins of the fresh bed of bait being out there this old lin was in the net.
I was in the middle of doing some pics when the other rod peeled off. ... Read less
So while in position doing pics with the lin my other rod rips off, i carefully placed the lin back in the retainer and back into the water somehow juggling my other rod on in the other hand trying to keep tension on the braid to try and not lose the other fish.
I managed to get this one in fairly quickly and into my other net where it stayed whilst i finished of photographing the lin from earlier.
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It becomes challenging to find and catch in the colder months here in Canada. (November - April) Most anglers put their gear away and wait for spring to try for carp.
We had an early start to winter with sub-zero temperatures and many snowfalls throughout November, which prompted me to pack up my gear for the year as well.
When the winds shifted, and warm weather was pushed up from the south, I couldnt help but think of the fish moving into the warm shallows for a rare chance to target them.
With two days of above zero temps and a bit of rain, the snow had melted and warmed the margins. I chose a location where a local water treatment plant flowed into the lake. The outflow was at max from the surface runoff, making the water quite murky. On this specific morning, the wind was up and blowing directly into the bay, which upped the oxygen levels significantly. Warmer water and high oxygen are two of the main things I look for when looking for fish in colder weather.
I only had two hours and didnt expect to catch; this was more of a session to get out on the bank and enjoy some quiet time and relax. I baited up two spinner rigs with Green Beast Pop-Ups, put a little PVA offering of pellets and tiger nuts on each, cast two rods out on the edge of the main flow and sat down to enjoy my coffee. Surprisingly, only a few minutes had passed when the right-hand bobbin dipped then jumped up as the alarm roared off. I quickly grabbed the rod and set into the fish, a little in shock and with the adrenaline pumping, I pulled a little too hard and was disappointed as the hook pulled, and I lost what could be the only fish of the session.
I didnt have time to feel sorry for myself as my other alarm signalled a second fish was on. After a brief battle, I had a mid-double on the mat, a few quick pictures and back in it went. I reset the rods and sat down to enjoy a few more sips of my coffee as my right-hand rod went off again! Another quick fight resulted in another mid-double on the mat and returned safely.
As I was setting up the rod to go back in, the left-hand rod signalled that yet another fish was on. I set into the fish and realized it was just a small one; I was still happy to guide it over the net cord and snap a quick photo as I know how rare it is to get into this many fish in December.
Once again, I was able to get both rods back out on the spot and sat there contemplating how lucky I was to land three fish in one session this time of the year. About half an hour later, with no action, I was thinking of packing it in and calling it a season when the left-hand rod went again.
As I set into the fish, I could instantly tell it was bigger. There was no give, just solid weight on the end. My drag screamed as the fish peeled line and headed for the depths of Lake Huron. After a few minutes, the fish began to tire, and I was able to gain a bit of line back. I began to gently pull and reel in the slack, about thirty yards out; the glistening back of the fish broke the surface, and I could tell it was one of the biggest fish Ive had on this season. In protest, the giant violently slashed its tail across the big rolling waves of Lake Huron and headed for the depths. After a lengthy battle, I was finally able to coax the big fish back into the shallows and into the net. Elated and a bit shaky, I transferred the fish to a sling and let it rest in the margins as I prepared the camera and scale to get an accurate weight and some quick photos.
Tipping the scales at 30.5 lbs, this was the biggest fish Ive had on the bank this season. After a few quick photos, I gently slid the fish back into the water and off it went into the vast expanse that is Lake Huron. I didnt even attempt to put the rods back out; I just sat for a while longer, quietly contemplating how lucky I was to end the season with my biggest fish, let alone in the frigid month of December. ... Read less
With the temperatures dropping fast in France I didn’t have very high hopes for this late November trip to The Gravies with frosty nights in the disheartening weather forecast. Arriving at the lake after a 14-hour drive to a wintery beautiful sunset, as we expected the banks were covered in a light frost with steam rising from the calm lake surface as the last autumn warmth was being sucked from the water.
I quickly got my rods set up and boated the rigs out to areas that I knew carp frequented and scattered around 50 22mm Coldwater Green Beast boilies with a few good handfuls of sweetcorn that I had pre-soaked in Green Beast DNA for 7 days prior to the trip. The idea was to get a decent spread of bait with some additional attraction rising of the corn to get the fish down on the bait and hopefully get on the bigger baits. I then proceeded to spread 2 kilos of 22m boilies over the whole area of the lake I was fishing – so if the moved around they would find the odd bait lying around. Presentation wise I went Simple long fluorocarbon D-rigs with a 22mm Coldwater hard hook bait and a 15mm zinger pop up on top ( a combination that I have found works exceptionally well in cold water). As expected, the fishing was hard during the week, as the water temperature continued to drop during the week settling at 6 degrees, but I stuck with it and baiting on a regular basis, catching 3 carp to just over 54llb. ... Read less
November in the past has been a very kind month for me, Ive been lucky to catch some of my best fish in this month and this November didnt fail to reward.
There is one big common in this lake that over the years has proved to be one of the rarest visitors to the bank. Usually only making one or two appearances in a year and sometimes less that. This fish has always been at the top of my wish list, but I never wanted to see it as a target fish because I didnt think Id be lucky enough to catch it. With a lot of luck and the green beast working its magic I managed to do what I felt was the impossible and bag the big common at a healthy weight of 42lb 6oz.
I also managed a 32lb mirror and the following week I had 28lb mirror that looked awesome amongst the autumnal trees.
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With the day at our disposal, Ed and I decided to brave the cold and make our way down to one of our club waters. We set up in a quiet corner, away from the rest of the angling pressure. My rods were motionless pretty much all day, Ed was being pestered by the bream, the temperature was dropping rapidly. It seemed to be going from bad to worse! Just when we were thinking of packing up, my left hand rod absolutely melted off! I was fishing really simple, a D rig made up of a DSD size 4 wide gape BP, D-rig kicker with a trimmed down DT bait cold water green beast wafter and a small mesh bag of pellet soaked in Carp Particles Uk garlic oil. I was over the moon to be rewarded with this stunning 22lb mirror! ... Read less
Took a recent trip up to linear and it didnt take long to get on the fish. Rods cast out and within a couple of hours I was into the first fish. I managed 3 in Total 25.2, 25.13 and 23.7. All falling to cult classic banana pop ups over SUPA fruit crumb in small bags. ... Read less
So after carrying on with my pre baiting I decided i would jump on for my second session down at the quarry, after having 6 bites on my previous trip i was feeling confident.
This time around i had switched over to braid on both rods as i felt mono was the cause of me loosing the 3 bites my previous session.
the rods stayed quiet till around 11 am when my right hand rod had a massive drop back resulting in this lovely chestnut common being slipped into the net. ... Read less
So after I had slipped the common back from earlier i re done my right hand rod tight up against the cliff edge on the marginal shelf.
a few hours went by and by this time we were beginning to lose light, at around 3pm the right hand rod went again this time the braid pulled tight and the carp decided to kite towards the snags to the right.
i think if i was using mono i would for lost it within the first 5seconds , but i managed to steer it away and guide it towards me.
after a short battle it was close enough to see it was a car i had watched feed on a few occasions after pre-baiting.
It was the 2 tone koi mirror , not really my cup of tea but a unique one to add to the photo album. ... Read less
Arriving Friday lunch time, to only one other angler fishing, I had time to sit, and have a chat with a mate who was carrying out some work down the lake, and watching the water, and discuss what had been occurring whilst Id been away.
After a spell, and nothing to go on other than one show, I wandered off back to the car, to fetch my kit, settling on a swim Id had a result from end of the summer, giving me a good view down the lake, with the wind trickling in.
Knowing my spots, I soon had the rods out to a spot, and half a bucket of bait spread out, a mix of whole, chopped and crumbed boilies, N blend, cold water and peach and sour cream.
As darkness fell, the fish started to show on mass. To the point, I moved a rod away from the main spot to where I was seeing a lot of activity.
I neednt have worried. 3am a short flurry of bleeps, and 17lb stocky was laying in the folds on the net, the size 4 talon buried in its bottom lip.
Trap reset, I was soon back out the back, this time to something a lot more powerful. This fish held deep, and a long kiting run, making for the snags of the bay to my left. Clamping down I was forced to apply some heavy pressure. I could see in the dark, the big boils hitting the inky black water, and just off the trees, slowly the fish coming further back towards me.
Eventually after a dogged battle under the tip, I slipped the net under my prize. Slipping the hook out of its big over slung mouth, my size 4 looking lost, with my little cold water dumbbell hanging out, I was also aware of the damage to the mainline, but the GTHD held strong.
Weighing at 32.8, a fish know as Elliott, I slipped him into the retainer, for pics at first light, text my mate, and sat back with a well earned brew! ... Read less
Turned up to my syndicate for a overnight session and with 30 minutes I had a small fish then later in the evening this beauty fell to the faithful cold water green beast. ... Read less
Arriving for a week on Gigantica and coming out 7th in draw, I opted for Oblivion as had noticed the fish showing on the walk around.
First night, with rods on spots from the bailiffs advice, I had an aborted take fishing at 28 wraps, but noted I was seeing fish on first light in much shorted range. Following a second quiet night, and a lot of liners, and again seeing fish shorter I dropped one rod shorter, at 16 wraps where I had twice seen fizzing, and moved the other two rods to slightly smaller areas at 26 wraps.
10 spombs of whole 15 & 22mm N blend, soaked in the DNA liquids, with a cold water pink hook bait over the top fished with amnesia D rig style to a size 4 BCR Rigga on the short spot, and knotless knot on the longer rods with Gardner size 4 Talons, and trap were set.
The next morning after the liners stared after midnight, the middle rod at 16 wraps was away and eventually this beautiful fish, known as the resident slipped over the cord at 45lb! What a carp! I was blown away by the sheer length of it!
The following night after pressing the reset button proved quiet, and I saw far less in short, but the other two rods did produce a pair of twenty pounders the following night, on what proved to be a very tricky weeks fishing. ... Read less
80yds to island margin. First time using green beast popups and bottom baits. 10 mins after casting rod was away with a drop back after dogged fight ist fish on the bank after 4 more decent carp i landed the 24lber. No one else caught on the 48 hours i was on the lake will be using green beast now throughout the winter ... Read less
I had this fish over a big bed of supafruit soaked in matching DNA and then added to lake water for 24 hours with pellets soaked in supafruit DNA added to the mix just before baiting up.
Really happy with this fish Lucky as it doesn’t come out that often but looking at the scars and the way it tried to beat me up I can see why . From the minute it was hooked it shot off like a steam train heading straight for the snags on the far margin and then turning and headed straight for the snag along the near side margin. It certainly seemed to know where every snag was a long the margin as it tried to reach everyone.
It was a nice surprise looking in the with a couple of other members as none of us never knew this fish was in here but after a few texts we found out it was called Lucky and it had probably been out 3 or 4 time since it had been put in. ... Read less
After a hard weeks fishing Graviers Luke suggested changing baits over to DT Cold Water Green Beast and just after 1 night I managed to get this beauty in the net ... Read less
12mm pink washed out green beast pop ups over a scattering of pellet and chopped and crumbed CWGB’s boilies ... Read less
Shortly after my second carp I had a drop back which I struck into and felt 2 or 3 knocks before the came off.
This meant that both rods were now out of the water , with the sun slowly disappearing over the tree line I decided to have one last chuck.
This time I didnt even have time to switch my alarm back on when the line went completely slack, my first thought was that my lead had rolled off the marginal shelf
but when I picked the rod back up to tightened my line there was a fish on.
This was my third carp banked this session and the biggest of the day a carp known as single scale normally around 28lb this time it was only 25.10 but I couldnt complain when they look this good. ... Read less
After starting a pre baiting campaign I originally planned to get down 3 weeks earlier but due to an injury this got put on hold, as soon as i was better and able to walk properly again this was all that was on my mind.
I continued to lightly bait every 3-4 days until I eventually got down to fish.
After arriving at the lake for first light it was a bit of a hike to get down to a safe place to fish. I managed to get some Cold Water Green Beast crumb and chops plus Carp Particles Dark Mix out fairly quickly , I then fished a CWGB pop up over the top.
A few hours had past when my right hand rod ripped off resulting in this scaly old character.
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After landing my first one of the session I brought my other rod back in to check my rig was sitting correctly as i hadnt had any sign on fish being in that area.
I decided to push a little closer to the cliff edge as when I had been pre baiting and watched the carp coming in really close patrolling the cliff edge margin.
Over the next few hours i managed another 2 bites but unfortunately loosing them both.
I changed tactics slightly and fished completely locked up so the carp couldnt run to the snags as previously.
Not to long after i lost my second fish my rod ripped off again and this lovely dark mirror was in the net. ... Read less
Using a mixture of supafruit and green beast chops and pellets soaked in the matching dna
Fishing wafter on a blowback rig
I managed a couple of carp the biggest weighing in at 30.10oz ... Read less
1 of 3 carp caught from 20.08oz - 30.10oz carp
Using a mixture of supafruit and green beast chops and crumb with matching pellets and dna ... Read less
Caught on a Silt Busta pop up over a scattering of Peach & Sour boilies.
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This one has been a long time coming. The lake which this carp resides in, has beat me up good and proper every time Ive dropped a rig in. Countless blanks and three lost fish.
Today, with only the day at my disposal, I thought I’d give it one, final go. I opted to fish two rods in the margins as I know the carp do patrol them throughout the day, fishing a DT baits cold water green beast wafter, on a D rig made up of a DSD tackle wide gape bp, d-rig kicker and the new test flouro hook-link. Over the top, I baited lightly with a mixture of DT bait CWGB freebies and pellet soaked in garlic oil from Carp Particles Uk. Around an hour after getting the rig into position, my left hand rod burst into life, my heart was in my mouth! I have never been so relieved to see a carp roll over the net cord. All be it probably one of the smaller residents, this carp meant so much more than just another fish on the mat! ... Read less
Road trip to France part 1
For the first part of our trip, it was time to return to the massive French reservoir that I have been longing to fish since I blanked 10 days there a couple of seasons ago. I would have been there last autumn, chasing my first carp from this lake, but the COVID situation put an end to that.
So after a 14 hour drive, Thomas and I were finally at the banks of the great lake with my good French friend Julien scouting the night-sections trying to find a vacant area to drop into. Luckily one of the more desirable areas had been vacated the same morning and after using most of the day boating our gear to the swim the sun was setting and we decided to get a good nights rest and get the rods out the day after.
The whole next day was used for finding spots and boating the rigs out to areas that looked like they could hold carp or could as carp routes from one area to another. Our chosen bait was 22mm shelf life N-blend boilies combined with tigers and a combo I have done very well on big lakes both back home and abroad - hook baits were double 22mm matching hard hookers.
Unfortunately nothing happened the first night and I decided to use the rest of the day to map our area and find a few new spots and I found a spot with harder bottom and the odd tree stump that looked absolutely carpy as can be, so I moved a rod on to that within safe distance to the old debris that were scattered underwater. I decided to go lighter on the bait with a kilo of boilies and 5 handful of tigers spread over a big area now it was just fingers and legs crossed hoping for the best.
Just before fist light I was torn out of my bed chair by a one toner from the rod I had moved the day before and after manic wrestle with my waders and wading through 30 yards of deep mud I stood with the rod in my hands connected to what could be my first carp from this iconic water. I quickly jumped in the boat and set the electric outboard to full power to get to the fish through the foggy mist that covered the lake which was making it impossible to see more than 10 feet in front of me. To my luck the carp stayed on the hook and after a short battle, I was rewarded with what I assessed to be a mid 20lb common, it might not have been the biggest or even the prettiest carp I have ever caught, but it was exactly what I wanted and now we had found a part of the puzzle. After looking for similar spots for Thomas and Julien we managed to land 10 carp in the last 6 nights to mid 40's,which made it a great trip with loads of great moments in an amazing setting!
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I dropped into a quiet corner of the lake and after getting all my rods out the first one was away , unfortunately it was lost due to hook pull . An hour later the same rod was away and I landed a 12lb common . The same rod was away again the next morning resulting in a 19 lb 8 oz scaley mirror ... Read less
After the success on my last trip plus the fact school holidays were coming to an end I knew it was the best time to take my niece and nephew for a couple of nights on the bank.
We were lucky to get back in the same peg so the rods were quickly back out onto the spots followed by a big bed of Supa Fruit soaked in matching DNA and lake water.
The first 24 passed unsuccessfully without any signs but my confidence in the tactics were high. We left the rods out, sat back and enjoyed the wildlife and bbq.
The night was uneventful and now time was against us we decided to get on cooking breakfast. All of a sudden on the right hand rod we had a single bleep and looking up could see the rod tip bending to the left. Quickly turning the stove off I got Bobbie to come and help with the rod and as we lifted into it I could tell it was a decent fish. The fish held the bottom then all of a sudden it bolted towards us going for the snags, we managed to turn it but ended up going under my other 2 rods.
A beautiful mirror hit the surface and slowly coming towards us I quickly slipped the net under our prize. Looking into the net I could see it was the one fish Bobbie had been talking about since we turned up Bobby Ball. ... Read less
Sent out to a marginal spot with a baiting spoon with a few free offerings of the cold water green beast accompanied by a small offering of hemp and sweetcorn ... Read less
Fished a handful of crushed boilies with 10 or so full baits. Dropped my rig in a far margin with the bait boat where I had previously been seeing fish. Not had a fish out of this venue all year. Baits went in at 3pm and by 10:30pm it was screaming away resulting in my 2nd biggest fish to date 👍 first time using DT baits aswel! ... Read less
Well; finished the session on three, a low 20 and a couple of 8/9 pounders all falling to Coldwater Green Beast bottom baits fished over a scattering of CWGB and SUPAFRUIT in 12 and 15mm. All stunners (including the captor)! ... Read less
Two 30s from a recent session on linear. 31.0 and 33.0 both taken on a custom tutti fruity bait that the boys at DT made up for me. ... Read less
Recent over nighter on my syndicate resulted in another of the A team! A fish known as “the baby leather” and a good weight of 30.9! She was caught using a solid bag filled with cold water green beast and SUPA fruit 12mm boilies as well as mixed 3MM cold water and SUPA pellets. With a good helping of SUPA fruit dna and a white cold water pop up! ... Read less
Recent over nighter on my syndicate resulted in another of the A team! A fish known as “the baby leather” and a good weight of 30.9! She was caught using a solid bag filled with cold water green beast and SUPA fruit 12mm boilies as well as mixed 3MM cold water and SUPA pellets. With a good helping of SUPA fruit dna and a white cold water pop up! ... Read less
Over the moon this this beauty caught on a cult classic pineapple Pop up over a bed of supa fruit from my Essex syndicate ... Read less
Road trip to France part 2
After packing up at the big lake it was time to make the short drive to Gigantica for our annual social weeks fishing at this great venue. I came our third in the draw, so for once in many years I would not go in the Alcatraz swim which I had been in many years in a row and even though I have caught fish from that area every time, I just felt I need a change of scenery. So, when it was my turn to choose, there was no hesitation when the Stink swim was vacant that this would be my choice for the week even though there were no fish caught from the area the week before, the bailiffs had informed me that the angler fishing there the previous week had not been using huge amounts of bait or been out at long range this would give me the possibility to fish further out and start a new baited area, something that has worked well before.
Getting set up I wanted to get my rigs out first and then spod out the 5-6 kilo of 22mm N-blend boilies over the area to get hopefully get some carp on the munch. But first thing was to get the marker float out and find a nice spot where I could present my rigs nicely. I had already been to by James who is the bailiff that a cast at around 28 wraps towards a big tree on the other side, the bottom would be nice and clear, so I decided to wrap my marker rod up at 34 wraps and feel the lead back from there. Casting out and hitting the clip, the lead came crashing down on something so hard it had to be gravel and the pulling lead back towards me revealed a big are with nice clean and firm bottom. A few casts later to prod around, confirmed that this would be the perfect spot for a big bed of boilies to be presented and I decided to fish a few wraps shorter as I felt it would make baiting up easier in the long run, in case the wind picked up or changed direction, I would have no problem recasting even in the middle of the night. After getting the three rigs positioned perfectly on the spot, I used a few hours spodding out 6 kilos of 22mm N-Blend at different wraps to get a nice big spread of bait that could hold plenty of carp if they decide to move onto the spot. As I was adjusting my bobbins in the last light, I could hear that Anders in the swim next to me was into his first fish of the trip after only having the rigs in the water for a few hours, this seemed to be a good omen for the rest of the week the carp were feeding.
I was awoken by a one toner just past midnight, and I could net my first fish of the trip, a lovely dark mirror just under 40lb. A great start and my gamble starting on a new spot had paid of yet again. While I was getting the rig ready for recasting the middle rod was off which resulted in a nice mid thirty mirror so now I had another rod that needed to be redone and cast out again. I use a few extra casts to get the positioning of the rigs as perfect as I could in the dark and decided to spod out a few more kilos of boilies over the spot in hope to keep the carp feeding and it worked, the last rod melted off and after a short battle a small 20lb common was in the net. After 3 bits in quick succession, I was running low on slings, and I had to do a quick run too pick up a few extra slings and another net. I recast the last rod and put out another 5 spods of bait before returning to the warmth of my sleeping bad. I had only just closed my eyes when I had another blistering take and I grabbed the rod to land an angry 40lb common. I decided to leave the fish in the net and get the rod out quickly and while I was wrapping up the next bite alarm screamed, and I could hear the spool clicking away slowly. I could feel straight away that this fish was acting a bit different, with fewer headshakes and waddling back and forth more, so I carefully played it between the other two lines not yet having seen the fish. The carp now decided to use its weight hugging the bottom in front of the swim and I applied some extra pressure to keep it away from any debris or rocks on the marginal slope that could cut the line, sudden a massive mirror surfaced just in front of the swim, and I could lift the net around the massive framed fish with a bit of trouble the first time. After having a better look at the carp now safely in the net I was sure it was over 70 lb the width, depth and height of this fish was unbelievable, and it went 72lb on the scales with the help of James the bailiff and the last take came just before first light making it a total of 6 bits in one night I had only had one hour of full sleep and I did feel a bit exhausted. So after we had all the photos sorted out I redid all the rods and spodded out another 6 kilos of boilies to top up the spot. Now I had not in my wildest dreams thought that this kind of action could continue, but besides one night where I only had one bite, I went on to land 22 carp in total over 7 nights, including 2 x 70's 3 x 50's and 3 x 40's. A crazy trip with very little sleep as all the bites came in the dark and recasting and spodding after every second fish kept the carp coming back for more..
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Went to my local club water fished out toward middle of the lake using my old faithful ronnie rig set up with silt busta pop ups with cold water green beast as freebies
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A round up from my week in france!
All fish taken on a mixture of cold water green beast and SUPA fruit from @dtbaitofficial solid bags rig foam and cable ties from @castaway_pva and size 2 curve shark hooks from @wellsharp_hooks
Order of size.
36.10 mirror
21 common
26 common
24 mirror
32.14 common
24 common
26 common
31 common
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All fish taken on a KD snowman style rig fished over a bed of mixed Supa Fruit and Green Beast boilies...Hook bait was a Green beast bottom topped with a silt Buster..
Tough fishing but the silt Busters along with the Green beasts definitely pulled the fish round. ... Read less
30lb 8oz stalked on a snowman KD style set up...Baited the spot for 2 days before fishing the area to get the carp confident on the area,then presented the bait with a 1inch s pva stick with crushed Green beast. ... Read less
After netting this fish for a friend and seeing my bait passing straight through it on the mat I knew it was only a matter of time before I had it in my own net.
Fishing over a big bed of supafruit soaked in matching DNA and then lake water produced my forth 30 in a row from the spot in the shape of Duncan at 35-04 and one I'm glad to finally catch. ... Read less
The other side of a lovely Colne valley character. ... Read less
Caught on 18 mm n blend bottom bait at 60 yards ... Read less
A Pb Mirror for me 27lb-0oz caught on a 15mm Peach & Sour Cream boilie on a size 4 blowback rig over loose fed boilies. Also had a 17lb-8oz Common on a pop up, only two bites at Pebmarsh today. ... Read less
My first repeat capture from the lake the Gnarly Common which I caught at the beginning of the year when we came out of lock down. Just an once up from the last time but it was another 30 to come from my big bed of supafruit soak in DNA for 24hrs and then lake water for 24hr . ... Read less
I used the nblend hook bait over a spob mix or hemp maize nblend pellets and the nblend dna with some hole and chopped boilies close to the island thats how i had all my fish that trip but i like this fish as its a two tone ... Read less
On my first visit this year to my members water I caught my Pb a fish called Chubby chops caught in a 5ft hole in the weed Id fed chopped green beast boilies and a few fishery pellets and 40 mins into my session my left rod roared off on a green beast pop up resulting in one of the A team. ... Read less
25lb common caught on my local lake fishing a baited spot of supa fruits with a cut down matching wafter over the top ... Read less
First year i have been using your bait and i dont think i will ever change. Had loads of fish from a local syndicate this year.Pukka fish mix oily chicken, then moving to supa fruit then to the green beast. Had bigger fish but i think the best night overall was a brace of 20s one 23lb 3 oz and this 26lb 2oz on a night session when it was -1 degrees, both on the cold water green beast, using the 15mm pink wafters over around 30 baits,top upped after the first fish. ... Read less
Baiting a spot a couple nights before with a kilo of supa fruits then just adding a few handfuls of supa fruit when I got here had a small common with in an hour then this 30 common this morning ... Read less
Carrying on for another night had another 3 a 27 29 and the best 32 common all on sups fruit ... Read less
The biggest of 7 fish 33 common caught over a few handfuls of crumb sups fruit fishing a local lake
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6hr session fishing on a club lake with Green beast white dumbell wafters over peach and soured cream. 22lb 8oz only but a fully scaled looker. ... Read less
57,6 at 6.55am this morning, an hour before we had to leave. 15mm peach and sour cream with a super fruit pop up ... Read less
Week in France - fish of 63lb, 41lb and a smattering of smaller ones. All coming to Green beast dumbbell wafters or Supa fruit wafters. picture attached of 63lb
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Catch over a large bed of fish,blood and n-bend. Using a supafruit pink pop-up On a Ronnie rig ... Read less
Catch over a large bed of fish,blood and n-bend. Using a supafruit pink pop-up On a Ronnie rig ... Read less
Fishing De Boux in France, first day I baited up with a scattering of fish, blood and orange boilies. My rig was 6inches of Korda IQ 2 to 1inch of Korda super natural combi style and size 4 Korda kurve with a single fish, blood and orange wafter soaked in DT baits DNA liquid. 7am the next morning I nailed this cracking mirror at 51lbs!!
A PB and my first 50!!
I've beaten my personal best twice this year on DT Baits!! Do I really need to say more!! The results speak for themselves!! Thanks to all the team at DT Baits! ... Read less
I only had a handful of carp this spring,because most of them were in the closed season section of the canal. After moving 6 times in a few days I finally caught this beauty: 40lb, my own basemix including Howler powder, with some DT goodies did the trick: fresh orange, juicy peach, scopex and some super sweetner. ... Read less
Hello boys, Im Georgi Georgiev, from Bulgaria , Toromanovi tackle team member. We've been using your baits for years. This is my grass carp pb from last week trip in Bosnias lake Pelagicevo ( 44 lb).
Supa Fruit 15 mm hookbait and 12 mm pop up snowman combination, over bed of 15,18 mm Supa boilies , hemp and pellets did job for me. Thank you !
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Grenville lake: I was fishing 40 yards out just behind a weed bed over 5 kg of bubble berry using DT hardened hook baits with a berrybubble pop-up on a snowman rig.....had 2 fish 34lb14oz scaley mirror and a 45lb 5oz ... Read less
DT Baits' Tom McGregor achieved his Les Gravier goal in March with the Brown Fish at 84lbs 8oz. This and a number of others up to 61lbs were caught on Cold Water Green Beast ... Read less
31lb 9oz common taken off the surface at Suffolk water park. Chum mixers flavoured with Green Beast DNA did the trick with 8lb double strength and size10 mixa hook.
It took a long time to get the fish taking confidently and within range but the steady slick of green beast goodness dragged them upwind where I could eventually angle for them effectively. Unrivalled products as always from DT!!! Many thanks. ... Read less
Gigantica, France - swim: The Alamo
Baited at 15 wraps with 3 kilos of DT N-Blend
Landed 47lb 12oz common called Bernards
Rig: combi link Korda IQ to Korda N trap soft, size 6 hook blow back rig with half 15mm DT NBlend bottom bait topped with half DT green beast pop up. In small pva bag with crushed DT NBlend boilies and DT lump oil. John said: 'Im doubly pleased as that fish has only been out 3 times since 2014. Clearly no mug fish and clearly clued up. Confirmed to me the quality and effectiveness of your bait!' ... Read less
39lb 4oz mirror from Somerley lake caught on a pink Green Beast wafter over a handful of Cold Water Green Beast freebies.
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Surrey Park lake 37.6
Cold Water Green Beast wafter fished KD style with crumbed up boilie and matching pellets fished in a solid pva bag to a silty spot 20 yards out, New Moon phase, 11 degrees, southwesterly Breeze, Perfect conditions ... Read less
A couple of 50+ Commons. Fish Blood & Fresh Orange glugged in DNA with matching hard hook baits helped Dave achieve two back to back PB's on a tough lake in France in the heat. This is what he reported:
After a long week of high pressure and hot sunny weather the fishing had not been going well with the first few fish being caught on the Wednesday morning, the trip was nearing the end and by Friday I had had nothing in the way of a take or pick up!
Late morning on the Friday the wind suddenly swung to a westerly which I had been waiting for all week and the fish started to move towards the corner of the lake where I was fishing, I noticed that on the opposite bank where there was a stalking swim that the fish were showing more there than over my baited areas, so I grabbed all three rods and went round to the swim and quietly placed three rods close in, after about an hour a large fish head and shouldered to my left and I quickly reeled in one of the rods and cast a single 18mm Fish Blood & Orange bait soaked in DNA to the area, 15minutes later the stone which I placed on the spool flew up in the air and the rod was away! After a short fight and using its weight the fish was in the net and once weighed was confirmed as a new pb of 51lb 2oz, I was over the moon!
Later I headed back to my swim in preparation for the last night of the trip and feeling pleased that I had not blanked I then placed all three rods back on the baited areas, and at 5am only hours before we had to leave had a screamer on the middle rod, which after a long and very hard fight resulted in another new pb of 52lb 3oz common.
A totally mad but very pleasing last 24 hours! and one I thought I would share with you guys, thanks for all your help and friendly advice that you guys always give.
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Phil - one of sponsored anglers in Yorkshire sent this cracking common through - 42lb 6oz !. Caught using N-blend boilie and N-blend double strength hardened hook baits. Caught at Old Mill Lakes, Lincolnshire
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Bjorn had six fish to 34lbs caught on his local Belgian canal. He used his own boilie recipe made up of the Howler and flavours: Ripe Banana and Squid. ... Read less
31lber known as the Long Common, caught at St Ives Shallow Pit on N Blend washed out white wafter, over a bed of N Blend with hemp and maize. Fished to a hard spot close to a weed bed . ... Read less
Team member Chris and pal Grinner had an excellent trip to Rainbow last week. They caught twelve fish between them, including four 50s, numerous upper 40s and this cracking 60. Chris said: The lake was fishing really hard with a lot of fish stacked up in an area nowhere near us, but the bait did the trick and we managed to pull it out the bag - thanks Tom
The guys fished a mixture of Peach & Sour Cream, Supa Fruit and N-Blend boilies to keep the fishing guessing. They soaked these in the new liquid food THE ONE and fished 18 and 22mm hard hook baits over the top.
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Neil - DT Consultant - took The Woodcarving from Fryernings on N-Blend at 48lbs. A rare fish to come out - the last time was nine months ago, and eighteen months before that. "Very satisfying" ... Read less
Martin - DT consultant, excelled himself with his new PB of 54lbs 6oz....Caught on an N-blend pop up over a few spombs of 15 and 22mm N-blend and Cold Water Green Beast mix at 80 yards range on a hard spot. Exceptional mate - well done ... Read less
TANGO Carthagena main lake
44lb 14oz personal best
Popped up Green Beast over scattering of N-Blend
Well done Scott - nice fish ... Read less
DT Consultant Martin's 43lb 10oz common. It was caught on a single hookbait DT Zinger pop up on a size 4 krank x spinner rig with crimped 25lb boom, hybrid clip and 4oz tournament lead. 108 yards, tight to the side of an island. ... Read less
DT Consultant never fails to deliver...Pinscale 44lb 10oz caught on a zig sprayed with the new Green Beast bait spray ... Read less
A PB for our great friend Mick....
"A PB Mirror 24lb 14oz caught on a Cold Water Green Beast boilie on a size 6 blowback rig. Fished over a kilo of the same bait. Pebmarsh Lake during the first warm spell of spring" ... Read less
The session started well I'd only been fishing for two hours when I had my first take, which I netted and unhooked
Whilst the first was still in the net, the second rod was away. Now with one in each net, I quickly put them in to slings and put my rods against the bogey. Then the 3rd rod tore off.... 3 fish in 45 minutes 31ĺb 8, 48lb, & 39lb
Ended up with 5 fish with a 18lb and 34lb and 2 lost. Fishing at 130 yards range I used a mixture of Cold Water Green beast and Berrybubble boiles in all 15kg. ... Read less
Best of eight fish - three over twenty pounds. Common 27lb 12oz all caught on the middle rod using the Cold Water Green Beast on a blowback rig, over a 2 kilo spread of boilies.
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Mikkel caught the beautiful carp in an Italian gravel pit this spring. Crushed N-Blend boilies in a solid bag with a 15 mm N-blend wafter ..... 32 rod lengths out on a plateau. A very nice 32 pounder. ... Read less
Having been unable to fish as much this year it was only my third season on the main lake at Fryerning. With only one other fish out since 30th November last year I knew the odds were against me but as I was able to secure a spot in the lodge swim, and the weather was getting better I felt I had a chance. In the afternoon of Saturday a few fish showed at range and as this was the only thing to go on I cast two cold water green beast pops ups as far as I could manage towards the showing fish. Nothing happened over night but at 7am my middle rod roared off. After a steady fight I slipped the net under an old friend in the shape of a koi known as the Dalmation. At 36lbs it was a welcome start to my catches for 2018. ... Read less
59lb 10oz common caught along with 3 mirrors to just over 30lb during a recent trip to France, all falling to balanced Supa Fruit bottom baits fished in the silt at around 80-90 yards. ... Read less
A stunning 17lb, 40 year old common, caught from a very low stocked reservoir in the North West of England. Caught using a wide spread of Berry Bubble with a Scopex Cult Classic over the top.
(Editors note: It's not a 30 :) but we have included this notable fish in the gallery because of where it was taken, and its quality, for all to enjoy.) ... Read less
Back lake mirror at 30.4 on 3kg Pukka Fish Peach & Sour Cream 45yards out to a weed bed . ... Read less
Mirror 23lb 10oz caught on a Pukka Fish Peach and Sour Cream boilie glugged with DNA Fish Pro.
Fished the middle of the lake at Inworth Grange over a kilo of boilies. size 6 hook blow back rig. A PB mirror for me. ... Read less
25lb mirror from an Essex Syndicate Lake. Caught on a 15mm Fish Blood and Orange pop up in a PVA with broken Fish Blood and Orange boilies.
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After a very hard weeks fishing on Etang du Manoir where the lake only produced 10 fish all week I was finally rewarded with one of my target in the shape of a 37lb orange Koi. Not everyone's cup of tea I am sure!! A white N-Blend pop up was it's downfall over a bed of crushed N-Blend boilies. ... Read less
This mirror was taken on a quick overnighter before work fishing close in on a small hard area and went 35lb 4oz. The common was caught on a quick morning's stalking session 2ft from the bank and was hooked on a N-Blend bottom bait and a small bag of broken baits. ... Read less
Bob had a productive weeks holiday in Blue Water Lakes, France - a run of 16 fish: 6x20's, 7x30's, a 42, 53, and his new PB a 66lbs Mirror - all caught on Pukka Fish Oily Chicken. ... Read less
Had this stunning 29.2lb common fishing my syndicate. It was fished to a hard silty spot at 44 yards using a Ronnie rig with a N-Blend popup and 5 spombs of 18 and 15mm N-Blend freebies. I also squirted some N-Blend DNA in each spomb befor I cast it out. Well happy with this one ... Read less
Carthagena syndicate lake gave up this 40+...one of two after a long run of good fish on a cork ball pop-up over Pukka Fish Peach & Sour Cream ... Read less
I got down to the lake at about 12pm and set up in the teeth of the wind; and at 9 pm the left hand rod was away. An epic 20 min fight was over as she slipped in to the net. She was in mint condition and at 41.8 she was my new PB mirror too. The rig was a hinge stiff rig over a scattering of N-Blend put out to where I'd seen fish show at 15 yards. ... Read less
After a few year focusing on fishing abroad I had a go at some local fish in a big pit. The fish was getting ready to spawn but cold weather (Denmark) keept them going on the food.
A peach & sourcream 15mm snowman fished on my "confidence rig" did the trick. Within 15 min. the fish picked up the bait. Location and quality bait were the key. weighing in at 36,3 lbs it was a"comeback" that I will remember for some time :) ... Read less
From our friend Martin in Denmark: 'After the succes on the first trip for some years on a local water I had to try again. Using same approach as last time. locating the fish, presenting a 15 mm snowman peach & sourcream on the spot and with in 5 minutes 3 big fish were feeding hard on the few free offerings - and in only a matter of minutes one picked up the snowman and I was in again. this one weighing in at 37 lbs. Shortly after the carp started to spawn and the weed growth closed my spots so no more quick action. but I will be back next year.' ... Read less
51lbs 7 oz common caught at Vallee Lakes France, N-Blend 18mm fished on chod over 4kg bed of 15-18 and 22mm freebies on a clear patch at 100yards on the back of a weed bed. Put up a great fight and went straight into the weed bed, took 35 minutes to get her into the net. This was accompanied by two 40's, a 30 and a couple of high 20's.
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Fished a charity match at the syndicate this weekend. It fished tough but i hung on until after the match and made a move, 21.8 and a mint 27. N-Blend wafters on iq d rigs over N-Blend and Bubbleberry ... Read less
A fish that I have been chasing since I started fishing this lake 7 years ago. The fish called Big Lin weighed in at 29.12 and was caught over a bed of 1 kg of Supa Fruit, using a hinge stiff rig topped with a white pop up ... Read less
** 41lb Common For Martin Pick **
DT Consultant, Martin Pick wanted to share his recent success with everyone. Here is what he has to say..
I caught this 41lb 4oz common out of Wellington Country Park at 60 yards range. I fished over half a kilo of chopped and whole N-blend and Cold Water mix with a small amount of hemp. I used a white Cold Water mix pop up over the top and had the take just as it was getting light in the morning.
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A nice 50 from Etang 5 in June 2017. John fished on Fish Blood & Fresh Orange. ... Read less
DT Bait team manager, Paul Bocking has landed a new PB Common of 42lb 6oz.
Paul also had 2 other fish of 24lb 2 and 16lb whilst on a recent quick overnight session after work.
The fish were caught over a bed of Cold Water Green Beast using the ever faithful Cult Classic Scopex Pop-Up on a hinge stiff rig using a Fox edges curve shank size 4 hook with fox Trans khaki fluorocarbon. ... Read less
Match Pit Wivenhoe. Nr Colchester Essex.
Swim: The Beach
Un-named Mirror at 28:04
Supa Fruit washed out pink pop-up on a stiff hinge rig over 20 15mm N Blend.
07:15 One toner and fought like a demon. When I saw the size of the fins I realized where the power came from. ... Read less
Our consultant @hobo_1986 has had an unbelievable time the last couple of weeks squeezing in time between work .. with a haul of over 35 fish including quite a few 30+ fish utilising his time by baiting with a kilo of supa fruit before leaving each session and using supa fruit pop ups to tempt them . Here's one of them .... well done again ... Read less
** N-Blend Success **
Danish friend of ours, Anders, has sent in his catch report..
Here is the biggest fish after a recent trip to La Horre in Northern France - a mirror at 54lbs 7oz
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Will Mant has a very successful session of late catching a new personal best common at 68lb 4oz.
It was Will's third 60lb+ carp from the venue, all of which have fallen to 18mm Supafruit bottom baits! Baiting steadily with 20kg of free offerings throughout the week.
Will also landed mirrors of 30lb 10oz, 32lb, 39lb 9oz, 41lb 6oz, 45lb 4oz, and a 44lb common! ... Read less
On my recent trip to the French Les Teillatts I was lucky enough to catch a few. I started with 24lb M just 6 hours in to the session, followed by 48lb m 6 hours later nice settlers. I was fishing 88 yards out to a bar 12 , 13 feet deep. On top I was using hinged stiff rigs 6 inches long with DT BubbleBerry pop-up on. Over the week I managed 7 fish 24lb M 37lb C 38lb C 39lb8 C 48lb M 51lb M and 68lb C. I used about 15kg of BubbleBerry boiles 15s and 18's mixed, and about 5kg of Green Beast ... Read less
Tom put in a number days over a few weeks to nail his target fish. It resulted in him catching the Back-up common at 47lbs 10oz in Braxted Back Lake. He consistently baited one spot and put two rods on it to ensure that if a Tench took one he would still be covering the mark. He caught it on Pukka Fish Peach & Sour Cream with a D rig with a long hair.
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Went to one of my new club waters and had this chunky common happy days ... Read less
Nice back lake common at 34.8 lbs Had it on 3kg of Cold w
Water Green Beast. 30 yards out to a weed bed. ... Read less
