DanDanUK

if i was going fishing in these weather conditions i would be fishing for pike, but sen as it's around the time that they spawn i probably just go bit bashing take my float rod and a pint of maggots and maybe some bread crumb

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Tubing can also trap air in it which then renders it useless, the whole point of using lead core/ tubing is to pin it down to the botom of the lake bed if tubing gets air trapped in it it will then float. i don't see how it can be dangerouse if an angler knows how to attach it correctly, and uses a good main line to attach it too and is a good angler all round, i personally think if you splice your own lead core to your main line it's actually much safer and stronger than buying the ready made stuff which you attach loop to loop.

Hurray for sarcasm some of you guys are origional anyway maybe i could have re worded it differently but i won't bother going back and doing so seen as some of you may feel i'm trying to crawl back out of what i said, but anyway i like to use lead core and i use it safly and have done for a couple of years now never once have i had a snap off never once have i had any problem with it, end of the day it does the job for me and i feel i use it correctly if it was as unsafe as some of you feel it is why is it permited ( not on all fisherys but most ) why do they sell it in the tackle shops we use ? yes seen as non of you have exact proof this is unsafe and is damaging towards fish then all it boils down to is personal prefrence i prefer to use lead core some of you don't ! and until it's banned and illegal to use i shall continue to use it in the mannor i have been using it safe and correctly ! Love Dan X

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thanks for your thoughts, maybe you should keep them to yourself in future

a good rig i tend to still use it's the more simple and very effective depending on the size of the fish your catcing i use 18lb krystonite main line linked to lead core with either a fixed weight or sliding weight to a 6-8" braid hooklink on a hair rig here's a pic to best describe to you this is bang on exept no lead core, you use lead core to keep you link weighd down on the lake bed. it then resulting in this pictures courtesy of Anglers Net.

i use lead core myself i personally don't see how it's unsafe myself maybe you could explain, yes it's unforgiving and has no give what so ever but if your using mono you get the extra strech you need, now in a result of a snap of using lead core with time the hooks will rust and break off this then resulting in no leadcore been dragged around and i'm pretty sure that if the same fish is caught again and still has the hook and core atached the angler lucky enough to catch it would do the humane thing and relive the carp of the hook. i'm not shrugging off tubing tho i like the idea of using it but never really use it tho i like to splice myown lead core and use that. Dan.

good thinkin batman, yeah i should your right mate never give it a thought !

strawberries & icecrem they were the worst ones i have bought

i read capology personnally, but if i was to reccomend one too you i'd say either IYCF (improve your coarse fishing) or Total carp fishing both have top class pointer for the very basic of carp anglers.

Bit of a difficult post this as so many different baits are equally as good as each other the water you fish tends to differ as do the baits what one bait works well on one water may not nesserily work as well on another water. but the baits which i tend to use more of would be boiles and pellets.

Me and a pal are of for a full day session at the A1 pits in south muskham next friday So i wondered if i could wang some bait infomation from anyone who's fished it ? i spoke to the bailif over the phone and he mentioned that pit 3 was the one to fish at the moment with some good 20's geting haulled out. Dan.