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Thanks tony, il definatley have to give it a go. hopefully with a little bit of pre-baiting and patience il be able to get in contact with a few of the carp down there. thanks again in-line

alright guys, just a quick questions about the KAPS section of the medway. recently ive been giving the river a go, with varying results but nothing more than a few 3lb bream. i was just wondering if anyone knows if there are any carp that reside in this stretch, i persoanlly havent heard of any captures but i thought it was worth asking. if so what sort of tactics would you recomend. i know at the moment there is a little bit of weed and also that the bottom is littered with tonnes of dead branches and snags. any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance in-line

nice one guys hopefully il get some time and be able to put in a few nights down there. so just put the bait out bout 10 yards?? little pva bags nd that sould do the job? il have a little bit of a lead around when i get there and try to find the shelf but atleast i no that there not all out at range cheers in-line

hi guys ive recently started fishing down in snodland on the KAPS water. what a great fishery,scenery is amazing and a great bunch of people. always giving a helpin hand to put you on some fish. ive fished burrows lake (the old stock pond) and had a few fish out biggest has been around 14 lb and that was around the begginnin of febuary. ive also had a few more out over april but again around 8-10 lb. ive tried doin short day sessions on the bigger lake(think its called pollard from what ive been told) with no luck. i was just wonderin wot sort of approach you need to catch out of that lake. i know that most anglers favour the car park side, up the right path as you come through the gate. and then drop down into one of those swims. ive tried those swims with my usual rigs and small beds of bait (often pva bags) but hav had nothing not even liners. ive spoken with other anglers who do well there and they say aslong as you put down a larger bed of bait you will catch. is this the case? wot sort of approaches are people using? and is it better to do a night rather than the days? ive been using the cell for a while now and i realy dont think i should change if im catchin on them. the rigs im using are either pop-ups or snowman set-ups with smaller 1.5 oz leads on clips and have worked fine on the other lakes. i really dont know whats happenin but any info in general about location, techniques or tactics would be greatly appreicated sorry for the essay guys haha cheers in-line

hey guys just a quick question thats had me stumped for a lil while now ive recently made the change from shelf-life baits to freezer bait and i have to say im very happy with the change. ive used many of the brands on the market as well as my local tackle shop ones. although they hav caught me many fish im still not sure bout the way th baits thaw out. once i remove them from the freezer, the smell is fine but after a couple of hours they smell like they hav gone off ! the pinapple ones smell disgusting and the cell have a weirdly nice smell, but its not the original smell. ive tried thawing them out on towels aswell as air drying some but still a few hours down the line and the baits stink. are they still ok for the fish? are they goin to affect the catch rate, or become less attractive to the fish? how do i stop this happening? the only thing that i can think of is when i take them on a 24-36 hours session they are left in a shady spot. is this good enough? or are they just going off nd i make the problem worse by re-freezing them? any help would be much appreicated thanks in-line

hi all just a quick question normally when i go fishing i prefer to fish close to snags or under overhanging bushes, and for this i normally fish locked up or i wind down nice and tight to the lead- therefore i get indication the minute anything picks up my bait. although i know that the banks are undercut and therefore its a good place to present a bait, right along the bank to the left or right. i have tried this previously and had so many line bites its unbelievable, this is because i always wind down tightly to the lead. what im going to try is slack line fishing and this is what my questions on. i understand the theory behind slack line fishing(line lays along the bottem so therfore its out of the way of the fish. what i dont get is how to set the indicator should it be on the floor? as this is the only place it will not be pulling the line tight and also if i do get a run a fishing swims towards me how will the indicator register the drop back if its already on the floor? also as many of the swims contain underwater snags i use leadcore alot.but again if i wind down to the lead surly the leadcore will be sitting up off the lakebed and will be even more obvious than normal mono? any help would be greatly appriciated (sorry i know its alot of questions and i only said " just a quick question" at the start) cheers guys in-line

i went down a couple of days ago and the main thing that worried my was the fact that there was only one person fishing on one of the 6-7 lakes that i walked around. the place is huge and has about 9 lakes and its own tackle shop- yet it only had one person fishing it. weird?? cheers in-line

hi all i was going to go to beaver farm fisheries today.last night i got all my bait ready,removed it all from the freezer to thaw out and bought a ton of maggots. i set up all my rods and packed my new holdall with everything i might need for a day session. i then thought that there may be some catch reports on the internet. i search beaver farm and found a post on another forum warning people not to go to beaver. i read all the responses and it seems that there have been many people who dislike the fishery. there were two things that i read that concerned me. the first was the report of lots of dead fish on the surface and the fact that fish were being caught with fungus allover them. the next was the bad reputation that the fishery has got for tackle theft in the end i decided against not to go as i dont fancy getting all my gear nicked or being surrounded by dead fish. the post was written last year in march, so things may have changed but im still not 100% sure i want to visit the water and how safe il be there. i was just wondering if anyone had fished the lake and what kind of experineces they had had. cheers in-line

hi ray the main thing to consider is the type of swims you will be fishing. if you are going to be fishing a swim with alot of snags(overhanging bushes or lily pads) you will need stronger line than if you fish a un-snaggy swim. as long as you play the fish correctly there is no reason why you cant catch a 30lber on 10lb line. some fisheries do state that you must use a line of a certain breaking strain. for example one of my locals that holds fish up to about 48lb say you need a minimum of 15lb line. i would recommend 12lb line as this can deal with situations where a bit of force is needed i.e to steer fish away from snags but also will not be so heavy that you just end up dragging the fish in. i know that when people start they think how am i going to land a 20lber on 10lb line? as long as play the fish correctly 12lb line is all you need. if there are alot of snags it may be worth putting 15lb line on your spare spools so you can change over without to many problems when you arrive at the water. hope this helps enjoy your fishing and i hope you land that dream fish cheers in-line

just thought id let you know i went down to the tackle shop and had a chat to one of the guys he said that it was possible to get a replacement top section and it would probally cost around £25 i though this was pretty good, although i might have to wait a couple of weeks for the order to go through and the top section to arrive cheers in-line

thanks for your help rob and budgie il go down there tomorrow and ask them about it cheers again in-line

its a fox warrior 2.75lb marker it about £55-60 i never really got to use it that much

the rod was only about £60. do you reckon that the tackle shop would charge me more than this just for ordering the top section? if so il probably just buy a new one. cheers in-line

hi guys just wondering if it is possible to buy part of a rod. i seem to have misplaced the top section of my marker rod(probally left it somewhere) is it possible to buy part of a rod or will i need to purchase a new one. it wasnt too expensive to begin with so buying another wouldnt break the bank, i was just wondering if it would be possible to order the new section for less money than buying a new rod. cheers in-line

went to mousehole on sunday just thought id let you know how i got on. the weather started off awful although the fish were still spawning.(weeds in margins were covered in eggs) we managed 4 carp to about 6lb then from 10 till 4 the fishing stopped as the sun rose over the lake. then all hell broke loose and we had a further 5 fish of 5,6,7,12 and 13lb. all in all it was a good days fishing and the great thing was that there were only about 5 or 6 people on the entire lake! not really sure what size the fish run to but i think the two doubles must be a good average for the lake. cheers in-line