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My neighbour has a small wooden (it may be fiberglass) dinghy, big enough for two people with oars that I could borrow. I've always wanted to fish from a boat on a lake or river but I dont know what may be required such as licensing, etc. I realise that if I want to fish on a lake I need the lake owners permission but I am unsure whats required if fishing on a river, specifically The River Nene outside of Peterborough. Do I need a license, permission, etc? Do I have to use a slipway or just a convenient location (with landowners permission) to launch from? I will put this on the coarse fishing forum as well if thats ok? Any help much appreciated.

My neighbour has a small wooden (it may be fiberglass) dinghy, big enough for two people with oars that I could borrow. I've always wanted to fish from a boat on a lake or river but I dont know what may be required such as licensing, etc. I realise that if I want to fish on a lake I need the lake owners permission but I am unsure whats required if fishing on a river, specifically The River Nene outside of Peterborough. Do I need a license, permission, etc? Do I have to use a slipway or just a convenient location (with landowners permission) to launch from? I realise this may be the wrong forum as its for the 'Yaks but hopefully someone can help. I will put this on the coarse fishing forum as well if thats ok? Any help much appreciated.

If you need some wonderfully limp, knotable and thin (but strong) wire trace then try this online store called AGM Products. I bought the Surfstrand Micro Supreme 7x7 and its really good stuff. The owner of the website is really helpful as well as I was not sure whether to use a knot or crimps. Instead of trying to sell me crimps and a crimping tool he recommended the half blood knot which works a treat. He even refunded part of my postage because it didnt cost as much as it said on the website!

My brother in-law would dearly love to catch a river barbel (still water barbel is just WRONG!). He lives in Braintree, Essex and not being familiar with local rivers and such I dont know what to recommend. Any ideas?

Thanks guys! I could have sworn I checked their special buys earlier this week but maybe they hadnt updated it. I'm gonne buy two of 'em!! Cheers.

I gave my mother my Aldi rod bag/holdall and I really miss it! Does anyone know when they'll be doing their fishing tackle Sunday thing again? If not...does anyone have an Aldi rod bag I can buy?

Based on your comments (thank you for your honest feedback) I have reduced the price to £5.99. This does cut down on the profit but I may as well sell what I have already! I think I'll try a mix and match idea where people can choose what they put on it. Cheers.

Fishermans cottage in Kent up for sale for £247,000. Described as "Exceptional" and "Not to be missed!". But there is one thing they didnt mention... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8282368.stm {link fixed}

I really did consider that! Putting a bait needle and boilie drill on this was a consideration but I discarded that idea when I realised that carpies never move from one spot for days at a time so they have no opportunity to lose their gear! Now how do I paint it camo...

Sorry, I should also mention that I added a feature on my website on making your own DIY line stripper. Click the "Ideas" tab on the website link above. I'll also post it on Anglers Net as well.

If you pop over to THIS WEBSITE you can get a full explanation of my own product I am trying to sell. Its called The FishQuick (because it makes your fishing quick and easy) and its an item I have been using personally for over three years now. I am selling it on the website and on eBay but had no punters yet. Elton has allowed me to have a go at flogging it on here but I am also looking for any tips, advice, recommendations or what you think about The FishQuick. Good idea, bad idea, etc. If anyone from this forum would like to trial this product for me and write a review I will sell it to them for £7.50 including postage. Usual price is currently £9.99. Its one of those items thats a bit difficult to sell because its merits are not obvious. Its something I havent even considered selling for three years because I just clip it to my belt and I know its always there when I need it. As I like to roam around on the river bank or stalking around the lakes I know I will not need to look in pockets, unzip the bag or fumble around for a disgorger or line cutter. So...what do you think? Cheers.

For my float fishing I swapped over to Berkley Vanish Transition Flourocarbon as its sinks better than mono lines. One thing that really wound me up was trying to get the bloody mono line to sink, even with constant washing up liquid added it would last a few casts and then start floating again. Floroucarbon is practically invisible under water, its limper and less prone to coiling up and it sinks. Obviously its no good for trotting but I have used a 10lb floroucarbon line for surface baits quite successfully. I just add some vaseline to the line. I've been buying it from THIS SELLER on ebay as its a bit hit and miss whether its stocked at my local tackle shop. There is a difference between Berkley Vanish and Berkley Trilene though. I found the Trilene to coil up like a bugger on the reel and it didnt matter how it was spooled. Another word of warning - DONT BUY CHEAP LINE! The only thing cheap line is good for is to use as a backing line to fill the spool halfway so you can put a better line on.

I decided to go fishing Saturday and as I set up on the bank it was obvious that the weather was going to make ledgering or float fishing difficult. I could already see carp on the surface aimlessly cruising around like zombies! After an hours ledgering I decided to make up a 10 foot spinning rod which was powerful but still soft and flexible, 10lb line (there's a fair few snags here) and a size 8 hook on the end. I stuffed my pockets with dog biscuits, floating hookable pellets, hooks, vaseline (to make the line float), disgorger, forceps, etc. Grabbed my landing net and went for a walk. There was only one other angler on this particular lake so I crept around the other side and flicked in a couple of biscuits. there were a couple of nice size carp less than a rod length out and they were quite hungry! When they heard the "Plop" of free offerings go in they turned around and headed straight for them. A couple more biscuits went in for good measure and were also confidentaly taken so I gently lowered my floating hookbait in... ...One gentle suck and after a few terrifying minutes of holding on for dear life and steering him away from the snags I landed a 10lb common. I went off to the other lake and had one side all to myself. Lots of carp milling around and it was almost easy pickings. Almost every swim there were obvious targets and many of them accepted my baited hook. I didnt land all of them obviously, some managed to get away in the reeds and sometimes the hook pulled and a few times I had to reel in quick and sppok the fish to avoid those bloody greedy swans. On Saturday I came away with a smile on my face after landing 4 fish with the smallest at 6lb. On Sunday I spent the morning doing my chores. I have to keep the missus happy dont I?! But at 1pm I chucked the same rod in the car and drove over to the same place again. The sun was out in full strength and many of the carp anglers were sitting around their bite alarms sunbathing and wondering why they werent catching anything. I crept around on the bank away from them and spotted a small group of carp on the surface. I didnt even bother with free offerings this time, I just cast in. Within 20 seconds I was into another powerful carp who took me for a tour of the lake for a while until I got him in the net. A nice 7lb mirror. 40 minutes later I was into another surface cruiser, this time a 7.5lb common. I spent some time on another swim trying my best to get them to take my bait but they steered away from it or sucked it in and spit it out. I gave up and walked to another lake and quickly hooked into another good fish but lost him when the hook pulled. I gave up at this spot when a charming angler sent his kids round to to me "Go and see the man over there and watch him catch a fish, I'm sure he wont mind". I did mind when they started playing silly buggers on the bank next to me! Why do people with kids think that everyone else likes kids? Its the same with dogs! With the exception that I like dogs. Anyway, I went to another lake and after half an hour of charming the carp with dog biscuits I hook into the biggest at 13lb. I cheekily asked the chap fishing around the corner to take a picture as he had come over to see what I had hooked onto anyway. I apologise for the hat! Most surprising were the amount of people who were watching the carp swim out in front of them but did nothing about it, then complained they hadnt caught anything all day! I had a fantastic time!

Perhaps hook it as you would some luncheon meat and then put it in a small PVA stocking and cast it out? I'm not sure if the banana would melt the PVA though. To be frank it seems like an awful lot of hassle to go through! I guess you could also pole fish with it.

That fishing rod bag is the best I have ever had! For the price it is exceptional and holds all my rods, an 8m pole, landing net pole, bank sticks, umbrella and 4 reels + spare spools. It has room to carry 3 made up rods in seperate compartments. Seriously good!