Polly

Thanks guys, I had an absolutely wonderful week and would highly recommend the fishery to one and all. It was fantastic and that's after only banking 12 fish. If you check out their website (see link on first post) you'll read comments about how many fish do get banked. Dave the owner e-mailed me yesterday to say the 2 guys on the lake this week has SIX twenties on their first afternoon!!!!! Will try to arrange for some photos to be posted but I'm a bit of a "techno-noddy" so it could take a while!!!

Got loads but not too sure on how to put them on here. Will try and bring them into work tomorrow on a cd and have a go at posting some on here. Sent some of the 26lb-er to Dave Priest the chap who runs the fishery to stick on his web site so check that out in a few days. Wonderful fishery, cannot praise it highly enough, well worth a trip.

Nothing too clever, just basic hair rigged "28mm" (yes 28mm) Halibut pellet took the 26. Nearly all other fish fell to 18mm hair rigged tiger nut boilies. Lake is rammed with BIG carp and sturgeon (also catfish upto 125lbs) and well worth the effort and expense of a visit. I'm trying to persuade wifey to have a family holiday there in the warmer months (july-sept) of 2007. Can't afford another trip this year, they're fully booked anyway!!! Absolutely brilliant venue and Dave the owner is a fantastic host.

Got back from a weeks fishing here:- http://www.milinderuchec.co.uk/ and brought a new PB of spot on 26lbs home with me BIG improvement on previous 14lbs 2oz so I'm well chuffed. Had other fish of 22lbs 4oz, 15lbs. 2 @ 13lbs and a 10lb er. Finished week with twelve fish to my name with smallest going 8lbs. The owner David Priest reckons I'd been unlucky with the weather and had never know the lake to produce so few fish. I'm over the moon though and well happy.

Steve, Got any photos of your pod with alarms (wire 'n all) in situ?? Like I said hate "clutter" and wires everywhere.

Steve, thanks for that. Not sure but I think the oh-so-expensive Fox alarms have the transmitters built in and not as a stand alone unit so more compact arrangement on y'pod. Pressume GF alarms each have a wire connecting them to transmitter which in turn then sends a signal to the reciever ??? Fox alarms do not need these connecting wires so again, tidyer around the pod (I hate wires everywhere, especially in the rain and mud). I use Fox Illuminated Euro swingers instead of bobbins, do you know if these are compatable with the GF alarms? Really tempted to invest in the GF set of 3 but need to be sure. £132 is MUCH cheaper than the Fox jobbies and therefore makes me a tad suspicious. I take on board the lack of expensive advertising etc etc but it seems too gooda deal for 3 sets of remote alarms. Need to do more homework on just what fox alarms offer and compare with GF alarms, would therefore appreciate more views etc from yourself and other forum members currently using GF alarms. You sound really sold on them Steve but I wanna be sure I'm not wasting my money and don't want to end up wishing I'd gone for the more expensive Fox alarms. T'be sure t'be sure as the Irish would put it!!!!

I'm REALLY tempted to buy a set of three and sell of my Fox alarms. I've been considering lashing out on the Fox remote/wireless alarms but as someone has already said they are VERY expensive. I always try to buy top flight gear and would rather pay a bit more to get quality kit. These LOOK too good to be true, surely they cannot compete with the Fox sets costing over 3 times more. Appreciate your comments Rudd but is anyone else using these alarms and if so what do you think to them????

Anyone looking to sell?

Anyone looking to sell?

Anyone looking to sell?

Anyone looking to sell?

Good on y'Tigger. Respect mate!!!

Good advice as usual Rob. It's only a 6 acre lake and stuffed with fish so should be in for some big time Herman haulin'

Decided on 4kgs each of 18mm Pro-activ Pineapple & Fusion, fingers crossed

Think I'll be taking Mainline Pro-Activ Pineapple 15mm to France @ end of Feb. Good reputation and the blurb on lakes website says they were top boilie in 2005. Has anyone had success on these, are they as good as I hear??? Stories and pictures would be good. Do Mainline do a Bloodworm boilie?? or has anyone any suggestions for a sure-fire bait to bank a few "Hermans"??? Website blurb just says any good quality boilie will catch as long as surrounded by a few freebies but they're bound to say that to promote their lake are they not.

Strangely enough I had the same thought !!!! Look that way but cannot believe it

Fairly comprehensive, thanks mate.

Just bought a real "bute", arrived yesterday from Angling Direct in Norwich. It's the JRC Super Cocoon and is the "Mutz Nutz". Holds 4 made-Up and 4 other rods all in vecro'd padding and with really big outer pouches. Got mine for £75 ish but only after a bit of wheeling and dealing.

apparently previous occupants vacate by 10:00am but like you say we'll probably still be noshing our way through a nice cooked brekkie at that hour. We will arrive very late on the Friday night and sleep will be of a premium as camper van will be packet with kit it might be hard to get any shut-eye. It might therefore be wise to spend an hour or two snoozing in the bivvies and having a quite wander round.

That would make sense. I have no problem with paying the 30 EUROS it's just that I wanted to know where to buy the license and if I need to get it before getting to the lake, in other words is there a website (as in UK) where I can go and buy the thing before I even set off from Dover. Trying to get as much as possible paid for before we go to save taking too much cash with us.

No boat planned (lake's only 6 acres) other than a bait boat but night fishing is an option we intend to expolit to the fullest (ie No Pub !!!). Do we feel owner is out to make a "fast-buck" by advertising cheaper fishing than rivals and then putting a sort of "stealth-tax" onto that cost by charging for a rod license???

No, not yet. Have e-mailed owner but as yet no reply. This one:- http://www.milinderuchec.co.uk/

Thank Rob, lake is privately run by an English guy but apparently a license is required @ 30 euros which covers the use of upto 4 rods.

Off to France at the end of February for a week's fishing. First trip and all that so does anyone know how I go about buying my rod license? We're arriving late Friday night to fish from first light Saturday so would prefer to have a license in my back pocket when we arrrive. Checked on Google but searches fruitless, any help appreciated. Have e-mailed lake owner but as yet no response so it's over to you lot for help again. Thanks in advance - Phil

I usually add a few bitz n bobz to mine. I also give it a quick whiz in a kitchen grinder first, just makes it a bit finer and easier to work with. Not too long though, need to leave some bits and not make it into just powder, like I said, just a quick blast or two.