Polly
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That place suffers from being right alongside the A1 and being low down in the 'pretty water' stakes in my book. Plus it tends to get a fair share of social anglers and groups.
I'm probably getting too fussy in my old age
but I might prefer quiet, pretty, club or syndicate watersRob.
Been there, got the T-Shirt. It's VERY well run and facilities are good but noise from A1 is unbearable thru night, just a constant drone all night. Last time I ventured that way I had a "party" going on on the opposite bank, noise, bright (and I mean bright!!) lights ALL bloody night. They cleared off about 6 o'clock so bailiff could not speak to them. Said he had their names (assuming they booked using true names) and that they would never fish there again. Unfortunately the place does seem to attract the "wrong" sort of angler who prefer the social to actually catching fish. I'm with you Rob, prefer quiet scenic venues at least if I "blank" I can enjoy my surroundings.
Not too close to Baldock I'm afraid, more between St Ives and St Neots (Papworth).
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I've never done any good on wyboston but it does throw up some nice fish apparently. I've never fished Gingerbread but some mates have done well there. You might find asking around in the local tackle shops gives you some pointers.
Rob.
There weren't may fishing it when we had a look around. Big, clear and seemingly featureless lake but sounds like hard slog !!!!! Good idea on the local tackle shops.
We had a quick quint towards Heron Lake (syndicate fee £350) and I found their web-site yesterday. Looks superb but expensive and I assume there will be a waiting list. Anyone got any info on this lake???
Gingerbread is nice looking lake but VERY close to the noisy A428. Had a quick chat to one of the locals when we walked round and he said there was a reasonable head of double/low 20's which showed fairly frequently.
Basically my mate and I are looking to find a nearby lake (within 25 miles) we can both join. He's currently a member @ Gingerbread and I'm "doing time" @ The Woolpack, Godmanchester. We are both struggling to bank fish and looking to share more "social bank time". It's a case of me wanting him to join WP and him wanting me to join GB so conclusion is to find a "neutral" venue we can both join so that neither feels disadvantaged by having to fish "away from home" so-to-speak!!!!!
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Went for a quick reccie last night and was quite impressed with the main lake. It's controlled by Luton AC and looks really nice. 24hr tickets are only a tenner (on the bank). Just wondering if anyone out there has fished or is fishing there.
Also reccied Gingerbread lake @ St Neots, again, any info appreciated.
Thanks - Phil
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C'mon guys, surely someone out there has fished or can give me some clues as to what these lakes are like?
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Hi,
Does anyone have any Pic's, of this other than the standard ones on the JRC web site.
Is it worth buying?
Thanks
Go here and have a look, pics aren't brilliant but holdall is!!! My wifew bought me one for my birthday in January, superb piece of kit, best on market IMHO. Be warned however they are absolutely HUGE, and I mean HUGE. Can also become very heavy (when fully loaded) and a tad cumbersome. Wouldn't swap mine for the world though.
http://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/catalog/pro...roducts_id=2356
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Anyone fished these lakes? Simon Crow's review in Carp world reads well but checked their web-site out and it doesn't give too much away. Only about 40 mins drive from home so fancy giving them a crack but wanna do a bit of homework first.
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Thanks guys, great help. Sorry for delay just got back from 2 weeks hols in Yorkshire.
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I hear they discovered a major design fault in the new stadium though - apparently all of the seats face the pitch.
I must confess at this stage that I'm a Spurs fan and not at all jealous of this new edifice just up the road.
Not much anyway
Never mind, your day will come, eventually !!!!!!!!
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dennis was a brilliant player and as you say arguably the most consistant foreigner to play in the premiership much better than henry in my opinion. no need to rub it with us leicester fans tho
As I recall that game finished 3-3 so no disgrace for Leicester there mate. It was a BRILLIANT hat-trick though, like I said DB10, "Simply the Best"
Didnt get my boys membership cards in time to apply for tickets but cant wait to get to the Emirates/Grove/Highbury, when the season starts. It was a nice suprise to find the match on the box on Saturday.As you say Denis was the best import we have seen Zola and Cantona were good but not as good as Denis and not for so long and so consistently.
Not even Henry has managed 1st,2nd and third place in the goal of the month competition and they all came from the same match against Leicester in 1997.
Never any controversy or fuss just got on and played football. As you say he will be missed.
The new stadium is amazing, just hope the football matches it this season.
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Thanks guys, I've got a rake tucked away in the garage with my tench/bream gear so I'll give it a go. Also good idea on the chucking out pellets and let the carp do the work for me, could get a tad expensive though!!!
How soon does this weed die-off naturally, will it take a few frosts before the lake-bed starts to clear or is it when the Summer sun weakens (September-ish!!) ????
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Any other Gooners out there?
If so did you go the the game on Saturday? what a day, Dennis Bergkamp a TRUE footballing legend you'll be sorely missed by footie fans everywhere, not just us Gooners. Quite simply THE BEST EVER foreign player to grace our shores by a country mile, also the most loyal.
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Hi all,
Struggling to cope with the weed thats choking the lake I'm fishing. It's a mixture of Canadian pond weed and I think the other is Silk weed. I've tried leading around with a marker float but cannot locate any clear areas at all, seems the entire lake bed is strewn with the bloody stuff. Moreoften than not my marker float wont even rise to the surface because the weed is so prolific. Been fishing single Pineapple and Tutti-Frutti pop-ups (about 2-3 inches off bottom) over shed-loads of mixed pellets but with no success. Tried Snowman approach last Thursday night but again nothing except a couple of liners (which surely means there's fish in or nearby the swim). The lake in question is approx 7-8 acres and has a good head of fish with at least five known thirties with numerous doubles and twenties and should therefore it should be relatively easy to get a run or two, but no, not a sniff can I get. When I arrived last Thursday evening the bailiff told me the lake had not been touched all week and the I was the first to wet a line since the previous Sunday. I even had the whole lake to myself ALL Thursday night, a perfect scenario but still no runs/fish came my way. I've really struggled all this year, and last come to that and I'm getting very disillusioned having only banked a few tench. Can anyone offer me guidance as to how to beat the weed problem because it's almost the last straw for me. Before the weed growth "exploded" I was at least was confident that I'd get a fish sooner or later and that it was simply a waiting game before a few fish came my way but now I've been reduced to a jibbering wreck and spent most of Thursday night swearing AT the lake and cursing to myself about what a "sh!t hole" I was fishing and why was I wasting annual leave spending time here, you know the sorta thing I'm sure!!!!
Anyway to help my sanity can someone throw a few tips my way and maybe help me put a fish or two on the scales.
Ta Muchly!!!
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I am getting sick of pike grabbing my smartcast float (gets more takes than my plugs.... lucky i use a wire trace).
Has anyone tried to paint one? I was going to paint it a more subtle colour but am not sure if this will affect the efficiency of it, or stop it working all together.
Just avoid getting paint on the two metal sensors on the bottom I would guess. Why not use coloured permanent marker pens, would be less messy than paint and easier to apply.
On this subject, apparently "green" tugboats (as I call them) are illegal over her in UK. I got mine from USA and now worried about using it but I see an advert (think it's Sheltons( in one of the monthly mags with a picture showing a green tugboat. We've done this thread before but seeing that advert has made me wonder if I'm being daft not to use mine.
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Anyone who has carp fished with me is going to see the irony in this, but I was recently contacted by an old mate who now does the website for some big national snoring association thing and wants a hand promoting it. I think he thinks I was just having a laugh when I said that my snoring was legendary
Don't know too much yet (apart from the fact that AN visitors will get a discount on any products and I'll get sweet FA), but just wondered how widespread snoring was as a *problem*? My wife, tonight, seemed to think that every woman must suffer with a snoring bloke. I tried to explain that every bloke can't be as bad as me, but she agreed too readily
So, hands up, who else snores loudly?
Nurse Judy is excused.....
Yep!! or so I'm reliably informed by 'er that's never wrong!!!! Apparently gets a LOT worse if I've had a glass of wine............
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Ant,I have a Dave Lane STi Brolly,and as yet cant fault it.
The height is governed by the tensioning strap.This has 3 settings.The narrower you have it set the higher the roof.Im 6' yet can sit under mine to fish on the middle strap position without it being a problem.At this setting there is still enough width to put in my Fox Bivvy Bed which is quite large.
In fact the main reason I decided to get one (after using Andrews at Wingham) was the fact that it was a brolly/shelter/bivvy that you could actually "fish from" as opposed to being set up back from the rods.
First time Ive seen a bit of kit in years that Ive "had to have". It goes up really quickly in a variety of different configurations.You can get a second "Winter skin" for it which converts it in to a full blown bivvy with front and doors etc.Ive not bothered as for summer use (even in really bad rain/wind) Ive found the basic brolly with its built in storm sides more than enough.
Ive not had it long enough to know how its going to last but Im more than pleased with it.The speed of erection,versatility of size/shape configurations and the fact you can actually fish from it makes it a winner for me.
Also folds up narrow enough to fit in any sling that will take a standard brolly.
I've got one too, superb bit-a-kit, can't fault it other than "crappy" groundsheet.
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Thanks guys, good advice here as usual. I'll give the Carp Cabin a ring.
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Have you tested it in the margins?
Could be that the lines getting twisted and not allowing the float to rise or it could be getting buried in silt?
Yep, works fine close in (under rod tip) in approx 2-3ft of water. Bottom of lake is a tad weedy but not silted up. Lines twisting on the cast is a possiblity but I have used a stiff boom to try and overcome this.
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Lost my large MCF marker float a few weeks ago and bought an identicle but much smaller version (also MCF) to replace it. The packing said for use with leads up to 3oz which I thought would be fine. I use Fox braid specifically for marker float work so all is well except for the fact that the smaller float will simply NOT rise to the surface which more-or-less renders it useless. I'm only casting 40-50 yards so surely it's not the weight/drag of the braid stopping it coming to the surface. The lake is not tooooooo weedy but to counter that I've tried using the lead on a stiff boom (without sucess). Reckon I'll just have to scrap the small float (anothe £6.99 wasted) and look for the bigger brother!!! Has anyone seen or used the MCF "lighthouse" marker float? or can anyone suggest a truly bouyany (and robust) option.
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So what about a mini-portable in my bivvy?? If my license only covers my property and not ME (the person) do I need to buy another license for my bivvy???????????? surely not!!! or worse still every lake I decide to go and fish???????
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Thanks Gents, I'll take a look at the Roamer Dome.
Bad move IMHO
go for the Dave Lane JRC Sti brolly absolutely brilliant kit. Can buy for £99 anf for another £64 you've got y'self a twin skin jobbie for winter sessions
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Strange coincidence !!!!!
just got off the phone ringing roung to get my Chrysler Neon A/C re-gased or charged or whatever and best price I found was £65 + VAT. Seems like a lotta wonga to part with and so wondered if anyone out there knows of anyone I can contact to get a better price. Seen offers as low as £49 all-in but not in my area. I live sorta half way between Cambridge and Bedford (Nr St Neots & Huntingdon). Surely there must be cheaper places to get it done????????
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The world is a small place! I've just joined the forum here and read this thread.
That person selling the Mk4 on the carp forum is me. It's still available.
Drop me a PM on carp forum if you're interested in it (that way you can confirm that I am who I claim to be!)
Chris
Can't your in-box is full. I might be interested but need to discuss first.
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Hi all. Just a quick question. I'm fishing a week at 2.5 acre pond in June which is stocked with carp to 30lb and Tench to 9lb. The trouble is there is a lead limit of 1oz and all leads must be totally free running with no back stops, so this rules out using the normal lead-clip and tail rubber set up. As I will have to use a running rig set-up, is there anything I can do to ensure a better hook-up which would probably occur with a clipped-up lead? Thanks
"Float" Fish it !!!!!!!
Wyboston Lakes
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Just outside Huntingdon, where pray tell, or is it a secret????? Not the Woolpack is it?????