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 #673 31 Mar 2020 at 3.21pm | |   |
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Hello carpers,
Finally had time to create an account so hopefully i can now have some input in various discussions.
Currently fishing around Ipswich/Colchester.
tight lines 
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#672 30 Mar 2020 at 11.38am | | |
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In reply to Post #671
Hi every one just like to say hello my fist post from a newbe 
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#671 14 Mar 2020 at 2.41pm | | |
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In reply to Post #670
Newbie here just checking in , originally from London now living in Austria.
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#670 4 Mar 2020 at 8.33am | | |
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In reply to Post #668
If anyone has any good lake recommendations around the bristol area im all ears!
You'll be lucky
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#669 4 Mar 2020 at 2.34am | | |
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In reply to Post #668
Welcome mate , ask the question on venues UK and hopefully somebody will be able to help you out 
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#668 3 Mar 2020 at 11.06pm | | |
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In reply to Post #667
Newbie here, been checking out the forum for a while.
If anyone has any good lake recommendations around the bristol area im all ears!
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#667 7 Feb 2020 at 6.34am | | |
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Hey folks new/rejoiner here!
The names Ciaran and I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on a venue I’m going to be fishing this Year in France?
The venues called carp quarry based in the north of France.
Any information would be great cheers guys!
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#666 16 Jan 2020 at 12.48pm | | |
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In reply to Post #662
another new joiner here - been lurking for a while.
Recently got back into Carp fishing after 10 years off - a lot has changed since I was in my 20's. Been back at it since last June.
Based in Leeds, so not millions of lakes around, but seem like some great ones still need to try to get on.
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#662 13 Dec 2019 at 12.31pm | | |
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In reply to Post #661
Hi Richie and welcome. Plenty of lurkas on this forum mate so you'll feel right at home
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#661 12 Dec 2019 at 8.16pm | | |
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In reply to Post #660
Hi Guys
Been lurking around since discovering this forum in the summer
I'm another of those "Returnee's"... having previously fished as a kid/youth back in the 70's & 80's
Then a (very) long break - where did those years go eh?
Got back into it this year - amazing how much has changed.
And I'm now fully obsessed - and getting into the carp side of things.... no serious experience here, best is only 16 lb, but keen to improve (despite being an old git LOL)
Just splashed out on some new gear (rods & reels) and all the very expensive rig bits etc etc
Wont be fishing again until the Spring however..... not a cold weather person!
All the best tight lines
RC
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#660 17 Nov 2019 at 1.07pm | | |
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In reply to Post #659
Welcome to you all
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#659 13 Nov 2019 at 11.02am | | |
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In reply to Post #658
It was the lake that BB stocked with Leneys in the book Wood Pool. He lived nearby at the time. I haven't been there for many years but intend to have a look one day. (without rod of course)
In later years I believe he lived at sudborough and I have also fished in the pool there.
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#658 12 Nov 2019 at 8.12pm | | |
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In reply to Post #657
Welcome to the forum..
Do you mean the pool near BBs home?..
I have been on BBs hallowed ground over the last few days, I did not see Angelus or Elias,but footprints in the leaves.!!
Even the above has seen lutra lutra on its steepsided banks,it is the same all over Devon and Kernow,but,sadly there is worst to come,this I know as I have seen it,it will be worse than the otter fiasco..
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#657 12 Nov 2019 at 7.58pm | | |
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Hi all.
I first started fishing for carp in from the mid eighties as a teenager, but had been fishing for other species since I was about ten years old. Although I didn't know it at the time, my first experience of catching carp was poaching BB's Wood Pool and stalking a few four pounders on floating crust!
I was never a carp only fisherman, and fished for various species during the late eighties and on and off through the nineties, particularly enjoying chub fishing on the upper Welland. These were still the days before wraps had been invented. At one point I decided fishing was cruel unless you were going to eat them and limited myself to a few trouting sessions, and then eventually I stopped fishing altogether. I never lost my fascination with fish and the underwater world and always had that pang of interest if I saw a new stretch of water.
It is funny how things come full circle - one of the things that helped me start fishing again was learning about the otter disaster and the realisation that angling for carp is a lot less cruel than ottering for carp.
I probably only fished once or twce this millenia before I restarted fishing in 2018 after a long break, and am absolutelty loving being back behind the rods. In many ways it is like riding a bike besause it all came back to me so quickly and in no time I was back in the saddle. I have been lurking on this forum quite a bit since, have learned much from everyone here, and finally decided to join. Hopefully I can make a meaningful contribution and help others in my turn.
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#656 12 Nov 2019 at 6.01pm | | |
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Howdo chaps (and chapesses) Newbie here... old gimmer with "Views" retired, been carping since the 70's (arms are getting sore) fished all my life, Carp PB's mirror 28lb 12oz, Common 26lb 8 oz, Leather 21lb even, Wildie 4lbs 1oz love fishing with old gear...
fish every week (mostly, and all sorts, mainly with old knackered gear)
greatest achievement...? snaffling a 12lb common from the Dam wall at Redmire on cane pin and sweetcorn...
Looking forward to shooting the breeze with yiz....
All the Best, Captain Smirnoff
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