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In reply to Post #22
This is the best edge yet
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This year I’ve discovered one of my best edges for overnighters in years. Get one of your mates a ticket for where you fish, knowing he fishes the night before you. Then when you turn up he’s done all the boring donkey work of walking it in the pissing rain to find the fish, you can simply turn up and fish where he tells you they have been showing. Honestly it’s revolutionised my angling this year. 
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Recently decided to start a campaign of one midweek overnght session before work a week ,, lasted one night, i couldnt get to sleep at all , turned up for work feeling like proper **** , it didnt get any better as the day went on, mentally scared me for life .
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In reply to Post #14
Ya we can go to far scaling down becomes uncomfortable in the 80s I would do 4 nights and go to work every day while my mate watched my gear would feel tired second day then I would feel ok
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In reply to Post #17
Post #16
5 lites of water makes a lot of tea for 12 hours.
Tea? No way, don't drink that stuff. Coffee for me.
Water for my pasta and coffee for the morning, and I would always refill the water container as soon as I got home. Much rather have too much water than run out.
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The routine
Fish somewhere where you can get your car behind you ideally, save barrowing and you can leave the majority of your gear in the car
Minimal gear, quick set up bivvy or brolly with no groundsheet etc.
Food wise, If i am going after work I get something on the way and just take a few bits with me or sometimes take a sandwich, breakfast wise, same as, get something at work or on the way. Brew kit basically or sometimes I just take a bottle of orange juice or water, It’s messing about cooking that becomes the bind for me
When you get up put the sleeping kit away then the shelter, rods out last, I usually plod away for 30 minutes then there is no last minute rushing
Can become very tiring though when you have been up netting fish through the night, takes its toll if you are at it regular lol 
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In reply to Post #16
5 lites of water makes a lot of tea for 12 hours.
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In reply to Post #1
I used to do overnighters around work on Ardleigh Reservoir, which is recorded as 120 acres.
I would finish work at 6pm, drive home, load the gear into the car, then drive to the reservoir, and park in the Ardleigh Lodge Lane. A walk along the bank searching for fish in both directions. If the fish were at Wick Lane, I would drive down to that dam, park up and set up, if in the reservoir between Lodge Lane and main car park I'd decide which was a shorter walk.
If I couldn't see them, I'd head over to the Butterfly arm for a look-see, then decide where to fish.
I got the gear down to what I could but even so it might mean 2 trips with no barrow if I was putting in a lot of bait.
Rod holdall with a small JRC Roamer Dome, 3 rods already rigged up, only needing to put bait and lead on.
Tackle box, rucksack containing camera, stove and cooking equipment and food for evening meal and coffee, bait, scales, buzzer bars and alarms, etc, then my bedchair with sleeping bag folded up in it. I usually also had 5litres of water and a bucket of groundbait.
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In reply to Post #14
That’s my problem. My syndicate is full of fish. I’m having 6 or so a night and going to work ****ed 🤣 it’s not the one for work overnighters
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In reply to Post #1
great thread as its just what i'm starting to do.
fishing a tough water so a carp is a real bonus , now just starting the weekday / work over nighters now that daylight is on my side - plus having kids and family life weekends are taken up.
not sure there's much that hasn't been thought of - its not rocket science 
for me its eat well , sleep well and travel with the bare minimum (after all - i've work the next day)
if your not comfortable - your not enjoying it.
done the whole scaling down massively but became uncomfortable - ultra lightweight bedchair (crap nights sleep) , eating crap (never good anyway) etc etc ...
I've an original fox flatliter sleep system - heavy but great night sleep , usually take a fox brolly or mk1 tempest and bare minimal tackle for the job ahead (can always leave extras in the van just in case)
being able to have a quick packdown is a must , i'm usually at the van by 6am - ready for a work start at 7am (and i can shower at work which is a bonus)
oh - & dont fish a runs water & dont take the usual weekends session amount of beers 
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In reply to Post #11
I had a berlingo mulispace 1,6 diesel turbo brilliant motor for fishing the side sliding doors where very useful box shaped so no slope and high take out back seats bed in back I would recommend it
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I’ve absolute love them lately. Arrive at the lake 5:30pm off by 6:30am. Done 6 stunning fish to mid 30s from a difficult weedy park lake.
2 x 9ft rods.
No brew gear.
All tackle loaded in barrow bag for speed.
Packed up in 10 mins max
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In reply to Post #1
I've just bought a citron berlingo old 1.9 diesel multispace one with rear sears took rear seats out bed in back. set up and pack up within 5 mins only got it because syndicate I'm on parking in 90 percent if pegs and quite alot have little done our vans but so so much easier and them work nights are lovely no packing bivvy away wet ect
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In reply to Post #1
After doing quite a few (Monday) nights like this last year, my best tip would be:
Don't fish too well, you won't get enough sleep!
More constructively, early morning trips to look round, and if possible bait up, on days you're not fishing (+ when you leave) is well worth it. Obviously not easy on busy waters...
Personally I definatly need to improve my setting up and packing down effeciency, so good tips here.
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In reply to Post #1
I love overnighters. I'm a volunteer bailiff on one lake at our club so I'm down on the lake 2 or 3 times a week. Fishing at least once, preferably overnight.
My plan is always find some fish early in the week and keep giving them some bait. Almost always in an underfished spot (easier said than done at times).
Prep everything before I go
- Rods, rigs, distance clips
- Bait prepped. I do a mix that will either go in a spod or in by hand plus hookbaits.
I have a brolly, two rods, spod rod, sling, net, distance sticks in thinking anglers quiver
ESP rucksack carrying most stuff including bait and water
Lightweight bedchair
Unhooking mat with buzz bars/alarms/bobbins & brew kit bag in it - I for one love a lot of hot drinks so that's not going to be left out
Currently I normally use a barrow (porterlight) but I'm thinking of dropping this. Just makes everything easy to carry and doesn't slow me down much at all.
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In reply to Post #1
I do that too . So.no tips. But I do have a
Wheelchair converted van and can wheel my loaded
Powerporter on and off.
Mind you one thing, I started doing . I take a small rucksack
For medicine phone ipad .power-pack head torch book etc
Then I can leave the barrow in the van from one trip to the next.
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In reply to Post #1
Done 2 overnights on the back peg of a 35 acre lake this week sun and last night 2 fish each time including a 33 and a 27. All about routine and knowing where your heading when your on the fish
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Overnighters is my thing too, due to young children and limited spare time, as has been said just keep topping up kit like Leads as they get used ready for the next trip.
Get to the lake and be set up and fishing within half an hour, listen to the football and relax 👌
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Right up my street..
Water is one of the heavy masses you can carry ,therefore I carry a 500ml drink of orange ,and I then get a 2litre ,used fizzy drink bottle ,I work it out that I drink 6 cups of tea,so I measure six cups of water exactly into that fizzy drinks bottle..saves taking a large water container..bulk and weight reduction straight away..
The smallest pouch gardner do,holds everything I'm likely to use..
Baits put on rigs during lunch break..saves time ..
I take no food bags ,or a bag for a bag ,for a bag etc ...
Absolutely everything has its place ,especially in my car,..I even tie bows in my trainers ready to slip on when I get to the lake..
Best bit is ,putting my outdoor clobber on as I leave work,so I don't have mess around down the lake..
And I get my wife to pass me a frozen meal to hand to me through the window on the way..
I forgot to add,the miniute I'm set up and comfy ,I'm planning to pack up ,what I mean is ,everything that's used is ready to pack away ,less to faff around with..
I like the saying,the more you know,the less you carry either from Kirtly or Canterbury, one of them..
Being anal is key...lol
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Work overnighters consist of,
Barrow
Rods
unhooking mat
Bedchair/Bag
Brolly
Cold food, normally a meal deal on the way to the lake.
I no long take any cooking equipment with me for overnighter, i will get a coffee on the way to work from mcds in the morning.
I always fish off a barrow for day sessions so don't have to reduce my equipment by much
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If I can get away with out a shelter it’s just the gear for a six hour day session apart from the chair being replaced for a bedchair with bag inside.
250 yard walk not a problem. No need for a barrow.
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In reply to Post #1
I'm just about to start doing more regular work overnighters for the same reason. Getting organised and reducing what you take definitely key. I think also being able to be mobile is important, so keeping stuff on the barrow until you're sure which swim you're spending the night in. Which means loading it in a way that things you need are on top. No time to bait and wait so need to respond to shows, the solid bags help that for sure as easy to loop a new one on and cast out.
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Prior planning, and all that...
Balancing of work/life/fishing means that my standard session is a midweek overnighter, straight from work and straight back to work in the morning. Routine is everything for me, starting with careful loading of the car in exactly the right order to load the barrow straight from the boot, and the same in reverse the next morning. Rods made up with a big loop in the line, ready to loop-to-loop a pre-prepared solid bag (the most efficient short-session method for me). Alarms and bobbins already on the buzzer bars. Rucksack filled with the worlds' supply of little storage pouches in exactly the same order every time. Terminal tackle/leads pared down to the absolute minimum.
This has worked well on a number of CV venues, although I'm about to start on a 50-acre pond that might expose the limitations of the technique - we'll see.
I'm curious as to everyone's tips and tweaks for making midweek overnighters even more efficient. I think I've got a pretty good routine going, but I'm settled into a routine now and I'm sure there are plenty of things I've never thought of.
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