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    Phone, promise you we fished in the edge, fished at 7ft, 10 ft, 12 ft, 15ft.... the fish we saw showed where we were fishing. But those critters came and went without a by your leave! Much to learn in those lakes. I do agree with your watercraft, though..

    frog,

    Looks like a very 'carpy' spot, wish you would have had better luck.

    In the olden days, when I traveled a lot and fished short sessions in "uncharted" waters I often fished in spots like the swim in your picture (I loved them). I soon learned where the bank space is well worn by the frequent presents of other anglers day in and day out the carp were almost always in the margins. They are such opportunistic species they become 'trained' to an area inside 20 - 30 yards by catch anything anglers drowning worms. I'd guess you could call it the urban environmental part of my watercraft. It is very easy to fish over the top of carp with carp specific Euro rods in these swims. Equally, carp are not accustom to cereal grains and do not respond well to cereal grain baits in the short term. I always had better luck with fishmeal base baits

    Of course this 'advice' is/was not always true and certainly is worth exactly what you've paid for it - - - nothing.

    Phone

    Edit: BTW, I don't believe I've had the chance to welcome you as a poster here on the CAG forum. W E L C O M E !

    NoKnot trys the big lake at Darenth , Nov 1986!

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    Those were the days, mate. Great story - Premier fishmeals and all.

    At that time, i do believe I was sneaking around the Tip and the Long lakes - before the Tip became 'the place to be' of course & Mickey went up there with the rest of'em.. Did you come across who we used to call the 'Hoover Boys' ?

    They used to park down by the Willows every weekend. This was before they migrated to Yeoveny and Wraysbury of course.....

    Underwater video - Pop-up - Part 1

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    Finally succeeded to gather enough material for a decent video. Stay tuned for Part 2... :)

    <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="

    name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="
    type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

    As always, very thought provoking, Jerome. Albeit in 47 deg water, those fish seemed for the most part to completely ignore that nice pop up as a food item. There's always one mug to make us happy of course...

    I liked the very fat walrus, he seemed to have some trouble navigating! Nothing here (yet!!!) to make me move away from my usual crit balanced bait approach.

    Hinged rig next , perhaps?

    Carp angling: What does it mean to you?

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    'UKTim,

    Why did they die? What a shame. - - - - - - - "Low key" fisheries in the UK are like American Idol in US entertainment.'

    Phone,

    A great question - when you remove fish that have grown their entire life in a relatively unpressured water with high saline content and rich natural food (eg freshwater shrimps, it's near the sea..) and move to a London reservoir with substantial existing fish stocks, who knows what stress and infections may affect the fish. The commercial moving of mature fish (even if legal, as here) can have unexpected consequences, I suppose.

    I came from those parts, much of my UK fishing in the 70s and 80s was on some of those pits. I had a soft spot for the fish that inhabit them.

    I fully understand why that place had such an impact on Noknot

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