I was feeling quite "up" for a session today - despite having to look after the kids and teaching them to bodyboard whilst lusting over the 3-4 foot perfection that was happening "out the back" I forgoe an evening surfing session once the missus got back for an overnighter.

I've been keeping back defrosted peeler and sandeel, smashing it up and re-freezing for stick mixes.


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After making the bait the other night, I nipped out for a quicky last night. Then when I finished, I went angling

I popped down to Furzebray Lakes as I'm thinking of fishing it over the winter - it's important to see the lakes over the summer as you may not get to see fish movement on overnighters later in the year - you arrive in the dark, leave in the dark and if it's chucking it down with rain, you aren't going to want to sit outside watching the lake!

I bought...

People are always going on about not having the time to make bait, and how expensive it is to buy readymades. But a spare hour or so a week is all you need.

I've gone back to an "old skool" attractor profile - mainly because I know that no-one else will be using it. It can work against you, because you have to establish the bait, rather than jumping on a "bandwagon" of using whatever everyone else is

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