Joined a nice little syndicate water in the summer. 50+ twentys, two known 30`s and one that looks about forty. Nice place, just three dedicated carp lads allowed on the water, the rest is made up of pensioners + noddy bashers.
My only issue is, the chap who runs it is very easily influenced by the latest gossip on banning things. Find below a list of the current bans (and counting).....
1. No Peanuts
2. No Tigers
3. No Braid (hook or main line)
4. No Boilies
5. No leads over 1.5oz
6. Barbless hooks only
7. Largest hook size to be size 10
8. All leads must be running
9. Method feeders allowed but 1.5 oz only
10. No leadcore
11. two rods only
I dont have any major issues with most of the above, and im sure you all know of or fish waters with similar rules. But i am looking for ways around these rules. Ill list below methods currently used, they may help you in your own fishing.Any bait suggestions would be welcome as im running out of ideas!!
1. Chick peas dyed red and flavoured with Tutti, with a small piece of spicy red Pepperami over the top
2. Maize soaked and dyed Tutti / strawberry
3. Using a large bread punch, "cored" bolies on the hair, they look like a pellet and have passed scrutiny!
4. Tubing instead of leadcore
5. method mixes around a small feeder cast twice as many times as larger feeder
6. maggots en mass! / medusa rigs etc
7. Bread
8. Castors
9. fake corn / neon baits
10. Fake maggots / neon maggots
11. paste made with chopped tigers and stuck round the middle of a method feeder with normal ground bait on the outside + a fake tiger on a d rig on the hook
12.Ahem..... bright orange ear plugs cut down and balanced fished with a grain of maize
13. PVA Bags of Milkshake powder + marvel / angel delight
14. Small boiled potatoes + flavour of your choice
15 marshmallows
16 M&Ms!!
17 large 21 mm halibut pellets left to soak in spicy shrimp and prawn, fished as a single hook bait
18 er, er thats about it........
Suggest away please!!!
Foxy
My only issue is, the chap who runs it is very easily influenced by the latest gossip on banning things. Find below a list of the current bans (and counting).....
1. No Peanuts
2. No Tigers
3. No Braid (hook or main line)
4. No Boilies
5. No leads over 1.5oz
6. Barbless hooks only
7. Largest hook size to be size 10
8. All leads must be running
9. Method feeders allowed but 1.5 oz only
10. No leadcore
11. two rods only
I dont have any major issues with most of the above, and im sure you all know of or fish waters with similar rules. But i am looking for ways around these rules. Ill list below methods currently used, they may help you in your own fishing.Any bait suggestions would be welcome as im running out of ideas!!
1. Chick peas dyed red and flavoured with Tutti, with a small piece of spicy red Pepperami over the top
2. Maize soaked and dyed Tutti / strawberry
3. Using a large bread punch, "cored" bolies on the hair, they look like a pellet and have passed scrutiny!
4. Tubing instead of leadcore
5. method mixes around a small feeder cast twice as many times as larger feeder
6. maggots en mass! / medusa rigs etc
7. Bread
8. Castors
9. fake corn / neon baits
10. Fake maggots / neon maggots
11. paste made with chopped tigers and stuck round the middle of a method feeder with normal ground bait on the outside + a fake tiger on a d rig on the hook
12.Ahem..... bright orange ear plugs cut down and balanced fished with a grain of maize
13. PVA Bags of Milkshake powder + marvel / angel delight
14. Small boiled potatoes + flavour of your choice
15 marshmallows
16 M&Ms!!
17 large 21 mm halibut pellets left to soak in spicy shrimp and prawn, fished as a single hook bait
18 er, er thats about it........
Suggest away please!!!
Foxy