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Yeah, its a good forum (if you don't mind bickering!), lots of usefull tips on there. I bought loads of slug-gos and had tons of follows, but no takes (apart from a solitary sea trout), Took them on the boat the other day for jigging for cod over rough ground, 7.5'' sandeel colour...they...

an interesting point chris, you may just have to try it and see, bass are often attracted to noise, hence why many favour lures with rattles...although this noise would be louder...the vibrations may act as an attractant, if you find that you are not catching, then try the bubble float trailing...

It can be done chris, running lead on the leader, then a swivel, 3ft of mono/fluoro, then a lure like a shad, sidewinder, or redgill/eddystone eel. never used it myself but the puffs of sand aledgedly attract the fish...like plaice fishing. If you think the fish are up in the water the lead...

They will take a good strength overhead thump...if hooked correctly, but will not stand any high inertia casts lika a pendulum or OTG style...they may also not stand a very heavy overhead thump...especially if it is not smooth. The way to hook them on is to pass the hook point (2/0 widegape...

yeah, if you are where they are they can be a bit of a nightmare, but there are often better fish amoungst them you just have to play the numbers game to get at the 2lb plus fish, and who knows...the next one may be a 5lber. Although the better fish don't start showing untill late august. right...

Had a really good session last night beaching 16 bass, nothing over 3lb but it is still schoolie season untill august really. Lovely night though.

done.

! Kept forgeting to take the camera out with me but finally remembered, so one from yesterday probably just touching 3lb: and a sneeky gilthead from our last breaming trip, wow do those things pull! this was my friends first ever gilthead...he is now hooked.

had another bash tonight, didn't have any barbel but did have plenty of time to think about a new film: 'the impossible barbel (possibly singular) of the somerset frome- ten years of decline' starring: tarka otter colin comorant gus goosander the heron family vladimir boris...

I don't think it really matters mate, worms tend to 'present' themselves.

Similaly poor start for me, after quite a bit of effort on the pre-baiting front, went to fish my little section where i have never seen another barbel angler...except for last night. Fished my first swim, another angler turned up, plodded down the far bank and fished down through my swim. moved...

wow, i thought i had pre-baited this season...but compared to some, i've done nothing.

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A little compact mesh stick, with the hooklink passed through the bag and hook point inbeded in the base can never really hurt, in certain circumstances it may be unneccesary ,and may not help, but i fail to see any situations where it would be detrimental to your chances. And I feel alot of the...

here is a strong hook pattern that goes down to a 12 for whoever it was that was talking about that subject...have tested them on mullet and they are real terrors for bending hooks...these are just the job...if a little pricey. Gamakatsu Carp Hook Specialist Wide Gape GP202

It was in the helford river, i fish almost exclusively with liquidized bread and breadflake, some people like to make a real stink with mackeral guts and whatever hideous fishy offal they can find to mix with bread/bran, i have never found it to make much difference as all of my marcks are...

'tis the season chaps, here's the best of a 7 fish haul yesterday (don't know why i am pulling such a stupid face), not a monster at 2 1/2 -3lbs but there are bigger fish in residence, lost a 6lber the day before...nightmare. Solid muscle scrappers. <a...

I don't think its a case of bad science...the exact reasoning behind why barbed seem to do less damage is unclear (at least to me) however, the observations that led me (and many others it would seem) to this conclusion seemed clear enough at the time; in my experience a higher level of damage...

i used barbless hooks for carp on what i believe was (and still is) a barbless only specimen water. I noticed in the fish i caught that the hooks were tearing a small (and sometimes quite large) laceration down the side of the mouth, and a lot of the fish i landed demonstrated previous similar...

Is the epix pro notably better than the interceptor pro? not interested in buying any but just curious for the future.