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In reply to Post #141
Lego figurine
is that just a posh lego figure Vik? 
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In reply to Post #140
Bad bait in a good place will work better than a good bait in a bad place.i know someone that’s caught on a Lego figurine legs before. They’ll eat anything if it’s put where they want to eat!
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In reply to Post #139
Ain’t that the truth mate, I see so many guys on the lakes I fish even on the severely limited time I have who turn up with a couple kilos of the latest on trend bait, don’t bother looking for the fish, don’t bother finding spots etc just turn up take the nearest swim to the car park put out their bait in a general area and then blank and come round asking what I’m doing to have caught when he is using such and such bait which cost him X amount per kg, they are often shocked when I say for example on this estate lake I fish that the carp seem to like a sweeter bait and I’m using mainline peaches and cream, so not an expensive bait certainly not the best available but I look for where they are find some spots and also I soak them in a mix of the cell stick mix liquid, condensed milk an a bit of water. A good bait used badly is not going to work how it should.
As with the rods I have greys rods as Harrison’s and century were out of my price range lol and certainly not bad rods at all
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In reply to Post #137
I know a bloke who had a bait shop, use to make and roll his own mixes well before the spike in carpfishing shall we say. He then started to stock pre-rolled baits from popular manufacturers shall we say. Because people were asking for them. He used to fill the freezers with said bait, few months later, everybody wanting the next new bait, few months later, same again, and again and again and again. Shut him down eventually. You would not believe how often some people change bait. It’s the first thing they blame why they blank. Nothing to do with them fishing the wrong spots or the fish don’t recognise it’s as a food source ffs. Some other successful carp angler publishes his catches and names that bait, all the sheep are on it. He has caught the fish because he knows what he is on with, key point, and got the fish on the bait!
Look at big Jim, catches on everything he uses. Couple this with his style, heavy baiting, like mentioned below and what did he put in Wellington, 50kg hits. Bloke comes along with a KG of said bait on his water and thinks he is going to change the world, sad truth is, he ain’t 
There are some very good bait companies about with a good reputation, their baits catch fish, all people need to do is pick one, apply and stick with it. They will catch 100 times more fish than going with latest wonder bait every other week.
Like I also said, these trends have put a lot of people out of business too and will continue to do so. Once a good bait, always a good bait 
Like fishing rods, you want a quality rod, buy century or Harrison’s. Look at all the run of the mill companies pedalling fancy names and models all the time, catching anglers, not carp, new range of rods every other year!!!, must haves!!!
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In reply to Post #135
And this is why I roll my own bait and have done for years. I know exactly what every single gram goes into my boilies. How many other people can say the same?!
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In reply to Post #136
One of those days!???  Know what you mean though
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In reply to Post #135
This is it mate. Like most things in carpfishing, hyped up beyond belief because some company or somebody is trying to scrounge a living for from it 
There’s lots of good bait company’s come and gone, not because their products are poor, because they have not caught the sheep. Sad state of affairs for me. And then I see these idiots, the fame seekers, doing the self promotion and company promotions and they have not got a ****ing clue about bait. That’s what annoys me 
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In reply to Post #133
Agree with this and scozza, more money in advertising than there is in the actual bait creation and development. Advertise well enough and it don’t matter if your bait is a ball of dust, there’s so much going in all over that fish will get caught on it.
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In reply to Post #132
See what goes off. Full of sheep that don’t know **** all about bait. They are just round balls 
Bait swapping and brand jumping!. Once a good bait, always a good bait
50% of carp anglers are ****ing clueless (that’s being polite btw) bought out of the box or off shelf brigade, they don’t know **** all about bait other than it’s round, they have no experience of it!!!, they can push a needle through it and occasionally they catch a carp on it. They are more conditioned than the fish with all the advertising hype I am sorry to say 
What Mainline and the rest do is pretty amazing imho. They help idiots catch the fish of their dreams and they have not got an clue on the real reasons WHY 
**** like this has shut a lot of good, reputable, business down ffs
The best bit, then they send their pictures into magazines or post them on social media with their crap videos and stories giving it the big “I am” when really they have not got a ****ing clue 
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In reply to Post #132
I think you’d be surprised. I’m not saying there bad, but how many ppl jump onto sticky because all the top lads are hauling week after week (or so it’s portrayed!) apart from the cell advertising they have been one of the best at advertising imo
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In reply to Post #131
Surely his days of joining a bait company and then boosting sales are over? Nobody would swap just cos jim started using it? Surely It’s the reverse now
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In reply to Post #124
Not sure if true or not. But if anything like that happened anywhere I fish and was previewed to it. It wouldn’t end well for either of us. Absolutely no need for complete disregard of life. If he did do this then he should be ashamed of himself.
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In reply to Post #128
Did you used to work for Korda and they sacked you.Is Jim putting anything back into fishing like the embryo project is doing.I think you have got mental health issues like your idol,Jim Shelleys pet 🐑
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In reply to Post #128
I think your jim shelley in disguise, I can tell by the spelling mistakes 😉
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In reply to Post #120
Obviously thw two guys are gentlemen and portray carp fishing as a quiet persuit and love of angling, where the numpties ar korda think they're circus clowns.
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