In reply to Post #375
No not me, that must be another Bob.

Andy was a great observer of the water, never took his eyes off it for a second, even when making tea which we used to drink all day long.

There was plenty of characters over there, apart from Posh Richard and Shakey I can't remember their names but I can still picture their faces.

In reply to Post #376
I only fished it for one winter really in 2012 Bob. Went back the following winter a few times.

Forum member Nigel with a new PB, only his second fishing trip since last November, life and work getting in the way. No time no problem. BlackSpot at 56lb8oz on an S2 balanced and Tels common at 41lb7oz on a GPB2 balanced from his Kent syndicate. This is the gawd knows what number of captures now of one of the biggest carp in the UK on our hook baits. First time in a couple of years it has been an S2 again. Well done Nigel.










Mark Cunnington author of the Syndicate series of books, 32lb & 27lb+. GPB1 & GPB2 balanced over FishOn particle




Forum boss Karl, 35lb+ GPB2 balanced


FishOn Ricci, 33lb & 29lb Hutchy S2 & Scopex/Pineapple S2 balanced over shops particle




Jacko, Hutchy S2 over Scopex Squid freezer baits


Chris Bromley, two rigs that were cast out at the Woolpack on his over nighter last week. Both produced a carp.

Forum boss Karl, new UK PB 47lb8oz & 31lb. S2 & GPB2 balanced. Well done top rod!







Forum member Rueben, DNA Bug crushed corks which were only ordered ten days ago.








Alfie & Matt, Walthamstow yesterday S2 balanced

Roach Pit, 2013. A few months after SHB first started. Scale On The Shoulder I think this fish was called. One of the few fish that survived the fish kill in 2015. S2 over fermented garlic hemp. The swim itself was named The Wind Tunnel. Every fish I caught from this swim, bar a couple, came from the middle of the big M up on the skyline. Directly where the rods are pointing. At exactly this point out level with the island, there was a small divot that had been made across the entire plateau that ran off the side of the island. This long divot was the trail line/roadway of big carp. As they moved from the deep water over to right, across the shallow water of the plateau at night or early mornings, scrapping their bellies across the bottom as they went. This would be when they were moving into, or vacating the big weed beds right over to the left on the same plateau, out where they would sit most days basking in the sun. This had created a long road across the shallower water over the years. It was only a few inches deeper than the surrounding area, but it was clear to me from the boat exactly what it was the very first time I went out there. We were only allowed to use the lakes boat to bait up if applying a lot of bait. A massive advantage for a life long boat angler like me. The slightly deeper divot, was their little roadway into and out of the heaviest weed beds in the pit. This would be happening early mornings and in the evening. Bite times. By the time I had caught tonnes of big fish from there just six months later, the spot itself was an entire foot deeper. It went from three foot, to just over four foot at normal water levels. They dug that gravel out like a good un. Two separate braces of 40's, a mid 50, and to many other big fish captures to even mention them all from this one swim in 2013. They all came from the M for Mark spot up on the tree line, fate? Roach Pit only had a stock of some thirty five - forty odd fish in 27 acres in 2013. Not like some of the waters of today classed as 'super waters', that contain literally more than a thousand carp.

It's when the carp world in general, first really started to find out about the power of the S2.

Dan Bruton, GPB2 pop ups over Bait Asylum Garlic Meat Marine.

I've known Dan since he was a very young bloke on Fen Drayton. He's a lovely bloke. He has caught some obscene fish over the years. He has caught some other incredible carp on our GPB2 that we should be able to show you soon. The venue has gone no publicity recently, but Dan banked them just before that. Out of respect he will check first that is okay before giving us the photos.









If you saw this advert from the largest tackle company in the UK yesterday. Those hook baits in the photos are our 13mm S2 crushed cork pop ups. The lad purchased for the first time and turned into a hero at Carthagena syndicate instantly. Reading that lot, you would never think that was the case. But that's the truth. With photos of our hook baits all over the photos too. But another bait being screamed about in a well worded advert. He caught them on our S2. That's what is on the hook. In his words they transformed his fishing in the very short time he's had them. I spoke to him AFTER I was sent this advert in screenshots. If this was never sent to me, I'd have never have seen it. I'd have never have even known. That is happening all of the time now. I guess I should be proud. But it leaves a really bad taste. Could anyone please tell me that they would be happy to see the results of their hard work in adverts selling rivals products? Because this is happening all of the time now. If they do not want to mention what the fish is ACTUALLY caught on, then don't use fish caught on them in adverts selling their product. Creating illusions for novice anglers. 99% of novice carp anglers reading that advert think that was caught on something else. There's right, and there is wrong.

In reply to Post #381
That's taking the absolute piss. They should just not mention the hookbait at all if they're going to lie about it!

In reply to Post #381
Unfortunately it happens too often,the whole "I caught it on X boilies". All just to either satisfy their sponsors or get sponsorship or to simply throw a 'blind' . It must be seriously frustrating knowing that they have caught on your hookbaits and someone else's bait is getting the plaudits. At the end of the day,you know what your bait is capable of doing! Keep up the good work 👍🏻

In reply to Post #381
That's been going on since someone had the idea to make money out of this pursuit we love called carp fishing.

Caught on said bait. But actually caught on something else
Caught on said hook.
Caught on said hooklenght
Caught on said line
Caught on said rod.

I think you get the picture.

Where moneys involved there will always be deciet and half truths..

In reply to Post #381
Unfortunately that is what they do.

There was the big post about the Immaculate Common coming out of Gigantica, but instead of naming the bait, it just says 'fishmeal'. Clearly it wasn't caught on a Mainline bait, otherwise they would have been all over it.

I appreciate business is business and they are only interested in selling Mainline boilies, but credit has to be given where credit is due, IMO.

FishOn Ricci, scopex/pineapple S2 over shops particle.


TackleBox Liam, redberry/vanilla S2


Stoke Carl, part of his biggest ever brace. 38lb+. GPB1 over Rollin Inception and Midland mixes particles.


Bob, Hutchy S2 cast at showing fish as single


Thank you Jamie, it does actually mean a lot to me.

Late 90's, scans of prints. I caught this fish from the Thames next to the entrance to Walton marina, casting right across the river, over to the entrance to Shepperton marina. It was a very long cast to the opposite side of the river back then with a 4 or 5oz gripper and 15lb line. There used to be two massive steamer boats moored just upstream from the Shepperton marina entrance. Not end on end, one tied to the bank, the other tied to the side of the first. The fish would sit under them boats, it gave massive cover. The outside steamer worked all day, so you could cast tight to the bank side steamer. Later the big steamer would return and park over your leads 12 foot below! It could only be fished when the flow allowed, being some one hundred or more yards across the river Thames. I had recently split up with my sons mother, she had moved to Walton on Thames. So every weekend, after having him, I'd drive him back and go fishing on Sunday night afterwards. This went on for years. My main spot, was Hurst park, that's where I clumped them from at the time, Hampton sailing club. That's where the willow tree photo spot was. But this swim here was one of the main back up spots when the fish were not at the park and was baited constantly. This poor fish had clearly recently been in a battle with a boat prop, or gone over a weir in floods. we had to superglue both of its pecs up and it had a large bit of it's tail missing.

A few years later I put some Thames photos up on the old RMC forum. This particular fish was
known, Shepperton marina had been fished/poached for donkeys years inside the marina. There were lakes by the marina, Penny Lane being one. So clearly this fish was a well known one to that area. Soon after that, I went fishing as normal when I dropped my son home. I done one night at the park in Hampton and blanked. Packed up and drove the five miles or so up to Walton. After baiting up first, I carted all my gear down the steps to the marina entrance swim. But there was someone there this time, tucked up under the bridge. This was the very first time this had ever happened to me on the river back then. It was Terry Hearn the slippery git. That was the first day I ever met him (very briefly). I was not at all happy that day, even though I was meeting someone I had admired. I gave up on that swim there and then, and never fished it ever again. People had clearly put two and two together, and decided I had caught all my Thames fish I'd put up on the RMC forum from there. Hurst park was ALWAYS kept a massive secret after that. Probably the busiest area on the entire Thames now. It was very, very different way back then. My poor mate Dave who took all my Thames photos was so unlucky, he used to catch bugger all from the river. He carried on with the marina swim long after I gave up on it as blown. We used to sneak through Shepperton marina and bait up off the wall by the main rivers entrance. Then drive back over the bridge, cart the kit down to the swim and cast one hundred yards or so across. A few weeks later the fish were there, Dave finally caught a couple of half decent fish. He went down there to bait up, and Terry was actually set up on the concrete wall, behind the little fence that we used to jump over to bait up... Dave was absolutely distraught, literally crying on the phone. Terry must of got kicked off though, as a week later there was a massive new fence erected by the marina staff making it impossible to bait up ever again. Dave did go onto to catch the back then Thames record catfish from the marina swim. He used to strap a big wooden boat to the Thames wall after dark and fish until first light. He could catch them for fun from the very toughest of pits, but the Thames carp were so cruel to him in the main.

The spectacular linear was caught from the same swim by my friend Simon. It was his first and last ever Thames carp. He'd begged me for a while to take him, his PB was 24lb I think from some hole in the ground day ticket. He caught this stupendous Thames linear on his only ever night on the river (in a going swim). I really wanted to catch this fish, but it was never seen again.

In reply to Post #386
Truth hurts eh SamB. Keep crying. You lot want to stop playing **** **** games and no one needs to say anything in the first place.

You lot are a joke acting like that.

Every single word in that post you got suppressed Sam was the truth. It was your friend Colors (Stephen) who had the thread removed from General Carp Chat.

I understand that all of you lot want to sell some bait and services. Good luck to you all. But play nicely, or I'll play like you lot. But with the truth. I hope you all understand. Because no one will suppress posts for you on the larger forms of social media. I'll show it ALL to the whole of Europe if you lot want it.

Jaco on a three night trip to France. Proper water. Proper fish. Well done Jaco. GPB2





FishOn Ricci, one of five big 30lb+ from one trip to his Essex syndicate. Scopex/Pineapple S2 & Hutchy S2 over shops particle


Other half of Stoke Carls brace of 38lb+. GPB1 over Inception & Midland mixes particles


Jacko, TC1 & TC2 over Scopex Squid freezer baits