In reply to Post #30
I'm 76 now ( 😅
Still do the odd night,only when son comes along!,,
I do 2 day sessions a week on my sindy,electric carpporter fully loaded in vivaro van,but I do feel the pain when home,and it takes a day or two toget over it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
But I love my carping,been at it 50 yrs now, also a half decent clay shooter,👌

In reply to Post #1
Im 35 and only ever fish days. Cant stand the faff of night fishing plus my insomnia means I don't sleep at all and the next day is a write-off.

Plenty to be caught days only. Prep a spot, early morning raid, back home mid-morning for a fry up

63 and still enjoy nights. But with an electric barrow straight in and out of the van. Got home lunchtime today from a two night bream slaying trip. Got a three night trip planned in a few weeks with my dad 93 yrs old. I may well have to do the donkey work but he is talking about taking a float rod in case it gets boring during the day.

Did a spell of around 25 nights last year but this year days / early mornings. Still caught loads. Either way I go very light. Can't remember the last time I purchased gas canisters.Nights would involve no shelter, just the goretex bed cover. Got wet the odd time. Certainly could not be bothered with a barrow and van arrangement. Far too much hassle. Set up / pack up in 5 minutes, days or nights suits me fine.

No matter how hard I have been trying I cant out run my age and like many of you I have been fishing days only and shorter trips. I have found fishing for single bites with a small amount of freebies and/or PVA bags or stringers. It has been working well so far. I used to pile the bait in, when called for, on overnight and 2-3 night trips. How have your tactics changed fishing your day sessions?

In reply to Post #35
Totally agree re the use of bait. I've been mostly method fishing for the last decade or so, sometimes I may add a stringer, most of the time a small handful of boilies around it. Prior to that it was a inline, stringer & freebies. I think on the average day session I use around 6-700g of boilies, bait goes a long way !

It also means on mornings like todays if you don't fancy getting wet, you can sit back with a cuppa and see what the weather is going to do rather than hoping it'll stop and dry up so you can pack up.

Used to really hate packing up wet gear

In reply to Post #1
i gave up nights a long time ago, the tiredness and 'bedchair back' were awful. my sessions are dinner until dusk and have been for a long time now. i don't miss the nights and you certainly don't need them to catch fish

Thanks for all your great replys, it wasn't a decision I made easily, more the realization and acceptance after a few attempts this year, that it wasn't working for me anymore.
Now v much looking forward to catching strictly on my own terms, days only, minimum kit.
Thanks all.

In reply to Post #38
Buy a good quality bedchair/bag/system and you never get a bad back imo.

Nash MF60, yes, it might be expensive but I've never had a bad back and I get a good nights sleep, in deep winter I remove the sleep system and put a ventec 5 season xl bag on it, never got cold, never have a bad back.

Tried cheap one's, it just doesn't work for me, got the MF60 and never looked back, all of sudden zero back ache, it's a pleasure to be out be it 48 hrs or a week.

I am 60 now and I too struggle with fishing overnight nowadays. Still working 4 days a week so have weekends and Monday off luckily to fish days for carp or the rivers for Barbel now.
For me it's the relaxing in the countryside I enjoy now and if I catch it's a bonus.

In reply to Post #37
Nothing worse than packing up in a downpour then arriving home with a heap of soaking wet gear to dry off.

Fair weather angler who gets the hump if the weather catches me out nowadays.