In reply to Post #46
Why would you pay 600 quid to go on a trip and not fish how and with what you know works for you. Saying bait is all the same is just pure uneducated nonsense. If that was the case we would all be using a 50p bait and winding in 50s for fun. Most anglers save for years for their trips abroad and won't leave anything to chance. For many anglers, not being able to use quality English bait will see them either fishing with zero confidence or not going at all. I'm pretty sure it won't come to that but that's how I feel on the subject
And as for travelling carp anglers, last June we got away for one week before the restrictions kicked in, and on the way out we saw hundreds of anglers just like every single Saturday throughout the year. Trust me tens of thousands go through that tunnel.
Why would you pay 600 quid to go on a trip and not fish how and with what you know works for you. Saying bait is all the same is just pure uneducated nonsense. If that was the case we would all be using a 50p bait and winding in 50s for fun. Most anglers save for years for their trips abroad and won't leave anything to chance. For many anglers, not being able to use quality English bait will see them either fishing with zero confidence or not going at all. I'm pretty sure it won't come to that but that's how I feel on the subject
And as for travelling carp anglers, last June we got away for one week before the restrictions kicked in, and on the way out we saw hundreds of anglers just like every single Saturday throughout the year. Trust me tens of thousands go through that tunnel.
We've had decades of people whingeing about what we had being so bad. PLEASE not decades of people whingeing about what we've now got being just as bad.
In reply to Post #1
Typical...my French trip is doomed...already been cancelled twice and moved to different dates coz of covid and now this....I've already got a freezer full of boilies plus 15kg pigeon conditioner plus 15kg maize plus 6kg floaters plus 5kg hemp plus 5kg shelf life plus a bag full of hookbaits plus 5kg pellets....I've been ready to go for ages...now it sounds like it could all end up getting confiscated!....tempted to try to cancel...had enough hassle!
Typical...my French trip is doomed...already been cancelled twice and moved to different dates coz of covid and now this....I've already got a freezer full of boilies plus 15kg pigeon conditioner plus 15kg maize plus 6kg floaters plus 5kg hemp plus 5kg shelf life plus a bag full of hookbaits plus 5kg pellets....I've been ready to go for ages...now it sounds like it could all end up getting confiscated!....tempted to try to cancel...had enough hassle!
In reply to Post #63
I'm kinda glad I haven't booked anywhere for this year, I'm hoping it is sorted by next year
I'm kinda glad I haven't booked anywhere for this year, I'm hoping it is sorted by next year
In reply to Post #63
Doomed....worse than a headline from the express, get a grip mate
:-p
During the foot and mouth we got stopped once in 4 trips iirc, our ingredient list made the gendarme correct our mis spelling of flour, he didn't even bother looking at the bait, in fact once he saw the fishing gear he wasn't really interested anymore.
Even when there's a lot of doom and gloom about you'll only ever hear the bad side of things, the vast majority of people will carry on regardless. I suppose the 1 good thing about the explosion in Carp fishing abroad over the last 10- 15 years is that customs are used to seeing it, they have much bigger fish to fry (pardon thd pun).
There will always be some pulled by chance, probably those who draw attention to themselves, that's to be expected.
Doomed....worse than a headline from the express, get a grip mate
:-pDuring the foot and mouth we got stopped once in 4 trips iirc, our ingredient list made the gendarme correct our mis spelling of flour, he didn't even bother looking at the bait, in fact once he saw the fishing gear he wasn't really interested anymore.
Even when there's a lot of doom and gloom about you'll only ever hear the bad side of things, the vast majority of people will carry on regardless. I suppose the 1 good thing about the explosion in Carp fishing abroad over the last 10- 15 years is that customs are used to seeing it, they have much bigger fish to fry (pardon thd pun).
There will always be some pulled by chance, probably those who draw attention to themselves, that's to be expected.
So am I thinking most don't feel confident unless they are using their preferred bait ??.
I have watched so many anglers struggle on venues which have a lake bait but use their own .
To the point by Wednesday they go and get lake bait .
A bad angler with a good bait is still a bad angler .
I have used most baits on my 30 plus trips and can honestly say the lake bait outfished most of them .
So you lot are telling me on your yearly one week trip the fish can actually know your bait is better for them ??
Carp swim , eat and crap period .
The mind boggles how some of your brains 🧠 are wired .
I blame all the books and DVD,s 😷😷😷
I have watched so many anglers struggle on venues which have a lake bait but use their own .
To the point by Wednesday they go and get lake bait .
A bad angler with a good bait is still a bad angler .
I have used most baits on my 30 plus trips and can honestly say the lake bait outfished most of them .
So you lot are telling me on your yearly one week trip the fish can actually know your bait is better for them ??
Carp swim , eat and crap period .
The mind boggles how some of your brains 🧠 are wired .
I blame all the books and DVD,s 😷😷😷
In reply to Post #66
On my yearly trip I can almost guarantee what bait will account for the most amount of fish
On my yearly trip I can almost guarantee what bait will account for the most amount of fish
In reply to Post #66
agree to that and especially lake pellets... happened twice this year to me, every angler coming with the "best" uk and some "eu" boilies but as fishing was hard going on the end both times bed of lake pellet out fished everything else....
agree to that and especially lake pellets... happened twice this year to me, every angler coming with the "best" uk and some "eu" boilies but as fishing was hard going on the end both times bed of lake pellet out fished everything else....
Angling Trust released this :
https://anglingtrust.net/2021/01/15/anglers-to-challenge-brexit-bait-ban/
https://anglingtrust.net/2021/01/15/anglers-to-challenge-brexit-bait-ban/
In reply to Post #66
Im a little long in the tooth to be believing DVD's etc
I fish one lake in France as i have done for 12 odd yrs with the same baits, as do most of the lads on my whole lake booking and the results we've had over the years speak for themselves. Hence the confidence.
of course, as previously mentioned, its not just a bait thing, its a choice thing and even to the point that we now cant even take particle (dry) is barmy
Im sure it will all work out fine, but if nothing else, its a good topic conversation.
Im a little long in the tooth to be believing DVD's etc
I fish one lake in France as i have done for 12 odd yrs with the same baits, as do most of the lads on my whole lake booking and the results we've had over the years speak for themselves. Hence the confidence.
of course, as previously mentioned, its not just a bait thing, its a choice thing and even to the point that we now cant even take particle (dry) is barmy
Im sure it will all work out fine, but if nothing else, its a good topic conversation.
The lake I go to sells house pellet and big buckets of there “house particle” so all I need is some boilie to go with it, the rest I just buy when I get there it's cheap enough anyway so no problem with that
So what happens when a lake is a boilie only water (like island lake )
In reply to Post #72
I was wondering this too, and how it may affect Paul. He has Ken Gates's bait available but once this runs out what then? Most anglers that fish Island seem to be from the UK, and use their own baits so I imagine he for one would be very keen on some clarity!
I was wondering this too, and how it may affect Paul. He has Ken Gates's bait available but once this runs out what then? Most anglers that fish Island seem to be from the UK, and use their own baits so I imagine he for one would be very keen on some clarity!
In reply to Post #72
Why ask the Q when you know the answer as it stands now, they source a EU made boilie, thought that was obvious tbh, maybe its just me
Why ask the Q when you know the answer as it stands now, they source a EU made boilie, thought that was obvious tbh, maybe its just me
In reply to Post #74
I think it's a fair question hence my reply above; many French fisheries with British owners would prefer quality bait from the UK introduced into their waters, not all, but there are some for sure.
I think it's a fair question hence my reply above; many French fisheries with British owners would prefer quality bait from the UK introduced into their waters, not all, but there are some for sure.