Pretty much everything bloats after it dies weather its in the water or not, so id say yeah its possible that a dead 20lb fish would appear larger...but a whole 10lb larger? That may be a bit of a longshot, but yeah like you said if someone unexperienced or just someone assuming that said dead fish was the big one then yeah I suppose its possible to make the mistake.

In reply to Post #1
How much gear are you looking at taking?

Me and the Mrs. have a Galaxy and an older model golf mk4 so a small hatchback by todays standards, don't get me wrong the galaxy would be my 1st choice when going for a session but the golf copes well when needed to with fitting everything in, I can get all my tackle in and I don't particularly travel light for a 48hr and that's usually with on of my sons jumping in too.

Over a trailer id defo look at a large roof box if you felt that more space was needed as would be a fraction the cost of a trailer and there's very little upkeep on a roof box like tyres etc., also there's the legality's of towing speed limits on motorway's etc. if your going on a long run.

Don't get me wrong I wouldn't fancy a drive to France in the smaller car but a 2 hour drive isn't that much of an issue if needed.

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I think its a bit of a grey area in gambling law where they operate and that's why you have to answer a really easy question to enter.
Don't get me wrong I have the odd go on there when something catches my fancy but to my recollection i dont remember seeing any gamble aware posts on there when i've played in the past.

In reply to Post #2
cheers baitman, I've not received my membership details yet so cant join the group without my membership number.
Hopefully it wont be to long before it turns up.

In reply to Post #15
you've taken that a bit of of context, what i said was

'no one is raffeling off gear to help out the less fortunate folk'

as in the op saying about how much money it appears to make. There main objective as a business is to make money. So you can maybe get a new set of rods for 39p not because they want to provide rods to someone for cheep but because offering a set of rods to how ever many people turns a tidy profit for them.

and no gambling does not help people who cant afford things but it does turn over a decent chunk of money for the ones providing the service.

At the end of the day its a business and part of that is making money, no one is raffeling off gear to help out the less fortunate folk. I suppose Marks profile helps bring in more punters and gives the business a more human face compared to other comp sites that are doing the same thing, that said there's plenty of them all doing the same thing so they must all be doing something right or is it going to be another online fad that fades out after a while.

Recently got my Warrington anglers ticket and have been looking into Rixton claypits, I remember a very brief conversation with a mate from ages ago about him really enjoying fishing the place. Does anyone have any up to date info on the lake and what the fishing is like down there?

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a few years ago i got the trakker SLX V2 2man for pretty much that same reasons as yourself, either my 10 yr old or 15yr old come along for the night with me has served us well for the last 5 or so years and theres plenty of room for the 2 of us on 2 full size bedchairs. Its not an overly massive 2 man but there's enough room to not feel like your on top of each other. trakker have got a new version of it now the SLX V3 witch from what I can tell is pretty much the same size but has the bonus of the rear vent panels, another plus for the slx range is that it comes with all the extras (overwrap, heavy duty ground sheet, zip on front mozzy panel) so you dont have to go buying extras once youve bought the bivvy.

Moss Nook lake St Hellens,

Looking to have a go on here soon and just seeing if anyone else has/knows anything about it? It looks a lovey little water with a stock of older looking fish to mid 20's. I know it gets very weedy in the summer and closes to day tickets for the winter but they keep a winter ticket running through the colder months. But other than what is on there website there's not an awful lot of info about the place?

I have a go on the capital carp one every now and again I look at it like its a bit like buying a scratch card if you dont mind a flutter every now and again and can afford it i dont mind that. Some have better odds than others and it says on there how many tickets for each prize well it does on capital carp. You can watch the live draws on there facebook page which i do every now and again but as others have said its gambling thats not really regulated or works within a grey area of gambling laws, its a bit of a shock (well it was to me) when they scroll through the entrants before each draw and you see the same two or three names coming up over and over i wouldnt like to think how much some folk have ploughed into them.