In reply to Post #292
Yeah im good mate.. ticking along but fine.
Might pop under the motorway and see you one day!

The Burghfield ninja from back in the old Cemex forum days stopped being the Burghfield ninja and turned into The Lagoon Rambo.. yes the lagoon that your fishing! He used to creep about on all 4s dressed in camo with a plastic toy gun, and try and sneak up on the anglers.. I never saw him.. but I knew someone who knew him... so I very much doubt it's the same person as this one wasn't an angler, and certainly was a bit mental!

But your saying someone I know/ knew claimed to have stocked the common?

Ive fished that area on and off for 30 years.. but i dont know anyone who claims to have stocked it, at least claimed it to me.. so Im intrigued.. but I'll refrain from asking.. 😁

And I say about photos because if there's a group of people putting fish into those lakes on the sly that are now 50+, they'd be taking photos of them I can assure you.. even if they were pasties when stocked.. 😉


Oh.. and if that mirror your talking about had something to do with nuts.. thats quite a long story and probably not for here.. but it was returned.. not reclaimed 🤪

In reply to Post #278
I very rarely comment on forums theses days.. but think I have to on this.. reckon you've been sold some duff info there Mark.
The common had been seen by several well known anglers in the late 80s early 90s at upper 30s weight.. i had a clear photo of it swimming in the highbank snags around that weight from '93.. it's first capture at 40+ was in 2000...
I understand it was moved from another lake, but not that local, not that small a weight, and a lot longer ago.

The ninja as far as I'm aware was a young lad with mental health issue?

If anyone claims to have stocked fish in that area that are going 50.. 60+ now.. ask them to show you the photos..

In reply to Post #35
Spoken with someone that works for Hutchy (Not just sponsored!) And he says it's as close as they can get to the original, but changes in law/ regulations means it's not the same

In reply to Post #32
I honestly don't know.. but I'll see if I can find out..

In reply to Post #29
You can still buy regular and shellfish sense appeal from Hutchy stockists.

In reply to Post #10
Believe it or not a few years ago there was a type of carp that was referred to as 'a cheese'??!
But I never saw anybody define what sort of cheese it was, and a quick Google search says there are some 1800 types of cheese in the world!

I'm quite old fashioned, it's either a nice carp or it's not where I come from, so its all very, very confusing for me too.

In reply to Post #174
It's gone in a better direction than some blokes sluagging off some other blokes who are trying to raise money for an otter fence!

In reply to Post #46
The original RD flavours are still available from the company who bought them out, but it's a bit more formal with a minimum order of 5 litres/ kilos now.

In reply to Post #86
It had a picture of an apple, and read.... Apples was here


Horrible bloke, your lucky he didn't let your tyres down.