Well off topic but what was the aniseed-y bait that Richworth did?

In reply to Post #29
Yep, Rapala own both Okuma and Dynamite Baits

Okuma Obsidians do look great for sure, i was torn between them and the Shimano 14000 XTE but ultimately went with Shimano as my 5500's have done me well for a long time.

I don't like the line guard thing on the XTE's to be honest, on more than one occasion i've had to take the spool off to put the line guard back into it's slot

In reply to Post #4
I''ve got a Frontier V2 - should i be worried?

What do you mean by the front poles popping out? I've not used mine a great deal so can't really picture it. Do you mean the last 2 you do after the others have clicked in?

From personal experience, its about adding more strings to the bow as they say.

If you have only ever fished a certain type of lake and not had to tackle thick weed, gin clear water, long distances or heavy crayfish waters, then it could be a case of trying something different to the norm.

I've had situations where i am happy with my rigs etc, for the lakes i am fishing, but started fishing a lake where i couldn't keep a hook sharp for toffee, so i had to "try" the combi rig, which allowed me to change the hook every cast, resulting in more fish in that scenario.

How many of us can say with absolute certainty that we got the 100% full potential out of a fishing trip?

To your original point though, there has to be some thought process to the above, which does seem to be lacking. It's the ol' sheep mentality in a lot of cases i am sure, rather than a thought process of why and when to apply it.

Great thread. I remember reading most of the posts a few years ago but stumbled upon it again on this new account.

Definitely going to regret reading these though when it comes to my next night fishing trip.

Personally i've not experienced anything that hasn't had some logical explanation (and i hope i don't ever) but my sister and mother had lots of instances over the years.

Something about elephant ornaments facing the wrong way and such things.

In reply to Post #1
i've not fished them all but

Willow - only bookable via Go Catch app now so you'll need to check availability there. The noise isn't too bad if you're on the Bungalows side of the lake but if you fish the end closest to the road, it is noisy. That said, it does have some nice fish and decent numbers

Linear - B1 and B2 are fairly far away from the road. I've not fished St John's / Manor but i can imagine those 2 and Hardwick get noisy as that road the fishery is on, gets fairly busy from about 5am onwards

Farlows - not been for a long time but between the planes and the road, it gets a bit noisy but you get used to it i guess

I don't really know what camp i fit into between General Noddy or Well Informed Forum Go-er, maybe somewhere in the middle but the scary thing is that I watched his release video and for a minute, just a brief minute my head was saying that the pop-ups looked decent and may be worth a try.

Absolutely no idea why, but thats me being truthful.

How many poor souls are going to walk into AD and make that mistake.

If i took my son into AD and told him to pick out a bait, he'd probably go for the "Kettle Chip" wannabe bags because they look kind of flashy i would expect.

The OMC bait screws aren't bad though to be fair

Hi guys

I am looking to take my son (13) night fishing for the first time (also my 2 nephews, 1 has been before, both adults)

Looking for recommendations of a half decent chance of a night bite / early morning bite etc to get them into night fishing.

Ideally:
Easy(ish) fishing
Swims close together for social aspect
Near Surrey / Sussex

Few i already thought about were
Twynersh
Willinshurst
Willow Park (not sure on age requirement here)

Thanks all for the replies. I'll check out my options and see what i can do to improve it.

As great as the Solar C-tech looks, I can't justify 500+ for a bed chair. Maybe if i do a few more nights a year it might be worth it but other things i'd rather prioritise first i think.

I'll give a SIM a go and see how we get on from there

Afternoon fisherthems

Apologies if its been done to death but are there any tips on how to make an existing bedchair more comfortable?

I just did a 72hr session and each day, woke up like i'd been beaten up.

Outside of paying more attention to the level of the bed and possibly putting foam around parts of the frame, i don't know what else would be feasible.

I sleep on my side and my hip was killing me from basically sleeping on the metal frame. I have the Fox R system (RS3?) and whilst i am chunky, it wasn't sagging onto the legs or anything like that