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@ Onslow...oh no 
@Fivenil  it was nice & sunny here this morn, cold though. I got fed up by 1430 so packed up, as I got to the car the heavens opened.....for the next 2 hours...lucky escape  Odd day, on the end of a cold wind, in 3 feet of water and getting liners...move the rig in closer...no liners...nothing!
@Canalcarper71, you've caught though while still learning the water, not a bad start Today I went into a swim I know like the back of my hand, a easy peg where the smaller fish hang out, I just wanted a bite... blanked that'll teach me!
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Back home now in the warmth and blanked had a few liners but happy to have got out so I’ve had 3 fish (if you nicked a tench and a bream) in 2 sessions on a 16 acre lake with stock levels that is unknown to me .
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Glorious here in Surrey. Lake empty so bagged the hot double swim for me and my chum. Sat in short sleeves and shades.
Life's cool today.
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In reply to Post #15
Turned up at the gate this morning to see a sign saying lake closed 😭.
Bumped into someone who said there has been an oxygen crash so likely to be closed for a few weeks at least
So after putting nearly 200 miles on the clock, I'm on a club water wondering if I should fish this for the winter or somehow find an alternative.
Gutted!
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In reply to Post #19
Not sure if work caught up with me as in getting up early every day that’s what happens to me usually from tiredness,took 4 paracetamol to get rid of it over few hours
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In reply to Post #18
Oh no, you're meant to be relaxing not having a headache
Been nice here in Cheshire but the wind and rain have just arrived, very very windy.
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The winds picked up here finally got rods out seagulls are a nightmare,but I had a few bleeps first thing around 7am but nothing else,just rained all night and I had a banging headache all morning
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In reply to Post #9
Good luck on there Andy,the swim by the gate where you go through to the woods is a good one.They come into that bay by there and go along the tree line in the early hours,ive watched them quite a few times do it
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In reply to Post #1
I fish right through the winter, so long as the lake isn’t frozen I’ll have a go
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In reply to Post #14
Indeed mate, I found two of the old ones last time I was there 'out of bounds' and spent at least an hour just watching them.
In gin clear water, I didn't need much more inspiration to keep going!!
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In reply to Post #12
Doesn't get much better 
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In reply to Post #7
Yes, plenty of rain down in Surrey but looking good for fri - sun. Packed a few extra layers as looking a bit chilly as well.
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I've accidentally stumbled across a water with a ton of history and a very old fish or two to target.
70ish fish in 8 acres but only half a dozen old ones left. 3ft deep with the odd 4ft hole.
6 weeks in I've been lucky to catch 3 but none of the old guard. Bailiffs reckon 8 in a season is good going and it doesn't fish well during the winter.
So I'll be there tomorrow and Saturday and will carry on throughout the winter in the hope I get one of the two oldest fish in their winter colours.
Place is absolutely stunning too 👌
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In reply to Post #9
Want any company 
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In reply to Post #9
Sounds like a nice challenge
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im.fishing a low stocked cheshire mere, hard is an understatement....I plan on doing winter on there, chances are its a blank until atleast march april when they tend to trip up...40 fish in 25.acres so not impossible but varying depths to 29ft and areas inaccessible makes thing a very difficult challenge
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Got a 4 four day session arranged in November and I’ll keep doing Sunday nights and a night midweek on my syndicate for the foreseeable future.
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In reply to Post #3
I keep wondering if I should revisit past stomps, they say never go back. I've put my name down for a local club I was a member of for over 10 years, wondering if it's a good idea...hmm
Your topic title was like  to me, it's a year to the day tomorrow since I last got out fishing...and because of you, I've booked a day session on Friday, so if I blank it's all your fault  ....nothing to do with the hook baits being well over a year old...nope!
Good luck Fivenil ...I'm tempted to go out tomorrow but it looks awful, not to mention I can't find the card for a club I joined in Feb....where is that ruddy thing!!!!!
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I shall be out from Friday to Sunday. Looking at a lot of rain tomorrow but dry until Sunday night.
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In reply to Post #4
Nice one
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In reply to Post #1
Weather was perfect for an autumn bite this morning down in Sussex. Mild with westerlys and low pressure. Took a couple of hours of watching them fizz with nothing forthcoming, so stuck half a white S2 on top of the Bug hookbait and it went within five minutes. Just in time for lunch!
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In reply to Post #2
Thanks mate I’m unfortunately under a load of trees it’s a wooded area and I hear people go past but they can’t see me I’m around no more than 30’ away from the footpath loads of dog walkers around and there’s 1 other person fishing now,bloody seagulls are a night mate so had to wait and keep baiting when they give up I’m fishing stringers as I left my pva bags at home(well forgot them) and a little paste around the lead and hook bait,last time I had the 23 on first night on a 12mm white along with the tench too but nothing on pink which was on other rod,the bream came to 2 tigers wrapped in paste so I think they are hungry,last time I spomed loads of particle out and some insect meal(soldier fly from pound stretcher and dna powdered insect meal)think that attracted the tench and bream,still if I catch it’s a bonus just nice to be out and reflect on stuff,my mom was always happy when I caught and always positive when I didn’t,when I caught one because she was blind I had to show her by moving her hands to show her how big the fish was.
Left rod has a 12mm white pop again on a Ronnie rig and helicopter style
And other has a 16mm bug and a 12 mm topper snowman style.
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In reply to Post #1
Good luck mate, let us know how you get on, great result on the 23
I hope the weather's meant to be better there tomorrow, if not I hope you're not too close to any dodgy trees. I'm meant to be out tomorrow but looking at the forecast it's up to 40mph winds and raining heavily from 1 onwards, not a great incentive for a day only...and I was contemplating lure fishing...not now!...lol
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So last month I done 3 days on a big park lake hadn’t fished it for 30/35 years,since I was a teenager with mates for tench and bream let alone carp fish it,first night had a 23 out and then a tench and a bream.
So while it’s still mild I’m out again right now just setting up 2 nights on the same lake excitement is understated as I think there’s more to come from here,nicely hidden away from people walking round and not a single fisherman seen(only seen a few last month fishing).
I love the peace and quiet and the possibility of a surprise but it’s great to be out for some quiet me time as I have had a bad year so far with losing my mom almost a year ago which is at times still hard to imagine she’s not here with me and my brothers and Also my partner lost her mom 4 months after my mom passed,so yeah great to be out and fingers crossed.
Anyone else out while the wether is still ok
If you are hope your rewarded with a fish doesn’t matter the size it’s about being out there,oh and the original swim I was going to fish I had 3 lovely beautiful wild horses in there eating so left them to it.
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