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Jacko again this morning, what an incredible stamp of carp this lad is catching. Work over nighter, RedBerryVanilla 13mm balanced over Scopex Squid
Russ again this morning, work overnighter, MVF Brooklands this time, chunk. Banoffee S2 13mm balanced in a bag with Essential assorted chops
Forum member Ben, one of 17 bites from Kingsmead on opening nights (stockies mainly). Single S2 pinks. These two are not stockies. That leather is a cool one. Well done Ben
Forum member Ryan has been whacking them the past couple of weeks. Fizz S2. Well done Ryan.
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Lee Jackson again with a brace on our Banoffee S2 fished over Chemo baits freezers.
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Young Jo Bromley's first ever 20+, ScopexPineapple S2, 21lb8oz, one of four bites yesterday. Well done Jo.
Forum member Chris, three 30's from new years day to 37lb+. Part of a six fish catch from Bluebells Kingfisher. S2 & S4 over DT Green Beast
Harvey, pink Hutchie S2 & RedBerryVanilla S2 purchsed from the TackleBox. Lad has been catching some beautiful carp.
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Something i totally forgot to mention.... We are having a brand new website built. The Fizz will be going straight onto there.
The gallery will be good, lots of CarpForum members will be on there.
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Mark with a superb pair from this weekend, 37lb+ & 41lb+. Both caught from a southern reserve on our original S2 over MCNut from Wraysbury baits.
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Lee Jackson with a 30+ mirror on Banoffee S2, caught over Chemo baits freezer baits.
I can't believe I bloody missed this last week tagged to our work page. Proud moment for me. Lee is an absolute Kent legend and a gentleman to boot.
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Forum member Dean, ScopexPineapple & Hutchie S2 as singles. The biggest is 37+. All from a Newbury syndicate. Well done Dean.
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In reply to Post #137
👌🏼 speedy recovery Jim, and great to see Mark
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In reply to Post #137
Best wishes for the recovery BigJim.
That's a nice touch from Specialized Hookbaits too - stuff like that lifts the spirits. Well done mate 
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In reply to Post #137
Speedy recovery Big jim 🙏🏽
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Jay with a very special big common, ScopexPineapple S2 16mm cc. This man has caught some incredible fish on our hook baits over many years, that have never been allowed to be shown.
Steve, Hacche Moor fishery in the SW. Steve has been catching them constantly. All white S2 13mm balanced. Those lakes all contain some truly incredible fish that are growing like stink.
There is a very long standing member on here (BigJim) who's currently in hospital recovering from major surgery to remove cancer. Jim's no age for that kind of business. To keep his spirits up, we have produced some StrawberryPineapple S2 for him (his two favourites combined) to smash some fish when he gets back on the bank. They take very important bits and bobs from both our RedBerryVanilla S2 & ScopexPineapple S2. They are never going on general sale. We have some extras done. These will be given away on here again in ten days time. All you need to do to have a chance of winning some is be regularly posting on CarpForum in the next ten days. Anyone who receives some will owe BigJim (James) a large thank you. Your chance to have some pretty exclusive hook baits from us, for nada.
We flew back to Manila for a couple of nights to play in the casinos again before returning to the UK. It would have been rude not too. We absolutely rinsed them again last night on the roulette tables, first night back in there. I'm 100% the luckiest man you know, I know that better than anyone!
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In reply to Post #135
That's a nice one!
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Jacko again, a special one this time. Fish is a rare one, only comes out once every couple of years. Two rods wound in, last rod laying on the deck as he put his gear in the van to go off to work. Off it rattled with this cheese. Smidge under 40lb.
RedBerryVanilla S2 13mm balanced over ScopexSquid crumb. The lad has been ripping them recently again on work overnighters. Well done Jacko 
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As an add on to what I wrote yesterday, here’s some Spring information that will hopefully help any of you reading this catch more fish.
Normal rules do not apply in the Spring. Once the weather warms up and their metabolism wakes up you will spook them by casting on top of them. This does not apply in the springtime. As in the previous post, they are still cold water dopey. Cast around far more than you would at any other time of year. Rod tips up slightly with tight lines. You are looking for liners. Just like casting at them, lines will not spook them in the springtime in the same way as lines will spook them once their body temps increase. So use this to your advantage.
If you have no confidence in using a single hook bait, any free bait you do use should be crumb. Something that’s easy for them to process. Stodgy boiled baits in full size take time for the fish to process. That’s no good until the water warms up slightly. Carp will often be active up until Christmas. But during January they will normally always be laying dormant in silt. This is like a hibernation where their bodies slow/shut right down. Early to mid February they will wake up. From then until the water warms, you throwing boiled baits in will work completely against you. Any establishing of a new bait needs to be started in May. Not March/April. Most anglers simply don’t have the confidence to use singles. With our hook baits, there is stuff in there that the fish absolutely crave when they wake up more than anything else. Use this to your advantage.
Shallow water warms first. They will always be in shallow water. Or sitting in the sun. They need heat to wake up their metabolism. Back of the wind, back of islands. Look for what looks like roach blipping just below the surface of the calm water. This will be the entire lakes stock of carp balled up together. The hook baits will pull them down to the bottom.
Look for any fresh weed growth. Onion weed is normally the first thing to sprout. They will be attracted to this like a junkie to his next fix. If there are pads in your lake, the moment these start flowering the fish will be attracted to that area in the same way. Use this to your advantage. Knowing where the first weed grows will catch you so many more carp in the spring.
Learn to accept that carping in the spring calls for a completely different approach to the entire rest of the year. If you are not catching, you are not anywhere near them. Move until you find them. Once you find them they are so easy to catch at this time of year. Anglers will change rigs, change baits, change their entire approach. None of that matters in the spring. You have to get near them. In the summer the fish are spread all around the lake and moving constantly. In the springtime they are not doing this. So you cannot sit on your arris waiting for them to come to you. Simply, you have to find them.
Walk your lake at night. At this time of year they have to de leech themselves. They do this by rubbing on snags, or throwing themselves out of the water, often showing 4-5 times in under 30 secs. This is when you will track them down easily while everyone else is tucked up asleep.
Spring fishing is so easy once you find them. It’s clubbing season now. If you are not catching it’s not your rigs fault, it’s not your baits fault… It’s your fault. The difference between an exceptional carp angler and people who struggle? The exceptional carp angler understands when he is not catching it’s down to his location. Anglers who struggle will look for any other excuse other than it’s themselves being lazy. You can’t wait for them to come to you in the spring. You have to find them.
Once you do, the hook baits will bring you results you can only dream of this time of year. Don’t mess that up by throwing free bait out. It’s hard I know. Carp anglers spend winter at home. Spring is the time when all their winter plans about new freezer baits and tactics are put into effect. That often involves throwing in far too much bait. That ruins it not only for themselves, but for everyone else too.
Singles is the way forward for the next few weeks. That could be your favourite freezer baits, a zig, or a single pop up. You just need to understand that the fish are not woken up properly yet.
None of that is meant to sound sanctimonious or condescending. Just trying to help you reading this catch more fish. Whether you use our stuff or not.
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In reply to Post #132
Quote.... And this funny old weather - roasting clear bright days and near scraping freezing nights/early mornings. Lake isn't fishing too well at all.
In my personal opinion that's the best weather in the Spring. It's all about light levels, they are awake now.
Singles, singles, singles.
No bait company/media that rely on selling KG's of boiled bait are ever going to promote this.... But singles are totally king right now. Putting bait out is often the kiss of death in spring.
They don't want to feed with any gusto until the water warms up. They are still 'cold water dopey' I call it. That's why they fight less now. They are still half asleep and do not want to eat much. They will snatch a single hook bait. Putting out even ten free baits when they might only pick up one out of that ten is just not the one. Keen carpers, with lots of new bait who are desperate to throw in, kill lakes at this time of year. To much bait being thrown in right now ruins it for everyone.
Singles, recast regular to different areas. Once you find them, you'll clump them with singles during March/April. Weather really has little bearing IMO.
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