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I got biten by a horse fly friday night, earliest I can remember that.
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I've seen the first Blackthorn come into bloom today, spring is here. 
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In reply to Post #32
Nice one 👍 Got to say it's very pleasant temp wise here though a little blustery and rain showers when not spitting most of the time.
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Warm wind hopefully will get some fish on the bank. I set up yesterday for 3 nights on my syndicate hoping for a fish or 2 on friday with the low pressure, but managed one this morning during the rain, nice 22.6lb mirror
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In reply to Post #16
They're doing their normal thing and rarely getting caught, or never getting caught.
We netted last Saturday and two commons came out that have never been caught, 19 and 24lb+. Another previously uncaught 24lb+ came out during the summer.
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21mph from the south for Hampshire.
Other than a wet setup, it's gonna be lovely 🤞
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In reply to Post #28
You've won half the battle already by just going, and given this wind forecast you'll soon blow those cobwebs away 
EDIT, Fri looks fun, 50mph winds in Cheshire!
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Thanks Vossy
I've been getting all the bits sorted ready to do a few nights in the kinder months on an easy water, but figured with a weather front coming in I shouldn't wait, so I'm straight in on one of the hardest waters my club have 😂😂
Got that excitement from the anticipation building up already 😃.
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In reply to Post #22
Blimey, 5 years, I hope it's kind to you mate, it should be by the sounds of it, shallow silty mere, perfect 👍
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In reply to Post #23
Completely agree, prime conditions
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In reply to Post #24
Toronto
it's "rough with the smooth" - cold winters & hot summers. Our spring seems to be a couple of months behind yours - by mid May it will be 20+ degrees every day until Halloween
I am always happy to see everyone in the UK catching as you come out of winter as it helps create a bit of desire for me to get out.
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In reply to Post #17
blimey mate, where roughly are you based?
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In reply to Post #21
Agree. Carp are incredibly sensitive to temp fluctuation - a fraction of a degree can make a difference. Around my way we have 40mph+ winds with 15 C this Friday. That's enough to turn the water over completely on smaller (<10 acre) waters and I wouldn't be surprised at all to see water temps climb by 3 or even 4 degrees. I'd be amazed if the carp aren't nutting out on most smaller waters come Saturday morning. Even the big pits will climb a degree or 2 imo.
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I'm spending my first night on the bank in nearly five years this Friday night.
Shallow silty estate lake kind a setup - I'm gonna empty it 😂
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In reply to Post #19
but it's going to take a long time before any slightly better weather makes a change in lake temperature and the fish wake up a bit more.
I agree with the former but not the latter ime. A warm wind can make the fish totally active. Once the warm spell has passed they will return to relative inactivity again though.
On a water I fished, gravel pit to double digit feet depth, a change like this expected warm wind would have them porpoising out following it...I kid you not. The night prior was a freezer, the next morning between 11-1400 the fish just went nuts, oddly being caught on the deck though!!
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