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Nice Barbel, that is a very good size!

Thanks Chrystel,,,appreciated,,,,and we really love your red hair,,,,,(psst,,is it real??)

Here we go then...smallish Mirror Penvose Farm Cornwall on sweetcorn May 2011,,,Night fishing Bake Lakes Saltash Cornwall March 11, 3lb Carp at Penvose Farm Cornwall on sweetcorn May 2011.
couple of photos...

It was just a tad short of 12 lb; caught up here on the Ribble.

My First ever Carp a Nice Ghostie 13lb caught on Strawberry Boilie on a hair rig with ground bait on a method feeder, at Bake Lakes Saltash Cornwall,,,over night fishing in March 2011.

barney57 wrote:My First ever Carp a Nice Ghostie 13lb caught on Strawberry Boilie on a hair rig with ground bait on a method feeder, at Bake Lakes Saltash Cornwall,,,over night fishing in March 2011.

Do you ever watch Matt Hayes fishing on TV? He was in either France or Italy fishing for carp with actual fresh strawberries a while ago, they were going mad for them.

ovenpaa wrote:

barney57 wrote:My First ever Carp a Nice Ghostie 13lb caught on Strawberry Boilie on a hair rig with ground bait on a method feeder, at Bake Lakes Saltash Cornwall,,,over night fishing in March 2011.

Do you ever watch Matt Hayes fishing on TV? He was in either France or Italy fishing for carp with actual fresh strawberries a while ago, they were going mad for them.

Yes I do watch MATT HAYES when I can and know that he is on,,,he is as mad as the fish that bloke,,,but knows his stuff I think,,I didnt see the actual one you mention though,,,,,Hmm real strawberries!! I'll have to give that a try,,,,,with cream or without????thats the question...

A nephew of mine caught a 20lb plus on a Quaver....floating on the surface..... :shock:

He tried a few things (Including pasta) which makes me think it was Italy before trying just plain strawberries, from memory it was on a hair rig or similar. The Carp were on them in a flash. The thing I like about Matt Hayes is you get to see some nice parts of the UK and I have watched a whole hour of him where he did not even get a bite yet it was still enjoyable. Unlike that pompous Wilson idiot.

Did you know Matt has a Law Degree?

ovenpaa wrote: Did you know Matt has a Law Degree?

I wouldn't hold it against him.

It was after watching one of his programmes that I decided to get a little bit inventive with baits and chucked some sweetcorn in a bag with some korma mix overnight and then went out at 4am the next morning and caught this beauty in the Basingstoke Canal at Odiham Wharf. I never made a note of it but I believe it was around 5 3/4lbs. You'll have to excuse the lack of an unhooking net. This was back in 2005 when soft grass was still considered good enough.

How do you guys do the inline image thing? I've got somewhere to link from I just don't know how to put the URL in.

Click on Img above the new post and enter the URL to the image between the tags it creates.

ptheta wrote:

ovenpaa wrote: Did you know Matt has a Law Degree?

I wouldn't hold it against him.

It was after watching one of his programmes that I decided to get a little bit inventive with baits and chucked some sweetcorn in a bag with some korma mix overnight and then went out at 4am the next morning and caught this beauty in the Basingstoke Canal at Odiham Wharf. I never made a note of it but I believe it was around 5 3/4lbs. You'll have to excuse the lack of an unhooking net. This was back in 2005 when soft grass was still considered good enough.

How do you guys do the inline image thing? I've got somewhere to link from I just don't know how to put the URL in.

Tench? aint it??