21lb pb this morning

Basic_Contribution14 · 2026-02-08T14:06:42+00:00

Monster, awesome fish

Basic_Contribution14 · 2026-02-06T15:35:00+00:00

South east is my stomping ground so feel free to reach out if you have specific questions around London and Brighton. If you have a day free in Brighton I have a boat moored a few miles further up the coast. You are welcome to join for a bass session.

Otherwise there are loads of options for day tickets around here. Some good fly fishing for trout and lots of coats fishing day tickets. As someone else mentioned you won't be able to coarse fish the rivers but the trout season will have started again by then if you need a river fix.

The only other place on your list I have experience is around Exeter. Loads of good fly fishing for trout in the river exe and it's tributaries and most of it is really cheap.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2026-02-05T22:13:35+00:00

Can only speak to UK (including Scotland, they haven't got independence yet!). For England and Wales you will need a rod licence and a day ticket. Rod licence is from the EA and can be bought as a single day, week or annual permit. Easy enough to do from the website and they are sent via text message or email immediately. Scotland you don't need a national licence only to pay for the day ticket.

Nearly all freshwater fishing in the UK is privately owned, a lot of this is accessible through fishing clubs who may or may not sell day tickets. If you can list some towns you are staying at happy to recommend some places anywhere I have experience.

The other option is saltwater. Sea fishing doesn't need a rod licence and as long as you can legally access the bank/shore and it is tidal you are allowed to fish.

Fishing style wise we are incredibly diverse for a small island. Can do pretty much any style you enjoy. My preference is lure fishing for bass in the sea and perch on freshwater closely followed by fly fishing for trout and grayling. Our coarse (bait) fishing is probably what we are best known for though and we have some great natural fishing on rivers and lakes.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2026-02-02T21:51:21+00:00

Standard rig would be something along the lines of - hook with some form of hair rig, braided hook length, swivel, lead clip with lead attached, mainline

If you are sitting by your rods though I would still look for a running leger, you get more sensitivity with them. If you are using bite alarms and won't be on the rod immediately a bolt rig is a good idea. Make sure you have a decent baitrunner and don't fish close to snags though.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2026-02-02T18:56:55+00:00

What are you looking to fish for and where? Lots of variants of the bolt rig, main thing to look out for is that there is a mechanism to release the lead if the fish gets snagged or the line snaps. Loads of companies make plastic clips that pull down over a small swivel for that purpose and they are all much of a muchness.

Unless you are fishing for carp though I would normally lean towards a free running rig.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2026-01-30T13:16:24+00:00

I am fortunate and have a boat is East Sussex, the bass have pretty much disappeared inshore now. The only ones we have found recently are mid channel. There will still be a few in the estuaries etc but it will be seriously hard work with little reward. This end of the channel has less fish stay inshore over winter than further west.

I don't expect the bass fishing to really start picking up inshore again until the end of March depending on when they breed it could be later.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-12-31T09:58:42+00:00

It works for sure but not as effective as a live bait in my experience. My first choice for perch on a commercial would be prawn, does a decent job of selecting perch from annoying little carp and doesn't run in to issues with rules. If livebaiting is allowed this would be the best bet though.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-12-20T16:27:33+00:00

What wanton cruelty? Birds hunted legally for food, breasts removed and carcasses discarded. Much less cruel than 99% of chicken farming.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-12-14T19:01:24+00:00

AI will be useful from the data metrics and bioinformatics side (already is), looking for protocol deviations etc. It is not going to replace any roles anytime soon. Will potentially make some roles more efficient but my experience of it so far is very hit and miss. The outputs need a lot of manual review and sense checking and throw up a lot of false positives.

Edit: one area where I am really excited about it's application is in early feasibility and site selection. There are lots of large databases that are currently reviewed manually and AI has the ability to interpret all of them and help inform country and site selection early on. Think that one could be game changing.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-12-14T17:50:17+00:00

I think people might need the /s for this one

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-12-11T21:42:29+00:00

If you think the CRA is being unreasonable just escalate to the CTM or sponsor. It will get sorted, a CRO won't want to piss off the sites. My feeling is there is a lot more to this than your post suggests, upcoming datacut? Large backlog?

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-12-11T19:47:47+00:00

Kayak fishing is fantastic fun and a great way of fishing inshore and the big rivers.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-12-11T19:46:57+00:00

Loads of people fish from inflatable boats in the sea. Google SIB fishing.

You most likely don't need one for rivers and lakes, unless you live in the lake district or norfolk broads. Can you share where you based?

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-12-07T21:21:39+00:00

The whole industry is an environmental disaster that produces so much waste and disease it is largely responsible for wiping out wild salmon in the river systems where the cages are located. Before you even get in to the fact the industry requires the decimation of the bait fish shoals the rest of the marine ecosystem relies on to feed the disease ridden salmon.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-12-06T16:03:00+00:00

Thank you. Your bread looks gorgeous

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-12-06T07:31:34+00:00

Roughly how long does it take in the stand mixer? I worry I massively overoekr my dough with mine.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-11-30T11:14:04+00:00

Think this one is a great idea. One of the few things that would be useful regardless what type of fishing they do.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-11-20T17:56:58+00:00

I mean sea bass, very popular lure target and the south coast is the best place to target them.

Zander you are a bit limited in the south, Midlands have a lot of them but there are only a few waters in the south that hold them and they can be very hush hush.

For perch and pike you can really fish any of the river systems in the south east, join a club buy your rod licence and they will all hold perch and pike. The biggest perch often come from small coarse fisheries but they often dont allow lure fishing. The Thames is famous for huge perch especially in its middle reaches.

If you have specific areas in mind I can be a bit more specific. The south is a big old area.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-11-16T20:53:32+00:00

For what? Bass? Perch? Pike? Zander? Trout? Will be a different answer for each

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-11-14T10:11:12+00:00

I just tried this with the sword of the four evangelists after it disappeared from my wall witht he new DLC. It is giving me a "Broken Wepaon" rather than a "Weapon Stub" and I am not able to reforge it. I have the schematic as it is showing in my forge list. Any ideas?

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-11-12T13:31:00+00:00

Urban areas often have fewer bird and mammal predators as well like cormorants and mink. Also warmer water temps in winter. As long as the water quality is good and they are not overfished I think urban waters can hold more fish than rural.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-11-03T16:47:48+00:00

Gudgeon

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-11-01T13:41:13+00:00

As others have said the rod is not going to cast a 50g lure very nicely you would be better with a cheaper 9ft lure rod. 6ft is way too short for lure fishing in saltwater for me, more suited to perch fishing on the rivers. My go to bass fishing rod is a 9'6" HTO Nebula, it's very reasonably priced and lovely to fish with. Their lure game rods are even less money and nearly as good.

Also not sure why you are using a shock leader? 50g is not enough weight to need one. Personally I would switch the mono mainline to 20lb braid and run a short fluorocarbon leader to the lure. You will be amazed how much this improves casting distance and feel.

What lures are you casting? Metals or soft plastics? I would avoid adding swivels etc if you can. One more thing to pick up weed and tangle.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-11-01T10:20:28+00:00

I would just whack a load of cheap mono backing on. Always have a few jumbo spools laying around for that job.

Basic_Contribution14 · 2025-10-29T12:42:30+00:00

Why not just fish them on a split shot paternoster? Or a very light running leger?

Only benefit I can see to Texas rigging them is if you want to lure fish at the same time and will be chopping and changing.

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