Well! As I start putting together the guide for the next 2 – 3 weeks, I’m hearing the lads on Week 3, have had over 60 x 40lbs a few more 50lbers and another 60lber from Lake 3. More on those later, but by all accounts it was another 10tonne+ week.

Last time I said I’d give you a bit of an insight on how to do yourselves some chopped boilies, if you want to spod a bit of extra bait out, into tighter areas. Chopped or crumbled (crushed) boilies can give you extra pulling power, by the quicker release of flavors and attractors into the swim. I would always err on side of caution, by baiting up lightly to start with boilies for example, fed by catapult or a stick. Then if an when the amount of takes increase then maybe start putting out chop’s with a spod to keep the carp active in the swim. I generally keep my lines marked up using yellow pole elastic stop knots tied to the line, some 3ft from my rod top, these I can see easily, even at night with a torch.

How much do I need?
Generally I would say 5-10kg of chopped or crumbled bait would be about right for a weeks fishing, lets say for instance, you put out 3-4 spod fulls each cast, some anglers seem to get a buzz out of just spodding, me! It makes my arms ache.

What ever your needs we hold a good stock of the Shelf life range DLSpecials in Tiger Nut, Pineapple and Essential Opal (tutti-frutti), and in the frozen range the good old “Active-8” and the “Cell”, which is the latest bait from Mainline, all of which will catch you an awful lot of fish.