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oh yea richdog, other tip;

id advise fishing in a pair. take a spinning rod each and a deadbait rod between you, use a float and treb trace and keep casting it every 10-20 mins. Generally, if it aint gone in 5 mins you aint going to catch in that spot. That is from experience. Although you can take the lay and prey approach, i.e leave it there for 4 hours and maybe get lucky...

so fish a spot for 10-15 mins with the deadbait out, and then move on to a new spot and try again...
 
Richdog said:
I've always loved fishing, and have fished for carp/perch etc etc in the UK, Spain, Germany, but haven't been in quite a while. However i've now decided to make a cocnerted effort to get back into it as I do genuinely love fishing, and where I live near Crawley in West Sussex has some good venues around. I also love sea fishing and had a great boat trip down in Brighton this Summer, some nice bass and bream were caught and eaten. :D

Any other anglers here, particularly of the freshwater variety? :)
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I used to do a lot of carp fishing before I moved here, unfortunately where I live now makes finding a decent bit of water with any course fish in impossible, everyone's into game and sea angling here, neither of which interest me. I normally end up flying to England during the summer so me, my old feller and my brother can spend a week at some decent carp lakes.
 
Nickg said:
anyone on Maggotdrowners?
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I am now. :D

Over the last week i've been buying some nice kit and now have a nice tackle box, good hooks, swivels, wire trace for pike, wicked boilies, ordered soe nice lures... only thing i'm missing now is a reel!

I fish for carp mainly, but would want one capable of general purpose use if I decide to go for the odd pike, tench etc. I have a budget of around £55 and don't really want to spend much more than that (i'm a casual angler, not hardcore), though i'd be tempted to plump some extra for a really good deal. The ones i've been looking at so far are:

*Mitchell Avorunner 5500 Reel (inc. FOC line) - £49.99 - http://www.poingdestres.co.uk/Produ...ryID/1/v/50d121c5-ecdb-4cdb-bdd8-ffe3fe1c6669

*Shimano Baitrunner Aero RE 8000 -£46.99 - http://www.poingdestres.co.uk/Produ...ryID/1/v/50d121c5-ecdb-4cdb-bdd8-ffe3fe1c6669

Okuma Powerliner Plate65 - £49.99 - http://www.tackleshop.co.uk/Product...ID/171/v/a9ac17bb-1f61-43a5-bc31-bc1e28d018cd

*Okuma MAX-4 Bait Feeder Camo - £36.00 - http://www.tackleshop.co.uk/Product...oogle/productID/4725/groupID/8/categoryID/171

I know Shimano are very well-respected and consistently good, i've never heard of the Mitchell, and the Okumas look decent for the money, as well as one being being camo (gets points for coolness in my books). However of the Okamas the Powerliner looks best, and the Plate60 can be had for a tenner less on Ebay.

Soooo.... which out of those would I be advised to buy for a reel that will provide me with good general-purpose usage, high reliability, and smooth action?

EDIT - Ok in a usual Richdog "U-Turn" i've now decided that the Shimano Super Baitrunner XTEA Reel 10000 available here is worth getting http://www.bristolangling.com/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/5989/groupID/12/categoryID/59/

Reviews i've been reading are awesome, and I know well the value of investing in decent kit if it's going to last me years and make my fishing life easier and more pleasureable.

So... do you think this would be the best choice overall if I plump the extra?

EDIT EDIT - Also the Quantum Crypton Big Pit 770 looks decent for £40 http://www.tacklebargains.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Freshwater_Fixed_Spool_Reels_58.html
 
Panzerbjorn said:
Sea fisherman here, mostly for fun whilst out on the boat and never have much luck except for mackerel. I catch a lot of mackerel.

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ditto, caught 180 in less than an hour on a 20 hook handline in the summer!
been using it for pot bait all year
 
I've got back into fishing this year after about 6 years. Although most of my equipment is broke or on its last legs. Getting into pike and carp fishing atm, and will probably buy some new equipment in the new year.
 
I've just started to get into sea fishing. Went fishing off Hartlepool last night and this was the catch.

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Keen fisherman here too, coarse and sea. I love catching Tench, the old Tinca Tinca's put up a great fight on light gear.

I also love going after Mackerel with a peer rod and a few feathers, great clean simple fun that anybody can do for a few quid.

I don't seem to do it enough these days though, but after a while I get the calling and just have to get a session in.
 
sea fishing.....off the beach and rocks in anglesey - wales, for the win here ;)

love sitting at the beach in a chair........no matter the weather, looking out to the open sea , so relaxing dosnt matter if i dont catch one fish when i go, such a big change of scenary from cheshire, does the world of good :)
 
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