Hi Brian! You too mate, have a great new year and a carpy 2019! Yeah I'm really enjoying my pike fishing this winter! 🐊😊

Hi Gary. Damn right! Great texture and flavour. Cracking peas 👌😜😄😄

Hi mate! Really glad I've helped your carp fishing in some way!! Keep it up! 😊😊

Thanks Wayne! Yeah that's going back a few years!! I'll have to check that book out, sounds like something I'd enjoy reading 😊👍

Thank you Steve! Yeah I'm so excited to get the lake up and running! There's still a lot of work to do yet though 😊😊

Yeah he's ok I guess... 😄😄 Alex will be featuring more in the vids this year. When we are putting together these vids the plan is to shoot an in-session feature with myself and Alex too, the same format to this video really 😊😊

@@MarkPitchers sounds great mate. I'll keep an eye out. Tight lines lads!

Hope you enjoy it David and a Merry Christmas! 🎅🏻🎄🐟🐟

Hi Dan! You too, hope you had a great Christmas and all the best for 2019! Yeah that Cromwell Weir is a crazy place for big barbel, but there's big ones all along the tidal stretches 😊

@@MarkPitchers cheers mark definetly going to give it a try

Thanks Snowyy! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

Commented after 21 mins and it was a 40 min video lol 😂

Members of the Fox Syndicate got to view the video yesterday 😊👍

Ahh made me look a right tit, well I’m still not finished watching but enjoying it Mark, the patchwork perch was a proper battler and pike was defo a double. Catch you on the next one

Ha!! 😂😂 well, at least you held your hands up mate! 😄😄Yeah you're right there, I deffo underestimated the size of that pike!! Hope you enjoy watching the rest of it mate 😊😊👍👍

Hi James! Yeah that place is something special, even more so now that great cafe is open! Thankfully the otters haven't totally wiped the place out too. When we filmed the Challenge there we did see an otter and both fish I caught then had signs of damage.

Mark Pitchers I didn’t want to say too much about that Mark but yes they were put in. I have seen the Canal and River Trust with a little stall by the towpath trying to sign up new members, their little brochures with Otters on the front. It used to be brilliant for carp there, multiple catches were easy and they went to mid twenties too. Numbers are definitely reduced now though. The Otters took what must have been some of the biggest canal grown carp in the country from that canal including an immaculate common of 38lb at Cotgrave, a Notts anglers stretch a few miles away. The same Otters took all 16 carp in just a few months out of the very clear shallow stretch closer to the Trent. The sport was amazing at times. My canal pb went 31 1/2lb, was immaculate and went uncaught for many years until I caught it twice in a fortnight. The canal in Notts city centre is more protected from Otter intrusion but has a far amount of boat traffic. It still has two different 30lb plus carp and numerous twenties, plus an odd catfish, huge chub and double figure Zander. Proper urban fishing though, parking is an issue, and you could bump into all sorts of unsavoury characters at times, even crazy old farts like me! Oh yes and you are right there is something very special about these canal fish, they seem more wild than their lake counterparts, they are often in great condition. My favourite in the basin wasn’t the biggest but it was a stunning mirror I suspect may now have been taken. Anyway if you ever go again it may still be there. It had the most convoluted name of any carp I have ever known “two tone chestnut linear mirror one side only”, easy to identify, I think you can guess why! Lol Keep up the crazy carping and sharing the fun, best of luck with your new lake, exciting stuff. Been there done that, there’s nothing more rewarding than developing your own place, making your own rules. 😎😎😎

how do u get a ticket to fish there?

Thank you Stephen!! Hope you had a brilliant Christmas and have a carpy New Year! 💥💥

Hi Jason! Thanks mate, really chuffed you've enjoyed watching them 😊😊

You too Steve!! Hope you had a good one!! 🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻 Glad you enjoyed the vid! 😊😊

Hiya Colin! Yeah that would be a challenge!! The otters and seals have really done some damage over there these past few years, those big barbel are very scare now, such a shame.

Thanks mate! Epic creatures. I doubt I'll ever catch bigger than that in my life! 😊😊

Thank you Roy! Yeah I'm so excited now for the lake to open! All the best for 2019, hope it's a carpy one!

Cheers Tommy! Hope all is good with you! 😊🐳👍

@@MarkPitchers all good this end mate, on the bank fishing my last 2 nights of the year ... (baged a hight dubble a few hours ago) so all good, hope all is good with u 2

Thanks Mark! 😊👍

Oh nice mate, well done! It's an incredible river. I used to fish it most weekends as a match angler and it's better now than ever before!

I agree, it's a brilliant river I'd like to fish it again at some point. The silver fish populations are mad in there! I did a couple of days float fishing it when I was up there and caught 30lb + bags of silverfish on hempseed on the hook with the roach alone averaging around 6oz

Merry Christmas Ben!! 🎅🏻🎄🐟Hope you enjoy the vid 😊😊

@@MarkPitchers .. I most certainly will enjoy it Mark, but maybe tomorrow when I'm sober.... ;-)

@big carp catcher .. I know they're fishing Hinckley Basin on the video, but do you mean Cromwell Weir, which is near Collingham. I've fished A1 pits tons of times, but I haven't been there for a few years. I live in Bakersfield, which is very close to Westlake. I haven't fished there for years either. Lol. I've still got all my gear which is still brand new from 4 years ago. I'm definitely getting out this year. 👍 🇬🇧

@big carp catcher .. It's definitely HB they're fishing. You can google maps it and look at the satellite view. Also there's the Plough Inn pub in the background. My Auntie lives in Bingham. You're not my cousin are you. Lol. Don't worry I'll be hauling this year. ;-) You take care mate. Happy New Year. 👍 🇬🇧

@big carp catcher ... Yes, the segment that you mean is Cromwell Weir. Go get 'em.... 👍

Hi Aaron! Haha! Hope you enjoy watching 😎😊👍

Mark Pitchers always a pleasure to watch dude👍best on KZfaq.Hope you had a lovely time over Christmas with friends and family.

That's the place Aaron! 😄😄

Hi Gary. Ohhhh nice mate!! You too, hope you have a carp filled 2019 😊😊

Thanks mate! It will be good to see you at the pool one day for a brew and ginger nut 😜😜😜

Mark Pitchers I’d prefer a cheeky finger or three 😆👌

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Hi Kieran. I'm certainly not stocking my lake with the same mirrors. I've got a good mixture of strains from VS Fisheries, AJS Fisheries, Fishers Pond, Tony Campbell, Ed Matthews and RH Fisheries. Plus there's also original fish in the pool too. The result is a mixture of scaly fish and more plain ones, plus commons too. I totally 100% agree with what you're saying. All these scaly fish that are being stocked into lakes are becoming the norm, and they shouldn't be, these fish should be extra special, not expected. The thing is some of these scaly carp from certain fish farmers all look the same, the are becoming scaly clones! 😊😊

@@MarkPitchers Especially with some lakes that i know of have stocked their lakes with hundreds of the same strain linears and fully scaled. But in a lake like yours obviously you have picked the units and they will all be very special no matter what!!

Hiya mate! Haha! Yeah I'm quite excited to see what this year brings too 😊😊😊

Mark Pitchers hopefully a new Pb next year hey 🎣🎣 all the best mr carpy tightlines JC {

I'm partial to a large Cumberland Ring too... 😜😄

Cheers Scott! Yeah I was buzzing with that 😊😊

Hi mate!! It's going to be while yet, we've filmed part of it but we will finish it this summer, so the DVD should be out October/November this year 😊😊

@@MarkPitchers Awesome thanks for the response

Cheers Tony! The flavour combo is spot on, better than I could have hoped for! They've been catching plenty of fish, so it's now just a case of getting the colour to how I want it then they'll be good to go! So, hopefully spring time release 😊😊

@@MarkPitchers I will be ordering a pot straight away 👍

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its actually not...i made this for them. :) hope this helps!! :)

@@damagereport4632 - Ah no way! I do apologise! :D I really like the track, so I used that Shazam app to find out what it was. Shazam told me the above, and to be fair, the snippet I listened to was quite similar so I can see why it messed up. Same tempo too. Are your tunes on SoundCloud or anything? Really good stuff dude!

@@ApexHerbivore haha its good mate its easy to mistake it...even i had to listen to mine again lol nah not sound cloud for this type of stuff as its only for certain people but drum and bass i do here....soundcloud.com/dmagereport

@@damagereport4632 lol, sweet, I'll check you out 🔥 Have a good new year mate 👍🏼

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Hi Leon. Yeah a few people said they had experienced issues, but all seems fine when I have watched it on three different devices! I've made the video live again now, but I will be taking it down completely and reuploading it early next week, hopefully that will solve the problem.

@@MarkPitchers Thanks Mark! December 2018 episode all working well this end for me now....

@@toontay303 Thats great news Leon, hope you enjoyed watching mate!!

Cheers Neil! The problem with having a match is Harry is the cameraman so we'd have no one to film it! Plus if we were in different swims in a match there'd be no banter!

That and I think Mark would be slightly out gunned by Harry the England international. I might be wrong. What do you reckon Mark?

Well, I did used to be an England international too, although I only won a gold and a bronze medal 😜😜😄

Lol I think the banter would be awesome you and harry head to head.

@@MarkPitchers I think your worried Mr Charrigton would steal the Limelight :) Happy New year to you ALL

Hi James! If you drop me a message on Facebook or Instagram we can get it sorted! You can also find out more info on the lake over on my website www.markpitchers.co.uk/wainstones-pool-private-lake-bookings 😊😊

Sure do! There's a new one out today! It's in my Challenge Specials playlist 😊😊

The weir is mega snaggy mate, and most of the snags were man made! Several times we got caught up on other people's lines that had snapped because they were far too light for the situation. Also, several of the fish we caught were trailing other rigs which was a real shame to see; they were simply not substantial enough! I was fishing at 110-120 yards with 6oz+ leads to hold bottom, and a 16lb Mainline, so a bit much for casting on quiver tip rods 😊

I'm still here mate! There's a new Challenge video out now too 😊

Why not its a fish with flesh u can eat fish flesh what so hard to understand about that XD ?

@@DickOswald I used to fish alot with my dad and we would release the carps back. my dad said they had a strong unappealing flavor..

Hi Lisa, you can eat them but it's not something that's done in the UK.. They are returned unharmed 🐟😊👍

@@MarkPitchers thanks.. my dad told my they are bottom feeders and nasty tasting.. I had never heard of eating them either but I guess if your hungry enough you can eat just about anything

@@MarkPitchers so it should be they are awesome i just ment that u CAN eat them but you shouldnt at all costs because we love them😇