Greetings!

ukken · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject: Greetings!

Hello

I have just been told about this place by a new friend.....cheers Marc!

I live in Leeds, West Yorkshire and am involved in all kinds of fishing as often as I can. Very Happy

Three years ago on my first carping session I caught a 18 1/2lb common at Welham Fihseries. It was my first ever carp and was the reason for me starting carp fishing. I fish at a private pond in north Leeds where there are some carp up to 30lb but I've never caught one.

I will soon be kayak fishing if my plans come together and hope to try lakes, canals, rivers and the sea. Very Happy

I just wanted to say hello.......I'm going to have a look around now.

Cheers, Ken

**marcelxl** · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject:

Welcome ukken!

Glad you made it.....................there are a few crazies on here mind but they`re easy to spot as their names show up in green or yellow!

Join in the banter, have a look at the social side of things.We try and get out as often as poss and have been in easy reach of you in the past. Good friends made, but not many fishes though Gaah

**damo** · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:42 pm Post subject:

Evening

Enjoy and come out and play with us. We go fishing and catch very little (at the moment) its bloody great. Please tell me you know how to catch them, so you can show the rest of us Mr. Green

Last in the Angling Star is a numpty.

Look forward to seeing you on the bank.
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**Giles** · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:17 pm Post subject:

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ukken · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:19 am Post subject: Thank you all!

Thanks for the welcome guys! Very Happy

I am no expert......just enjoy the great escape! Plus when I don't catch I never blame myself. The water was not warm enough yet, it was too cloudy/bright, they were spawning or eastern Europeans have eaten them all! You get the idea. It is one of the few sports where failure can always be blamed on anything but my own ineptitude. Very Happy

I love it!
It is for this very reason I will not be getting a fishfinder fitted to my kayak. Imagine how frustrating it would be knowing you are sitting above a huge shoal and not catching ‘em.

Cheers, Ken

Barbelreaper · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:27 am Post subject:

Hi ukken welcome enjoy your stay.. Grin

**marcelxl** · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject:

With members this friendly and welcoming makes you wonder why its usually just us!!

ukken · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject: Strange!

**marcelxl** · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject:

Thats just it we try! I`ve cynically said before that when the lads offer free bait for field-testers, guess what? loads of postings/new members.
Personally I think the site is brilliant for me, made three firm friends (well, 2 and WKD!) and new fishing buddies, got some good info from others and the regular contributors all have a laugh and swap info, it all good!
But you can only p*ss with the c@ck you`ve got and as frustrating as it is for us who believe in it and get the benefits to see all these "members" who do not contribute, it just the way it is.
Shame really as the format is very broad not just one county and not just another crap fishing forum.
could be worse, could be full of sausage brained morons who have nothing to say but make 2000+ postings saying it. (that`ll be YF then!)
It will take off with our shameless publicity plan kicks in, we have put all our faith in Damo to catch a beasty and then we`re away!
that and NSA branded merch for the bankside (and soon kayak meets!)

Keep the faith brother Ken!

**Mart** · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject:

welcome ken some good angling over your way i'm quite often chasing chub in the town centre, and looking forward to getting out the minnow livebaits for the perch.

yeh come on damo pull ya bloody finger ouyt lol
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ukken · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject: I get it!

So, damo is the secret weapon!

It does look a good site and I was surprised that it is not used more. I have already learned a lot after a quick look around. I hope that I am able to contribute in the future. Anyway..........about these freebies! Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Yahoo

It is good to be here.

Cheers, Ken

**Mart** · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:51 pm Post subject:

so are you now exclusively carp then ken or are ya a bit of an all rounder? you ever heard of the gypo pond in leeds?
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**damo** · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject:

Secret weopon!!! I've been called a tool many times but never a weopon. Big Smile

My secret for catching is simple Ken. Maggots and small hooks and just play the numbers game. Eventually something big will turn up. According to my records only another 314 rod hours before the next one turns up. Problem is I only get about 16hrs a week in so I may be sometime.
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ukken · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject: About me.....

......I lived in Newbiggin by-the-sea in the north east for some yaers as a kid. It was there that I fished in the sea and local rivers the Wansbeck. I still love sea fishing and go beachcasting when I get the chance. My family moved to Leeds when I was 14 and lived a couple of miles away from Roundhay park where I could be found every weekend with a couple of mates fishing for roach, perch and bream.

I have always fished but about three years ago was introduced to carp fishing by a friend. We fished at Welham fisheries, an overnight 24 hour session and I caught my first and biggest common to date of 18 1/2lb what a feeling. Very Happy

I had my name down for Pauls pond which is 10 minutes walk away from where I live in Cookridge. There are some huge carp in there as well as a load of big tench and some bream and perch.

It is pretty exclusive but I am allowed to take a guest along now and then. When it warms up a bit you will have to come over and give it a try. I am going to help out next week clearing some of the rhododendrons around the lake and get rid of some of the water lillies that are taking over. It is a great spot.

Regards, Ken

**Mart** · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject:

dont take out too many off either removing too much can ruin a good water
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**marcelxl** · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:43 am Post subject:

Rhodies, I believe can turn land acidic and they are an alien species too (although only heard thru someone else who is usually right!) so in that respect they should be controlled. But they do make a water look pretty!!

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