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[John]

Im tempted to sell all my carp gear and go back to "real" fishing simply because i took up carp fishing to spend time with my brother and my mate, now neither of them go i cant see the point so i might as well go back to waggler fishing.

Any tips of flogging a full carp set up without having to resort to bits at a time on ebay?

[Colin]

Trade it in to one of the local tackle shops mate, that way you can get some new gear while you are doing the deal

[lewie]

Im tempted to sell all my carp gear and go back to "real" fishing simply because i took up carp fishing to spend time with my brother and my mate, now neither of them go i cant see the point so i might as well go back to waggler fishing.

Any tips of flogging a full carp set up without having to resort to bits at a time on ebay?

hi john if you sell your kit you might regreat it in a few months time. if you like carp fishing find another person to join up with and try waggler fishing for carp its great fun best wishes lewie

[John]

Trade it in to one of the local tackle shops mate, that way you can get some new gear while you are doing the deal

Only tackle shop near me is owned by a right nob mate so he wouldn't be up for it.

[John]

hi john if you sell your kit you might regreat it in a few months time. if you like carp fishing find another person to join up with and try waggler fishing for carp its great fun best wishes lewie

Not sure mate, i coarse fished for over 20 years before i got in to carping and i only got in to carping so i could spend some time with an old mate who i didn't see very often, catching fish was not my main priority TBH.

Last year i got japped in to paying £40 for a 1 year Q lake membership when i had been fishing it since it opened and could never give anyone the £10 and then £20 for life membership. Suddenly at £40 a year there was someone to take my money and because it was now £40 per year my mate said not paying that so it cost me £80 to fish the place for 48 hours.

I have become massively disillusioned at just how greedy the carp fishery owners are in general, they seem to think they are doing you a favour when the reality is they are selling you a service and they should get a grip and act accordingly rather than just taking the money and run. Some lakes will welcome you for days on end and then refuse to provide bins, it is laughable.

Anyway as you can see im not too sure i would regret selling my carp gear.

[Colin]

Not sure mate, i coarse fished for over 20 years before i got in to carping and i only got in to carping so i could spend some time with an old mate who i didn't see very often, catching fish was not my main priority TBH.

Last year i got japped in to paying £40 for a 1 year Q lake membership when i had been fishing it since it opened and could never give anyone the £10 and then £20 for life membership. Suddenly at £40 a year there was someone to take my money and because it was now £40 per year my mate said not paying that so it cost me £80 to fish the place for 48 hours.

I have become massively disillusioned at just how greedy the carp fishery owners are in general, they seem to think they are doing you a favour when the reality is they are selling you a service and they should get a grip and act accordingly rather than just taking the money and run. Some lakes will welcome you for days on end and then refuse to provide bins, it is laughable.

Anyway as you can see im not too sure i would regret selling my carp gear.

If I was you and that sure I'd sell the bulk of it and keep the bare essentials for the occassional trip, you just never know when the urge will hit you for an overnighter or 48hr session mate

[John]

Dunno mate, i wouldn't go on my own and that would be the only option now, it was the social side of going carping i liked not necessarily the catching fish. My subs are due at that local'ish pond i joined towards the back end of last year, i am going to join that either way and see if i can get used to taking a small amount of carp gear so it isn't so much of a chore.

[John]

My licence has come and i have been and paid my subs on the lake i joined last year so ill give me carp gear one more chance

[Colin]

lol ... you know it makes sense mate, now all you have to do is arrange a few weekend escapes / retreats to get your head showered

[Dr Hook]

My licence has come and i have been and paid my subs on the lake i joined last year so ill give me carp gear one more chance

No don't sell your carp kit especially when you can use it for Pike and Zander as well..........

[John]

lol ... you know it makes sense mate, now all you have to do is arrange a few weekend escapes / retreats to get your head showered

Ill be taking the missus cos none of my carping mates want to go LOL

[John]

Well ive not been yet cos its not stopped raining and its boggy as hell around the lake lol

[Andy]

Hows about now , you been out, mind you the rain has hardly stopped has it.

[John]

Still raining here mate, in fact ive seen an old man over the fields building a big wooden boat with a queue of animals waiting for it to be finished. I just cant remember when it didnt rain.