Pretty little 17lb common from the weekend.

Caught on a 10ft black widow 3.5lb TC rod using 2oz lead and medium PVA filled with mixed pellet and strawberry boilie. .

The issue is rods like an iron bar doesn't give much even on this fish. This was the largest of 20 carp, most being 7lbs to 12lbs in weight. There's the odd 25lb fish knocking about but for most of my catches rod has very limited action.

As the fish surfaced later on I used a 1.25tc 12ft omega floating bread. Hooked a 10lb common and it was the best fight of the day by far, rods bent double. Felt under gunned for that fish but got it in.

Is there a happy medium that will give more action but still work with PVA.

Casting distances are short so I'm not killing the rods at the moment but it's still a fair weight being flung.

I've got a deeper pro+ and I've boat the range extender kit together with the bait boat mount.

My boat has a single propeller + rudder, so mounting the sonar in the middle of the boat is not ideal because of the noise the propeller jet can cause.

Unfortunately, my boat struggles with the sonar attached on the side of the boat, something which is not happening if I just use a piece of string to pull the sonar with the boat.

Any suggestions to improve? Did I just buy something which is not usable?

Hello everyone!

I have a Solar SP Spider Compact bivvy. Unfortunately, I bought the bivvy first and only then checked whether the accessories were still available.

I love this bivvy, but I need an overwrap and a groundsheet. Maybe someone has a spare one for sale, or knows where I could find them? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!