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Sounds like a job for casters Danny, a lightish cage feeder may be a good bet as well as this will sink a little slower than a lead or heavy block-end. Coconut (dessicated) is a good feed additive, it is VERY light and will settle on top of the softest silt.

Coconut (dessicated) and casters....sounds like an interesting combination Mis! How do you prepare that....is it just a case of mixing both and adding to the cage feeder or is it best mixing with breadcrumb, small pellets etc?

Tom casters does sound like a good option.....also used with in a small PVA bag....very light.

Just got back from recky and can report that as far as i can gather there is hardly any silt!! Not sure why the gentleman informed me that there was last time i was down....but using white cotton and marker rod confirmed otherwise! The bottom if anything appears to be a little soft with canadian weed starting to sprout in various locations and algae is starting to form on the surface. It's pretty featureless with no areas of heavy weed present anyway or depth changes. There are reeds and lily pads around but little else......although a couple of the swims are open giving great visability.

I'm tempted to fish as normal using maggots and not deads on one rod....question i have is if it becomes apparent that the feeders are sitting in soft mud/silt whats the best way to kill em? I'm thinking...with limited means.....that the best option is to pour boiling water on them for a few seconds.....is this a wise move?

Dan.

Cheers Mis...silly question im sure but i didn't want them exploding making a large bucket of red dye