Hi Crippo, Although it's usually hot at MP in July, the fish are very willing to feed as is borne out by our past catch reports. The problem with that time of the year is that most of the carp in the lake have been hooked 2 or 3 times and are getting quite wary. Smaller boilies than the norm will help, but they will of course need to be hard to resist the attentions of the crays. This applies to the freebies also, as there's no point in fishing hookbaits only when you don't intend to. Slightly heavier baiting will be necessary with the smaller boilies as more of them are getting stolen by nuisance species. I believe that whenever possible, the nuisance fish (crays, poisson-chat, rudd, bream, etc.) pick-up the freebies and swim off with them to safer places rather than eat them on the spot, so you've got to take this into account with the smaller baits. Brazils are definitely worth a go as the MP fish like them and they stay on indefinitely. How about trying something completely new, like water chestnuts, which took a big catch on Labyrinth recently. You just need to be patient at that time of the year and avoid re-casting. Leaving your baits out for as long as possible (once you are happy with your spots) usually improves your chances, but remember to keep topping up with freebies little and often. As you say, you've been before and your past experience should help a lot!