Some guidelines that I tend to follow when going carp fishing that might help make a small difference:
At the beginning of a session I quickly get my rods out, on a single hook bait and cast to different spots that might be interesting, while setting up all of your gear you get a head start as well as an idea of possible interesting spots to put more bait on to if the produce in the early part of the session.
On a water where you get a lot of takes: I tend to induce a feeding frenzy amongst the carp, just throwing out lines and waiting for a take is pretty useless, I “work” a lot on these waters, recasting every 40 minutes, trying out different baits and spots and so on. I feed on a regular basis with small amounts of food like hemp, pellets, method mix or half boilies.
Tactics adapted to time of year: In summer I mostly use bottom baits though sometimes I fish with carp floaters or pop-ups if I carp are on the surface.
Other time of year: Balanced baits: Because there are still a lot of leafs on the bottom of the water with balanced baits your bait will be nicely placed on top of them.
Know your water: Are there only small fish on your water then it’s pretty no use to use big boilies, this will only result in false takes, you have to scale down your tactics to catch these fish.
Water with a big stock: I’ll feed regularly 20 boilies to induce a feeding frenzy and keep the carp on my spot, again 20 boilies after every fish I catch.
Try some Hookers or Soft hook & feed pellets or carp floaters from time to time instead of boilies these can help you catch more carp and sometimes will attract only the bigger fish.
On waters where you’ll get most of your takes at dusk or dawn, I immediately cast my rods at arrival, without feeding, because this might make suspicious carp wary….
DIPS and GLUGS during winter: Test them first, take glass of very cold water and put dipped boilie in it, if the dip still mixes in the water then you can use it, if it just sits on the bottom and stiffens it’s no use for this time of year
Sunny weather: Don’t forget the spots with overhanging branches of trees carp love to hang out here.
Day fishing: Very visible hook baits
Night fishing: Very smelly hook baits
For big difficult to catch carp, try very long hook links, from 10 to 12 inches
When fishing at close range and possible release your caught fish in a different spot then near yours…
For bigger carp, I tend not to feed to tight but over a larger area, this will make the carp move around and make them less suspicious… |
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