Re: Surface fishing. I've seen older videos where guys used to cut cork balls into the shape of a dog biscuit then glue them to the hook shank and add a counter balance weight so that the hook will sit on the top of the biscuit when in the water.

Is it best to have the hook on top of the bait rather than underneath where the fish can clearly see it?

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Don't know how you could possibly have it on top, surely the weight would always turn it over, not to mention the hooking capability would be decreased,

Always glued Cork ball or two chum mixers to back of the hook.

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Enterprise used to make the imitation mixers that had a shot in the opposite side to the hook which kept the hook on top

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Always found cork to be too buoyant and fish could tell different to mixers.

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Yep, tried that, it does work, I found cagey Carp only got lightly hooked in the top lip a lot of the time = lost fish. I also have the artificial Enterprise jobs, both original (without weight) and weighted version, both work very well but I'm erring away from them now as If lost they present a danger to fish and wildlife.

I also agree re super buoyant baits putting warey Carp off.

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i've found the newer enterprise mixers better than cork, there's less messing around, i did find they were too bouyant with the counterweight enterprise supply so i've swapped their shot out for a slightly bigger number 4 or number 2 shot, it still floats but it rides much lower in the water and gets sucked down easier, specially with the heavier no2