In reply to Post #15
i watched carp in spain acting as a pack cornering small fish and then eating them in a canal drain, it was cool to watch and they defo like to eat fish
i watched carp in spain acting as a pack cornering small fish and then eating them in a canal drain, it was cool to watch and they defo like to eat fish
In reply to Post #16
Just out of interest many years ago I was fishing a large French lake
and in the corner to my left I could hear all this crashing it was a hot sunny day so thinking oh bloody hell they have started spawning
I reeled in and walked round what I saw was the the complete corner was black for for about 2 meters from the bank with millions of tadpoles that had just hatched the carp were roaring into them and gorging on them was an amazing sight
Just out of interest many years ago I was fishing a large French lake
and in the corner to my left I could hear all this crashing it was a hot sunny day so thinking oh bloody hell they have started spawning
I reeled in and walked round what I saw was the the complete corner was black for for about 2 meters from the bank with millions of tadpoles that had just hatched the carp were roaring into them and gorging on them was an amazing sight
In reply to Post #13
To be fair that was always the more likely to end up in the net...
To be fair that was always the more likely to end up in the net...
A Roach live bait fished 6 inches under the surface. 15 lb Mirror whilst I was after cats.
Liquorice allsorts.
The round yellow ones with the black centre.
The round yellow ones with the black centre.
In reply to Post #1
Had a snotty on a bogey once....
Had a snotty on a bogey once....
In reply to Post #21
A chip 🍟, when at school used to carry a telescopic rod in my bag, rarely made it to school, one dinner time there was a few fish on the top, only food item about was me mates cone of chips... On one went, lowered out, and a double figure common snaffled it in seconds, was still hot 😜... Un hooked the fish in the water as had no mat, just a **** old net we used to stash for the sciving days.. Was easily a PB at the time, Never forget that day 😁
A chip 🍟, when at school used to carry a telescopic rod in my bag, rarely made it to school, one dinner time there was a few fish on the top, only food item about was me mates cone of chips... On one went, lowered out, and a double figure common snaffled it in seconds, was still hot 😜... Un hooked the fish in the water as had no mat, just a **** old net we used to stash for the sciving days.. Was easily a PB at the time, Never forget that day 😁
Not a so unusual bait for me with an acorn, but there's a guy that catch regularly carps with lures.
I nearly had one on a petal once . I noticed they were swirling at fallen petals of a nearby bush , I put one on my hook and freelined it . Think I had a chance but missed it , this was long before I'd even caught a carp
Enjoyed looking through this thread. Fascinating to say the least.
I posted not so long back after watching carp come up and take blackberries from overhead bushes.
Hair rigged blackberry.
If it's food they'll have it
Hair rigged blackberry.
If it's food they'll have it
In reply to Post #17
That reminds me of something very similar, same scenario on Lake Meillant France, but on a quick dip of a net they were tight football sized shoals of baby Catfish, saw that a few years on the trot.
That reminds me of something very similar, same scenario on Lake Meillant France, but on a quick dip of a net they were tight football sized shoals of baby Catfish, saw that a few years on the trot.
In reply to Post #15
i'd always heard rumours of carp eating smaller fish but didn't know if it was true. I think there is a article in one of the carp publications this month, about a guy catching a carp on lamprey.
i'd always heard rumours of carp eating smaller fish but didn't know if it was true. I think there is a article in one of the carp publications this month, about a guy catching a carp on lamprey.
I saw a carp eat a baby bird that had fell out of its nest.Me and my mate could not believe it
In reply to Post #29
Probably a bit too much to use them as bait though.....
Probably a bit too much to use them as bait though.....