In reply to Post #15
Its more annoyance at the word carpy, and those that use it, and having to see it everytime anew thread is started about some element of fishing in weed, or the various other threads. Needs to be a weekly limit to how many threads you can post
Its more annoyance at the word carpy, and those that use it, and having to see it everytime anew thread is started about some element of fishing in weed, or the various other threads. Needs to be a weekly limit to how many threads you can post
Watched carp scare all manor of wildlife today at my syndicate. Also watched a Spomb skim 2ft from the head of a mooching carp... also didn't spook.
A couple of weeks ago I had put a bit of bait on a spot and the birds hadn't noticed it. There were half a dozen mallards sitting just four yards away. Suddenly a carp got its head down and bubbles started hitting the surface, almost instantly one mallard went over and sat in the bubbles. Within minutes all six were diving and coming up with boilies.
In reply to Post #16
Read your comment back 👀 before you talk about punctuation 🤣
Read your comment back 👀 before you talk about punctuation 🤣
Coots feed on the same spots as carp i was told... no idea if true but wasnt disproved when i went to thorpe lea recently
In reply to Post #1
Nope. Had plenty of fish take as ducks and wotnot are churning up the water over my hook baits. Carp aren't bothered one bit when food is in front of them. I'd be a bit worried if someone was trying to create a link in their mind between birds and carp behaviour - trip to the shrink needed maybe
Nope. Had plenty of fish take as ducks and wotnot are churning up the water over my hook baits. Carp aren't bothered one bit when food is in front of them. I'd be a bit worried if someone was trying to create a link in their mind between birds and carp behaviour - trip to the shrink needed maybe
Ha ha, interesting thread, I remember starting a similar one years ago about the link between birds and carp location after observations I made on Horseshoe, mainly had the piss ripped out of me back then 
When the tufty/coot surfaces all panic stricken, squawking, and flys off, always gives me hope.
In reply to Post #23
Especially if you're piking.
Especially if you're piking.
In reply to Post #24
Oh yes
Oh yes
In reply to Post #25
Many years ago I saw a pike take a mallard it was on the Thames at Walton. Must have been a big old pike. A big swirl and the duck disappeared.
Many years ago I saw a pike take a mallard it was on the Thames at Walton. Must have been a big old pike. A big swirl and the duck disappeared.
In reply to Post #18
A lake local to me the ducks get fed by the public, bread etc. You should see how often the carp will be grabbing it before the ducks. Amusing to see mallards lifted up by the carp snaffling bread before the ducks get it.
Of course it's on a lake with a 'no floater fishing' rule.
A lake local to me the ducks get fed by the public, bread etc. You should see how often the carp will be grabbing it before the ducks. Amusing to see mallards lifted up by the carp snaffling bread before the ducks get it.
Of course it's on a lake with a 'no floater fishing' rule.
Chickens that eat your hooky at 2 in the morning are fun
In reply to Post #14
Says the man who forgot a full stop, oh and it's "as well".
Says the man who forgot a full stop, oh and it's "as well".
In reply to Post #29
There's an excessive use of the comma as well
'People in glass houses' and all of that......
There's an excessive use of the comma as well
'People in glass houses' and all of that......