In reply to Post #15
I have caught a lot of carp on plastic baits over the years. They have several advantages in the fact that crayfish can't break them down etc.
I have no worries about chucking them out on certain venues. It's the same as a zig in my eyes, they don't go down to plastic for any other reason that it's visual and they think it's something to eat. That's all ya need sometimes isn't it! Plastic corn is brilliant if it's surrounded by real corn! But one thing I do know, is that I would not be confident chucking a single unflavoured piece of plastic out on its own. I also modify my plastic to take on certain smells and sweetness just in case any blind carp are about!!
I still prefer real food wherever possible.
They serve a purpose and we need to use them safely.
I can remember Kempy telling me that when he saw enterprise fake corn appear in the 90s he was gutted as everyone could now present a lifelike piece of corn just like they had been doing with real sweetcorn for years and battering places!
I have caught a lot of carp on plastic baits over the years. They have several advantages in the fact that crayfish can't break them down etc.
I have no worries about chucking them out on certain venues. It's the same as a zig in my eyes, they don't go down to plastic for any other reason that it's visual and they think it's something to eat. That's all ya need sometimes isn't it! Plastic corn is brilliant if it's surrounded by real corn! But one thing I do know, is that I would not be confident chucking a single unflavoured piece of plastic out on its own. I also modify my plastic to take on certain smells and sweetness just in case any blind carp are about!!
I still prefer real food wherever possible.
They serve a purpose and we need to use them safely.
I can remember Kempy telling me that when he saw enterprise fake corn appear in the 90s he was gutted as everyone could now present a lifelike piece of corn just like they had been doing with real sweetcorn for years and battering places!
In reply to Post #1
I personally think its due to corn normally being a safe item for the carp to eat, lots of people use it in a spod mix and with their boilies but few fish it on the hair , so the carp get used to feeding on it in a safe way, the fact that the hookbait is plastic doesn't matter as once they've sucked it in to sample it it's too late and they are hooked. On a water where everyone is feeding and using boilie it can be devastating!
I personally think its due to corn normally being a safe item for the carp to eat, lots of people use it in a spod mix and with their boilies but few fish it on the hair , so the carp get used to feeding on it in a safe way, the fact that the hookbait is plastic doesn't matter as once they've sucked it in to sample it it's too late and they are hooked. On a water where everyone is feeding and using boilie it can be devastating!
Last year it felt like the fish on my water were more interested in bright coloured baits like sweetcorn early on - then around July, it felt like boilies and high calorie/HNV baits started producing the best.
If anything I think last year, it taught me more to change my approach through the seasons, rather than doing just one thing religiously.
I did notice that literally everybody was feeding sweetcorn, but very few were using it on an actual baited rig... so maybe that was an edge,
I also think that many people are soaking/lacing their sweetcorn with liquids, however I just used frozen plain corn, with no additives at all - maybe that helped.
who knows.
If anything I think last year, it taught me more to change my approach through the seasons, rather than doing just one thing religiously.
I did notice that literally everybody was feeding sweetcorn, but very few were using it on an actual baited rig... so maybe that was an edge,
I also think that many people are soaking/lacing their sweetcorn with liquids, however I just used frozen plain corn, with no additives at all - maybe that helped.
who knows.