In reply to Post #30
I guess so if you are wanting to be as accurate as possible. Some of the kits that feature a stiff boom take into consideration the length of the boom and the length not the float. So that both together equal 1ft for instance.
I tend to not overthink it personally. I use a bare lead for 'leading about' and then use a marker float setup when mapping out a swim in more detail. I usually only do this during the closed.season or when not fishing.
I guess so if you are wanting to be as accurate as possible. Some of the kits that feature a stiff boom take into consideration the length of the boom and the length not the float. So that both together equal 1ft for instance.
I tend to not overthink it personally. I use a bare lead for 'leading about' and then use a marker float setup when mapping out a swim in more detail. I usually only do this during the closed.season or when not fishing.
In reply to Post #31
Do you think all the crashing about with the marker and lead, would kill the days fishing then.
By spooking all the fish in that area
Do you think all the crashing about with the marker and lead, would kill the days fishing then.
By spooking all the fish in that area
In reply to Post #32
I personally prefer not to risk it but it can be very venue dependent. If you are fishing short sessions then personally I would look to fish towards physical features such as reeds, islands, margins etc or fish to showing fish.
If you can spend time at a venue without actually fishing, just mapping out marginal shelves, shallows etc it can really help. It's not always possible. A simple bare lead is much less likely to spoil fish if you are careful. It takes practice to feel a lead.down and read a rod top.
Alternatively, you can map out swims quickly using a waggler float and float fishing for a day. Keep a notepad handy with a simple map drawn on a page and record depths using a plummet.
I personally prefer not to risk it but it can be very venue dependent. If you are fishing short sessions then personally I would look to fish towards physical features such as reeds, islands, margins etc or fish to showing fish.
If you can spend time at a venue without actually fishing, just mapping out marginal shelves, shallows etc it can really help. It's not always possible. A simple bare lead is much less likely to spoil fish if you are careful. It takes practice to feel a lead.down and read a rod top.
Alternatively, you can map out swims quickly using a waggler float and float fishing for a day. Keep a notepad handy with a simple map drawn on a page and record depths using a plummet.
In reply to Post #33
I only started carp fishing again last Yr. I've got a caravan in Sandwich Kent. We go there every weekend. We'll until lock down. Sandwich Leisure Park is shut now.
I've been fishing at Sandwich lakes, I'm just fishing the match lake for now. The carp go up to about 18lb.
I need to learn my watercraft and how to play a carp properly. Before I hook a bad boy lol.
I hadn't fished for yrs before last Yr, and there was non of this feathering the cast and feeling the lead down when I fished yrs ago
When I started up again and started watching vids on Utube, I was like wow carping has really moved on from when I last fished
But I want to learn the art properly, leading, feathering the cast, feeling the lead down, making my own rigs
Ive spoken to a couple of people, and I could tell when I said what I wanted to learn to do, that they don't do all those things
I still can't cast properly, trying to trap the line just before it hits the water. Then raising the rod to tighten the line, then following the lead down till it reaches the bottom.
But I will get there, I'm determined lol
I only started carp fishing again last Yr. I've got a caravan in Sandwich Kent. We go there every weekend. We'll until lock down. Sandwich Leisure Park is shut now.
I've been fishing at Sandwich lakes, I'm just fishing the match lake for now. The carp go up to about 18lb.
I need to learn my watercraft and how to play a carp properly. Before I hook a bad boy lol.
I hadn't fished for yrs before last Yr, and there was non of this feathering the cast and feeling the lead down when I fished yrs ago
When I started up again and started watching vids on Utube, I was like wow carping has really moved on from when I last fished
But I want to learn the art properly, leading, feathering the cast, feeling the lead down, making my own rigs
Ive spoken to a couple of people, and I could tell when I said what I wanted to learn to do, that they don't do all those things
I still can't cast properly, trying to trap the line just before it hits the water. Then raising the rod to tighten the line, then following the lead down till it reaches the bottom.
But I will get there, I'm determined lol
In reply to Post #34
keep practicing - there's just a bit of knack to it, but once you've got it sorted it will change your fishing.
Knowing that your rig touched down firmly on a clear area rather than lobbing it into a weedbed without realising - you'll be fishing a lot more effectively. There's better for your confidence than feeling the lead crack down and thinking 'that's a bite'
keep practicing - there's just a bit of knack to it, but once you've got it sorted it will change your fishing.
Knowing that your rig touched down firmly on a clear area rather than lobbing it into a weedbed without realising - you'll be fishing a lot more effectively. There's better for your confidence than feeling the lead crack down and thinking 'that's a bite'
In reply to Post #35
I won't be happy till I'm doing it all properly. Fishing blind is not something I want to carry on doing.
I won't be happy till I'm doing it all properly. Fishing blind is not something I want to carry on doing.
In reply to Post #34
If it's shallow n layered with silt you won't feel a thing if fishing any distance
If it's shallow n layered with silt you won't feel a thing if fishing any distance
In reply to Post #36
Don't ignore the margins
Don't ignore the margins
In reply to Post #38
OK thanks
OK thanks
In reply to Post #38
https://www.sandwichlakes.co.uk/our-lakes/
https://www.sandwichlakes.co.uk/our-lakes/