In reply to Post #1
Generally there will be a trend on the way it's fished, it could give you opportunities to do things differently.
Past information on bigger fish captures, when, where, conditions, etc.
Spending time walking & watching the water and trying to put answers to what you are seeing.
Can only echo the number one factor and that is enjoy it.
Generally there will be a trend on the way it's fished, it could give you opportunities to do things differently.
Past information on bigger fish captures, when, where, conditions, etc.
Spending time walking & watching the water and trying to put answers to what you are seeing.
Can only echo the number one factor and that is enjoy it.
Pre-bait,pre-bait and pre-bait more = success IMO (assuming the bait is decent and you know what you are doing in terms of rigs and location)
In reply to Post #1
It's simple mate - all about time, nothing else. If you can string together a lot of days fishing coupled with trickling bait in, you will catch.
Don't get wrapped up in the word "watercraft" - most of it is a myth. It isn't rocket science if you have a bit of outdoors blood in you. As long as you keep quiet on the bank and tread lightly, you have already cracked 2 thirds of so called Watercraft.
Time is the biggest edge in modern day carp fishing despite what others (usually people that fish 4 nights a week) say.
Be lucky.
It's simple mate - all about time, nothing else. If you can string together a lot of days fishing coupled with trickling bait in, you will catch.
Don't get wrapped up in the word "watercraft" - most of it is a myth. It isn't rocket science if you have a bit of outdoors blood in you. As long as you keep quiet on the bank and tread lightly, you have already cracked 2 thirds of so called Watercraft.
Time is the biggest edge in modern day carp fishing despite what others (usually people that fish 4 nights a week) say.
Be lucky.
In reply to Post #33
I have to disagree with you buddy.
Time helps any angler, especially someone that knows what they're doing, but it is far from the "biggest edge".
Time cannot make a rubbish angler decent.
As for keeping quiet, I agree, that goes without saying, but if you're not on fish keeping quiet wont help you in the slightest.
To the OP, I agree with what some others have said. Keep some bait trickling in. But, keep your eyes open and don't be afraid to ditch your spots if you see an opportunity elsewhere.
I have to disagree with you buddy.
Time helps any angler, especially someone that knows what they're doing, but it is far from the "biggest edge".
Time cannot make a rubbish angler decent.
As for keeping quiet, I agree, that goes without saying, but if you're not on fish keeping quiet wont help you in the slightest.
To the OP, I agree with what some others have said. Keep some bait trickling in. But, keep your eyes open and don't be afraid to ditch your spots if you see an opportunity elsewhere.
In reply to Post #1
This raises an important question for the OP that will probably affect how you have to approach your fishing.....
How much time can you dedicate to actually fishing each week / month?
How many visits for baiting / watching can you dedicate each week/month?
I have had success in the past fishing just one overnighter per week, but was baiting 3-4 times a week as the lake was fairly local to me.
This raises an important question for the OP that will probably affect how you have to approach your fishing.....
How much time can you dedicate to actually fishing each week / month?
How many visits for baiting / watching can you dedicate each week/month?
I have had success in the past fishing just one overnighter per week, but was baiting 3-4 times a week as the lake was fairly local to me.
In reply to Post #33
Are you actually serious?
5 minutes in the right swim is infinitely more effective than 5 days in the wrong.
Are you actually serious?
5 minutes in the right swim is infinitely more effective than 5 days in the wrong.
In reply to Post #36
Yes but with all that time you will not have problems being in the right swim...
Yes but with all that time you will not have problems being in the right swim...
In reply to Post #37
Unless there are also lots of other Time Bandits
Unless there are also lots of other Time Bandits
Some interesting reading in this thread. 
Carpfishing nowadays is a very level playing field, ultimately you are only as good as the bait you are using and quality baits are available to all now. Couple this with with an endless supply of information most people can competently ledger 3 baits and catch carp
The only people who want you to believe different are the ones trying to be famous and scrounge a living from the pastime
It's a no brainier, a bait in the right spot will catch a carp, it's also a no brainier that the longer you are at the water the more chance you have of getting a bite. The wrong spot can become the right one pending fish movements
Carpfishing has got to be the least skilful of all course angling pastimes, it's lobbing some baits out and hoping something gobbles it up, the bait element is taken care of like I have already said.
I have seen more people catch massive or decent carp over the years and they have not got an absolute clue what they are doing if the truth be know, why, because they have bought a quality shop bought bait and dropped it in a spot where a carp has come along and ate it. Watercraft does not come into it, the pub chuck does!
Forget about the skill factor for a minute, some are just kids who have no experience whatsoever, skill does not come into it, it's called pot luck, hit the spot, hit the jackpot
Right bait, right spot it will happen, right bait, wrong spot and it can happen if you are there for long enough and the fish come on to it
Carpfishing nowadays is a very level playing field, ultimately you are only as good as the bait you are using and quality baits are available to all now. Couple this with with an endless supply of information most people can competently ledger 3 baits and catch carp
The only people who want you to believe different are the ones trying to be famous and scrounge a living from the pastime
It's a no brainier, a bait in the right spot will catch a carp, it's also a no brainier that the longer you are at the water the more chance you have of getting a bite. The wrong spot can become the right one pending fish movements
Carpfishing has got to be the least skilful of all course angling pastimes, it's lobbing some baits out and hoping something gobbles it up, the bait element is taken care of like I have already said.
I have seen more people catch massive or decent carp over the years and they have not got an absolute clue what they are doing if the truth be know, why, because they have bought a quality shop bought bait and dropped it in a spot where a carp has come along and ate it. Watercraft does not come into it, the pub chuck does!
Forget about the skill factor for a minute, some are just kids who have no experience whatsoever, skill does not come into it, it's called pot luck, hit the spot, hit the jackpot
Right bait, right spot it will happen, right bait, wrong spot and it can happen if you are there for long enough and the fish come on to it
In reply to Post #39
A great angler with a piece of black foam will catch more than a crap angler with the best bait in the world imo scozza.
Edit: I agree a poorly skilled angler will get lucky eventually but a great angler will have caught what he wanted and moved on by that point in 99% of cases.
A great angler with a piece of black foam will catch more than a crap angler with the best bait in the world imo scozza.
Edit: I agree a poorly skilled angler will get lucky eventually but a great angler will have caught what he wanted and moved on by that point in 99% of cases.
In reply to Post #33
What nonsense
What nonsense
In reply to Post #37
Yeah, but sitting on a pile of bait with a bright fluro pop which they've been hammered on endlessly and which they spook at the first sight of for instance?
How pressured the fish are plays a huge factor and how big or small a water is. Generally speaking, small waters are always tricky regardless of how good an angler you are. What sorts the wheat from the chaff is adapting to what you observe.
Yeah, but sitting on a pile of bait with a bright fluro pop which they've been hammered on endlessly and which they spook at the first sight of for instance?
How pressured the fish are plays a huge factor and how big or small a water is. Generally speaking, small waters are always tricky regardless of how good an angler you are. What sorts the wheat from the chaff is adapting to what you observe.
In reply to Post #39
Agreed Scozza. It's why I love it. Don't have to work too hard to have average results.
Agreed Scozza. It's why I love it. Don't have to work too hard to have average results.
In reply to Post #40
Define a great angler Yonny?
There's only one thing for me, results. I know a lot of anglers, a few are good anglers and some are purely punishers, respect to them though, they put the effort in and catch a lot of fish
As for the black foam, I would put an average angler on a mainline bait for a season, same length of time as the black foam man and I would be confident who would catch the most over a season, unless it was a big hole where they spent a lot of time up in the water, but that's a tactical choice based on experience and the venue I guess?
Carpfishing is FULL of bull**** and there are not many who will tell you the real story, all people see is a couple of pages of heroism's and a couple of pictures, it's not the true story
I know one bloke, TOP Knob Rod on one water, over 270 nights for 6 fish, legend, or he thought he was lol
What people don't appreciate is these “top” anglers are banging some serious time in compared to the working man doing 24hrs on a weekend. They can put the equivalent of 10 years of effort in, in comparison in a couple of years!
Said it many a time, unless we get a clockcard on the gates of fisheries we will never know who the real TOP anglers are, the ones who do the same everywhere. In the meantime, take everything you hear with a pinch of salt unless it's a trustworthy source is my feedback to anybody
Define a great angler Yonny?
There's only one thing for me, results. I know a lot of anglers, a few are good anglers and some are purely punishers, respect to them though, they put the effort in and catch a lot of fish
As for the black foam, I would put an average angler on a mainline bait for a season, same length of time as the black foam man and I would be confident who would catch the most over a season, unless it was a big hole where they spent a lot of time up in the water, but that's a tactical choice based on experience and the venue I guess?
Carpfishing is FULL of bull**** and there are not many who will tell you the real story, all people see is a couple of pages of heroism's and a couple of pictures, it's not the true story
I know one bloke, TOP Knob Rod on one water, over 270 nights for 6 fish, legend, or he thought he was lol
What people don't appreciate is these “top” anglers are banging some serious time in compared to the working man doing 24hrs on a weekend. They can put the equivalent of 10 years of effort in, in comparison in a couple of years!
Said it many a time, unless we get a clockcard on the gates of fisheries we will never know who the real TOP anglers are, the ones who do the same everywhere. In the meantime, take everything you hear with a pinch of salt unless it's a trustworthy source is my feedback to anybody
In reply to Post #39
100% bang on Scozza.
100% bang on Scozza.