As per the title, the lake I'm fishing is now covered in a layer of black silk weed and the fish just aren't feeding in it. I'm thinking of a castable rake like the Gardner one but does anyone have any other ideas to clear it off.
In reply to Post #1
Sea fishing breakaway leads are better than the gardner rake for silkweed, add a cable tie to hold the arms in place as they are designed to give under pressure
Sea fishing breakaway leads are better than the gardner rake for silkweed, add a cable tie to hold the arms in place as they are designed to give under pressure
In reply to Post #1
They are feeding somewhere mate.
You really need to find the spots that have been cleared by carp imo, or it might be worth letting nuisance species (as well as the carp) clear a spot for you with Vitalin?
They are feeding somewhere mate.
You really need to find the spots that have been cleared by carp imo, or it might be worth letting nuisance species (as well as the carp) clear a spot for you with Vitalin?
In reply to Post #3
I've often found raking can give instant results, also found it can kill a swim for days, and not necessarily high stock vs low stock either
Worth a go if your struggling
I've often found raking can give instant results, also found it can kill a swim for days, and not necessarily high stock vs low stock either
Worth a go if your struggling
In reply to Post #4
I've found raking nice fresh green weed can give explosive results. You reveal a load of natural food.
Dead black **** not so much. Normally you're just revealing dead black silt.
I've found raking nice fresh green weed can give explosive results. You reveal a load of natural food.
Dead black **** not so much. Normally you're just revealing dead black silt.
In reply to Post #3
You are right yonny, they are feeding on a couple of spots but these are well known areas that receive lots of angling pressure. My thinking was to try and get another spot going by clearing and then baiting to keep it clear and create a new Hotspot
You are right yonny, they are feeding on a couple of spots but these are well known areas that receive lots of angling pressure. My thinking was to try and get another spot going by clearing and then baiting to keep it clear and create a new Hotspot
In reply to Post #6
I get ya mate.
As they say, if you fish the same as everyone else you catch the same as everyone else. Good call mate
I get ya mate.
As they say, if you fish the same as everyone else you catch the same as everyone else. Good call mate
In reply to Post #5
I've been lucky and found bloodworm under the dead stuff quite often tbh, they feed on that rotting crap.
I've got a few of the old angling intelligence rakes that are great of you can find them, but I always start with the sea leads as they're cheap and easily replaceable. I will use the biggest ai rake once it's thinned out to cover a bigger area. The Gardner one is a bit light to really get down into the muck, I think I'd be adding lead to it if I didn't have the ai ones.
I'll tie small pva bags of bait to the rake after a few casts to kill 2 birds with one stone, it takes a lot of casts to actually clear a spot
I've been lucky and found bloodworm under the dead stuff quite often tbh, they feed on that rotting crap.
I've got a few of the old angling intelligence rakes that are great of you can find them, but I always start with the sea leads as they're cheap and easily replaceable. I will use the biggest ai rake once it's thinned out to cover a bigger area. The Gardner one is a bit light to really get down into the muck, I think I'd be adding lead to it if I didn't have the ai ones.
I'll tie small pva bags of bait to the rake after a few casts to kill 2 birds with one stone, it takes a lot of casts to actually clear a spot
In reply to Post #8
Thanks for the sea lead tip , will defo give that a go.
Thanks for the sea lead tip
, will defo give that a go.