I've had this twice before where I was fishing a wafter that was set to just fall slowly as the hooklink kicked out, both times I've cast out hit the clip and felt the lead down in 12ft of water and the rod was almost taken out my hands as I unclipped the line.
Thursday I fished a club water and had a couple of fish,one early morning and one in the night and then nothing. I was up at 6.30 and expectd to have a fish on the rod on the tree line. I decided to recast, I was fishing 22mm out the bag,corked to take the weight off the bait a little. I cast out and hit the clip and there's no feeling the lead down as it's only 2.5 to 3 feet deep into soft silti......straight away the line started turning off the reel, I looked to see if I had caught the rod on the staging as I moved it onto my pod, but it hadn't,I put my finger on the spool like you would trotting a float down the river and it was still taking line...the penny dropped and I flicked over the bail arm and started playing it.....my instant thought was foul hooked as the fish have been there in numbers. I played it in and it was nailed in the bottom lip,it must have took the bait the second it hit the bottom.
anyone else had bites on the drop or instantly??
Thursday I fished a club water and had a couple of fish,one early morning and one in the night and then nothing. I was up at 6.30 and expectd to have a fish on the rod on the tree line. I decided to recast, I was fishing 22mm out the bag,corked to take the weight off the bait a little. I cast out and hit the clip and there's no feeling the lead down as it's only 2.5 to 3 feet deep into soft silti......straight away the line started turning off the reel, I looked to see if I had caught the rod on the staging as I moved it onto my pod, but it hadn't,I put my finger on the spool like you would trotting a float down the river and it was still taking line...the penny dropped and I flicked over the bail arm and started playing it.....my instant thought was foul hooked as the fish have been there in numbers. I played it in and it was nailed in the bottom lip,it must have took the bait the second it hit the bottom.
anyone else had bites on the drop or instantly??
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Once I waded a rig out, opened the bail arm and took three or four steps back to put the rod on the alarm and by then the line was peeling off the reel. I must have almost stepped on the fish placing the rig.
Once I waded a rig out, opened the bail arm and took three or four steps back to put the rod on the alarm and by then the line was peeling off the reel. I must have almost stepped on the fish placing the rig.
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Has happened a few times to me; only once with a standard 'balanced' baited rig but a few times with large solid PVA bags over the same baited area . . . reckon the bag has melted in warmer water before it hits the deck and the fish has just smashed into it. Luck rather than judgement!
Has happened a few times to me; only once with a standard 'balanced' baited rig but a few times with large solid PVA bags over the same baited area . . . reckon the bag has melted in warmer water before it hits the deck and the fish has just smashed into it. Luck rather than judgement!
Yeah quite often. Couple of weeks ago it was crazy, both carp but especially (have to look up the name of the species) huge ides. On bright popups that was. But if they are having it, it can happen quite a lot. One of the most memorable ones was jigging on sight with a piece of bread, they really went for it. It's funny how often the "rules" of carp behavior are broken.
Happens often method fishing, particularly if the feeder is dropped in the margin
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Yep, +1.
I'm surprised the method feeder float isn't used more in Carp fishing, it's deadly in the match scene. A long tie ago on a water I fished the Carp were quite easy to catch on the floating maggot feeder too
Yep, +1.
I'm surprised the method feeder float isn't used more in Carp fishing, it's deadly in the match scene. A long tie ago on a water I fished the Carp were quite easy to catch on the floating maggot feeder too
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Last year i swung a solid bag into a likely looking spot under an overhanging tree at the start of a session, in around the 3 seconds it took to put my rod down on the rest the line was ripping off the spool, the fish must have tore the bag up while it was still melting.
Definitely caught me off guard that one!
Last year i swung a solid bag into a likely looking spot under an overhanging tree at the start of a session, in around the 3 seconds it took to put my rod down on the rest the line was ripping off the spool, the fish must have tore the bag up while it was still melting.
Definitely caught me off guard that one!
Its happened to me a few times, one memorable time was in the 80's, I cast out, put the rod in the rest and I'm trying to set the indicator on the "Monkey Climber" and I cannot as the line is too tight and no matter how much I try to get some slack, it just stays tight and I'm getting mad as I did not know what was wrong. When all of a sudden, the rod lunges forward, the buzz bars twist, I look at the rod tip and its bent double. And that is when I twigged I had a fish on and eventually landed it.
Another time, their was a lot of carp basking in the Sun in the pot beds so I thought I would cast a popup into the pot bed set just below the surface in 5 foot of water. As I'm setting the indicator, the line was tight, from "Past Experience" earned the hard way, I knew I had a fish on. I played it to the net with an "odd sort of fight" and what a surprise when I first saw it, it was a Pike, and it had took a Rudd about a "pound" that had took the popup and I landed both.
And one thing that I have done for years, when I pack up, I never remove the bait off the rig. Next time I go, soon as I get in my swim, I get the rods out and cast them out with no need to bait the rig up, lay the rods on the ground with a loose drag and set the landing net up. Then carry on with setting the bivvy up etc. Doing that has caught me a lot of fish, even from under the rod tip that has took the bait almost straight away.
Another time, their was a lot of carp basking in the Sun in the pot beds so I thought I would cast a popup into the pot bed set just below the surface in 5 foot of water. As I'm setting the indicator, the line was tight, from "Past Experience" earned the hard way, I knew I had a fish on. I played it to the net with an "odd sort of fight" and what a surprise when I first saw it, it was a Pike, and it had took a Rudd about a "pound" that had took the popup and I landed both.
And one thing that I have done for years, when I pack up, I never remove the bait off the rig. Next time I go, soon as I get in my swim, I get the rods out and cast them out with no need to bait the rig up, lay the rods on the ground with a loose drag and set the landing net up. Then carry on with setting the bivvy up etc. Doing that has caught me a lot of fish, even from under the rod tip that has took the bait almost straight away.