"Ergo" wrote in message
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THE BALL COX woith some frustration wrote:
Please help, i am relatively new to pole fishing and whilst fishing
the other day hooked sum big carp. However, i just could'nt manage to
do anything with them, my eleastic(size 16), just stretched out and
the fish kept coming off! Playing the smaller carp, i had no probs,
can anyone please advised me as to wot the best way to play/land
bigger fish is.

How many sections of your pole do you have the elastic through? I would
think that you need at least three. Just keep the pole low and sideways to
the fish. Don't do anything suddenly. If the fish are really big, can you
step up the elastic size. On some kits it's worth discarding the top
section
altogether, and elasticate the next three. After that just maintain the
pressure andtry and steer the fish away from any snags. In the end the
fish
will tire but it can take a while with a big 'un. I hope you are using an
unhooking mat and give the fish time to recover before returning it. HTH
lol


Also, if you are fishing quite close, have the rest of your pole ready to
attach and ship out. Often getting above the fish will help.
Don't be too eager to ship back as a large carp will sometimes "wake-up"
after a couple of minutes and make one hell of a run and if you only your
top kit, something will break, usually the line, but if you're unlucky: your
pole!