I never really started of carp fishing, I just preferred the old method of
catching the tiddlers using a float
just to get me out the house,
until one day I was walking round the reservoir where I was fishing, noticed
a carp feeding just feet away
from the bank so on went a lump of sweetcorn and in with the float! no
sooner had I pulled the bait to within inches of
the nose of the carp had it sucked it in, and away it went, and on three
pound line! ( NOT one of my best ideas! )
it took about half an hour to get it to the bank, all 11lb 2oz of it! from
then on I was hooked, so I went straight
down the local tackle shop and bought my self a carp outfit! although when I
go fishing I don't predominantly fish for carp
I usually use a float rod to stop me getting bored and just set up the carp
rod in a nice looking area and turn on the
bite alarm and leave it to do it's magic! One thing I have noticed though is
that just before I've caught a carp, I have ALWAYS
caught a nice sized rudd on the float just before it! can't explain it, it's
always happened that way!
I only really caught my first carp on my first session for them, didn't
really bother for them before that! have been fishing for about 18 years
though. and caught this carp on about year 5.


Rich in Exmouth

"fredcromer" wrote in message
...
HOW LONG did it take to get your first DOUBLE carp?? I've been fishing
now,
with my old man, for 3 spring/summers..(not into the cold)..i've been to
about 10 different day ticket waters, and i'm still waiting for my
'double'..i've had a 9lb5oz, 3 eights and about 5 sevens, but this summer
i'm gonna get it..It would help if I had transport, as I have to rely on
my
dad feeling well enough to go, and the weather has to be warm...I'd fish
in
a snowstorm...
All the Best...FRED C..from Grimsby home of the CODFATHER


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