how can i catch carp?

In article , fishin' kid
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I don't have any expensive things. not for carp fishing any-way because
i don't think that fishing should be so expensive.

It isn't - unless you want it that way.

The most expensive bait i buy is a tub of maggots and i have good fun
catching all sorts of fish on that.
I did make some of my own boilies though, they turned out to be better
than what the tackle shop owner said they would (he didn't think i
could do it) I just haven't got round to trying them yet.

I resisted using boilies for a long time then someone more or less forced a
packet of bright orange things on me and challenged me to use them. OK, I
did. There were about half a dozen other anglers on the bank all using
boilies or particles and none were catching (bright and sunny but after a
cold night). I tried the boilies as per instructions for a couple of hours
but I see no point in doing the same as everyone else when none of them are
catching so I rang the changes. When Louis came back I'd had four smallish
carp and four rudd. The Carp were all taken on bread in the shallow margins
under rhodedendron bushes and the rudd on shaved slivers of boilie
floatfished on a #16 hook. None of the others had any carp 'though one had a
couple of nice bream which he didn't seem very happy with.

By all means use your boilies and good luck with them. Keep your eyes open
though and be prepared to change tactics if the opportunity arises. Keep
quiet and pay attention at all times and you'll catch more - I promise.

Cheerio,

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Originally Posted by Derek.Moody

By all means use your boilies and good luck with them. Keep your eyes open
though and be prepared to change tactics if the opportunity arises. Keep
quiet and pay attention at all times and you'll catch more - I promise

I think the reason i don't use boilies is because i don't have much confidence in them, i don't really understand why a fish will take a strange bait that it's never seen before just because it cost a lot. I have much more confidence in the natural baits.

p.s thanks for the tips (i'll make sure i take a tub of worms just in case the cat food dosn't work and i need to change tactics)

"fishin' kid" wrote in message
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Derek.Moody Wrote:

By all means use your boilies and good luck with them. Keep your eyes
open
though and be prepared to change tactics if the opportunity arises.
Keep
quiet and pay attention at all times and you'll catch more - I promise


I think the reason i don't use boilies is because i don't have much
confidence in them, i don't really understand why a fish will take a
strange bait that it's never seen before just because it cost a lot.

Well boilies do work and can be productive for many species. If you use them
sensibly the cost needn't be _as high_ as many think. You can by a 1Kg bag
of high quality frozen boilies for about £9 and if you buy 10/12mm you get a
fair few for your money, and at this size they will be suitable for more
target species (which would suite you better). If you just take the amount
required per session out of the freezer a couple of days in advance (and
defrost and air dry properly) you will find a 1Kg bag last for a fair few
sessions.

More expensive than mum's cheese, worms, sweetcorn etc though.

I
have much more confidence in the natural baits.

p.s thanks for the tips (i'll make sure i take a tub of worms just
in case the cat food dosn't work and i need to change tactics)


I have never used cat food so I will be interested to here how you get on
with that.
BTW if you have trouble finding worms tip some soapy water on the lawn
around dusk and wait 20 minutes ...... that will make a few surface.

Above all (as others have said) enjoy your fishing.

Richard