new to carp fishing - need tips.

This is good advice! I fished a local day ticket water today in East Devon
and had 4 carp between 15 - 19lb from the surface. Each fish was caught on
scopex flavoured chum on a size 10 hook. Anything bigger and not only do the
carp see the hook, but it also sinks your hookbait. You might also want to
try hair rigging with a size 12.

I imagine your water is fished hard with boilies, so try a 'back to nature'
approach. Maggots and worms will always catch, but it's also worth giving
cockles a try. You will need to feed quite heavily to get the carp to feed,
but once they do, they can't get enough of them.

Cheers

Mark (Exmouth)
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A size 6 hook? after sharks!!

A size 10 will be a better bet (harder for carp to see them)
10lb line

Floating bread is a top bait, sweetcorn is anoither good bait

Forget what they say in the mags.

If they see your hook they will spook and leave your bait, It happens to
everybody.

What you are doing in general is ok, but up the feed as they will be
coming
off sporning, and will be well hungry
Fish the margins

Sunday I only got 2 out on top, the rest caught were 20cm under the
surface
with sweetcorn.

and why go for carp? Catfish are better

In article m, Mark Horne
wrote:

scopex flavoured chum on a size 10 hook. Anything bigger and not only do the
carp see the hook, but it also sinks your hookbait. You might also want to
try hair rigging with a size 12.

You can go a lot bigger with bread, especially if you don't let any line
onto the water surface. When fishing really close and holding a big, fresh
carp on the surface the hookhold is under considerable pressure so a bigger
hook with larger wire is less likely to bend and also less likely to cut the
fish's mouth.

Cheerio,

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