fishing for wild carp

[charlie_o]

hi everyone this is my first post so go easy on me

iv been fishing for about 5 years now mainly river fishing for chub, bream and pike, but recently i have decided to target some "wild" carp in a local pond near me.

the reason i say "wild" is because i am not 100% sure they are wild carp, but i will let every make there own mind up on what they think they are, the pond has not been stocked with carp in over 75 + years, they are very long and lean carp, they are all common carp you never see any mirrors in there, they have very small mouths compared to normal stocked carp, they are very shy biters, i put a few bits of bread near a few that were moving about and they would not take it, they would just nibble away at it.


my main question is: how should i go about catching them ? should i start with natural baits like bread ? and should i use a little ground bait may be some bread crumb ?

im going to be night fishing the pond so all advice will be very helpful

many thanks charlie

[beerweasel]

Welcome to the forum Charlie.

[geoffmaynard]

Hello Charlie

There's a little lake near where I live with neo-wildies too. I fish for them off the top with dog biscuits. If you feed them regularly and there are not too many ducks they should get on them.

[peter crabtree]

my main question is: how should i go about catching them ? should i start with natural baits like bread ? and should i use a little ground bait may be some bread crumb
Natural baits?

[charlie_o]

ha sorry about that, by natural baits i mean stuff like bread, nuts, corn, maggots, worms also hemp

[geoffmaynard]

Hello Charlie

There's a little lake near where I live with neo-wildies too. I fish for them off the top with dog biscuits. If you feed them regularly and there are not too many ducks they should get on them.

[Simon K]

I think you'd be better off fishing for them during the day Charlie, when you can see what's going on and how and whether they react to different baits.

I would go any of worm, maggot, bread or corn and see what they do, then adjust or change.

True Wildies top out about 6-7lb. If these are about the same, float-fishing would be a good start to see the bites develop.

Sounds fun.

[dangermouse]

Welcome to FM Charlie

[barbelboi]

I believe that the name 'wild carp' is often used out of context IMO, due to inter- breading between the Cyprinidae species there are probably only a couple of waters in the UK where the true breed could exist - one of these being Stowe, Bucks.
Jerry

[bank_tramp]

Welcome Charlie,

Originally Posted by barbelboi

I believe that the name 'wild carp' is often used out of context IMO, due to inter- breading between the Cyprinidae species there are probably only a couple of waters in the UK where the true breed could exist - one of these being Stowe, Bucks.
Jerry

Unfortunately the Stowe fish can no longer be considered true wildies since king carp have now been stocked, my dad had commons to 24lb+ from there last season