Hello all,
I have fished for some 15 years. generally pleasure fishing and then progressing into specimen hunting in the form of Tench, Bream, Pike and Chub... Now I have decided that enough is enough and I want to get into the Carp scene... I have been put off in recent years due to the 'supposed' cost of Carp fishing but also that it can appear like your fishing for 'pets' with fish having names an all!!!
Still, the lure of big hard fighting Carp is now too much to resist and I am now going to dedicate the coming season to catching them (I hope!)
Enough babble... My question is this:
There is such a mass of baiting advice in mags etc that I am a little overwhelmed. Some people recommend piling bait in with ammounts up to 80lbs in wait! (the big cost of Carp fishing as I mentioned) others recommened setting little traps with just a choice few offerings...? With Spods, Marker floats, pellets, particals, ground bait mixes galore, PVA bags and string and then the rather massive subject of boilies, where do I start!!!...??? Fruit boilies in winter and fishmeal ones in summer last thing I read...
Any help to suit a budget of about 20 quid for a session would be a great help and hints on presentation would be a great help too!!!
Thanks,
Jeff
I have fished for some 15 years. generally pleasure fishing and then progressing into specimen hunting in the form of Tench, Bream, Pike and Chub... Now I have decided that enough is enough and I want to get into the Carp scene... I have been put off in recent years due to the 'supposed' cost of Carp fishing but also that it can appear like your fishing for 'pets' with fish having names an all!!!
Still, the lure of big hard fighting Carp is now too much to resist and I am now going to dedicate the coming season to catching them (I hope!)
Enough babble... My question is this:
There is such a mass of baiting advice in mags etc that I am a little overwhelmed. Some people recommend piling bait in with ammounts up to 80lbs in wait! (the big cost of Carp fishing as I mentioned) others recommened setting little traps with just a choice few offerings...? With Spods, Marker floats, pellets, particals, ground bait mixes galore, PVA bags and string and then the rather massive subject of boilies, where do I start!!!...??? Fruit boilies in winter and fishmeal ones in summer last thing I read...
Any help to suit a budget of about 20 quid for a session would be a great help and hints on presentation would be a great help too!!!
Thanks,
Jeff