Best bait and set up for float fishing

[Floataddict1]

So I'm really into float fishing, but I am really interested to learn what people think is the best baits abd depths. I mainly fish for roach and perch at the minute, using maggots and usually about a foot and a half deep. Any further tips would be great.

 

[Peter Jacobs]

The best advice I could suggest would be to get a copy of the excellent ‘Encyclopaedia of Float Fishing’ by Billy Lane as the bible in 137 pages.

 

[bonjqvi]

So I'm really into float fishing, but I am really interested to learn what people think is the best baits abd depths. I mainly fish for roach and perch at the minute, using maggots and usually about a foot and a half deep. Any further tips would be great.

try worm they are bought from the tackle shop aswell in tubs ,and they usually get some really big perch and carp , castor and sweetcorn aswell they all do well for what you fish for , I would find out how deep the water is by using a weight and fish on the bottom for great results

 

[laguna]

Make a good bait better... Flavour your maggots and worms with a first-limiting amino acid L-amino REACT

 

[rich66]

Try 3” over the depth of the water. Small shot 3” from your hook. Works well for me. Maggots are good, keep feeding a few 5-10 every minute or so. Sweetcorn for a change tinned is better than frozen I find.
Plenty of YouTube videos on float fishing out there I quite like amateur angling

Also premier floats have examples of rig set ups. I also think Dave Harrels website has a similar feature

 

[d.owens]

As stated by rich66 above, fishing over depth can be a killer tactic. I usually have a BB shot resting on the bottom and find a cocktail of worm and a grain of corn on the hook can pick out decent fish. I will fish over bread based groundbait laced with crushed hemp and use corn/maggots/chopped worm etc sparingly as loose feed.
This is a good tactic when the wind is a problem as your float is anchored and prevents drift.