theartist
Well-known member
Don't be surprised if you go back to doing this, sometimes the new fangled ways aren't always as good as what you already know. If it used to work it still will, I'd fish maggots on a canal as the bigger fish the caster will be selective for may take a while to hone in on your feed and maggots will get bites from everything, you can always try caster if there's too much small stuff feeding on maggotI find this time around in my fishing hobby ( 3rd time 6 - 15 , 48 - 54 , 57 onwards ) I am paying much more attention to reading and thinking about a way to consistently catch on a canal whereas my previous technique was just to throw a very few casters over the float once a minute - now that can sometimes catch a lot of fish !
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Groundbait can work holding bream but often it wont, bread is just as good as they love it if bream are in the area try a bread attack. I never bother with GB and I do ok on the canal, preffering instead to flavour the maggots. It's the feeding that matters and you've got that right.
Canals can switch off though for no reason and they also should be treated like rivers so to consistently catch you need to know the better swims and certain times of year and use them. Even the best match anglers will struggle drawing a duff peg on a canal. Try new ideas but don't be disheartened if you go back to the old tried and trusted