mikench
Well-known member
I pondered about putting this post in the carp section but decided the method was not exclusively for carp or even still waters. Yesterday and previously I have tried floating dog biscuits, bread and horrible oozing strawberry floaters which colour your fingers blood red.
It is fair to say that a combination of clever , wily and wary fish and probable poor presentation on my part , has produced modest success. The first time on the venue yesterday produced lots of fish and I enjoyed the experience . I simply removed the float and hair rigged a squidgy bakers complete small dog meaty chunk. I created some activity with freebies and eureka - success.
Next time out , as mentioned in the HDYGO thread i used a waggler rod, a controller float and a floating line and failure.
Yesterday I repeated the first routine and had at least 20 carp cruising around and taking all the freebies but ignoring my bait completely or sucking it in and spitting it out in a split second. Often they just turned away at the last minute. I bought some fake biscuits by Enterprise Tackle but have yet to try them.
What am I doing wrong? I enjoyed the attempts and even now can smile at how cagey the fish were and how , I assume, they had learned to distrust the bait.
It is fair to say that a combination of clever , wily and wary fish and probable poor presentation on my part , has produced modest success. The first time on the venue yesterday produced lots of fish and I enjoyed the experience . I simply removed the float and hair rigged a squidgy bakers complete small dog meaty chunk. I created some activity with freebies and eureka - success.
Next time out , as mentioned in the HDYGO thread i used a waggler rod, a controller float and a floating line and failure.
Yesterday I repeated the first routine and had at least 20 carp cruising around and taking all the freebies but ignoring my bait completely or sucking it in and spitting it out in a split second. Often they just turned away at the last minute. I bought some fake biscuits by Enterprise Tackle but have yet to try them.
What am I doing wrong? I enjoyed the attempts and even now can smile at how cagey the fish were and how , I assume, they had learned to distrust the bait.