Jeff Sparkes
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I live close to Squabmoor Reservoir near Exmouth. The water contains specimen carp and shoals of bream which I have been trying to locate off the damn wall using long pole, my preferred method. The damn slopes down to 20+ feet and at 9-11 metres I fish top five sections (14-15 feet deep) with a 1.5 gram float set just a few inches over depth.
Last week I started off by cupping in 4-6 large solid balls of crumb + VDE gold bream ground bait + liquidized corn as a binder, full of squats and maggots. Managed to find some small skimmers to 1.5 lbs but the bit's were hard to feed off even when giving them a ball a chuck with 4/5 red maggots on a 14 hook. I noticed some groundbait fizzing further out so this week I used a crumb + finely ground Vitalin mixed with liquidized corn, casters and maggots. Didn't squeeze the balls so hard so they wouldn't roll down the slope, they sank ok and it seemed better. Hardly had any bit's this time and eventually caught two bream of 4 lbs and 8.5 pounds and bumped another good fish, but couldn't keep them coming. I get the feeling I am drawing them up the shelf but it takes ages to get the proper beam feeding.
Do you think I would be better off locating the bottom of the shelf at 12-14 metres? or trying a different mix?
The carp boys catch big bream on fishmeal boilies but I am trying not to attract carp.
Any ideas or views welcome.
Last week I started off by cupping in 4-6 large solid balls of crumb + VDE gold bream ground bait + liquidized corn as a binder, full of squats and maggots. Managed to find some small skimmers to 1.5 lbs but the bit's were hard to feed off even when giving them a ball a chuck with 4/5 red maggots on a 14 hook. I noticed some groundbait fizzing further out so this week I used a crumb + finely ground Vitalin mixed with liquidized corn, casters and maggots. Didn't squeeze the balls so hard so they wouldn't roll down the slope, they sank ok and it seemed better. Hardly had any bit's this time and eventually caught two bream of 4 lbs and 8.5 pounds and bumped another good fish, but couldn't keep them coming. I get the feeling I am drawing them up the shelf but it takes ages to get the proper beam feeding.
Do you think I would be better off locating the bottom of the shelf at 12-14 metres? or trying a different mix?
The carp boys catch big bream on fishmeal boilies but I am trying not to attract carp.
Any ideas or views welcome.