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john conway
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Because of the foot and mouth and the river close season I decided to joined a local (30 miles away is local for me) Angling Association who have several small still waters and one reservoir. All contain the usual roach, bream and carp from 3lb to 20lb plus. These waters are fished very hard and you have the choice of fishing light for the little ones or going for the carp. The carp anglers are the ones who usually catch the bream that run 4lb to 5lb. I’m not into the local politics between the match angler and the carp angler, and they seem quite rife in this club, I would just like to be able to catch the better size fish. I fully intended to eventually fish for carp after a year of targeting the big bream in my local river, so I’ve now decided that my second target fish is going to be carp. I don’t want to be disrespectful but apart from the baits, the tactics for locating the fish, night fishing and plenty of patience are very similar to what is required to catch large bream. While I was down at the NEC I went to a few of the carp talk-ins and made one or two notes on how to fish a water you’ve never fished before and I wrote down the names of a few baits, however, I’ve misplaced my notes on what the panel thought were the best baits. So my question is; if you intended to visited a hard fished club water for the first time what would be your top three or four baits.
As an aside, in past articles on these forums we’ve talked about talking to the younger anglers, well it was a couple of very young carp anglers who were encouraging me to have a go at the carp, and later in the afternoon one of them landed a beautiful 12lb mirror. One or two of the older chaps weren’t too impressed but the young lads enthusiasm I found was very catching.
As an aside, in past articles on these forums we’ve talked about talking to the younger anglers, well it was a couple of very young carp anglers who were encouraging me to have a go at the carp, and later in the afternoon one of them landed a beautiful 12lb mirror. One or two of the older chaps weren’t too impressed but the young lads enthusiasm I found was very catching.