fishing this weekend friend of mine landed a 12lb mirror on a 4inch trout dead bait. strange or wot? well not as strange as the ****ock that originally hooked the fish and broke off leaving the poor thing towing a full rig and 3oz bomb aroud with it for god knows how long.safety rigs have been out a while now ****ocks a :mad: lot longer when will they learn ?antis dont need any more free amunition :mad: :mad:

When I was running Cobbleacre the lads using small Ide deadbaits for Big perch on the roadside would often be plagued by Carp,The lake record Carp was caught on one at 19lb!

Carp will also regularly gourge themselves on fry in the reeds etc just after spawning in the spring

I can remember The Doc (Bruno) telling me that ya calnt beat a hair rigged whitebait in the spring!

During a short spell of eel fishing last year I caught numerous carp on gudgeon dead baits.

King nuisance fish

Bloke fishing near me caught a 20 'scraper'(!) nuisance carp on a smelt. And I've had a carp on a scrum-frog plug! Blessed easy fish to catch!

If you find a water with no pike but plenty of carp gudgeon are a very good bait

I've often posted here that carp are a flaming pest on deadbaits on many waters that I fish for perch and chub. I often have to use 5"+ deadbaits to avoid the carp, and even then I still catch a few!

I've also posted several times that if I had to fish a commercial water for carp then I'd undoubtedly choose deadbaits as my no.1 offering. Yes, they're that good!

Whitebait would be my first choice. You'll find more information on whitebait if you use the search facility at the top of the page.

....or read this article:

http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/authors/steve02.htm

I'm off fishing in about 4 hours, might see if i can get some

I was told a long time ago by an eel angler that roach heads were the best deads for carp.

Blessed things are taking the world over!