Big Jo

The lake that i tried this method on has only got carp.between me and my frien we had 21 carp biggest being 12lb and smallest was 5lb. Hope it works for you Jo

i think this might be a little late but i read in the crafty carper a few weeks ago that if u fish in a small lake with that kind of fish u should mix in allot of somethink milky like ricepudding or cocconutmilk as this gives you a big white cloud in the water and it attracks allot of fish.i have tried it and it worked for me. although the lake i was on is probably the easiest lake in the world Jo

the main reason why i wanted to make my own boilies is i thaught it will work out much cheaper.but from what some of you have said i am re-considering. have to say though that when i was a young boy i went fishing with my grandad once or twice and he used a mix of maizemeal and either curry or vinilla that he cooked. this made a very sort of stiff porridgelike bait that he put directly on the hook.and believe me he used to catch allot of fish. I know how to make this porridge so what i will do is next time i go fishing i will make this and roll it as boilies and let them dry. If this works i will be more than happy to put the recipe on the net. Thanks for all the replies Keep fishing Big Jo

thank you. will try a few to see what work. how long do you boil them for and how long do you dry them can i put a fan on them to speed up the drying prosess thank you big jo

hi i want to try and make my own boilies and i bought a boilie making set-up but no recipes I would appreciate it if anyone could help me out with a few recipes. And also a few good ground bait mixes thanks for wathcing and helping big jo

What a completely dissapionting weekend.for some reason the 4 of us caught roaches for the whole weekend.no carp,no bream nothing else just roaches.and the interesting thing was most of them were caught all over there boddies except in there mouth. i was very upset and frastrated because i hardly got any sleep because i tried to get something.i had about 15 different flavours and a very good ground bait mix.i just dont know what went wrong.

I have seen and read allot about spod and surface controlers and so on in magazines but i haven't got a clue on how to use them. it makes sense to mark the place where you cast but i just normally use my line clip.but i am willing to learn any new tricks. i think that is why people love carp fishing because there is always something new. Big Jo

Hi I am looking for a new fishing rod.I am going to travel allot so it needs to be at least 3 piece and a TC of 2.75. now my big problem is i am still learning allot so i only know the basics of carp fishing.I just want to buy a nice alrounder that i can use for day sessions. Please help. any advice welcome Thank You Big Jo

Hi. I want to attemp fishing for carp in a river.As i am still very new to fishing, i have got no idea how to fish in a river. At the moment i am using a method feeder with groundbait and boilies on a hair rig.but i don't thing the method feeder will work in a river as the flow of the river will take away all the groundbait. Please help me out on this one Jo

Hi I caught a 7lb bream last weekend. i told one of the guys at work and showd him the oicture and he said that it is big for a bream and that i should send the picture to some magazines. Now this was my first bream and i have no idea what a good sized bream is and i think the guy at work is taking the mikkey Please help me out Thank You Big Jo

Hi I bought the shimano S.T.C. Exage spinning rod. It has the option of 2.4 or 2.7 meters in one rod. Believe me this rod is brilliant. the biggest fish i caught with this is a 17lb carp.I got it on the bank without a problem It comes with a hard carry case and the go for around 43 pound sterling Big Jo

that sounds like a very good idea james.the problem is i am going for a 48h session with some friens of mine next weekend so i need something soon. rob.as it is the net i had was a present so it was cheap and very flimsy so it ended in the bin thanks for your replies Big Jo

Hi after a very good weekend with some goodsized fished the only bad thing was that my landing net broke. i am looking for a new net but i only have a £30 budget. i am looking for a net with a telescopic pole. I seen a few on the net and i realy like the JRC 42" specialist net.Is net net any good or is there some other nets i am overlooking Thank You Big Jo

I paid the money and downloaded this book and put in into a folder and believe me it is well worth it. a lot of good info helped me allot big jo

After the snow last week and after some people heard that me and my friends intended a weekend of fishing and camping, i can say WHAT A WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we got there in very heavy rain on saterday morning at about 6. rods was in at 6.30. camp was set up 7.and then the fish started biting. to make a long story short. i caught my first 16lb and a 14lb, 12lbx2 and a 11lb. i also had a very lucky 6lb bream, and it was my first bream. the interesting thing about the weekend was we all used rubber sweetcorn dipped in condensed milk. thanks for all the help and advise everyone gave me Big Jo