timpearson

My personal favourite is Luncheon meat. At this time of the year it can be deadly. Not just fishing with cubes of it...also use a straw or a big pen to make pelleted luncheon meat. I often use luncheon meat pellets when fishing for carp. You can make these any size you want and also the fish can easily suck em in. You can dust the meat with groundbait if you like to change the flavours... i luv it Many species will take this bait..if the little ones attack it try putting a larger lump or pellet on. Sweetcorn is good as it can be coloured or flavoured. But many carp are wary of this stuff as its been fished with for so many years.. AKA the yellow peril.. Maggots...You can catch basically anything on them from gudgeon,minnow to carp and bream,.. Bread.... paste is cheap to make yourself..also if you catch a good fish on your home made paste its more rewarding.. Peas and beans also cheap..never fished with them but i have heard they can be great..

Yeah the derwent is a hard river..so fustrating..like you said it all depends on the day really but i will try these tips in a practice session mid week on a night. i was just gutted the other day when i knew my peg was full of fish and i had only 2lb to show for it..

thanks for the insight..at least i have a little head start..

I have a match there this coming sunday with my local angling club and im just basically looking for any tips or info. all i have heard is that its quite deep in places so im gonna take the long rod. Has anyone fished it?

Thanks for the tips guys.. will definately give them a try. im gonna try the shotting pattern and also hooking up the shank to see if that helps. Although hooking it up the shank looks tricky..wont the maggot burst? By the way..gudgeon win matches where i live..lol..

Hi.. Im new to these forums but have been fishing for about 23 years now... i was fishing in my local fishing match yesterday using a rod and stick float..i didnt take my pole as i like using the rod on the river. Anyway...i must of had a bite a throw on single maggot or pinkie all day ,but i could just not connect with them..i found that they were mainly gudgeon and the odd roach and dace biting too.. the gudgeon were medium to small in size. i had a size 20 kamasan hook on.. the swim was 12 ft deep and running steady i had a float about 1.2 gram on. all of my shot was at the bottom end of the line.. The float was absolutely buring and the bites just seem unmissable but i couldnt hit them lol.. Any advice would be appreciated.. There was a guy who weighed in with 6 pound of gudgeon at the end of the match but he wouldnt tell me how he was hitting them all the time. All he said was single maggot or pinkie and nowt else. thanks