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Everyone else who uses a pole at the the lake where I fish are catching carp in the 8-10lb range. I have an 11 metre pole but at length I don't have the strength to hold it so I'm fishing about 8 metres out. The water is between 4-6 feet deep at that range.

Hi all, I'm a relative novice (only been fishing for three years). I got my first pole at Christmas and I'm having reasonable success in catching carp in the 1-3lb range. Whatever tactics I use I never seem to be able to catch carp over this size. Could someone give me a few hints as to what baits / rigs etc I should be using on my pole to catch bigger fish?