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What boilie singy?

He introduced loads of overseas strands but he thankfully created some solely in britian. I know he introduced the strain that get the delightful name of 'Pasties'. He made a killing off match waters

It all depends on the quality of the stock fish. The strain of which it has been born from etc. Some strains of carp grow like the clappers. You can buy a 10lb carp that will be a 30 in 10 years. [usually imports] and you can also buy a 10lb carp that will probably never see 20. However the amount of food going into a lake does have an effect as does the size of the lake. Each lake has a certain bio-mass, many match waters overstock the puddles they use and exceed the bio-mass with fish. Thus the reason why all the fish are mainly small and why they stay so small. High stock densitys can ruin small waters, especially if their isnt anything like mussels, crays, pea mussels, weed, pads etc for the carp to feed in or underneath. For example: A water near me was created as a match water, and was stocked with far too many carp, amongst tench, bream, perch and roach. Somebody took it upon themselves to put a few pike in the water, and mussel beds spread when a nearby canal flooded. Now some of the fish are over the twenty mark. the lake record is 26lb and the lake is no bigger than 50 yards long and 30 yards across. You look at waters with the largest carp in britian in...absolute fountains of natural food. Snails, caddis, mussels, crayfish, you name it and it's there and a sweep through the weed with your landing net will give u a good idea. Bear in mind that most stock fish are stuffed with pellet based foods. So they do have the potential to grow large if that feed keeps coming. But most of the time it cannot. Thus the reason why carp born and bred in a lake are much sought after over your average stockie. Can't beat a good english original. Like the Leany Strain Carp. Bit of history and heritage in your hands. Pukka! I've rambled on a bit there Dunno if i've helped but i hope i have in some way. Regards

Anyone know of the whereabouts of any 20-30lb ghost carp in the West Midlands? I'm a bit of a ghost hunter and long for a large specimen. Been after that 40 in the trent a few times this year to no avail. But I need to find some nice big ghostys closer to home. Anyone got any insight for me? The only places I can find ghostys are crappy little carp puddles. Cheers fellas

If you mean do carp open their mouthes and eat then yes they feed the same as in winter But if you're talking about how often they feed and how much they eat thats another matter. Although i believe Carp don't feed at the same rate at any time of the year. In the summer you are more likely to get an intensive feeding response from carp, but you can still get this in winter if you work hard enough. But as the water cools a carps metabolism slows down and they find it hard to digest food quickly, thus the reason why fishmeal boilies and oily pellets arent so productive. Location is very important at this time of year. Making a log of where the carp were 'showing' or holding up in the summer will help you locate winter carp. Although it is believed that carp can be found where there is a sudden depth change. At a water i'm fishing this winter i found a bar that rises from 10 feet deep up to only 2 feet of water and the carp are drifting around in this area. Worth finding and fishing these areas. Try using a small amount of bait in the right areas and you have every chance of picking up a winter carp. Winter carp that are all at their top weights!

Hey Ross, Would you consider seperating? I know somebody who's after a couple of those reels. And i might be interested in the alarms.

The growler juice from Solar is pukka fished with a single well fermented tiger in a pva bag. Doesnt melt the pva and when the fish comes in to investigate there is loads of attraction but only one hookbait! Good winter tactic if you use a pva bag that will still dissolve well in cold water. Try kryston melt ex or the stuff from black cat baits.

Ground Vitalin is an excellent additive to any method mix i agree. cheap as chips too! I havent fished the method for ages, much prefer to use PVA bags. But my favorite method mix is: Koi swim stim in black and green Trout pellet powder [or ground pellets] Crushed hemp Sweetcorn or maize for visual attractors And any CSL based groundbait out there. Simple but effective on many easy waters.

Heres a question that stirred up a great response on another forum. You're stuck on a desert island full of whackers for the rest of your life. You have one rig and one bait to use during that time. Which would you choose and why? Mine'd be a leadcore helicopter rig with drennan double strength and drennan continental boilie hook. Then I'm torn between taking maggots and a sewing needle, or peanuts! What about the rest of you guys?

I have around 20-30 rigs in my rig wallet at any one time. One thing i always make sure to have ready tied is stiff rig booms. They're a pain to tie sometimes for obvious reasons so it's worth keeping a load ready. Then it's just a case of tying on the hook end, which i try and keep ready tied also in different makes of braid/mono/flourocarbon. Zig rigs and innovations are something that just get tied on the bank. 200 rigs gaffer? You working for Nash's endtackle department then?

What a great review!!!

I don't use baitrunners. Grew up not using them so i'm sticking to what i know best. When i was at Total Carp i reviewed some of the Diawa Emblem series and they're top notch. Julian Cundiff has used these reels since there release . Many people agree that Diawa are surpassing shimano when it comes to reels. Although i must admit at being torn between the Aerlexes and the diawa emblem-S whilst deciding what reels to get for the new year as i'm targetting much larger waters. :confused:

I've seen this website before. The same fella must be posting it randomly on every carp forum :mad: It's a load of guys who have digitally enhanced their photos so the carp looks like it weighs a 100lb. The fact that their fingers are wider than their arms and their arms would need to be a few metres long for the perspective to be right gave me a right old giggle.

I've had a decent winter campaign using peanuts. I wouldn't flavour them, they're pukka as they are! Terry Hearn used peanuts to great success when he was younger during the winter if i remember correctly. he referred to it in ACF recently. He says he would take about half a pound with him and spread them out across a wide area and fish a single peanut on a small hook. A tactic i've copied and can vouch that if you get your location right the rewards are great

Alright fellow carp fishermen, I'm new to the forum just like to say hello. Hope I can pass on some ideas and participate in the discussion on the forum, and hope I can learn something too! Regards