Catching Carp @ Snodland

[Elton]

Posted on behalf of Matt:

 

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I am 15 years old and fish a large lake about 20 acres in all) in a town called Snodland, in Kent. I often fish on Saturdays for perch, roach and the like but fish Friday and Saturday nights for carp. I have trouble catching fish on this lake and have never caught a carp after fishing for about a year. I use fruit flavour boilies as this is what most anglers fish with, and they seem to be catching quite a bit. I also only catch small fish when fishing during the day on a Saturday, using a size 14 hook and sweet corn or maggots. I would like to know how i would improve my chance of catching carp on this lake and how to catch bigger fish on a Saturday. Thanks for your help, Matt.

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[chesters1]

if they are catching carp the best way to find out how is to talk to them leave your stuff at home and take a stroll round and have a chat ,if they bring in a bait have a peek at how its presented etc,

as for the larger fish ,maybe your fishing to shallow or the bait is being intercepted before the bigguns can get it ,try putting the shot nearer the bait so it falls through the water quicker and plumb the swim and fish on the bottom ,use a bigger bait helps and chucking a handfull of freebies to one side of where your bait will be just before you cast should draw the greedy ones away so your bait gets to the bottom