two carp on a plummet!!!!

[Mat Hillman]

Peter Waller:

 

 

And strangely enough pike rarely fall for a boilie!!

Maybe not, but the buggers keep nicking my swimfeeders in my local weirpool!

[Peter Waller]

Bit like Scousers nicking hub caps!

[WickerDave]

From an old post of mine... "I caught a 7½lb carp last year on a bare size 6 hook with a swan shot pinched on the line just above it, while plumbing the depth. The carp took the shot on the drop and was properly hooked."

 

There were some comments on the similarity to small snails that had been successfully used as bait and also catching on black plastic beads.

 

[ 29. November 2004, 12:54 PM: Message edited by: WickerDave ]

[erik]

carp are so often stocked to unnatural levels, especially on modern commercial fisheries, they'll eat virtually anything to scratch out a living. as already suggested the hungry cypry probably saw a bit of movement and went for it. in a more natural environment where they can choose from a variety of foodstuffs they're still the craftiest things with fins.

[WickerDave]

So how do you manage to "hook" a fish on a plummet? Use a treble hook, maybe?

[Peter Waller]

Just proves that carp are desparate to have their photographs taken!!

[wizards_cuff]

scousers dont need to pinch hubcaps pete,we just take the whole car these days.anyway,who needs to pussyfoot around catching easy prey like pike in the middle of winter when you can catch "proper" fish like this. burton mere

[Dick Dastardly]

What sort of fish is that wizards?

 

 

Looks like a carp but smaller

[Peter Waller]

Looks a bit like a garden ornamental to me Budgie! What do you reckon?

 

Pretty looking fish though!

[wizards_cuff]

its an early january,night fished caught carp,from one of the hardest waters in the north west.not an early january pike,which are 10 a penny.