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Thread's diverted anyway so I'll take the chance to agree with you. I never really appreciated perch until I started to catch fish large enough (relatively speaking) to really show off their colouring. The bright red fins and stripe definition on some of the Kennet perch I've seen are remarkable.

 

Yeah, I never tire of catching or even seeing other peoples pictures of good Perch, I'm even fond of the small ones although they can make fishing for other species a little difficult at times.

 

Oops better get back on thread. I always tip my worm off with a single grain of corn when Perch fishing, does that count as catching on a single grain :unsure:

Stephen

 

Species Caught 2014

Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Species Caught 2013

Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

Species Caught 2012
Zander, Pike, Perch, Chub, Ruff, Gudgeon, Dace, Minnow, Wels Catfish, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Roach, Bream, Eel, Rudd, Tench, Arapaima, Mekong Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Marbled Tiger Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Thai Redtail Catfish, Batrachian Walking Catfish, Siamese Carp, Rohu, Julliens Golden Prize Carp, Giant Gourami, Java Barb, Red Tailed Tin Foil Barb, Nile Tilapia, Black Pacu, Red Bellied Pacu, Alligator Gar
Species Caught 2011
Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
Species Caught 2010
Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
Species Caught 2009
Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
Species Caught 2008
Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
Species Caught 2007
Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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Hello, yesterday I can report I had a nice Carp run a single sweetcorn.

 

I fished a single grain of red (Strawberry) corn on a size 12 hook. No fancy hair rigs or anything, just a basic bolt rig with it direct on the hook. I placed it about two meters out, then walked about 18 meters along the bank so the bait was close in, but far away from me and the kids. A scattering of 15-20 red/yellow loosefeed around the hookbait, and a scattering of carp feeder pellets.... 20 mins later ''Bang'' the rod went screaming off :)

 

Sadly the sweetcorn was unable to prevent the Carp from finding every snag in the lake which caused me to lose it :*( The line held up well, it simply unhooked itself (Bloody barbless hooks!)

 

But erm... Yes, single corn worked really well and in good time! I will also add I have had no attention for 3 weeks on double corn hair rigged... Only on 1 or 2 corn directly on the hook???

 

Meh, it works :)

Species Caught 2011: Mirror Carp, Barbel, Ide, Rudd, Roach, Bleak, Perch, Bream,

 

Species Caught 2010: Perch, Pike, Roach, Rudd, Bleak, Bream, Gudgeon, Ruffe, Ide, Tench, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Barbel, Chub, F1, Crusian Carp, Goldfish

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Hello, yesterday I can report I had a nice Carp run a single sweetcorn.

 

I fished a single grain of red (Strawberry) corn on a size 12 hook. No fancy hair rigs or anything, just a basic bolt rig with it direct on the hook. I placed it about two meters out, then walked about 18 meters along the bank so the bait was close in, but far away from me and the kids. A scattering of 15-20 red/yellow loosefeed around the hookbait, and a scattering of carp feeder pellets.... 20 mins later ''Bang'' the rod went screaming off :)

 

Sadly the sweetcorn was unable to prevent the Carp from finding every snag in the lake which caused me to lose it :*( The line held up well, it simply unhooked itself (Bloody barbless hooks!)

 

But erm... Yes, single corn worked really well and in good time! I will also add I have had no attention for 3 weeks on double corn hair rigged... Only on 1 or 2 corn directly on the hook???

 

Meh, it works :)

 

Thankyou, i have found it works now, couple of days ago i had a ten pound on a simple free running ledger rig, one sweetcorn on a size 16 with a handful chucked out, 5 minutes later had a 6 pounder but it came off right before the landing net, i was still chuffed with the ten pounder though :)

As famous fisherman John Gierach once said "I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't."

 

 

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That's a shame.

 

PS if you want to not show off, try to avoid giving the precise weight...

 

I was simply trying to make the point that you can catch reasonable fish on very light tackle without a problem so long as you don't think you can just bully the fish and reel in.

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Hi mate,

 

never tried sweetcorn in the carp water I usually go to, but another place I go I fish a single sweetcorn on a 14 hook all the time, and have had some very big Rudd, hybrids and bream. Its deffo a very good bait, and is easy to get a hold of, especially as my local tackle shop is closed on a tuesday AND wednesday...grrrrrrrr Anyway might give it a try for the carp next time!!

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Hi mate,

 

never tried sweetcorn in the carp water I usually go to, but another place I go I fish a single sweetcorn on a 14 hook all the time, and have had some very big Rudd, hybrids and bream. Its deffo a very good bait, and is easy to get a hold of, especially as my local tackle shop is closed on a tuesday AND wednesday...grrrrrrrr Anyway might give it a try for the carp next time!!

 

ive ha skimers and nice carp on it but i dont think i have had many roach or rudd on it? Always found it very succesfu though, just thinking of ways to improve it now

As famous fisherman John Gierach once said "I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't."

 

 

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ive ha skimers and nice carp on it but i dont think i have had many roach or rudd on it? Always found it very succesfu though, just thinking of ways to improve it now

Its a wee farmers pond we go to....used to use maggots, but theres so many stickleback there you just get nagged off them all day, so we changed to sweetcorn. The big rudd and hybrids loved it, and it dettered the smaller fish. Also had a 4 lb bream on it....Maybe theyre just used to it in that place, but i've saw roach being caught with it somewhere else as well, so its worth a go

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