Help with big roach

[jack1432]

hi

 

this is the 1st time i am going to target big roach can anyone give me some advice on bait, tackle etc. i spend most of my time on stillwaters.

 

thanks jack1432

[Renrag39]

I would say for hookbait, you can't go far wrong with breadflake.

 

I couldn't honestly say whats best to use for grounbait/loosefeed, especially with the weather now cooling and the fish eating less.

 

Renrag

[jack1432]

I would say for hookbait, you can't go far wrong with breadflake.

 

I couldn't honestly say whats best to use for grounbait/loosefeed, especially with the weather now cooling and the fish eating less.

 

Renrag

 

thanks. to be honest i have never used breadflake, i mainly use maggot and small pellet

[Barry C]

Best tip is to make sure the water you fish contains big roach.

[jack1432]

Best tip is to make sure the water you fish contains big roach.

 

it does roach have been caught up to just over 3lb 4oz

[jack1432]

Best tip is to make sure the water you fish contains big roach.

It has roach have been caught to just over 3lb

[watatoad]

Best tip is to make sure the water you fish contains big roach.

 

Very true, plummet the swim everywhere even if you end up hardly fishing that day, get to know just what the swim or swims are like.

 

Are you heading for a river or staying on a pond?

 

If a river is the flow quick, slow are there eddies overhangs of any sort from the bank to trees?

 

If a river any small streams joining the river nearby?

 

What is the water colour like?

 

Are there big Roach in there?

 

If so how big?

 

Are there shoals of small and medium Roach?

 

How well can you handle a 3+lb Roach on very light tackle?

 

Are you going to have a static bait or a trotting bait?

 

Are you going to Leger or float for them or freeline?

 

There must be a 101 questions to answer sorry about that its just the way it is.

[jack1432]

Very true, plummet the swim everywhere even if you end up hardly fishing that day, get to know just what the swim or swims are like.

 

Are you heading for a river or staying on a pond?

 

If a river is the flow quick, slow are there eddies overhangs of any sort from the bank to trees?

 

If a river any small streams joining the river nearby?

 

What is the water colour like?

 

Are there big Roach in there?

 

If so how big?

 

Are there shoals of small and medium Roach?

 

How well can you handle a 3+lb Roach on very light tackle?

 

Are you going to have a static bait or a trotting bait?

 

Are you going to Leger or float for them or freeline?

 

There must be a 101 questions to answer sorry about that its just the way it is.

i will be fishing at a farm pond. if possible i will float fish. roach have been caught to just over 3lb's. the shoals are medium i have caught roach a the pond to 1lb 6oz .the water is murky.

[watatoad]

Some of my favourite baits for large Roach are:

 

Breadflake

 

Breadpaste

 

White maggots

 

Casters

 

Smoked mussels

 

Potatoes - small part boiled

 

Small Red Worms

 

Elderberries

 

Blackcurrants

 

Redcurrants

 

Hemp

 

Tares

 

Snails - break the shell and use the snail itself

 

A breadpaste mix of bread and sweetcorn - but it needs to be really mashed up well

 

 

 

The next two I have used successfully to catch a great many large Roach, from flowing and still waterers - Do not ask how large -

 

Then a couple of messy Breadpaste's that many will not want to make

 

I squeeze the juice/insides out of casters and mix it with soft white bread to make a paste

 

Liquidised worm and bread again I turn it into a soft breadpaste WARNING - DO NOT USE YOUR WIFE/MOTHERS/GIRLFRIENDS/PARTNERS - LIQUIDISER - BUY YOUR OWN ONE - you can add elderberry juice to this if you like

 

Nearly forgot Tuti Fruiti Pellets and strawberry pellets work reasonably but nowhere near as good as the baits above.

Edited September 28, 2010 by watatoad

[jack1432]

Some of my favourite baits for large Roach are:

 

Breadflake

 

Breadpaste

 

White maggots

 

Casters

 

Smoked mussels

 

Potatoes - small part boiled

 

Small Red Worms

 

Elderberries

 

Blackcurrants

 

Redcurrants

 

Hemp

 

Tares

 

Snails - break the shell and use the snail itself

 

A breadpaste mix of bread and sweetcorn - but it needs to be really mashed up well

 

 

 

The next two I have used successfully to catch a great many large Roach, from flowing and still waterers - Do not ask how large -

 

Then a couple of messy Breadpaste's that many will not want to make

 

I squeeze the juice/insides out of casters and mix it with soft white bread to make a paste

 

Liquidised worm and bread again I turn it into a soft breadpaste WARNING - DO NOT USE YOUR WIFE/MOTHERS/GIRLFRIENDS/PARTNERS - LIQUIDISER - BUY YOUR OWN ONE - you can add elderberry juice to this if you like

 

Nearly forgot Tuti Fruiti Pellets and strawberry pellets work reasonably but nowhere near as good as the baits above.

thanks a lot. some great baits.

 

jack1432