small merky farm pond?

[cookus]

does anyone know how to fish a small farm pond that is very merky?

 

i have heard rumorus that theres a few decent size carp in there and the odd crucian?

 

i find it hard to believe that a pond this small would have decent size fish in it

 

does anyone know of any good methods to fish in it

[chip]

Your best bet is to go down to the pond early morning with some carp feed ,floating pellets and such like and just feed and watch and see.

Don't forget your polarised sunglasses if its as murky as you say you'll need them.

 

Tight lines :cool:

[chip]

As to how to fish it ,it depends on how big . Small farm ponds are always fun when fished with a float

 

Tight lines :cool:

[The Diamond Geezer]

Often it's the carp etc foraging for food that actually make the water murky! Don't worry, they don't need to be able to see that clearly to feed or to grab your bait .... they have an ace sense of smell and can even feed in the dark when there's no moon! Clever eh?

Diamond G

[cookus]

it is literally very small

 

what i cant believe is that a bloke caught what he said was a least a 10lber out of it

 

i was thinking of fishing brandlings using a small float

[chip]

If it that small a float set up would be best - basically you would be stalking for them .As for catching a 10lb'er on float tackle my first carp was on a float rod - just over 11lb's .What fun , i might have to make a visit back to that water

 

Tight lines

[cookus]

you cant really stalk them as the pond is very small

 

i have caught a 10lb carp before but this was in a slightly bigger pond

 

thanks for the info

[Guest NickInTheNorth]

How small is small? I used to regularly fish a pond which was sort of oval shape, 20 metres across the long way about 15 metres the short.

 

It contained loads of stunted crucians, small tench, big perch (up to 3.5lbs) and biggest surprise of all about 15 carp, the biggest of which weighed just under 15 lbs!

 

Is it the sort of pond which people visit with bread to feed the ducks? If they do that is probably your no.1 bait - bread that is not ducks .If not then if it is not regularly fished I would feed a can or two of sweetcorn each day for a a few days then just use a simple float rig with sweetcorn as bait. Good luck.

[cookus]

if i get a chance i might pop down and get a digital photo on here so you can have a butchers!

[riverlover]

size isnt everything my freind..my local pond isnt very big at all but is packed with 5lb-9lb tench and bream....and a wopping 30lb koi carp wich no 1 can catch..give it a go ull be suprised!! :cool: