small merky farm pond?

[The Diamond Geezer]

Cookus mate

When you say

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

you're right

you can't believe it!

Come on! It's fishermen and size of fish we're talking about here!

Have you ever had someone say, "Yep, it's a cr@p lill old pond and there's nowt in it" ? unless they don't want you to fish it!

Diamond G

[Dunk Fairley]

cookus,

 

Try simple Lob worms and float. There's not a fish that swims that won't take them, apart from that, nature will have been doing your pre-baiting for you. If there are carp there, be prepared for a major battle. Quite often, the fish will be "wildies" which go a lot faster than the carp which most fish for. You may also find good sixed perch are there, so worms will help that as well.

 

The other bait option is sweetcorn. It may help to drop a bit in before you fish, perhaps a day or so before, but it's pretty instant and very visible. Don't be fooled by the murkiness of the water, Carp and most other fish are smell feeders, so the water can get very murky before they don't feed.

[cookus]

Are get a photo tommorow and post it on the board

 

If i get any decent fish from it are also try and post em.

 

Yeah i was going use lobworm or brandlings or sweetcorn.

[david platt]

Hi Cookus,

dont be put off by the size of the pond

a few years ago when my nephew moved to

Rochdale, just off Whitworth Road, I went

to see them, Whilst I was their he said

that he went fishing in a small pond at

the back of his road & took me to see it

just as we got round the corner to the

pond, this lad of no more than 10yrs old

was struggling to land this carp ( Mirror )

we give him a lift to land it ( the water

was 2ft below the bank ) no scales but it

looked and felt about 10lbs so,try your luck

you just never know.

david

[davidP]

I've seen a 22lb carp come out of a water no more than 15 yards in diameter! If the food is there than there's no reason for the carp not to grow big.

 

As for fishing it, then stealth will be important - keep off the skyline and be as quiet as you can. As for bait, you won't go far wrong dropping a nice juicy worm in the most fishy looking spots, either freelined or on a float. A bit of bread on the surface might also be worth a try.

[cookus]

going to give it a try this evening

 

let you know how i do!

[cookus]

yeah fished it for a bit last night and caught alot of small crucian but no big ones

 

the trouble was i couldnt get past the little ones

 

i thought a big bait like a lobworm might get a big fish

 

i then put 1 on and after a few minutes the flot was moving to the left a few feet then moving back to the right

 

didnt no what was going on.

[Dunk Fairley]

cookus,

 

you seem to be in quite a lucky position, getting pestered by crucians. stick at it with worms. you may not catch a big crucian with it, but if they can't take it, there could be something that will!

[cookus]

at least i think there small crucian

 

>very slimey

>golden brown colour

>got small mouths

>strange bites

>not easily seen from shore and dont normally see them rise.

[poledark]

Sounds like Tench to me

 

Den