pellet sizes?

[jamie gal]

caught my first fish of the season yesterday 2 carp,the 1 was 4 pound and the other 1 was 7 pound, the bait i used was 6mm

pellets which i have never used before ,so im not to sure whether that if you use a bigger pellet does that mean a bigger fish?

anybody with more info please

[Andy Macfarlane]

Nah pellet size doesn't equate to bigger fish.

 

What some people do is feed with say 4mm pellets to get the carp feeding competitively and then introduce, say a 6mm pellet on the hook, to attract the attentions of feeding fish. It doesn't mean bigger fish though.

[davedave]

No not at all, it might deter smaller fish but plenty of big carp have been caught on baits such as single maggot so it's not all about size

[Dales]

Well if you use the giant pellets, say 22mm you will not catch tiddlers but it is surprising how big a bait even a small Carp or indeed other species will take.

[tony tinca]

caught my first fish of the season yesterday 2 carp,the 1 was 4 pound and the other 1 was 7 pound, the bait i used was 6mm

pellets which i have never used before ,so im not to sure whether that if you use a bigger pellet does that mean a bigger fish?

anybody with more info please

 

Like everyone else says no , but a banded 10mm on the pellet waggler when feeding 8mm can produce some bigger fish but as a general rule 6mm is the way to go and feeding 4mm pellets and will catch you more carp and when your catching more carp your gonna hook the occasional bigger lump .

What setup were you on ie pole ,method , general ledger or waggler ?

[jamie gal]

Like everyone else says no , but a banded 10mm on the pellet waggler when feeding 8mm can produce some bigger fish but as a general rule 6mm is the way to go and feeding 4mm pellets and will catch you more carp and when your catching more carp your gonna hook the occasional bigger lump .

What setup were you on ie pole ,method , general ledger or waggler ?

thanks for the info, so thats the trick is it,throw out smaller pellets than the hooked pellet? ye just a ledger with a band holding the pellet on.

like i said its the first time for me to use them so i dont know a lot about them, i caught them fish on a single 1 can u put more on or does it matter?

[Andy Macfarlane]

Can do that but there are more than a few ways of fishing pellets.

 

I'd look up pellet wagglers, hair-rigs, pellet bands, lasso rigs, PVA bags, pellet cones, method feeders, floaters, expanders, feed pellets and so on. Lots to read about.

 

Big, big subject.

Edited April 6, 2011 by Andy Macfarlane

[RUDD]

Bigger pellets does not mean bigger fish but in my opinion a change of pellet size, brand, type etc can result in extra fish (as can a change of bait to say meat/corn/bread etc).

I generally always used the same feed pellets but have a range of expanders and ready to use pellets. I experiment to find which hook pellets gets the most bites but still keep changing to something different every now.

I belive I then pick up fish they may have been reluctant to take the main hookbait I am using on the day.

 

For example - a week or so back I had feed 2.3mm pellets with a few 4mm (both skettering) mixed in.

Had loads of bites on 4mm VDE marine expanders but also caught on ringers green 4mm, ringers original 6mm, sonubaits f1 4 and 6mm and sonubaits 4mm and 6mm S pellets original inbetween.

When things went quite but I could see loads of bubbles I then tried a sonubaits white chocolate 6mm hard pellet on a band and immediatly landed five decent bream in a row.

[jamie gal]

Bigger pellets does not mean bigger fish but in my opinion a change of pellet size, brand, type etc can result in extra fish (as can a change of bait to say meat/corn/bread etc).

I generally always used the same feed pellets but have a range of expanders and ready to use pellets. I experiment to find which hook pellets gets the most bites but still keep changing to something different every now.

I belive I then pick up fish they may have been reluctant to take the main hookbait I am using on the day.

 

For example - a week or so back I had feed 2.3mm pellets with a few 4mm (both skettering) mixed in.

Had loads of bites on 4mm VDE marine expanders but also caught on ringers green 4mm, ringers original 6mm, sonubaits f1 4 and 6mm and sonubaits 4mm and 6mm S pellets original inbetween.

When things went quite but I could see loads of bubbles I then tried a sonubaits white chocolate 6mm hard pellet on a band and immediatly landed five decent bream in a row.

 

thanks for that il try diff types and sizes etc and see how i get on,im going sunday so il try it then

[jamie gal]

Can do that but there are more than a few ways of fishing pellets.

 

I'd look up pellet wagglers, hair-rigs, pellet bands, lasso rigs, PVA bags, pellet cones, method feeders, floaters, expanders, feed pellets and so on. Lots to read about.

 

Big, big subject.

 

i think i got a lot to learn with pellets then ha, hopefully with this info of diff ways how to do it mabe il catch nace fish, thanks alot