what tactics would you use?

[tetley]

I want to do some pleasure fishing on a local carp water but wouldnt mind going for the roach, perch rudd and other slivers in there so i can catch lots rather than get a carp every now and again, there are carp that average lb that go up to 20. rigs would people use, i will be using the pole with a rig made to hand?

 

cheers,

 

PS its at barford lakes if anyones heard of it.

 

PPS Has anyone fished the Lakes in Besthorpe in norfolk?

[phil dean]

as I always seem to catch the small stuff when everyone else gets the carp, how about old fashioned maggot with only a light feed?

 

and maybe two elastics, say an eight and a four, I'm sure someone knows how to do the dual elastic thingy whatsit.

[me]

Ye or use small dendrobaenas or lobworms on a size 12-18 hook that way you should catch a lot as these size are in my opinion too small for carp they'll just spit them back out and you probably wont hook them. Thats what I'd do.

[phil dean]

rudd seams to be the main matchman round here and hopefully he'll look in if we keep this to the top.

[bluezulu]

Originally posted by me:

[QB] Ye or use small dendrobaenas or lobworms on a size 12-18 hook that way you should catch a lot as these size

 

me are yo having a laugh or what!!

size 12 hooks and lob worms to catch ruud,roach,perch,

more like size 20-24 single maggot/pinkie

fish as little as six inches deep for the rudd as they are surface feeders.on the deck for roach although you will stil catch a few up in the water.for perch try a TINY piece of worm and make sure you have a disgorger with ya! greedy little bugga`s

[Peter M]

I would agree with bluezulu. also try using a cloudy groundbait like van den Eyden supercup and maybe use pinkies on the hook and for loose feeding. you should get bites from rudd, roach and perch.

[monkeyboy]

Bluezulu. you may scoff at using larger hooks for perch! But however you will find you wont need the disgorger as a size 12 rarely gets swallowed by perch.

[bluezulu]

true but you won`t catch many under 12oz in weight either! which is what tetley is talking about ,i think?

[tetley]

yes im refering to small fish from 1oz up to half a pound.

 

I always thought best methods were feeding on the bottom with maggott, 18-22 hook 1 and half pound line feeding steady small amounts.

 

I have used very small pieces of cat meat too where i got loads but i think these fish were hungry for anything.

[bluezulu]

tetley, follow the avice from myself and peter martin and you won`t go far wrong.

enjoy your fishing and don`t let people tell you theres anything wrong with catching the small stuff! it`s great fun watching the float dip every couple of minutes. have fun mate.