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Guest Chris Perch

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I have always put in some amount of freebies in at this time of year but went fishing yesterday afternoon and caught two carp on single bright pop ups.

I started fishing bags with my hookbait for three hours to no avail then switched one rod to a single.

The first one was caught by casting to a showing fish and the second shortly after seeing another angler cast a single(i think) to the far bank margin.

How do you rate the single hookbait aproach at this time of year - Or through the summer months.

Has it worked well for you or is it more likely to work on a day when the going is hard as in winter.

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I am a big fan of small pop ups all year around. I am guessing you are fishing a lake? At this time of year I would rather use maggots or worms for Carp fishing I find they far outfish a boilie approach early on and you may well be able to fish maggots at the moment before all the silvers get active later on in the year. If you are fishing 2 rods try maggot on one and a pop up on the other and see which does best.

Stephen

 

Species Caught 2014

Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Species Caught 2013

Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

Species Caught 2012
Zander, Pike, Perch, Chub, Ruff, Gudgeon, Dace, Minnow, Wels Catfish, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Roach, Bream, Eel, Rudd, Tench, Arapaima, Mekong Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Marbled Tiger Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Thai Redtail Catfish, Batrachian Walking Catfish, Siamese Carp, Rohu, Julliens Golden Prize Carp, Giant Gourami, Java Barb, Red Tailed Tin Foil Barb, Nile Tilapia, Black Pacu, Red Bellied Pacu, Alligator Gar
Species Caught 2011
Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
Species Caught 2010
Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
Species Caught 2009
Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
Species Caught 2008
Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
Species Caught 2007
Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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Guest Chris Perch

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I am a big fan of small pop ups all year around. I am guessing you are fishing a lake? At this time of year I would rather use maggots or worms for Carp fishing I find they far outfish a boilie approach early on and you may well be able to fish maggots at the moment before all the silvers get active later on in the year. If you are fishing 2 rods try maggot on one and a pop up on the other and see which does best.

 

Ah yes sounds good and Personally often overlooked (Maggots & Worm) in favour of corn and luncheon meat.(& the odd boilie)

I was thinking of fishing one rod on the float in the margins next trip so they may be the answer.

What type of worms should I use as I have a compost heap full of reds in the garden???

Or would lobs or dendra's be the favorite???

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I have always put in some amount of freebies in at this time of year but went fishing yesterday afternoon and caught two carp on single bright pop ups.

I started fishing bags with my hookbait for three hours to no avail then switched one rod to a single.

The first one was caught by casting to a showing fish and the second shortly after seeing another angler cast a single(i think) to the far bank margin.

How do you rate the single hookbait aproach at this time of year - Or through the summer months.

Has it worked well for you or is it more likely to work on a day when the going is hard as in winter.

 

Single bright pop ups work all year long - last summer I turned up for a night session just before midday. All anglers both carp and general fishing were really struggling in the 27deg heat and bright sunshine.

By accident I cast a bottom bait a foot to far into a branch and has to go round the other side to free it.

When there I saw several carp crusing in a foot of water along the margin.

A bright pop up was fished a few inches off the deck and by 1400hrs I had two nice mid doubles banked to the surprise of the other anglers.

The fish were not hungry but you would not walk past a fiver laying in the street without picking it up would you ;) PS I did not get another bite all night.

On another occasion after a biteless night I put on a bright popup and had a run about a minute after casting - again in the summer.

RUDD

 

Different floats for different folks!

 

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im slowly coming around to single baits for carp and tench all year round.

 

as an exampe me and Andy Macfarlane done a fair bit of tench fishing 2 years ago when we were getting some really nice bags. both of us were using identical setups but Andy was using single corn and i would use double corn.

 

we would fish the same venue and swim each time we went. our baits were no more than 5ft apart and Andy was doing better than myself with the single corn. he suggested i try just a single piece of corn so i did and was instantly getting more confident takes.

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What type of worms should I use as I have a compost heap full of reds in the garden???

Or would lobs or dendra's be the favorite???

 

What ever you have in the compost heap will do. If buying them then I like Lobs but if I have any already then I will use what ever worms I have.

 

I do rate the little red worms and if you have them in numbers they are an awsome bait for everything that swims.

Stephen

 

Species Caught 2014

Zander, Pike, Bream, Roach, Tench, Perch, Rudd, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Eel, Grayling, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Species Caught 2013

Pike, Zander, Bream, Roach, Eel, Tench, Rudd, Perch, Common Carp, Koi Carp, Brown Goldfish, Grayling, Brown Trout, Chub, Roosterfish, Dorado, Black Grouper, Barracuda, Mangrove Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Jack Crevalle, Tarpon, Red Snapper

Species Caught 2012
Zander, Pike, Perch, Chub, Ruff, Gudgeon, Dace, Minnow, Wels Catfish, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Roach, Bream, Eel, Rudd, Tench, Arapaima, Mekong Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Marbled Tiger Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Thai Redtail Catfish, Batrachian Walking Catfish, Siamese Carp, Rohu, Julliens Golden Prize Carp, Giant Gourami, Java Barb, Red Tailed Tin Foil Barb, Nile Tilapia, Black Pacu, Red Bellied Pacu, Alligator Gar
Species Caught 2011
Zander, Tench, Bream, Chub, Barbel, Roach, Rudd, Grayling, Brown Trout, Salmon Parr, Minnow, Pike, Eel, Common Carp, Mirror Carp, Ghost Carp, Koi Carp, Crucian Carp, F1 Carp, Blue Orfe, Ide, Goldfish, Brown Goldfish, Comet Goldfish, Golden Tench, Golden Rudd, Perch, Gudgeon, Ruff, Bleak, Dace, Sergeant Major, French Grunt, Yellow Tail Snapper, Tom Tate Grunt, Clown Wrasse, Slippery Dick Wrasse, Doctor Fish, Graysby, Dusky Squirrel Fish, Longspine Squirrel Fish, Stripped Croaker, Leather Jack, Emerald Parrot Fish, Red Tail Parrot Fish, White Grunt, Bone Fish
Species Caught 2010
Zander, Pike, Perch, Eel, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Mirror Carp, Common Carp, Crucian Carp, Siamese Carp, Asian Redtail Catfish, Sawai Catfish, Rohu, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Pacu, Long Tom, Moon Wrasse, Sergeant Major, Green Damsel, Tomtate Grunt, Sea Chub, Yellowtail Surgeon, Black Damsel, Blue Dot Grouper, Checkered Sea Perch, Java Rabbitfish, One Spot Snapper, Snubnose Rudderfish
Species Caught 2009
Barramundi, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Wallago Leeri Catfish, Wallago Attu Catfish, Amazon Redtail Catfish, Mrigul, Siamese Carp, Java Barb, Tarpon, Wahoo, Barracuda, Skipjack Tuna, Bonito, Yellow Eye Rockfish, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Black Fin Snapper, Dog Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Marble Grouper, Black Fin Tuna, Spanish Mackerel, Mutton Snapper, Redhind Grouper, Saddle Grouper, Schoolmaster, Coral Trout, Bar Jack, Pike, Zander, Perch, Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Common Carp, Golden Tench, Wels Catfish
Species Caught 2008
Dorado, Wahoo, Barracuda, Bonito, Black Fin Tuna, Long Tom, Sergeant Major, Red Snapper, Black Damsel, Queen Trigga Fish, Red Grouper, Redhind Grouper, Rainbow Wrasse, Grey Trigger Fish, Ehrenbergs Snapper, Malabar Grouper, Lunar Fusiler, Two Tone Wrasse, Starry Dragonet, Convict Surgeonfish, Moonbeam Dwarf Angelfish,Bridled Monocle Bream, Redlined Triggerfish, Cero Mackeral, Rainbow Runner
Species Caught 2007
Arapaima, Alligator Gar, Mekong Catfish, Spotted Sorubim Catfish, Pacu, Siamese Carp, Barracuda, Black Fin Tuna, Queen Trigger Fish, Red Snapper, Yellow Tail Snapper, Honeycomb Grouper, Red Grouper, Schoolmaster, Cubera Snapper, Black Grouper, Albacore, Ballyhoo, Coney, Yellowfin Goatfish, Lattice Spinecheek

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QUOTE (Chris Perch @ Apr 24 2012, 09:28 AM) *

What type of worms should I use as I have a compost heap full of reds in the garden???

Or would lobs or dendra's be the favorite???

 

What ever you have in the compost heap will do. If buying them then I like Lobs but if I have any already then I will use what ever worms I have.

 

I do rate the little red worms and if you have them in numbers they are an awsome bait for everything that swims.

 

Both the little redworms and the lobs are great, I find lobworms/lobworm tail will bring in the bigger fish though. The compost heap is great as its always there and easy to get a few worms quickly, but collecting lobworms is also easy peasy: Collecting Worms for Fishing from your Garden

 

I have to admit if I had to choose one bait, it would be worms.

Carp-Catcha

 

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