Untreated Maize - a disservice to fish?

[Vagabond]

I would just add the thought that sweet corn (dunno about maize, supermarket tinned corn is cheap enough for me) seems to work on heavily fished waters, but not so well on the sparsely fished waters I prefer. I always remember a trip to Redmire in the days when very few anglers were permitted to fish there - the water was gin clear, and I had been told the previous angler had left ten days before.

 

A preliminary "recce" established that one swim was carpeted by bright yellow sweet corn - an area about five feet by five feet, No fish were in the swim (although fish could be observed in other swims) so I elected not to fish there (Pitchfortd's Pitch for those who know the water). The corn was still untouched when I left at the end of the week. The contents of two or three dozen tins (or perhaps a catering pack or two) must have been in there. Not good practice.

 

I wonder how much sweet corn goes into the average commercial fishery, let alone the other gubbins.

 

....and yes, I did catch at Redmire - nothing spectacular, but carp, eels and gudgeon all fell to lobworm

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Vagabond,

 

Although I have no scientific evidence I too believe carp have to get somewhat acclimated to corn. And, equally once on corn it is extremely difficult to find a better bait. (same for peanuts).

 

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[Martin56]

Clearly on fisheries like Redmire, the fish don't have to compete that much for food, which is why corn is still a killer bait on most commercials.

[Vagabond]

Clearly on fisheries like Redmire, the fish don't have to compete that much for food, which is why corn is still a killer bait on most commercials.

Yes, that's what I was hinting at, but I never fish commercials now, and sadly, many club anglers are putting pressure on their committees to turn all club still waters into replicas of commercials - overcrowded fish swimming about in a milky-coffee coloured soup of stirred-up bottom debris, fish crap and surplus groundbait. There is some illusion of skill in catching what is called "a good match weight" from such waters. Any skill involved is the skill of the assembly line rather than that of a hunter

 

I used to fish a lot of these places for free to help provide "features" for a mate who edited a fishing magazine, but one soon gets tired of what is not too far removed from shooting fish in a barrel - there is no way I would part with money to do that.

 

But then, I'm a grumpy old bugbear who was brought up on sight-fishing in clear watesr, As the above mentioned mate said before he passed on "Dave, I think we have already had the best of it"

[Steve Walker]

Very true, Dave. They test certain of a match angler's skills in a very fair way, but many other skills are completely redundant.

[gozzer]

Don't get me started Dave.......

 

John.

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gozzer,

 

May I extend you an invitation?

 

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[Phone]

[gozzer]

gozzer,

 

May I extend you an invitation?

 

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If it concerns carp, and the capture and release thereof, I'm sorry but I'm busy that day, whenever that day might be.

 

John.

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gozzer,

 

 

OHH

 

 

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