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1 hour ago, OldBoy said:
Forgot about crumb tbh, might be the answer to bind it up 👍 Thanks Framey 🙂
As for Groats, err I still mix them in too, and used to years ago with hemp (don't bother with it now} as a spod mix.
White crumb is a better binder than brown crumb.
I've mentioned it in the past, but when Layer Pits banned spodding (hemp), all the anglers just started fishing groundbait and hemp, firing in balls of it by catapult. Strangely enough that was one of the best match tactics on there from years before where they used to use massive floats and groundbait, casters and hemp at range. I know that Tommy Boulton wrote a chapter on Layer Pits match style in Carp, Quest for the Queen by John Bailey and Martyn Page.
Some interesting chapters in there on some Norfolk Waters!
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1 hour ago, welder said:
Years ago I frequently fished using method feeders and did pretty well with them. I'd use a variety of different feed mixes and enjoyed the experimental aspect of doing so.
For the life of me I can't think why I stopped using feeders, maybe simply hair-rigging a boilie was a fresh approach? Dunno.
Anyway, what do we think? Would it be a waste of time and effort or is it worth revisiting the method feeder? Any thoughts, guys?
Ian.
1 hour ago, ouchthathurt said:It’s always worth a go mate, it used to be a popular method (no pun intended) and in essence, it’s not too dissimilar to a pva bag I suppose. It probably went out of vogue because it was no longer “fashionable” as opposed to anything else. It’s a good compact way of presenting an attractive parcel of food, with the hook link tucked away out of sight, what’s not to like? I seem to remember it being branded a “small fish method” but that could be down to many variables, the fact it was a “match tactic” or that it was used on runs waters etc. I always think that with the turn over of young new carp in today’s waters, tactics such as the method have a whole new shelf life when presented to a generation of carp that haven’t seen it yet because everyone overlooks it as a tactic.
when I first started carping in the mid 90s, I never EVER used strawberry or tutti boilies as an old hand told me that the carp were so used to them they wouldn’t touch them, that has stayed with me for 25+yrs! Daft really, those carp are long gone, and this generation of carp probably haven’t seen a strawberry boilie in their lives! Everyone seems to skip these flavours in favour of some more popular flavours. I was recently told that if I wasn’t fishing with a particular brand and flavour on my club lake, I would blank as the carp wouldn’t eat anything else… i then caught the big common over 40lb, first 40 from the lake
I still use it every now and again rather than using PVA bags or mesh. I don't necessarily resort to a Method feeder, but mould groundbait round a flat lead.
I don't think Ardleigh ever qualified as a runs water, and that moulded groundbait round the lead produced a lot of fish, and well into the 20's.
My favourite groundbait is not quite the same as it was, Vitalin as a dog food company sold the makeup to Gladwells, who now make it as Vitacarp, although I don't think it is as 'sticky' as it was, with less rolled maize in it.
I used to pour boiling water over it the night before use, or add in soaked and boiled birdfood, sweetcorn and hemp and allow to stand for about 30minutes before balling it for groundbait and moulding around the lead.
Not forgetting some crushed and crumbled boilies in the mix.
I wasn't keen on shop bought Method feeders with the elastic through the middle, but there is now a decent choice.
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5 hours ago, Serenity said:
It is curious that so many folk are interested in the history of carp fishing and yet the most important event of all – the introduction of the species into England – is not public knowledge.
It is believed that carp were introduced into Britain by the Romans, however it was monks who introduced them heavily in around the 1400's, as Catholics were not to eat meat on Fridays, so stew ponds were stocked with fish.
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I do love the nostalgia of 'older' anglers. I've already read Hutchy The Golden Years and it seemed from that, other books, and my memories, fishing was so much simpler
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1 hour ago, Rugby said:
I’m looking for a couple of reels and the Aerlex 14000 ATC looks like a decent reel. It is at the top of my budget £120. What other reels would people suggest at or below this price.
Around the year 2000 I would have said Shimano top range reels were the best to go for, but I don't think quite the same any more and the better value Shimano reels are in the lower price bracket. I can't remember exactly when I bought my Beastmaster 7000's, but it was when I was fishing Nazeing on the Central and South Lagoons so around 10years ago, maybe a bit more. They were around £85 each and I bought 4 at the time. 2 years ago on Ebay they were selling for around £80, so I bought another 3. I've got them on my 2.75lb rods and my 3.25's, and they have handled a fair number of fish.
The current Beastmaster incarnation is the 14000XC and is around £90.
I can give you the link via Johnson Ross:
https://johnsonrosstackle.co.uk/shimano-big-pit-reels/27133-shimano-beastmaster-xc14000.html
As a tackle shop either mail order or going in personally, Johnson Ross are good people to deal with.
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1 hour ago, Rugby said:
Thank you. I’ve had a general look around and like the look of it. I’m sure that I will gain a lot of useful information.
That's only part of it, we are good at occasional wind-ups as well...
Not always intentionally!
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7 hours ago, Rugby said:
I am returning to Carp fishing (at 76)after quite a few years. I will no doubt have a lot of questions on different subjects.
Welcome to carp.com
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49 minutes ago, framey said:
That’s not only day ticket fisheries lol
43 minutes ago, elmoputney said:No true, I had never seen mobile solar farms next to bivvies though until this weekend.
I know one of the bailiffs on Brackens used to use solar powered 'rock lights' to light the trip hazards in his swim, and had a Solar panel to charge his powerbank and laptop.
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14 hours ago, jules007 said:
odd one today, fishing small pond and hooked a sub 10lb mirror carp, steady fight soon in the net, fish on the unhooking mat and top section of rod had snapped, this was not a carp rod but a Diawa Proteus 10ft spinning rod rated to 100g casting weight, had loads of carp to mid doubles on these rods, have to wonder had rod been damaged in the past causing the break, rod is now fit for bin, cant see me getting a new top section as not been produced for a good few years
3 hours ago, jules007 said:Its time to move on to a different rod TBH some pretty big carp in little pond up to high doubles better to use a barbel rod or light carp rod in there
I used to love my Browning 9ft spinning rod for floater fishing and stalking. When it was stolen I was really upset. I honestly don't know how many fish I caught on it, including my first ever 20lb carp floater fishing.
As for breaking rods, I went through a stage of doing it. 2 Century NG's trapped in the car door, my Daiwa Pro-specialist 1.5lb caught in the seat belt latch.
I really have no idea of the best rod for stalking and floater fishing now, I seem to have different preferences to the media.
I was digging around, is this your kind of thing:
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26 minutes ago, jh92 said:
Thanks mate, that's deffo some food for thought, I've been thinking of rolling a shelf life bait, had a little look into preservatives but never got round to it, easier just to put them in the freezer 🤣
I've seen a few companies are now storing their baits in rock salt as a shelf life. Any thoughts on that?
Speaking of salt, seen a couple lads spombing pure rock salt onto a spot, surely there's only so much you can put out before it becomes harmful for them?
The joys of media...
I worry about how much salt I put into my bait. This spodding neat salt into the water really worries me, as salt does not 'go away'. Putting it in neat when we don't know the full effects. Salt will kill micro-organisms and various water life. I cannot remember which university, but from research, 1 teaspoon of salt can pollute 5 gallons of water permanently, which can ruin freshwater ecosystems. Even more amusing is that table salt is possibly a repellant. The best level in carp diet of salt is 1.5%.
The shelf life versus freezer baits, no matter what I do when I make bait, I nearly always dry it for 24hours and then freeze it. I've tried totally airdrying them until all moisture is evaporated. No matter how good the preservatives, sometimes mould gets in. I've had foods and baits all go mouldy, despite being supposedly dried or preserved.
The airdried bait is a strange one that confuses people. It is rock hard, but draws water in faster than baits with moisture as in either frozen and thawed or shelf life. As a result, they go softer quicker. They do not go as far with a throwing stick or catapult, they are lighter.
I am sure it was Shaun Harrison who came up with or wrote about 'washing' attraction back into dried boilies, using hemp or particles juice. This is almost the predecessor of our fishing on the posts of this thread.
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4 hours ago, jh92 said:
Boiling with sugar and water sounds interesting, do you think the boilies take on the sweetness?
I remember reading somewhere about using garlic cloves in your boiling water 👍
It's how a lot of boilies are being made shelf life now, a mix of glycerine, sugar and boiling water before drying. The glycerine stops the boilies from drying totally and with the sugar is I think an attractor.
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3 hours ago, framey said:
Kempastini book of baits?
he had a guest section in there with recipes
or could it have been Andy little’ book the complete angler?
3 hours ago, OldBoy said:Hmm, bugging me now too! 😃
Never mind, probably all secret stuff has long gone now.... err to much social media?
I still like my day sessions at a local lake complex, can't be bothered with the latest 'wonder hookbaits' etc, still think it is a location thing.
Mind you, I am now getting fiddling around with a method mix, not sure many now use this for carp fishing?
I've not read Kempastini Book of Baits, so can't say it is in there. In Big Carp, Chris Ball chapter, I'll Let you be in My Dreams had a bait recipe for that water that Andy Little came up with.
Andy Little has written a number of articles and books, and I have read a fair few, so it could be one of them.
I don't know if it has been mentioned but soy sauce is something I add to particles as I soak them. I'm not a fan of salting them, and hemp adding salt in the soak stops it splitting, but soy sauce for some reason on birdfoods gives them an added kick. Then of course we have the old favourite of condensed milk on them.
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I packed up today after a 3 day blank. I felt that last night or this morning I should have had a fish or two, but it was not to be.
Monday was boiling and I had to set up in the deepest shade possible, opposite my usual pre-baited swim. It was not until the weather cooled yesterday and we had some cloud and rain I even felt I was near the fish.
Oh well, let's hope that everyone manages to get on the carp this month.
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29 minutes ago, OldBoy said:
Just looked in the Big Carp book, couldn't find it. but tbh it seemed the bloke was one of the first on Savay to use the hair rig and to fish with massive amount of bollies - at that time - at long range.
Sure I remember reading that he did simplfy the baits, and at that time the carp had probably not seen anything like his way of fishing it?
I remember reading it somewhere, and it is going to bug me where I read it. I think that the other protein source may have been lactalbumin. I know that there is an Andy Little chapter on Savay in Chris Turnbull's Big Fish From Famous Waters, on how he was putting in massive amounts of bait at range and killing catapults regularly. The maple flavour, one that worked best at high levels.
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12 minutes ago, crusian said:
Good grief , Nick , did you drag that humungus pile of weed out of the lake ? .
How did you manage with the heat of Monday , and Tuesday ? .
I should be fishing tomorrow in the relative cool , but to fish in the deepest part of the lake , or the shallows ?
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Right under the trees it's been bearable, except between 4 and 8.
Sky has been swimming every day as we walk around to keep cool.
I'm up in the shallows, but until this morning I hadn't seen a thing. The deep end is wall to wall with thick weed and is unfishable.
The weed is what had drifted, so I was able to net it out. It left me enough room to have the rods over the top.
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3 hours ago, crusian said:
Yep , LED's on the ears then it doesn't matter if you are left or right handed .
Ooh, alarm ears! I'd forgotten about them. There were two types that you could add to your Optonics: the fixed ears or the moveable ones.
I had the moveable ones so I could put my Optonics in the box at the end of the session. I had painted the fronts white so I could see them.
I also remember the multi-pin jack plug sounder box that Efgeeco made.
Here is a pinched picture
2 hours ago, OldBoy said:Just as an aside, the Catchum catalogue, very long gone now, used to advertise converting an optonic to a Delkim conversion, but sadly when I wanted to have it done they couldn't because of legal reasons.
The funny thing is that originally Dellareed recommended Del Romang to convert them as far as I can remember, then changed their minds and took it to court.
Catchum, Rod Hutchinson's original bait company! Seafoodblend, probably one of the first fishmeal baits, and very effective.
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When I set up on Monday it was absolutely scorching, but was able to get positioned in as much shade as possible.
Well back from the water, and positioned so we only get the full sun from 4 until 8pm.
I say well back from the water, when the lake is full, this spot is actually underwater.
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19 hours ago, yonny said:
I can guarantee you right now that they will sell. They've drummed up loads of interest.
It is a complete no-brainer to offer one with a speaker. For every guy that prefers the speakerless version, there's one that prefers a speaker. It's a win-win for them to offer both. Their only other remote alarm is based on a design that's nearly 30 years old (TLB+), and even that needs the ATT receiver.
What amuses me is that roller wheel alarms are all based on the original Optonics if you think about it.
A 2 or 4 vane (or more if you had some craft skills) wheel breaking a beam of light. It is effective when used in conjunction with an indicator keeping the line taut and on the wheel. Technology may have advanced, it may now be magnets turning past a detector, but it is still a roller wheel.
It was Delkim who launched the vibration sensing ST's, plug out to a wired receiver and then the TXi with wireless receiver, although they and Les Bamford had done conversions to a reed switch wheel on the original Dellareed Optonics. There were other attempts at vibration sensing, Bitech Viper.
I think that it was a 'law' change in the 1990's that saw radio channels able to be used for wireless signals, although I may be wrong, but I do remember many radio stations switched or also transmitted from AM, or MW and LW, to FM.
As for alarms, as I have mentioned, on a day session I prefer to hear the alarms themselves, whereas at night I need and use the receiver.
Now that means that, to me, there is a market for both as not every angler will fish nights, doesn't want or need a sounder or receiver box.
A long way away from being bivvied up as close as you could possibly get to the rods on the original alarms that made hardly any noise.
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The only putty I will use is still Kryston Heavy Metal. I have not found a good enough replacement. I've checked the new Heavy Metal, it is the same as the original, but as @Golden Paws has said, putty can get misshapen and in the hot weather in the UK at the moment, or Signal crayfish will pinch and eat it, (and tungsten loaded rig and anti-tangle tubing).
Your alternatives look good, and as long as they work.
I use match or pole anglers olivettes, either with the hole through the middle or fixed with tubing, lock and slide, usually Drennan.
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I've got a few new books, I only wanted From The Bivvy, Carp Season and More from the Bivvy 3, but for the price I ended up getting Tim Paisley's Carp Fishing, Carp Amid The Storm and More From the Bivvy.
If I put the books I already have back on the site I may end up making something back.
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12 hours ago, bapa bear said:
I am new to this site. The carp body of water I fish is heavy with milfoil. The open spots are soft mud (Muck) That is the bad. The good is that 20 pound carp are seen daily swimming around in this private farm pond.
What is the best way to rig that will prevent the bait from diapering in the mud? I am sure this has been addressed in the past. But as I said, I am new here.Thanks
Welcome to carp.com.
The simple answer is fish where the fish feed, and that may be in the mud or silt.
Something else that may be worthwhile is fishing floating baits, as simple as attaching a piece of bread or floating dog biscuit to a hook, putting a few free offerings in and getting your bait amongst them. Surface or floater fishing is a science in itself, and there are plenty of threads on here that may help.
I'm not sure where you are based, so my advice is relevant to the UK, but should work everywhere. I first fished a farm pond I think 40+ years ago, and it was as simple as putting in a few grains of sweetcorn, and fishing the lift float method over it. If you bait up in a few spots with sweetcorn and pellets then you could get a few spots for fishing.
It is still a way I fish now, even on some waters that are heavily carp fished with anglers and rods sat on the buzzers. First thing in the morning, or just going into dark.
For carp fishing I would use a 15lb mainline in weedy waters.
Other people will give other advice, chod rig, helicopter rig, long hooklink, paternoster or lead link, and all are right. It works for them.
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3 hours ago, kevtaylor said:
Quality 👌😎
My mates got a fishing room, in progress - got ornaments of fish and everything lol
I'm hoping to get a few for the mantlepiece - perch, pike and zander, but they're all good, he's got nearly all including the super rare carp.
Not got a thing about nets, just annoyance that mine don't match - hmmm ££££ cost inbound 😀
I've got 2 carp landing nets: a Fox Warrior net which has had the mesh replaced a few times and a Rod Hutchinson Sceptre net, both in 42inch.
I've spent more replacing the meshes over the years than the landing net originally cost.
For years I lived with just one, but a few years ago came up with the idea of one on each side of the swim, so I could always reach one without, in theory of stepping around the rods to grab it.
The 2 faults, they don't match, not that I really worry, and the second is many runs now seem to come on the middle rod...
4 hours ago, yonny said:I got a Korda Spring Bow net delivered last week. I have a thing about real decent nets and have inadvertently amassed a bit of a collection. It drives the Mrs mad. A pal of mine showed me his Spring Bow a while back and I was well impressed so I've had a search set up on fleabay/marketplace for a while. The right deal finally came up so it's now racked up with the various Dymags and Chris Brown nets in the fishing room, much to the Mrs' annoyance.
I'll use it on my next session out of principle and then decide if it replaces the Dymag mk2 I tend to use most of the time.
I can't remember who it was by, but the original Springlock mechanism landing net I do miss. I borrowed one for a while back in the early 2000's when I had a load of gear stolen.
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1 hour ago, Golden Paws said:
On the couple of waters I fish most often, the bailiff's come round most days to check the rat boxes for poison but I think they have learned to avoid them. They are probably better off with traps but you have to be careful where you put them. Shooting is another option as they are getting bolder but obviously comes with risks and has to be on private ground.
Rats get immune to poison, and learn to avoid traps, and as you say with traps you have to be careful with where they are put in position.
1 hour ago, kevtaylor said:Whilst dogless I had one eat through the side of the ridgemonkey porch - with an open front (dumb creature), thankfully it was the only bivvy I've ever hated so not bothered!
I think that that is possibly because of patrol route?
I'm not 100% sure, but they use their patrol route as the base as it were, then when finding or sniffing food expand from there.
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There are 'only' about 30 on the lake this year, from over 100 2 years ago. Bird flu took a big hit on them, more so than the geese.
The lake, which is just up the road from Lopham Fen seems to be a spot for young swans to grow before they go get their own territory. The 2 dominant pairs, there were 3, but 1 was killed in a swan fight keep moving them about.