[weed fishing]

When you are fishing through heavy weed and cant find a gap with the marker float then you will need to up your game. Let me tell you, chod rigs are not the answer, they dont provide perfect weed presentation. All you need is a loose lead clip with leader, eg:korda or nash and a long braid hooklength of about 12inches (1 foot). Use a pop-up bait and hook on a PVA nugget before casting. It will now slowly sink down ontop of the weed and your lead will break through the weed and your 12inch hooklength is really going to help...

[Help wanted with presentation]

H i All,

 

I am experiencing difficulties with hook holds on bottom baits my situation is I have a chod rig on one rod for pop ups etc which hooks fine everytime however my bottom bait presentation is not good lost two runs friday through poor hook hold.

 

The lake bed I am fishing is a small syndicate lake weed and bit of silt on the bottom, I presented a bottom bait in one area and a pop up in the other

 

two runs on bottom bait lost both

 

one run on pop up banked a 13lb mirror

 

I really need help with a proven reliable and simple bottom bait rig what do you recommend?

I would advise you use a suppler hooklink, over weed a good braided hooklink with some shrink tube to turn the hook in the fish' mouth.