Golden grain

[Carpbell3]

So I popped out yesterday afternoon, fishing the waggler and led rod, grabbed two bags of frozen corn and some rubber bits out my carp tackle, was having silver bream on the float rod and one small carp, the led rod went mental two large carp about 15 to 20 lb just smashed my hook size 10 just spat it out after taking my gear on a lap of the lake, they really did want that corn.

Got to be some of the finest close in fishing I have done in a while, can't believe I got carp looking for corn on the deck they were cruising the top all day the confidence they had on the corn was saying something.

 

[OldBoy]

Always good to fish margins with a float rod, and can't go wrong with corn 👍

Actually Silver Bream are very rare, are you sure they were not 'skimmers'?

Only place I knew of for Silver Bream  was a day ticket water in Sussex, sadly probably carp soup now, if it's the same place. the front lake was crucian heaven!

[framey]

Margin fishing 

the most overlooked feature on a lake 

 

[OldBoy]

1 hour ago, framey said:

Margin fishing 

the most overlooked feature on a lake 

 

Agree 100%, 

Done to death but makes me laugh when I read casting as close to far bank margins,,,, err they are under your feet, obviously depends on venue but seen it, done it and works too

[Carpbell3]

On 24/05/2025 at 04:50, Carpbell3 said:

So I popped out yesterday afternoon, fishing the waggler and led rod, grabbed two bags of frozen corn and some rubber bits out my carp tackle, was having silver bream on the float rod and one small carp, the led rod went mental two large carp about 15 to 20 lb just smashed my hook size 10 just spat it out after taking my gear on a lap of the lake, they really did want that corn.

Got to be some of the finest close in fishing I have done in a while, can't believe I got carp looking for corn on the deck they were cruising the top all day the confidence they had on the corn was saying something.

 

Definitely silvers stocked for the match angling, there are silvers in the canals near me alot of hybrids as well, sure one lad had a carp bream hybrid out the canal it was a bream but with a carp like mouth, didn't think you got carp hybrids.

[framey]

3 hours ago, OldBoy said:

Agree 100%, 

Done to death but makes me laugh when I read casting as close to far bank margins,,,, err they are under your feet, obviously depends on venue but seen it, done it and works too

Walk round the other side of the lake and check your margin lol

bet it looks just as carpy

[OldBoy]

18 hours ago, Carpbell3 said:

Definitely silvers stocked for the match angling, there are silvers in the canals near me alot of hybrids as well, sure one lad had a carp bream hybrid out the canal it was a bream but with a carp like mouth, didn't think you got carp hybrids.

As far as I am aware I don't think a Carp / Bream hybrid is actually possible.

Deff get a  Roach / Bream hybrid.

Also with the Carp family there are so many hybrids:

F1s - Crucian and Common carp

Fan TaiL Crucian - Crucian and Goldfish

Ghost Carp - Carp and Koi

Sure there are many more too?

One thing that is a real shame is I very much doubt there are any true 'wild carp' left, long lean bodies and always common carp. I think I actually caught some wildies many many years ago from a lake in surrey, now long gone tho