giles07 Posted November 18, 2007 Report Posted November 18, 2007 if im fishing a gravel bottom what height do i want 2 grains of fake sweetcorn poped up if im fishing over a carpet of hemp and sweetcorn on a gravel bottom cheers billy Quote
stoogi Posted November 18, 2007 Report Posted November 18, 2007 I wouldn't pop them up. Have 1 sinking & 1 bouyant to balance them, but still have the hookbait on the lake bed, with the rest of the offerings. Quote
giles07 Posted November 19, 2007 Author Report Posted November 19, 2007 wouldnt the poped up one pull the sunk one of the lake bed? Quote
paulmlpss Posted November 19, 2007 Report Posted November 19, 2007 wouldnt the poped up one pull the sunk one of the lake bed? no mate it just balances it nicely. you should find that 1 piece of enterprise corn should just about lift a size 8 korda hook and balance perfect Quote
giles07 Posted November 19, 2007 Author Report Posted November 19, 2007 ive just brought some enterprise pop up corn so should i now buy the sinking version to balance it by the way im using size 10s Quote
666carpcatcher Posted November 19, 2007 Report Posted November 19, 2007 If you use one fake and one real piece they will sit counter balanced until the hook Quote
paulmlpss Posted November 19, 2007 Report Posted November 19, 2007 no mate just do what 666 says thats all i do Quote
kevtaylor Posted November 20, 2007 Report Posted November 20, 2007 I'm going to go back to the withy rig for pop-up fake corn/maize this winter, coz its worked well for me in the past. Balanced baits though do work very well also, especially if the hook sits eye end on the lakebed. Or a nice balanced snowman with the bottom bait touching the deck! Only trouble with using the real corn under the fake as a balance is if it comes off during flight or whatever, then you could be left with a pop-up way off the deck, the benefit though is some smell attraction. Quote
salokcinnodrog Posted November 20, 2007 Report Posted November 20, 2007 if im fishing a gravel bottom what height do i want 2 grains of fake sweetcorn poped up if im fishing over a carpet of hemp and sweetcorn on a gravel bottom cheers billy Probably the same height as the rest of the bait off the bottom. In other words if your carpet of bait is about an inch off the lakebed then put your hookbait at the same height If you are fishing a bed of bait then don't fish the hookbait off the bottom. Balanced bait on the bottom would probably be far better Quote
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