Fishing slack lines

[wattsy87]

When fishing for carp in the margins,would you recommend using slack lines,are back leads suitable or will it reduce sensitivity giving fish the chance to hit the snags?

any info would be appreciated .thanks!

[666carpcatcher]

Are you fishing the margins? or fishing to snags in the margins??

 

If your fishing anywhere near snags you need to be fishing near locked up and sitting on your rods (prefferably with the rod pointing at the bait)

 

If your just fishing the margins with no snags about then yes slack line's/running rigs with the lightest bobbins you have, no need for back leads, as you can have the line as slack as you want (as long as its not coiling up on teh bottom obviously) and the line will/should follw the contours of the lake bed

[wattsy87]

Im fishing about 2 rod lengths out tight to some snaggy bushes,is there a good way of pinning things down and keeping the sesitivity.

thanks for your reply, appreciated!!

[666carpcatcher]

Well if your fishing to snags there is no way to pin the line down to the deck, as you NEED to be into direct contact with the fish on the take, and the only way to do that is to have your lines tight and rod pointing to the rig

[bissami]

Hi Wattsy,

I have had a fair bit of success fishing snags and margins with my rods pointing straight at the bait with a really light back lead on ( just enough to sink the line to the bottom ) with a really light bobbin and the baitrunner on my reels set to have alot of resistance on the take, stay close to your rods though and if you have a sensitivity button on your alarm then make it as sensitive as possible as this would give you an indication that there is something sniffing around your bait, hope this helps.