30lb+ Carp HELP!

[deanizere2oo9]

Hiya, i have only been fishing for a few months now but i feel i am ready to move to bigger and better fish, i have caught 13lb Carp in Borwick Hall Fisheries. They have a lake called "Jimmy's Lake" this has 30lb+ Carp, what i needed to know was the equipement i would need, like the line stregnth, at the moment im only useing 4lb line. And the size hooks i would need and also best rig for carp fishing, Any info you could tell me about the big carp fishing would be really great. Hope to hear from you soon, Dean.

[insanity]

bout 15lb line, size 6-8 hooks.

[grahamscas]

I agree Dean if you are going after them 30+s then i would use 15lb line. as for the rigs and bait what i try to do is find out as much info about the lake before i go and see what works as each venue differs and what works on 1 lake may not work on another.

[paddy2k7_red4life]

i use 15 lb line and size 8 hooks and it does me fine

[NICK R]

Wow thats one hell of a jump from 13 to 30 , would you not be a bit better of getting a few of the 13/20 size before you target the bigger fish ,

I use 6lb/8 main line , 30 lb leader , 12 lb hook length

[shurdycarper]

i agree with nick r, try not to get to ahead of yourself to avoid dissapointment. im not saying your not capable because you may well be, but just take on something a little easier! on the tactics side of things i would use 12lb line as long as its not to snaggy then i would up it to 15lb. hook wise you could use anything from a size 10 to a size 4 in my opinion. its whatever your confident in! good luck!

[andy14st]

hi mate well think i might be able to help as have had 2 30lbs+ in last month well i think alot of anglers go ott well i use 10-12lbs fox worrio line size 8 to10 hook now when it comes to bait yes find out what you can about whats working in thereor just have a completchange like i did over the last 2 month i stopped using what was going in the lake i fish and gone to a bait called kt30 and its be devistating were befor you were luck to get two carp out on one session i now have had regular 5 five on a 24hour session the bait is really really the best in last tthree session i had 10 20lbs mostly midd ones 1 30lbs and 5 upper doubles now if you want to get a head of the rest get on this bait

[NICK R]

Plenty of far better baits out there at a much lower price,
Ive had a few 30,s this yr too

[andy14st]

hi nick r Have you ever used kt30 as if not really mate might be just over £10 but you really should give it a crack

[rob@home]

Think Andys hit the nail on the head in the fact of 'Do something different' if everyones using snowmans use singles if they're using 18mm's try something different let common sense prevail....