Tactic help

[123nicksheppard123]

Im going down in the morning about sixish. waiting for gates to open.(YY) If anyone can share some general tactics for bigger carp. I keep picking up the bream in the lake, i spent the night down recently all i had all night was bream and about five carp of around 10-14 pound. Im goinng to be fishing to a Feature, which is fishing well at the moment, but has any body got any tips for me (how often to put bait out, what bait to use for bigger carp. what good rigs are. ) Any help is much app. (:

[alex82]

Yeh take a rat trap and a big stick to beat the chavs with.

I think shurdycarper on here has had a few nice fish out of burley.
Look up his posts.

[123nicksheppard123]

Originally Posted by alex82

Yeh take a rat trap and a big stick to beat the chavs with..

Love it (YY) ;) naah ill beat em, Fishing style ;)
Ok mate thanks.

[fishypaul]

Originally Posted by 123nicksheppard123

about five carp of around 10-14 pound. (:

you have done well already mate,you can't be doing much wrong,just stick at it and the bigger ones will turn up eventually

[shurdycarper]

hi there, is the pig farm your fishing then?

[123nicksheppard123]

Yeah, sure is the Pig farm. Any help.?

[shurdycarper]

well you want to get as tight to the margins as you can as most are really undercut and ive had my best fish from the margins. also light leads with pva bags, mesh or just stringers as this will reduce the chances of it plumming into the silt as the lake is VERY silty in places! if you fish on the match lake then have a little lead about and if you find any firmer silt then def fish to that! also you mentioned your fishing to a feature, what feature is this?? also when you next going down? hope this helps

[shurdycarper]

o yer also to combat the bream i use either 18 - 20mm boilies or snowmans with a 18mm bottom bait and a 10mm pop up on top, thats worked really well for me!

[123nicksheppard123]

So basically, find the hard silt. Pva bag up, then cast on it so it sits on it. hm next time im going down there. Hmm... Probably Saturday. With the Father -_- :L

tight to the margins? as in if im on a peg, just swing it down the side in the margin?

Also the feature. 1. the big Island 2. the Fallen in Tree. 3. i am also very keen on both sides of the bridge. i just proffer fishing to the sides of it.

Ive also found my new preferred late night and early morning stalking place. :) had a 12 pounder out of there the other morining after a long slow night. got the net in loads of Brambles though! but well worth a first stalked fish for me.

18-20 mill. Are huge for a angler whos on about 12 mill ;) but will give that a goo. ive had a few of the smaller carp on toffey scopex boiley. Have you any good flavours that work well down there.
Thanks for the help.

:)

[shurdycarper]

fairplay sounds like your doing fine already. yer there gd features but to be honest the island hardly ever produces a big fish! the biggest ive ever had from it is 15lb and dont get too close to it as its really snaggy. the fallen tree is gd but this also has been hammered lately so smaller fish are now being caught from it. the bridge is always gd this time of year as the fish are always travelling through there when the weather is nice and warm. about the margins yer you can do that or if you can fish to the far margin as long as obviously noone is fishing over there! ive had my best fish from the margins so honestly dont neglect them! the best thing to fish to in the margin is something like reeds or under a overhangin tree. the big bush thing on the match lake is a gd feature. hope this all helps! were hav to meet up there at some point if you want and i could show you what i mean alot more clearly. cheers.