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Baiting Tactics for Longer
Carp Fishing Sessions
When you first start a carp fishing session, it’s hard to know exactly how
much bait to place into the area you’re fishing. If you throw too much in
then it could ruin the whole session. On the other hand, you need to get
enough bait into the swim to either draw carp into the area or keep the fish
there if they’re already present.
I like to place rigs on top of a well baited area during most of my carp
fishing situations. I feel heavily baited areas make carp compete for food
which causes them to lower their guard, and they become easier to catch.
Virtually all carp make more mistakes when they are pre-occupied with
beating other fish to the rapidly reducing concentration of food.
The only times I don’t like to bait up heavily is when I’m fishing short
sessions (less than 48 hours), if there are numerous carp already present in
the swim or during a winter fishing session when I prefer to spend more time
actually locating carp and attracting them to feed by using the right bait
for that time of year.
When I have chosen the feature or area I wish to bait up, I often attempt to
get the bait in a rectangular area of around six to eight feet wide by four
feet in length. I try to stick to these measurements because I know I can
cover the area well with about 20 kilos of bait. The bait is made up of
around half of whatever particles I happen to be using at the time and half
boilies. I also try to concentrate more bait at the centre of the area and
leave loose layers at the ends with a few scatterings. Doing this helps me
form a strategy depending on where I believe the carp are feeding on the
bait.
This type of baiting tactic requires good casting accuracy. This is why I
prefer to find pegs where I don’t need to cast too far, up to 30 yards seems
to be ideal for my spodding range. Unless of course, the lake allows the use
of a bait boat!
Once this bait is laid down, I often leave it rig-free for a good 24 hours.
This allows the carp to feed freely on the bait, building their confidence
and lowering their guard for when rigs will be present. If there are signs
of carp on the bait within a few hours, I may drop a rig on the outer
section closest to me and before the baited area starts to ensure I have no
tackle laying on top of bait as this may spook any carp feeding in that
area.
When I believe the bed of bait is ready, I will make up three rigs using
short hook links. However, before casting, I always throw out some bait to
try to scare the fish away slightly. I feel it’s better to scare carp with
bait rather than with a heavy lead and rig. This tip was revealed on the
underwater carp videos made by Korda. When carp were scared off with bait
they came back within a few minutes. If they were scared off with a lead,
they often never came back.
Once the bait has been established and in the water for more than 24 hours,
I will place one of my rigs right in the heart of the densely baited area,
another rig will be positioned on the edges of the free bait, and one rig is
placed up to 6 feet away from the area altogether. Placing rigs off a baited
area can often return the bigger carp that might be hanging back and feeding
rather cautiously.
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