My general rule that i was taught when i was younger was to feed untill the fish are there and then to either totally cut out the feed or cut down the amount to keep the fish searching for grub.
When the bites subside re-feed to tempt them back,it`s a very true saying that you can have too many fish in your swim and this can be just as bad as having none at all.
Too much feed very often will have fish coming up in the water to intercept the loose offerings and make hitting bites very hard.
This time of year see`s fish feeding to cover the energy they have lost through swimming,and what you`ll find is fish just searching for that level in the water where thier happy with the temperature,once they find it it will take a hell of a lot to tempt them out.
Matches become `peggy` and while one person can find it hard to muster a bite from one peg,next door the person can bag up.
I can remember on one canal match and the guy next to me was catching perch one a bung on the choppie where i caught for 20 minutes or so before bites went,after the match i asked him what he had done differently and he showed me that in his initial feed he had chopped his worms and placed them in the toe section for some ladies tights ,a couple of stones were also placed inside to keep the `bag of worms` on the bottom,this was then tied shut with some 2 lb mono and cupped in his swim.
The perch would be attracted to the blood and scents of the worms but couldn`t feed,thus not filling themselves.
SNEAKY B***ARD!!!!
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