bobgunnerbegood

Hi All, I Went Fishing for the first time today, and i know i should be grateful but i only seemed to atract small fry ie a few ounces, is this down to hook size ?, or bait or a combination of both. I was using a size 8 & casting maggot & corn,and feeding with pellets. I read some where that you should match your hook to the size of bait your using. Can anyone point me in the right direction. thanks in advance Bob.

jeff

Size 8 is a big hook, surprised you caught small fry on that especially using maggots, for corn and pellets try a size 18 or 16, maggots size 18 or 20.

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samstone

i had this problem saturday fishing down the edge there were literally thousands of small rudd and roach all about 2inch long what ever you threw in the water just boilded frustrating thing i could big tails off carp with there heads downs feeding only thing i could do was hard pellett banded
remove shot from line and put 2 no 4 s about 2 inch from hook ti worked a treat

AlbionDaz

Sent you a PM Bob,wasn't sure about the rules,about putting a link on the Forums.

bobgunnerbegood

Thanks Jeff, Will try using your hook sizes next time i am at the lake.

bobgunnerbegood

A Big Thankyou Daz for your pm, that link was a great help, i will learn a lot from this.
Thanks Again Mate.

AlbionDaz

My pleasure mate