groundworkergaz

hi ive gt an evening match at my local water (woods farm shirley) from 4.30 to 8.30. The venue responds really well to floating baits n you usually catch the bigger carp 3-6lb. Fished there tonight from 5.30 till 7.00 n had 7 carp n got snapped twice so thought that this wud be my main approach untill ive jst found out no floating baits,pellets or floating pole to be used in the match. Any ideas on hw i could over come this? i was thinking about spraying maggots using the bungee method (no float jst a hook 12 inches deep) as pellets are not allowed bt this may attrach silvers. my other approach wud be the same method above but wiv sunken bread. Any ideas????

stevelockett

You could try casters, they make more noise when they hit the water, and fish shallow with a worm head same size as the caster. Or, how about using tares? Straight out of a Dynamite Baits tin, same size as 4mm pellets so hit the water with the same sound, fish a punch of Van Den Eynde boosted meat on the hook

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Neilio

I have beaten floating pole and floating bait bans. The way I do it is fish 12-18" deep and match hook for bait. For expanders I use a size 16 and for bread a size 10. 'Bread floats' your thinking, but just get a thick sliced loaf and get rid of the crust. Cut up remaining bread into 2cm squares, put back in bag.
When fishing just take a square of bread out of bag and flatten it to get rid of all the air, you now have a thin bit of bread. Quickly and crudely put the hook in the middle of it and ship out, try not to drag it through the water as it may fall off. Lower the bread in and it will sink, expand and cover your hook. loose feed over your pole tip as normal and hover your tip just above the water, your not fishing a floating bait and not floating your pole! Just keep lifting the bread up to the top and let it fall at its own pace. I know this works a treat and the carp are suckers for it. You will get more fish on the hook for sure.

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Neilio

Forgot to mention....no float, just line and hook only!!!

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