To be honest and without being arrogant I should have had a lot more, but I was playing around with different rigs and presentation. I was also targeting the specimens. Had it been a match I would have been a little less selective. I have also been using ground vitalin as groundbait, but this needs very careful preparation. The area I was fishing in must be 30′ deep. So its vital that the groundbait stays in the feeder and yet comes out quickly once settled. It also needs to be inert, but only to a degree, because i worked out that by adding a good handfull of dry mix to the already well inert dampened mix, gave it extra attraction. Not so much so there was groundbait everywhere, but just enough so it must have created a nice cloud, as i definitely got bites far quicker this way.
The best rig was by far a very simple free running dreenan gripmeash with a buffer bead and a snap link swivel at the end of the shock leader. To this I attached various hooklengths but 12″ with hair rigged double corn was best. I had a few on a mini pop up boilie, but i know worms are deadly. The braid is a revelation, first time i have used it and i cant believe how many bites we must not even see with mono. Everything is so direct.
Whilst walking back to the car, at the very source of the lake its very overgrown with trees, bushes etc, I saw what i can only describe as a massive carp feeding in the margin, silt and bubbles everywhere. I’ll be back after her next time. 😀
TF_baitchef.
