Comments on: Precision carping – accurately presenting loose feed and hookbaits http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/how-to-accurately-present-loose-feed-and-your-hook-bait/ News from all our French carp lakes plus general info useful to carpers everywhere Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:59:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: paul.cooper http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/how-to-accurately-present-loose-feed-and-your-hook-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-967 paul.cooper Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:27:13 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=769#comment-967 I agree totally with you Pat. As you are aware, I do own a bait boat, but my preference is catch fish from my own abilities. The blog was placed on the web site to help some anglers who may not be as experienced, or as wealthy, as Jon, to put the extra fish on the bank. Not everybody has the finances to purchase a baitboat, so any help is better than none. The advice that Jon has given is basic bait boat use and I am sure the most in-experienced angler can go to France using a bait boat and catch fish. Carp anglers are loosing the art of casting and as Pat rightly says, if your boat breaks down,what do you do then, go home. I fish both abroad and at home and under no circumstances would I rely soley on using a baitboat. They are useful to top up your swim, but then at least cast to your chosen fishing area. I am not anti-bait boat, but they do take a lot of skill out of angling, but everyone to there own. I know that there are arguements about advanced technology in carp fishing but at least let us try to teach some of the newer and inexperienced anglers the art of angling. Paul Cooper I agree totally with you Pat.
As you are aware, I do own a bait boat, but my preference is catch fish from my own abilities. The blog was placed on the web site to help some anglers who may not be as experienced, or as wealthy, as Jon, to put the extra fish on the bank.
Not everybody has the finances to purchase a baitboat, so any help is better than none.
The advice that Jon has given is basic bait boat use and I am sure the most in-experienced angler can go to France using a bait boat and catch fish.
Carp anglers are loosing the art of casting and as Pat rightly says, if your boat breaks down,what do you do then, go home. I fish both abroad and at home and under no circumstances would I rely soley on using a baitboat. They are useful to top up your swim, but then at least cast to your chosen fishing area.
I am not anti-bait boat, but they do take a lot of skill out of angling, but everyone to there own.
I know that there are arguements about advanced technology in carp fishing but at least let us try to teach some of the newer and inexperienced anglers the art of angling.

Paul Cooper

]]> By: Pat Gillett http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/how-to-accurately-present-loose-feed-and-your-hook-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-966 Pat Gillett Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:52:20 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=769#comment-966 Jon wrote :" Standard tactics for fishing UK waters where boats are not allowed, but in France on most lakes baitboats are permitted, and if everyopne else is using them you will probably be putting yourself at a disadvantage if you choose not to." These methods also work very well abroad and on some weeks we have fished, have outscored the bait boat anglers quite cosiderably (probably due to the bigger spread of bait and topping the swim up more often via a couple of spods at regular intervals). Also just because everyone else is using a bait boat doesn't mean you have too. Personally i never have and never will own one. I can't stand the things and as such would much sooner use 'my own abilities' to find features and feed them accurately, getting far more satisfaction and enjoyment doing it this way than having to rely on the latest piece of electronic kit to find features and place baits. If it does cost me a few fish,then so be it, to me it's not all about numbers. Finally it's worth practising these methods even if you do have a bait boat - what are you going to do if your bait boat packs whilst you are away for the week !. Cheers, Pat Jon wrote :” Standard tactics for fishing UK waters where boats are not allowed, but in France on most lakes baitboats are permitted, and if everyopne else is using them you will probably be putting yourself at a disadvantage if you choose not to.”

These methods also work very well abroad and on some weeks we have fished, have outscored the bait boat anglers quite cosiderably (probably due to the bigger spread of bait and topping the swim up more often via a couple of spods at regular intervals).

Also just because everyone else is using a bait boat doesn’t mean you have too. Personally i never have and never will own one. I can’t stand the things and as such would much sooner use ‘my own abilities’ to find features and feed them accurately, getting far more satisfaction and enjoyment doing it this way than having to rely on the latest piece of electronic kit to find features and place baits. If it does cost me a few fish,then so be it, to me it’s not all about numbers.

Finally it’s worth practising these methods even if you do have a bait boat – what are you going to do if your bait boat packs whilst you are away for the week !.

Cheers,
Pat

]]> By: Jon Perkins http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/how-to-accurately-present-loose-feed-and-your-hook-bait/comment-page-1/#comment-963 Jon Perkins Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:46:03 +0000 http://www.anglinglines.com/blog/?p=769#comment-963 Standard tactics for fishing UK waters where boats are not allowed, but in France on most lakes baitboats are permitted, and if everyopne else is using them you will probably be putting yourself at a disadvantage if you choose not to. If you have a boat with a sounder all that you need to do is find your spots with that, drop your hookbait and free offerings, mark your lines and use a feature on the far bank for direction, then use the markers on the lines to drop the bait in exactly the same spot. Standard tactics for fishing UK waters where boats are not allowed, but in France on most lakes baitboats are permitted, and if everyopne else is using them you will probably be putting yourself at a disadvantage if you choose not to. If you have a boat with a sounder all that you need to do is find your spots with that, drop your hookbait and free offerings, mark your lines and use a feature on the far bank for direction, then use the markers on the lines to drop the bait in exactly the same spot.

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