{"id":21955,"date":"2015-02-02T03:04:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T02:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/?p=21955"},"modified":"2015-12-31T12:33:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T11:33:55","slug":"short-session-carp-fishing-why-you-should-try-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/short-session-carp-fishing-why-you-should-try-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Session Carp Fishing & Why You Should Try It"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThese days I spend less and less time on the bank and appear to be catching the same amount of carp as I was doing a few years ago when I was concentrating my campaigns on night fishing. Not too many but enough to satisfy my interest.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In 2014 I spent 2 nights in total in a bivvy in England with the rest of my time being spent on short day sessions of 2 hours or more. I am fortunate enough to run my own syndicate on a private estate only minutes away from my home, so watching the water and fish movements is not a problem.<\/p>\n

\"It,s<\/a>

It’s easy to move with this set up<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

The tackle that I use for my short session fishing is a far cry to the amount that I take on a weeks session in France. I can either throw my gear on my back or on my barrow, with the latter being easier. With a 3 rod limit and most of the fishing being conducted at short range, my tackle easily fits into a small tackle bag, with my rods into a sling.<\/p>\n

I have a small light chair to relax on, a new light 60 inch umbrella to get away from any inclement weather and there are unhooking mats positioned around the lake, so my own mat can be left at home. 2 bank sticks, 2 buzz bars with my 3 compact ATTX indicators and receiver, everything is designed for a quick move.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

I caught this fish from the shallows at Margot. Three rods, bank sticks and a pocket full of tackle was all that was needed.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

My tackle bag contains my weighing scales, camera, tripod, air release system, a small tackle box which has my bait needles, stops and some other odds and ends. I have any spare hook rigs made up and keep them in a small cigar tin. Catapult, PVA nuggets, drying cloth, sandwiches and flask, what else do I need. Oh yes, bait!<\/p>\n

Small tub of assorted pop ups and a small bucket with my choice of Quality Baits<\/a> boilies. The bucket is not only a container but also used for wetting down any captures when on the mat.<\/p>\n

\"This<\/a>

This was one of a multiple catch on Grenville from following a shoal of carp around the 72 acre lake.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

The beauty of fishing this way, is that if I have started off in the wrong location and I see fish moving in another part of the lake, within 5 minutes I can be on the move. Being mobile has caught me lots of extra carp that if I was sitting bivvied up in a swim, I would have missed. I have fished this way even on some of the bigger lakes such a Grenville. By following the shoals around the lake I get the opportunity of trying to get just in front of the shoal as they forage the natural hatches.<\/p>\n

I started to get into this type of fishing around 30 years ago when I was fishing a 17 acre reservoir. Armed with a catapult, landing net and just 1 rod with a small tackle bag on my back, I was stalking carp with either bottom baits or flavoured and coloured chum mixers. I caught dozens of carp, much to the annoyance of the campers set around the lake. Some of the best anglers that I know fish this way and they catch on a regular basis. You certainly learn more about a water and feeding areas.<\/p>\n

Find the fish and you have a better chance of catching them than sitting and waiting. Thin down your tackle and give it a try. I find it more pleasurable than camping.<\/p>\n

Paul Cooper
\nRead more of Paul’s articles here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These days I spend less and less time on the bank and appear to be catching the same amount of carp as I was doing a few years ago when I was concentrating my campaigns on night fishing. Not too many but enough to satisfy my interest.\u00a0 In 2014 I spent 2 nights in total […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1041,1021],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carp-fishing-news","category-paul-cooper","category-technical-carping"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}