{"id":285,"date":"2008-05-26T16:29:25","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T15:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/?p=285"},"modified":"2013-11-19T00:03:06","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T23:03:06","slug":"small-things-can-make-a-big-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/small-things-can-make-a-big-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"In carp fishing small things can make a big difference!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"26-8\"<\/a><\/span>Towards the end of April I had a week on one of the <\/strong><\/span>Angling<\/span> Lines venues called <\/span>Long Lake<\/span>. I have written an article on the weeks <\/span>fishing<\/span> on the <\/span>Angling<\/span> Lines\u2019 venue website. Now although I didn\u2019t catch any massive <\/span>fish<\/span> I did catch a few. But the main thing that the week brought home to me was how little things can make all the difference in <\/span>fishing.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On <\/span>Long Lake<\/span> you book a swim for the week. Each swim has its\u2019 own \u2018end of swim marker\u2019s\u2019 which show the angler the exact area of water he has in front of him and should stop anglers encroaching on each other\u2019s water.<\/span><\/p>\n

I had got swim number 4 which was pretty much in the centre of the lake but also by far the narrowest part of the lake.I set up the marker float and plumbed the depths etc. About 10 to 15 feet back from the \u2018end of swim marker\u2019 I had an area that sloped from (left to right ) 12 feet deep to 14 feet deep. Now with the weather predictions I would have thought this was perfect so I marked up 3 rods plus the spod rod to <\/span>fish<\/span> this area.<\/span><\/p>\n

I started <\/span>fishing<\/span> on Sunday morning but by Monday lunchtime I had only caught 1 <\/span>fish<\/span> whereas Paul Cooper who was on swim number 3 had caught about a dozen <\/span>fish<\/span>. I needed to change something as my swim obviously wasn\u2019t working for me. I reeled all the rods in and got the marker rod out again. The lake bed in swim no.4 resembled an \u2018egg box\u2019 with peaks and troughs all over the place. Just 15 foot back from my original mark I found an area of only about 12 feet wide which was between 10 \u00bd and 11 feet deep (I must have been more tired than I thought to miss this on Saturday). I remarked the rods and the spod to concentrate on this area. This new area produced 5 <\/span>fish<\/span> that first night. To cut a long story short this small area produced 23 <\/span>fish<\/span> for me over the next four days whilst the rest of the swim produced absolutely nothing. This just goes to show how such a small change can make a big difference. A very small change in depth and area made a massive difference. I am convinced if I hadn\u2019t made this change I would have caught very little during the week. Its all too easy to sit there thinking your swim is dead when a \u2019small tweak\u2019 to what you are doing could bring it to life.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have encountered similar instances on other waters, where although there is no discernible change in the make up of the lake bed (silt or weed etc), a small change in location has made a big difference. I guess we just have to except that the carp are wild animals and a law unto themselves and as such will always have their own favourite places. Even in a relatively heavily stocked water such as Long Lake it doesn\u2019t take much for your bait to be in the wrong place. This is something always worth bearing in mind when <\/span>fishing<\/span> a new water, be prepared to try a lot of new spots as quite often you may discover an underwater \u2018hotspot\u2019 that isn\u2019t visually obvious.<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with <\/span>hemp<\/span> and <\/span>pellet<\/span> I took <\/span>Quest shelf lifes<\/span>\u2019 with me which included <\/span>Rahja<\/span> Spice 15mm and 20mm <\/span>boilies<\/span><\/a> and Special <\/span>Crab<\/span> 15mmboilies. This was another thing that became noticeable during the week, despite trying different set ups (pop-ups, double baits, snowmen etc.) the <\/span>carp<\/span> seemed to prefer a single 20mm <\/span>Rahja Spice<\/span><\/a> bottom <\/span>bait<\/span> to anything else. In fact all bar one of my <\/span>fish<\/span> fell to this presentation. Again it just shows how small things make a difference and how taking a variety of baits is always a good thing to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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