{"id":3512,"date":"2015-09-10T03:57:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T02:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/?p=3512"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:06:39","slug":"the-four-season-approach-to-carp-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/the-four-season-approach-to-carp-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Four Season Approach To Carp Fishing"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWell we all know that the carp in this country act differently and feed in different ways at different times throughout the year.\u00a0 Each season I have a different approach and this has helped me over the years to put a few more carp on the bank, here’s a quick overview of my tactics….<\/span><\/h4>\n

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Spring<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Springtime can be fantastic for catching big carp… or having multiple catches if you get it right!\u00a0 Watching the water for activity such as bubbles, fizzing, crashing, rolling, clouded\/coloured water and spotting the movement of carp from a tree for example can give you that vital edge that you require to catch your first carp of the year as they are just waking up.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be afraid to use a single boilie approach, small pva bag of crumb\/ pellet or zig rig at this time of year and most importantly be ready to move swims \/ area when you see carpy signs.\u00a0 Once you\u2019ve had 1, maybe 2, during your session be prepared to get the bait out there as soon as you can, as when there on the feed you can certainly get through some boilies.<\/p>\n

Wally, the bailiff at French carp lake Molyneux<\/a>, swears that April is the best month to fish his lake.<\/p>\n

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\nSummer<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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A great way to catch in the summer months is surface fishing.\u00a0 As we all know Mr Carp loves a dog biscuit or floating pellet. \u00a0But you\u2019ll also find these lazy carp roaming around in deep and thick weed beds for cover, or just holding up getting sun on their backs. \u00a0Again if you fish these areas correctly you will find your net getting wet on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be afraid to try a free line approach to thick weed close in or even a solid bag of boilie crumb and pellet straight into the weed. \u00a0Dog biscuits can be soaked and I prefer salmon oil or hemp oil for this just to give you that little flat spot where there carp will investigate first.\u00a0 It also gives you a better chance of seeing your floating biscuit.<\/p>\n

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Autumn at Alder<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Autumn<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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I find this time of the year is the best time to bag yourself a personal best carp. Get on a quality boilie and be confident to put it in as these carp are looking for a food source!\u00a0 You can easily go through 5 maybe 10 kilo of boilie in a weekend session as the carp are definitely vulnerable at this time of year for beds of bait or big areas of bait and have regular feeding patterns.<\/p>\n

You will normally find the \u2018big ones\u2019 will come out as a brace too, so be ready for this and once you\u2019ve caught 1 lump then don\u2019t be afraid to stay another 12 hours to have another. Heavily baited areas can pay dividends but just make sure the boilie you chose you have 100% confidence that the carp are going to eat it.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Winter<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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A time of the year where location is a massive factor and once you\u2019ve located the carp, keeping the bait going in little and often will help you catch regularly throughout winter as they will not move far from a food source and quality boilie.<\/p>\n

Dead weed beds, lilies or the shallow area of the lake can produce, but don\u2019t be afraid to have a look at snag\u2019s or a marginal shelf where the sun hits first thing in the morning.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget location, bait application, bait presentation and work ethic will help you catch consistently throughout the year and don\u2019t be afraid to ring the changes if things are not going to plan!<\/p>\n

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Marc Twaite
\nPukka Squirrel Baits<\/p>\n

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Thinking of taking a trip to France? Our lakes often have\u00a0offers on for earlier and later weeks in the season, find out more here –<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Carp Fishing in France\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well we all know that the carp in this country act differently and feed in different ways at different times throughout the year.\u00a0 Each season I have a different approach and this has helped me over the years to put a few more carp on the bank, here’s a quick overview of my tactics….   […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16212,"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":[889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carp-tactics-and-watercraft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512","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=3512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30153,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3512\/revisions\/30153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}