{"id":8876,"date":"2012-07-26T03:11:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T02:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/?p=8876"},"modified":"2013-11-21T12:16:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T11:16:20","slug":"when-to-go-carp-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/when-to-go-carp-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"When to go Carp Fishing"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"When

30lb 2oz common. One of Six carp caught that same day during a 4 hour session.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Koi

Carp collecting at the mouth of my garden pond stream<\/p><\/div>\n

If only there was an easy solution of working out when our favourite species of fish feeds. \u00a0There are triggers that we are all aware of such excessive low pressure fronts, new warm winds and thunderstorms. \u00a0For those who can bare it out in extreme weather conditions the results can be quite productive. \u00a0But do we all want to go to these extremes to catch a carp. \u00a0I am sure the answer is no!<\/p>\n

So what else can we look for that will give us some indication as to when to get those long sticks out of the shed and down to the waters edge?<\/p>\n

One of the best tools that I have got is my shoal of guinea pigs that swim around in my garden pond, my beloved koi carp. \u00a0At various times during the day as I am going about my daily routine I will drop a few morsels of boilies into the pond. \u00a0How immediate, if any, the response is from the carp, can give an indication of how our wilder species would react.<\/p>\n

Generally if the carp are swimming mid-water there is a chance that they will feed immediately. \u00a0If they are all lying in a line on the bottom of the pond the food could be there for days. \u00a0Cruising carp will feed but not as quickly as the mid-water fish. \u00a0The food will disappear eventually but after a few hours rather than an immediate response.<\/p>\n

\"Feeding

Within minutes the carp are on he feed. It\u2019s time to go fishing!<\/p><\/div>\n

It is the immediate response that I\u00a0am looking for. This is the time to get the tackle into the car and head off for a lake. \u00a0These days I only fish short sessions at my local lakes and I generally do fairly well, a quick hit and away.<\/p>\n

My day fishing tackle is light and easily fits on my back so that I am mobile. \u00a0On arrival at one of my local lakes my first task is to try and locate fish cruising mid-water or feeding fish by looking for vortex movements from the fish and colouration in the water from the bottom being disturbed.<\/p>\n

If I find all three this could be a winner. \u00a0I will introduce a few individual boilies by catapult, one at a time so as not to spook the carp. \u00a0Once I am confident that they are staying put I will cast out to the side of the fish with the lightest lead that I can possibly get away with. \u00a0I use slack lines and I will move down the bank from the baited area as far as possible so not to disturb the fish while they feed. \u00a0Generally if this method works, it is within minutes. \u00a0If the fish move on you might as well do the same. \u00a0Sometimes you get lucky and others you fail…\u00a0but isn\u2019t it fun!<\/em><\/p>\n

Paul Cooper<\/em><\/p>\n

Carp Fishing in France<\/a> with Angling Lines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If only there was an easy solution of working out when our favourite species of fish feeds. \u00a0There are triggers that we are all aware of such excessive low pressure fronts, new warm winds and thunderstorms. \u00a0For those who can bare it out in extreme weather conditions the results can be quite productive. \u00a0But do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15878,"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":[1041,889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paul-cooper","category-carp-tactics-and-watercraft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8876","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=8876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}