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    barometric pressures relation to catching

    in Beginning Carping

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    I also seem to do better with a falling barometer. There are some theories as to why fishing tends to be better with a falling barometer. One has to due with plankton. I read that plankton will rise in the water column when the barometer is falling. The rise of plankton causes baitfish to follow and other fish to follow as well creating an active feeding cycle. It seems to me that this would affect predator fish moreso than carp but who knows. There are obviously so many other factors related to barometer changes such as temperature changes, light changes, and wind changes. All affect the fishing in some way.

    Eric

    are boilies over rated???

    in Beginning Carping

    Posted

    Sounds like ya'll think carp grow roots and stay rooted to the bottom like trees. I guess we can forget about attractants, flavors, colors, types of baits and textures of baits. Just get in front of the fish and hope they are hungry. :) Total BS.

    Carp always want to eat and are quite mobile. They will follow a scent trail hundreds of yards and travel in search constantly. The type of bait you use means little, as long as its not toxic, as long as your fishing by yourself and the carp have no choices to make. A turd will work just a good in these cases. :D jmho.

    No, I don't beleive carp stay rooted like trees and I do beleive the bait can/does make a difference which is why I never fish without packbait anymore! :P

    But, I also know that carp relate to structure on the lakes I fish more than most would think. Just like other fish, carp prefer certain areas more than others. You can throw the best bait, but if there are no carp in the area, you just aren't going to catch any.

    I think carp fisherman always asssume it's the bait that makes a difference in catch rates which certainly can be the case. But as a person who generally fishes the same bait on both rods, I can tell you, at times, the location of the bait is more important than the bait you are throwing. JMHO!

    Eric

    are boilies over rated???

    in Beginning Carping

    Posted

    Ever have that happen with rods? I can't tell you how many time - with the exact same setup all cast right on top of each other - the righthand rod caught all the fish. On rare occasions I have switched rods (real sneaky like so the carp wouldn't know what I did) and darned if the left rod didn't start catching all the fish. I'm sure, based on experience, if one rod gets hot - it stays hot! For the rest of the week I call that rod my "favorite rod".

    Yes, I had that happen from time to time. The funniest example of that was when my friend Kyle had an 'un-hot' rod. When I got him into carp fishing a few years ago he bought a new rod just for carp. Well he just could not catch a carp on his new rod. He would always put his new rod in the hot spot from the last time we fished or switch it with his other rod when he caught a fish but still wouldn't catch anything on the new rod. This went on for a good month or two before he finally broke the ice and banked a carp with it. Funny stuff! :)

    Eric

    are boilies over rated???

    in Beginning Carping

    Posted

    'THE SCRET TO SUCCESS IN CARP IS ANGLING RESTS IN ONLY 2 THINGS.....

    1) THE FISH HAVE TO BE WHERE YOU'RE FISHING....AND

    2) THEY GOT TO BE HUNGRY.....

    100% correct! I also can't tell you how many times I fished with the same exact bait on two different rods within yards of each other and yet one rod caught all the fish. So if I were using different baits or flavors I would swear one is working better than the other. I had this happen far too often so I am convinced that location is the most important factor. Of course baits and rigs can improve catch rates but you first must have your bait in front of feeding carp!

    Eric

    are boilies over rated???

    in Beginning Carping

    Posted

    I voted for other and tiger nuts. The other is fake pop-up corn and small fake pop-up boilies. I wasn't a beleiver in the fake pop-up baits until this past year. I started fishing one side by side with another rod with my standard maize. The rod with the fake bait caught the most fish so I started using them when fishing with friends just to compare catch rates. I found that they catch just as many and sometimes more fish than using maize. I used them all last summer and I am know convinced they are at least as good and probably slightly better than using maize.

    I also voted for tiger nuts because I always seem to catch my biggest fish on them. They seem to work best on waters that hold larger fish.

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