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Since I started carp fishing way back when, I've been using as rod holdall and love it.. Now I'm in the market for a 6 rod version, but was looking into a 6 rod quiver.. I know nothing about quivers, so should I go with the quiver and why or stick to what works for me? I am looking for the most protection for the rods while in travel. Qiver vs. holdall
A quiver without sleeves offers no real protection, the reels are exposed as well as the eyes on the rods, also the rods can bang together, you can buy reel pouches and rod tip protectors. If you attach sleeves then you protect the rod and reel within the sleeve, sometimes if you have the sleeves separate from the quiver then depending on how they are carried they offer great protection.
A good holdall as you know gives protection because you close and compress the rods, sometimes the weight of other items may put pressure on the eyes. I have used both and found that they both offer good protection depending on how you are storing, carrying them.
When you say in travel if that means in your vehicle then sleeves are great as you can store them on the top of eveything last.
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I fished a lake last year where most of the fish were feeding at the bottom of a 20ft shelf the only problem was the wall leading down to the bottom was coverd in zebras after losing a couple of fish with heavy braid , I ended up using all the tubing I had about 10ft then used small bottles to keep the line off the wall, problem solved didnt lose another fish
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Lots of the french, dutch have those over sized pods I have seen them in france and belgium, never seen, used in the UK,
they are very big and heavy, I have seen them take upto 6 rods, quite a contraption.
Expensive set up probally 3K pounds for the lot, Tech reels, nash alarms, rods could be greys platinum.
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I have a couple of Tubs of S1's and S2's to try out in Ontario this spring. He has sorted me out some special barrels to try over here as well. I have to admit they smell / taste lovely.
How do you know Mark?
Met Mark on the kent waters aswell as the stow, not seen him for years but heard through a friend he was doing to the hookbaits
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Considering carping has got alot more popular in Canada, do you think their will be a chance that we will ever be able to use more than 1 rod, I think are impact on fish is minimal, they can even sell us another license to cover an extra rod.
Does anybody know if this question has ever been asked to the appropriate people.
How often have you been asked for your license. I have never been asked.
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Thanks guys! Glad your enjoying the video! Fanatic carpers need something to do during the cold Canadian winters. I've polished my rods, re lined my spools and ready for spring
Good thing about making your own spods is not worrying to much if you lose them, probally 10 bucks a pop from shops.
Getting ready for the spring, have tied over 50 rigs, new batterys in the alarms, respooled the reels even washed the nets, CMON SPRING!!!
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Had a look at my local waters this week, still abit to much ice around for me, cant wait for spring!!
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Nice popups, have you coated them in something to give off the cloud, if so what (unless its a secret) just curious as I have been curing, coating hookbaits for a while now and found that most things that creates the cloud doesn't last long on the baits only found a couple of things that keep giving off.
Specialized baits have just started selling cured baits, when I first met mark he was talking about these type of baits
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KISS, like it.
You can put as much natural flavour in as you want really sugar, molasses, maple syrup add it all into the soaking faze, helps the nuts absorb the flavour.
As I said before you will never really soften tigers so penetration of flavour will not be as good as say chick peas, peanuts, maples, just avoid using artificial flavours at high levels.
A little tip, when you have finished boiling the nuts in the same water you have soaked them in, drain the nuts well, divide them into bags the sizes you would take fishing, before you tie the bags to freeze add a little more of your original flavours not the soak as this is waterd and boiled down but like a glug,mix it into the bag coating the nuts then freeze. Below are some of my favs, all come from the grocery stores.
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Molasses,brown sugar, salt.
Carnation milk, vanilla, chocolate powder, salt
Maple syrup, salt, coconut milk.
Paticles, nuts, peas dont really give off a lot of flavour on their own so they really benefit from flavour,soaks,glugs. You can also go the opposite to sweet try things like sardines in oil, tuna, mackeral, oyster sauce really stinky fishy stuff, just dont do it anywhere near the wife or the house LOL.
My biggest edge at the start of the season is sinking trout pellets soaked in liquidised sardines and tuna gives off a slick in the water and stinks(use rubber Gloves) but the carp love the stuff.
Alternative hookbaits can be lunchean meat, pepperami, prawns, mussles.
Good Luck
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Thanks, will look into that,
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Hi guys, just wanted to ask a question concerning selling some carp tackle, I am new to the forum and have some rods, reels, alarms, stuff I have brought from the UK but dont use anymore. Can I advertise them in a new thread? what is the best way to go about this.
Cheers guys thought I would ask first.
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Tigers are popular in europe mainly because nuisance fish bream, crayfish, generally dont like them as much as boilies, also for super shy fish they may pick up the odd tiger instead of a boilie, carp do like them however in general I have never found that they out fish boilies like most particles they have no real nutritional value for a carp. Fish will pass them whole most of the time.
Tiger slime is an amazing liquid super sweet loads of attraction carp just love the stuff, the way I like to prepare tigers is add brown sugar some salt, carnation milk then soak for 48-72 hours, boil for 45 mins then leave in a seald bucket keep checking your looking for the snotty, slimy goo, use it straight away or freeze it you will never soften tigers but soaking takes the swelling out which is what is dangerous for fish.
Lots of good stuff on the net about preparing them.
Good luck
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Nice 1 lads, like the enthusiasm carping in the snow.
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The only reason we used round baits was to go further in a throwing stick remember carp really have no idea what shape or size they are, apart from the obvious 10mm or a 24mm but 14,16,18 all the same really
Dumbells or none round baits tend not to roll around as much on the bottom important if fishing on ledges or slopes. All I use now is a sausage gun on a compressor home made then cut every inch of the sausage boil for 2 mins, I can do 10kg in a couple of hours, years ago I did the hole production compressor, mixer, burco. shilam table 4 of us in my shed could do 100kg in a day with that set up
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Not a big fan of pods to bulky like to travel light, banksticks only for me if I really can't get any in the ground I have a small gardener tripod adaptor for the front and leave the butts on the floor just keep the cluch loose as i'm not using backrests
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Pop ups can be the same base mix as bottom baits, the most popular is to use a corkball/polyballs as they stay up the longest however bait companys do popup mixes you add a little into the basemix and the ingreadiant makes them float you can also use corkball dust, or cut the baits in half and insert a slice of something bouyant or drill a hole in the bottom bait and wedge foam inside years ago we would microwave and grill baits to make them float.
For me making bait for over 20 years I think corkballs are the best as all baits will eventually take on water, tie them on instead of a needle this will help..
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Have been using maggots and casters for years just great baits, maggots will last longer on the hair than caster, as soon as you break the shell of a caster it starts to leak, match fisherman love casters but they just nick the tip with really small hook 22s or smaller.
I like to needle and thread them. Take a needle with a bit of thread... thread 10 or so then tie them to your hair when using caster I glue them onto a corkball.... the biggest problem is nuisance fish so cast and rebait often
5k maggots do they count them for ya LOL...... It's really quite easy to make your own maggots bit of meat, liver is best hang with a catch basket let the flies lay eggs within a week youll have lots of em, you can also use dead maggots, storage is a big thing keep them cold bit of saw dust if going in the fridge tape the box as the little buggers can wriggle alot
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I think the original post probally russians LOL are using Zodiacs we have been using these for donkeys first used them on cassien in the early 90s you can put a little out board on them, will take the weight but can be a little top heavy if you load up to high and they lose in a fight with sharp rocks.
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Its nice to see a well proportion big common rather than a fish with a 20lb boilie belly on it
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Rice lake and scugog hold some big fish, however only ever seen them never had anything over 25lb from either lake as for monster I think you could say that about most lakes in Ontario especially the waters that have been cut off and the fish have been left alone to grow without bowhunters around
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If you have fished the lakes before and you have caught regularly on the baits and rigs you are using then stick with them if you are confident in them, if the fish are in the area then maybe there not feeding or just have not found your bait yet, I personally would find better spots for your rigs after a couple hours of no takes and signs of fish you may have stuck it in weed or something I always have a little tub of worms with me if they dont like my hookbait I like to prebait according to the amount of fish I have seen then do an evening or early morning session 3 hours at most.
How much to put in at the start is a difficult question to answer many factors to consider remember you cant take it out after its in the drink, sometimes fishing a local bay near me I will stick in a kg of mixed particles straight away other times a single worm in the edge obviously the more you put in the longer it will take to find your hook bait.
Once carp are feeding they can eat a huge amount of bait, of course once the weather gets cold the fishes feeding times will be shorter and they will eat less as their metabolism slows down.
Be lucky
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Are there any pressured waters in north america.
Virgin fish are the easiest to catch no knowledge of pressure dont really no what rigs are eat almost anything, firstly find the fish like around snags structure small bays, then do a little pre baiting or a lot depends on how many fish you think are in the lake your dangling on.
Corn, pulses, nuts, chick peas, sinking trout pellets anything really give the bait a bit more attraction with flavours, molasses, sugar .rigs keep them strong but simple, once you start catching keep the bait going in.
Almost all of my carping in Ontario is done on virgin fish in 15 years of carping here never seen another carper with exception of the st lawrence.
I think the biggest problem anglers have is to just sit and wait for a take you have to be pro active like a match angler always looking for that next bite.
Good luck
short runs
in Ontario
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Sounds like a classic line bite try fishing closer in or use slack lines, unlikely if your using a hair rig a big lead and a short link they are getting away with it unless the space between the hook and bait is to long.. let us know a bit more about your rig setup