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Watercraft All About Tackle Polefishing Fishopaedia The Science Bit... Targeting Specific Species
Bread will catch virtually every species of fish that swims, whether they have been heavily fished for or not. From the smallest roach to the biggest carp, they all have a fatal attraction to it. In order to put bread firmly back on the angling bait map, we met up with Maver sponsoredangler , Andy Kinder . Not just a superb individual angler, Andy is also a regular team member with the prolific match -fishing team, Barnsley Blacks. An accolade not to be taken lightly! We joined Andy for a pleasure session where he planned to show us a few tips and tricks when feeder fishing bread for commercial carp
Every five minutes saw another bread-filled feeder clattering into the water with pinpoint accuracy, two rod lengths away from an island in Andy s swim . The spot was preordained because as Andy was setting up , a large carp crashed out of the water in the very area his feeder now kept hitting. It would only be a matter of time. After sinking the line and winding the reel very slowly to put a slight bend in his quivertip, Andy sat back and waited. The first signs of fish were a couple of trembles on the rod, moments later it sprung round and Andy struck. The water temperature was still very low so the carp put up much less resistancethan it would in summer. The fight was one-way, ending in the soft mesh of Andy s landing net a couple of minutes later. The result was a fine -looking mirror carp of around 3lb. Hopefully, it was the first of many.
Dynamic Feeder is more of a silverfish additive really, said Andy. But when the carp are cruising midwater, the activity of the groundbait can really help to pull the carp into the swim , it s ideal when Im fishing with a popped-up bait .
2 Give the bread slices a few short blasts with the liquidiser to break the large slices down.
3 Give the liquidiser a shake and then re blast for about 30 to 40 seconds.
4 Dont obliterate the bread, you should be looking to turn it into a fluffy mix containing bits of crust.
The feeder that Andy chose for the day was a medium 20 -gram cage feeder, ideal for targeting carp as it provides a reasonable payload without overfeeding the swim. If he gets a lot of bites, Andy will increase the size of his feeder , however , if the fish are hard to come by he will fish with just a leger bomb. During today s session, the carp were not having it . The previous snap of cold weather had really turned the carp off . After making a few casts at the start of the day, Andy had an early fish. This lulled him into a false sense of security as it was the last bite he had for a couple of hours. By ringing the changes, putting out less bait and popping the hookbait up , Andy again managed to wheedle out another pair of carp. At the end of a difficult day , Andy s bread attack had managed to put fish in the net whilst others blanked!
The liquidised bread test: What should happen to your feed ...
1 SECOND... 2 SECONDS... The punch crumb ball hits The ball should still float the water and floats . but slowly start to break up .
3 SECONDS... The ball of punch should now start to sink, very slowly.
7 SECONDS... Most of the ball has broken up , leavinga cloud of bread crumb.
1 Place three slices of bread on top of each other, then place 2 Using a fine baiting needle, remove the bread punch barrel them onto a hard surface . Punch out a bread barrel with a Maver from the bait punch and hook the needle over the loop of the Match This Bait punch. rig s hair.
3 Carefully slide the bread barrel off the needle and onto the hair 4 The finished baited rig should look like this, with the bread of the rig . Lock the bread in place with a bait stop . barrel hanging just below the hook.
CRUST Crust tends to be used when targeting larger carp. As bread crust is buoyant, the best way to fish with it is either on the surface or when you are looking to fish a popped-up bait . An uncut loaf provides the best crust. In order to prepare the crust for the hook, leave an uncut loaf in a polythene bag for a couple of days. This allows
FLAKE This is one of the most widely used of the bread baits. You can use a sliced loaf for bread flake , but the soft doughy inner of an uncut loaf makes by far the best bread flake. In order to mount bread flake , simply tear off a piece about the size of a fifty pence piece . The bait should be pinched around the shank only, but not compressed
COCKTAILS Bread is such a versatile bait that it can be combined with any other hookbait you care to mention. These combinations are called cocktail baits. The combination of the high visibility bread flake combined with the movement or colour contrast of another bait such as a maggot, caster, piece of sweetcorn or a worm is something that carp,
FAKE Fake baits are all very much the vogue these days and have been the downfall of many specimen fish of all species. The great thing about fake bread is it is highly resilient on the hook, it looks very good under water and more importantly, it catches fish! Being made of rubber, it is bouyant and so ideal if you are
it to sweat producing a tough, rubbery crust that will stay on the hook much longer .
too much. In the water you want bream and tench find simply the flake to swell up and look irresistible. as natural and as fluffy as possible.
looking to fish with a poppedup bait, when you are fishing over weed.
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