| If you have not tried surface fishing for Carp you | | | | you have catapulted those free offerings and |
| are missing out on a really fantastic and exciting | | | | those carp are taking them like food is going out |
| method of Carp fishing There is nothing like seeing | | | | of fashion!. |
| the big swirl around your bait and then that | | | | I decided it was time for a change and tried |
| slurping sound as your surface bait is taken by | | | | something so simple it just could not work, or |
| what is usually the larger than average Carp. | | | | could it!, yes you are right it worked and it |
| I have tried many methods of surface fishing and | | | | worked so well I could cast my bait out to the |
| can tell you they all work and one of the most | | | | exact spot I wanted and it never moved, |
| interesting facts is that the Carp you catch are | | | | perfect!. |
| usually bigger that what you will take from a | | | | So, what method did I use, here it is, please do |
| bottom bait, I don't know why this is but previous | | | | not under estimate this method because its looks |
| experience has always shown me when I take a | | | | to simple I have found this to be very effective |
| Carp from the surface its a nice one and bigger | | | | whenever I have used it, this is what you do. You |
| then the average bear!. | | | | setup a simple ledger rig, free running, slide the |
| We can use many different types of baits for | | | | ledger on to the line, add a ledger stop below the |
| surface fishing, dog biscuits, pop-up boilies, ready | | | | ledger, one side only we need this to be free |
| made floaters specially prepared with delicious | | | | running and then tie on our hook, for crust fishing |
| flavours, the list is endless all of these work but | | | | I will usually use a size 8 or 6 hook. |
| my favourite is the old trusted bread crust. I | | | | Now we start with a tail of about 2 to 3 ft add |
| have caught more Carp on floating bread than | | | | some bread crust and cast out, id the bread does |
| any other method and to set this up is really | | | | not rise to the surface our tail is to short and the |
| simple, I will explain this for you in a moment. | | | | depth of the water is deeper than 2 or 3 ft. We |
| I see many anglers using what we call the | | | | slide the ledger of another foot, re-cast until we |
| 'controller float' this is simply a float that is heavily | | | | can see the bread floating in top of the water. I |
| weighted for casting distance and we have a 3 to | | | | have used this method in water that is over 10ft |
| 4ft tail with our bait usually sitting on the surface | | | | deep, so I had a ten foot tail but can still cast this |
| behind the float. Now, don't get me wrong this is | | | | out easily. |
| a good method you can cast virtually anywhere | | | | So, now we have our weight sitting on the |
| but I have always found one major problem with | | | | bottom and out bread floating on the surface, and |
| this method the float will not stay in the prime | | | | yes you guessed, it will stay exactly where you |
| area where you want it, especially if its a windy | | | | cast it, even if there is a gail force wind!. |
| day, you know the spot by the Lille pads where | | | | |