Hows the pond been fishing lately?

[gazza]

Hey all, just lately the carp have been laughing at me. Blanked the last 3 times ive been(twice monday/tuesday this week). Just wondered if the carp are getting harder to catch at this time of year or whether its my inexperience at fishing.

Have you guys had much success of late. Any tips you could lend ;-P

cheers

[stuart09]

hi mate i had 1 fish in five week but our jamie as only blanked once in same time same bait and same tactics so dont get disheartened ok just keep trying it will happen ho i had 2 today 15.2 & 17.4 so well chuffed 

[waterpig]

Had one today 17.12 common, Terry ad 21 common.

[gazza]

Ok cool, bucket loads aint coming out then. Hopefully i will get me one soon enough.

Where abouts you guys catch them? Also what time of day, just trying to get an idea of the most successful times/areas. Most of my fishing is done mid week 6pm untill around 11pm

cheers

[stuart09]

if the fish wont come to you follow them i had my last 3 fish no more than 1ft from the bank 

[hursty]

like stu says find them in the edge and keep well back and quiet . I wouldn't bother with those lazing about in weed/pads those lazy ba$tards are just sunbathing . Steve

[Tiger Nuts]

I got one out of the pads last time I fished, but in the hedge bottom, so I guess it wasnt lazing around it was looking for food, or it liked my aftershave perhaps.

Stuarts right, I have had more sucess this year by casting at showing fish or fishing on the odd clear patch I know they visit.

[chef]

just got back fri till this morn only managed 1 15.14 mirror graham blanked despite hours chasing them on the surface had that fish close in as well 

[Tiger Nuts]

I take my hat off to Graham, I haven't seen anyone else put so much time in with floaters. I just get frustrated

[gazza]

Cool, thanks for the advice chaps.

What kind of rigs/setup do you use when your stalking.

[hursty]

Most rigs will work , the main thing is to find some carp (obviously) . I alway like to thread a small pva stick on , the more oily the better at this time of year . Keep your mainline slack , I add a few blobs of lead putty upline to make sure it all stays down and out of the way of the carp. And keep QUIET 

[waterpig]

Like hursty says most do work but i found keep things simple otherwise youll just end up going round full circle with rigs. Those fish that you can see arnt usually bothered about feeding only sunin themself. The edge of the weed beds seems to be a favourite(try tipping bait with a grain of plastic corn). Im sure if you asked most people on the bank when your down theyd be more than happy to help you out as there a good bunch

[gazza]

Cheers chaps.

Think next time im on the bank ill get others anglers to do all work. Ill just have my picture with the carp LOL.

Ones bound to come out sooner or later, spose this is what makes you a better angler.

[waterpig]

just keep plugging away like you say theyll come . Ravo carp dont give themselves up 2 easily there was that mad spell at start of year(which iv never seen b4) now its back to normal iv been on 4 yrs n never had the magic 20 . Try an overniter if you can or get there very early in the mornin thats when iv had most of mine probably nothing after 10am though.

[Tiger Nuts]

Due to the fact I havent been abole to get fishing on Ravenfield carp lake much this season I can't give you much more advice than the others on here. All I will say is if you are only fishing days Waterpig is right mornings are good. But I'm lazy So I usualy do 5 or so hours from mid day. Shallow end is where you will see fish but they are very often just sun bathing. I have had them out of the shallows.

Be prepared to move around, its a pain in the bum but works, Like Waterpig says they seem to like yellow things Keep yourself hidden too, they dont always spook if they see you but I promise you that if they do know your there you wont be catching those fish.

Evenings they seem to move back up the lake towards the deeper water. Which is I guess where the most of the feeding is done. Zigs seem to work well for some people too, not for me though