Bagging up on carp!

After finding the chub liked the Chapel Baits blackcurrant greedy pig match range, I decided to see how good it would be on bagging up for carp on a private lake stocked with small Carp, Roach, Rudd and the odd Koi. A thorough walk around the lake revealed bubbles created by feeding carp under a small tree that hung over the lake. It is not very often that I fish the pole, however this was the perfect opportunity, as using a pole cup I would be able to bait accurately every ship out and get the bait right where I wanted it under the tree, creating a tight feeding area!

To avoid the silvers and get to the bottom of the lake I mixed the blackcurrant groundbait with added pellets and dumbbells to a fairly wet consistency then put a small ball in the pole cup each ship out and gently dropped it over the top of the 4 x 10 float. Starting with a match dumbbell on a size 16 hook I really bagged up, but soon things started to slow down. A quick switch to the paste and the fish started coming in again. It is little edges like this that will keep you catching!

Another edge that caught few a fish when things slowed down was burying the hook into a 6mm soft hooker. They are very slow sinking, therefore created a natural looking bait that was falling through the water. The carp even took them on the drop this way! Lifting the rig slightly out of the water and dropping it again also gained interest.

In a few hours I bagged roughly over 25+ carp. They put up a great scrap on a no. 8 elastic and proved that the baits work!

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