Definitely start off everywhere with the methods you know well. Big carp eat the same as smaller carp, you obviously have a very effective method – stick with it. The only thing I would consider changing when fishing for possible larger fish is the hook and line which may need to be increased depending on how snaggy the waters are.

Best fishes
Shaun Harrison

im 14 and realy enjoy carp fishing, on my local well stocked lake full of 6 lb i catch many more than any one on the lake with a simple method feeder . i will catch 30 carp as othersget 6. should i do the same at a big proper carp lake . if not then please email me the best method to do.

skanky10@hotmail.com
thanks :)

We are really blessed over here in the UK and in Northern Europe with the amount and variety of bait available to us. But as you seem to have discovered for yourself, you don’t necessarily need fishing tackle companies to supply everything you need. There are so many things carp love to eat available elsewhere, especially in the pet trade. I spent several years fishing for river carp on the Trent and pre-baiting was essential. The cheapest and most effective bulk groundbait I used was Vitalin – basically dry meaty dog ‘muesli’ with maize flakes. You can buy kilos of the stuff for just a few pounds and it binds brilliantly. I would still use it if I needed to bulk feed; then start introducing more and more boilies (or whatever I was going to use as a hookbait) the nearer I got to actually fishing.

Who knows – maybe one day there will be a Quest Baits USA subsidiary company?

Tight lines

Elie G

I do wish company’s like quest could find away of cheapy shipping baits over to the US.

Thanks for a great write up
Kev

I am a very big believer in offering both a variety of colours and sizes and often flavours whilst baiting. I very much like the soup effect given by groundbait methods. Lots of visual stimulation but not a lot for them to actually eat.