It’s so easy to turn up at a lake and go for the easy option of fishing the swim right next to the car park, especially when the weather is not in your favour.

Or if you’re feeling at little more adventurous you’ll head straight for the swim that people are talking about as being a so called hot spot.

As we all know there is more to landing a big carp than this but we sometimes choose to ignore the obvious.

Carp only feed in areas they feel safe and it’s up to us to locate these areas using a variety of different tactics. Initially it is worth considering the weather over the previous few days and what the forecast is and then just sit and watching the lake looking for any signs of movement or feeding, there may be fish crashing or topping in the distance.

If this doesn’t offer any initial signs then a walk around the lake, maybe even 2 or 3 times, whilst looking closely for any bubbles that are slowly moving or swirls across the surface of the water.

If the lake is still not offering any obvious help then it is probably worth setting up in an area away from everyone else and away from where other leads have been crashing into the water.

From there it is worth identifying the key areas that carp are commonly known to patrol and work them to your advantage.

All the best, Samantha

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