Comments on: Red nylon – invisible to carp? http://www.questbaits.com/blog/my-thoughts-for-next-year/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:35:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: john flight http://www.questbaits.com/blog/my-thoughts-for-next-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2012 john flight Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:44:16 +0000 http://www.questbaits.com/blog/?p=1048#comment-2012 Hi Sam, It's been two long years since you published this thread regarding using red lines. Any chance of your thoughts on using it & how do you feel it compared with your x line. Good or bad comments would be appreciated. I ask as I have just been given a bulk spool of red line (not TFG) & I was seriously thinking of giving it a try next season, especially as a friend who is an optomerist (optitian) thinks that it should be a brilliant choice of colour to use. regards John Hi Sam,
It’s been two long years since you published this thread regarding using red lines. Any chance of your thoughts on using it & how do you feel it compared with your x line. Good or bad comments would be appreciated. I ask as I have just been given a bulk spool of red line (not TFG) & I was seriously thinking of giving it a try next season, especially as a friend who is an optomerist (optitian) thinks that it should be a brilliant choice of colour to use.
regards
John

]]> By: Jon Perkins http://www.questbaits.com/blog/my-thoughts-for-next-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1785 Jon Perkins Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:31:46 +0000 http://www.questbaits.com/blog/?p=1048#comment-1785 WHen the water temperature is 4.1 degress don't even bother getting your gear out of the car ! WHen the water temperature is 4.1 degress don’t even bother getting your gear out of the car !

]]> By: Carl 'Dogs' Bullock http://www.questbaits.com/blog/my-thoughts-for-next-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Carl 'Dogs' Bullock Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:59:29 +0000 http://www.questbaits.com/blog/?p=1048#comment-1024 Firstly appologies to Samantha as this is her blog posting and I don't want too step on your toes too much. However I have a few ideas that Jacob may find usefull. First of all the most important part of picking out bigger fish is to watch them and learn their habbits. You may well find a weekness in their habits i.e. a point that they continually enter a weedbed or a spot they can't resist visiting (maybe searching for food) when they pass it. Then you could just simply try them out by introducing a few (very few) freebies and see how they react. Do this when they are away from the spot though. If it's not possible to view them try it by introducing the bait first (a bit more this time though) in an area where you can observe that and then just see what happens. It may well be that they aren't moving around a lot through these colder months. To that end it is a matter of cancelling out areas of the bay that you know they definatley aren't hiding. Then working the bay by re-casting regularly to different areas probably every hour or so. They are likely to be shoaled up tightly and you should get liners when in the right area. Then it's just a matter of casting slightly shorter until you pick one up. Thats all I have tme for at the moment but if you want further advice just ask. Good Luck. Firstly appologies to Samantha as this is her blog posting and I don’t want too step on your toes too much. However I have a few ideas that Jacob may find usefull.

First of all the most important part of picking out bigger fish is to watch them and learn their habbits. You may well find a weekness in their habits i.e. a point that they continually enter a weedbed or a spot they can’t resist visiting (maybe searching for food) when they pass it.

Then you could just simply try them out by introducing a few (very few) freebies and see how they react. Do this when they are away from the spot though.

If it’s not possible to view them try it by introducing the bait first (a bit more this time though) in an area where you can observe that and then just see what happens.

It may well be that they aren’t moving around a lot through these colder months. To that end it is a matter of cancelling out areas of the bay that you know they definatley aren’t hiding. Then working the bay by re-casting regularly to different areas probably every hour or so. They are likely to be shoaled up tightly and you should get liners when in the right area. Then it’s just a matter of casting slightly shorter until you pick one up.

Thats all I have tme for at the moment but if you want further advice just ask.

Good Luck.

]]> By: Samantha Collins-Ratcliffe http://www.questbaits.com/blog/my-thoughts-for-next-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Samantha Collins-Ratcliffe Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:08:34 +0000 http://www.questbaits.com/blog/?p=1048#comment-1022 Hi Jacob I have to admit I don't do too much stalking myself, and i'm sure some of the other guys on here with be able to help out far more than me, but I can share a couple of ideas with you. You said they are very wary fish so it might be an idea to try and feed them up for a period before you actually fish for them, this in reality could mean not actually fishing for them for a good couple of hours. You could even fish another method whilst waiting for the carp to gain confidence in your free bait offerings. Always start of throwing in only a small amount of freebies, you can always increase this amount when the carp are showing an interest but you don't want to spook them away from the word go with loads of bait. You may want to wait for a slightly breezy day as this would help disguise you line on the top of the water. Also perhaps assist with the casting and drifting of your hook bait. Hope this helps a little Samantha Hi Jacob
I have to admit I don’t do too much stalking myself, and i’m sure some of the other guys on here with be able to help out far more than me, but I can share a couple of ideas with you.
You said they are very wary fish so it might be an idea to try and feed them up for a period before you actually fish for them, this in reality could mean not actually fishing for them for a good couple of hours.
You could even fish another method whilst waiting for the carp to gain confidence in your free bait offerings. Always start of throwing in only a small amount of freebies, you can always increase this amount when the carp are showing an interest but you don’t want to spook them away from the word go with loads of bait.
You may want to wait for a slightly breezy day as this would help disguise you line on the top of the water. Also perhaps assist with the casting and drifting of your hook bait.
Hope this helps a little
Samantha

]]> By: Jacob Jones http://www.questbaits.com/blog/my-thoughts-for-next-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 Jacob Jones Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:22:39 +0000 http://www.questbaits.com/blog/?p=1048#comment-1021 hey.....i like your ideas....thing is ive only just started carping and there is a little bay on the pond i fish named animal bay...this being because there is carp to 30 pounds and there very very wary fish and i was just wondering how i could stalk them in these winter conditions...? Thanks Jacob hey…..i like your ideas….thing is ive only just started carping and there is a little bay on the pond i fish named animal bay…this being because there is carp to 30 pounds and there very very wary fish and i was just wondering how i could stalk them in these winter conditions…?

Thanks
Jacob

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