This is something I do a lot of in my own fishing. I rarely use pop-ups popped up but do use pop-ups most of the time – if that makes sense. The furthest I ever pop baits up is the height of the hook with the counterbalance weight around a millimeter from the eye – but more often on the hair itself.

Another method I use quite a bit to ‘sink’ the pop-up is to insert lead wire into it. Try using a split shot as the boilie stop. This gives a different scenario completely when a carp sucks it in. Worth trying on pressured waters in the same way as a snowman bait is with the pop-up and bottom bait fished in reverse.

Keep tricking them and the bobbins keep flying!

Best fishes – Shaun Harrison.