Winter Carping Tip - Quick Dissolving PVA Stringers

Winter carping tip – quick dissolving PVA stringers

January 28, 2008 shaun 5 comments

I wanted to share little tactic that I use a lot during the colder winter months. I like to use PVA in most of my fishing situations.

PVA stringer

Of course most anglers know that the dissolve rate of PVA goes a lot slower in the cold water temperatures during the Winter months, some types of PVA don’t in fact dissolve at all! Looks a bit strange when you reel in and see the stringer is still there… undissolved.

Sound familiar??

What do I do to be sure that its gone within a few seconds after casting out my bait and stringer ?

There are several types of PVA on the market – bags, strings & funnel web.

But what I wanted to talk about are the stringer type of PVA.

What I tend to do is unravel the PVA string, most of the stringer materials are 3 separate thinner strands.
When you separate them you can just use the thin strands separately! They are strong enough to take a cast, and are dissolved within a few seconds after being in the water.

When using this method you can confidently use PVA without thinking about the stringer not dissolving. Also the spools last longer, it will take 3 times as long to empty them.

Hopefully this little tip will help you to land that so wanted Winter carp.

Greetz, Roy Van Goor

Carp Fishing Tips PVA, Winter Carping

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Written by Gareth about 4 years ago.

Hi Roy, Yes I guess we have all reeled in and found the stringer still on. First time it happened to me the rig had been out all night…I now use PVA tape over string as I feel it dissolves faster and is good in cold water.
A good tip though. And a nice common there.

cheers
Gareth
Written by David about 4 years ago.

Another thing I’ve noticed when using PVA string. When experimenting in the margins to see what I’m actually getting on the lake bed I find the string shrinks rapidly before it melts.

So if you’re looking for good spacing between your free boilie offerings on the lake bed make sure you seperate them by at least a couple of Cm’s on the string.

Probably makes very little difference to the carp but the fact they pull up tight together does mean that it’s harder for the water to attack the string & thus get it to dissolve.

This could be one reason the string can sometimes come back undissolved.
Written by Shaun about 4 years ago.

One thing worth mentioning is that PVA will always shrink/melt back to whatever knot has been tied into it. Make sure all knots are away from the hook so that the PVA melts away from rather than too the hook. Thus leaving the tight globule (not sure if that is a proper word but I guess you know what I mean) of PVA away from the hook rather than on it with baits stuck there.

I use more Stocking Mesh PVA than anything. I like small 20mm size bags packed as tight as possible. I always insert the hook into the side rather than the knot end. A small point but it makes for much better presentation in the winter. Again the PVA melts/shrinks away from the hook rather than back to the hook.
Written by David about 4 years ago.

Shaun – do any of the Quest glugs or dips leave PVA relatively untouched ie. if you glug some freebies will they melt a pVA bag before it gets out? Or do you need to use a special type of PVA?
Written by Shaun about 4 years ago.

The Glugs and Dips are PVA friendly. Best to make bags as you require them though rather than in advance with glugged baits as it can soften the PVA after tme.

Similarly be wary of PVA bagging too many oily pellets and leaving them in a bucket of oily pellets. This has the effect of waterproofing the PVA which dramatically increases the melt down time. It can be a useful trick for very deep water but generally speaking you want the PVA melting as soon as possible.

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