Quest Baits Blog

 Just a bit of imformation here. We have added a daily moon phase calendar to our website.  (You can access this by going to the bottom of the Home Page and clicking links.)

You will see the current phase and by clicking the link there will be able to look at the full month as well as previous and future months.

I have used this chart for some time. Take a look at your own captures and those of others then look back at the moon phase. You may be surprised how much it effects the carp.

If you have favourite moon phases – what are they?

My favourite ones for catching large fish aren’t my favourite ones for catching lots of fish.

I’m interested to hear what others think.

Best fishes

Shaun

By Carl Bullock

After reading Roy’s recent article on the fishingmagic site, (and a very good read it was too) my mind starting ticking over about observation. So I thought I would share my own views on the subject.

It goes without saying that if you spent ten minutes in a tree watching an area you might not see any signs at all. But if you were to stay in the same tree for two hours you would most likely see a lot more. It’s all fine and well finding a group of fish in one part of the lake but is there any point in fishing that area if they are not feeding there? If you spend more time watching them you may see them disappear of to a certain spot to have a little grub around. They may even move out of sight, if so where do they go? Why do they go there? In this case I often follow them in the direction they disappeared and observe that area for signs of what they are up to. I also find it a good idea to observe groups of other species. I have often witnessed groups of tench and bream feeding fairly heavily on some spots and after some time witnessed groups of carp bully them out of the area.

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by Shaun Harrison

Forgotten Carp

I enjoyed Russell Hall’s ‘Goldendale – The Forgotten Lake’. Those carp look like true old warriors and it goes to show there are still a fair few lakes out there which are temporarily forgotten. I think the longer you spend in this game the more it becomes apparent just how quickly some carp can appear to grow, but upon reflection they are often just slow ‘plodders’. Many lakes that I wrote off several years ago as not being worth the effort for the size of fish they held, have now produced some very big fish. You can easily forget how long it is since originally writing them off. Even with a relatively slow growth rate it is amazing how much the fish grow over a period of a few years. There are some real gems swimming around in waters overlooked for a long while. continue reading…