Comments on: Winter carping – what flavour & size of boilie do you recommend?

By: peter

peter — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:01:42 +0000

Ive had outstanding results during the winter months on fluro pop ups, Although ive done well all year round on fluro pop ups they really come into there own in the colder months,my thinking on why this happens is im convinced the carps eye sight is affected a littel when the water gets colder and this is why fluro baits really come into there own in winter as they are more visibel to the carp,As i have fished other winters useing a white bollies and out of 8 anglers on a 26 acre pit i was the only one to catch.Other anglers i spoke to were useing a mix of maggots and tutti fruity bollies to no avail,Then i have also spoke to match anglers who swear by useing bread discs popd up a littel in winter,A white bait again see, so im convinced its more of a sight thing in winter,,,,so get on the pimpel pops and you will see what im talking about, also i think its worth mentioning to cast around a littel more intill you get onto a few,ive found the carp more tolarent to more casting during winter months,It will be good to see how many of you guys agree and how many disagree,

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:35:50 +0000

I like glugs too.
Dont suppose you were ever a chef ian were you??

By: Ian Hillier

Ian Hillier — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:44:10 +0000

Hi people
In my experience glugs work very very well and will often glug baits for up to 6 months, having said that there is one water where the fish will not touch a glugged bait why i have no idea give em a washed out bait and they will feed all day. Fickle things carp. As to pop ups in windy conditions well all i can say is i have had no problems but i do change from hangers to swingers and put my rod tips in the water, as long as you dry and wd40 them after your tackle will stay in top notch condition. In winter i only fish with small single bright baits yellow being best followed by orange flavour seems to take second place as last year i used the plastic corn which has no flavour with excellent results
Cheers Ian

By: Jim Kelly

Jim Kelly — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:11:25 +0000

Hi Tom/Shaun, interesting that Shaun uses different size baits as I do this as well. I then use the smaller size as the hookbait. I don’t know if this actually happens, but I think that different sizes makes the carp apply different amounts of suck to pick up each bait. They are then less likely to detect the weight of the hook or resistance of the line on initial pick-up. The alternative is to critically balance, or partly balance.
I also fish the Mangrove and have found in normal situations that bottom baits outfish pop-ups as the natural food is in the silt. However, in extreme cold conditions I find a single pop-up can produce some excellent results. I have little confidence in pop-ups when it is very windy as I feel that they behave unnaturally. What do other readers think?
Glug wise I have done numerous tests with glugged and non-glugged baits and I can’t detect a lot of difference in results. However, other people may have had different experiences.