Bait options please?

[Silverfisher]

It’s a well known fact that you can change a pellet line to maggots, but not a maggot line to pellet, it just doesn’t work..that’s why, as long as the water temperature is around 5-6 degrees, you always start on pellet, if it’s only a couple of degrees, then start with maggots, well that’s what I’ve been shown , others may have different views

I must have fished some weird or easy waters then as I've always gone from maggot to pellet or meat, often have fed pellet alongside the maggot from the start though so maybe that makes the difference? This place is the first I've fished where maggot to pellet doesn't seem to work. Hoping to get a swim on it again tomorrow (near empty on a sunny Friday but a sunny Sunday could be the opposite!) so will try two lines and see what happens

Will fish proper gear again as well as going with full on roach gear yesterday meant it felt like I spent more time playing fish than fishing

 

[chefster]

Ive had that happen many times ,thought it was me lol. Maggots first swap to pellets and just an occasional fish . The only way i got out of that was a completely different line

Don’t know why, I usually fish all the lines first with pellet, looking for a response, if I get one happy days, if not I go back over all the lines with maggots, you can always try maggots on the hook on pellet lines without wrecking them, the results are instant, they’re attracted to the pellets, but for some reason don’t want to eat them , put a maggot on and -bang !!

 

[chefster]

I must have fished some weird or easy waters then as I've always gone from maggot to pellet or meat, often have fed pellet alongside the maggot from the start though so maybe that makes the difference? This place is the first I've fished where maggot to pellet doesn't seem to work. Hoping to get a swim on it again tomorrow (near empty on a sunny Friday but a sunny Sunday could be the opposite!) so will try two lines and see what happens

Will fish proper gear again as well as going with full on roach gear yesterday meant it felt like I spent more time playing fish than fishing

I’m not being funny but if you fished like that on a match you’d get absolutely mullered You could probably come to tunnel barn , for instance, and pleasure fish like that and catch 50lb, which if you’re happy with that ,great, but in a match you need 150-250lbs, and it’s a lot harder than sitting on your own chucking bait about

 

[robert d]

Don’t know why, I usually fish all the lines first with pellet, looking for a response, if I get one happy days, if not I go back over all the lines with maggots, you can always try maggots on the hook on pellet lines without wrecking them, the results are instant, they’re attracted to the pellets, but for some reason don’t want to eat them , put a maggot on and -bang !!

The only time i had a result was at redwood in winter ,pellets over groundbait , then swapped to banded caster and or maggot up in the water ,weird combination and tactic but i came 3rd , i surprised myself ,what a day 34lb ish on crazy winter tactic

 

[chefster]

The only time i had a result was at redwood in winter ,pellets over groundbait , then swapped to banded caster and or maggot up in the water ,weird combination and tactic but i came 3rd , i surprised myself ,what a day 34lb ish on crazy winter tactic

It’s like anything mate, nothing is set in stone, you just have to have a starting point which is right 90% of the time , and adapt accordingly.....I was pegged next to a lad at Tunnel once, in the winter, he went straight over and potted in a full big pot of maggots, then fished a pellet over the top, I thought, you’ve f****d that mate, he went on to win our section

 

[robert d]

The only time i had a result was at redwood in winter ,pellets over groundbait , then swapped to banded caster and or maggot up in the water ,weird combination and tactic but i came 3rd , i surprised myself ,what a day 34lb ish on crazy winter tactic

It’s like anything mate, nothing is set in stone, you just have to have a starting point which is right 90% of the time , and adapt accordingly.....I was pegged next to a lad at Tunnel once, in the winter, he went straight over and potted in a full big pot of maggots, then fished a pellet over the top, I thought, you’ve f****d that mate, he went on to win our section

Its mad ,i think ,mine and that tactic must only work once in a blue moon. I only went to up in the water to add fish to the net (silvers) because i wasnt catching on the deck ,sheet or bust ,never dreamed id come 3rd with 34lb ,2 or 3 sponsored anglers there and loads of locals .

 

[Silverfisher]

I’m not being funny but if you fished like that on a match you’d get absolutely mullered You could probably come to tunnel barn , for instance, and pleasure fish like that and catch 50lb, which if you’re happy with that ,great, but in a match you need 150-250lbs, and it’s a lot harder than sitting on your own chucking bait about

Oh mate if I fished like I do on the rivers (where I sort of know what I'm doing) in matches I'd probably get mullered let alone with how I fish on commercials where I just do a bit more than chuck and chance. I just don't fish hard enough I just do enough to get enough bites for a busy day. On the rivers that means I do have to fish fairly properly to catch well but when I'm on commercials when they're fishing well it's just a novelty for me to be able to get bites easily so I don't tend to go too hard. It's nice enough for me to just have a day catching plenty on such places and not be mentally cooked at the end of it.

 

[Irishhybrids]

Ask the main man Zerkalo, with all the information he’s digested this last few months he’s got a book full

 

[Alantherose]

It’s a well known fact that you can change a pellet line to maggots, but not a maggot line to pellet, it just doesn’t work..that’s why, as long as the water temperature is around 5-6 degrees, you always start on pellet, if it’s only a couple of degrees, then start with maggots, well that’s what I’ve been shown , others may have different views

Gaz, that’s the sort of gold that I love about MD

 

[robert d]

Gaz, that’s the sort of gold that I love about MD

Gazza the bagga knows his stuff

 

[chefster]

Gazza the bagga knows his stuff

You meant Gazza the blagger

 

[Alantherose]

Gazza the bagga knows his stuff

Yup. And my devious plan is to siphon off all that he knows from this forum and by asking the odd question (not so many as to raise his suspicions). I shall then suddenly appear at a match and soundly thrash him by means of his own tactics.



Only joking (or am I?)

 

[robert d]

You meant Gazza the blagger

No id love a day out with you ,im sure you'd put a few more fish im my nets , same with some of the other top lads on here ,some superb anglers .

 

[chefster]

Yup. And my devious plan is to siphon off all that he knows from this forum and by asking the odd question (not so many as to raise his suspicions). I shall then suddenly appear at a match and soundly thrash him by means of his own tactics.



Only joking (or am I?)

Ive been told -Pick your matches, and fish to your strengths Keeps your success rate looking good

 

[baggy]

Temperature has warmed up enough for pellets now, I never take worm on commercials in winter

It’s dropping again from tomorrow with an easterly wind. If it stayed warmer worm would be a good option, worm is like a carp magnet at Viaduct and Stafford so much so you can’t use too much in silvers match from September to March as you will hook upwards of 30 carp in a match

 

[chefster]

It’s dropping again from tomorrow with an easterly wind. If it stayed warmer worm would be a good option, worm is like a carp magnet at Viaduct and Stafford so much so you can’t use too much in silvers match from September to March as you will hook upwards of 30 carp in a match

Kiss of death at Tunnel

 

[chefster]

No id love a day out with you ,im sure you'd put a few more fish im my nets , same with some of the other top lads on here ,some superb anglers .

Ha! You won’t learn nothing from me

 

[robert d]

Ha! You won’t learn nothing from me

Your to modest lol ,

 

[chefster]

Your to modest lol ,

I’m ok at certain things

 

[rob6709]

Ha! You won’t learn nothing from me

Can I have a day out with you? I've forgotten how to catch f1's