The Finney School of Real Life

Fishing for carp is a really rewarding past-time as carp are rather smart and don’t take bait too easily. Nonetheless, with some guile, you can invite the fish and fool them into being your latest catch. What follows are just some tips to serve you with your carp fishing:-

• Take boilies that are fishmeal-based in the finer weather (summer and autumn), and try your luck with half-half mixtures or even bird food types of bait in the winter and spring seasons
• Experiment by adding spicy chillies to some particle baits. The carp fish appear to savour that fiery “kick” from those spices. As a rough guide, add two tablespoons to five litres particles.
• In the wintertime when the water is cold, experiment with casting your rigs more frequently, and pinpoint several areas so you can set a hook bait close to the fish. The colder water slows down the movements of carp thus there’s a lesser opportunity for the carp to swim towards your bait. In the summer time, you can position traps in likely patrolling locations and wait for the carp to find the bait.
• Add plenty of vitamin C to your bait. Stir your method with fruit juice rather than water from the lake. Also experiment with dipping fresh boilies in orange juice so as to to give that well-defined tang.
• If you’re anxious about supplying too much food to the “swim”, then use breadcrumb groundbait with just the attractants included, but with particle baits NOT included. This tempts the fish without filling them up.
• Lastly, make sure you have the right fishing gear with you. Research what you should bring online. You can find all kinds of things online, such as carp barrows - and ensure you enjoy the time you spend by the river!

Author Clinton J Veasey discusses where to get the best coarse fishing tackle

Fishing is one of the most populat sports in the UK. A lot of people go on fishing trips regularly throughout the year. One of the most important things that you’ll need to buy is carp tackle and you should find a range of options online and in stores.

First things first, if you’re interested in buying carp tackle, you’ll have a few things to think about. You’ll have to consider a budget because knowing how much to spend is important. It’s quite easy to work this out as long as you do your research.

Head over to your favourite search engine and search for products that you are interested in. Have a pen and paper with you and make a note of the prices as you look around. Once you have a list of prices you should easily be able to work out a reasonable and realistic budget.

Make sure that you have a pen and paper with you and make a note of the deals you see as you browse the web. You should also consider quality while you’re browsing because you want to ensure that the products you buy aren’t low quality and that they’ll last a few years at least.

It’s sometimes a good idea to head into your local fishing store to see what they have to offer. However, only do this when you’ve seen carp tackle online and you’re aware of what the good deals should look like. Also, make sure that you bear quality in mind.

Buying online will give you access to a much larger range of products and usually the prices are better as well. Just make sure that you prioritise buying online because it’s so much easier to get good deals when compared with shopping on the high street.

Overall, as long as you do your research, buying carp tackle should be easy. It’s simple to find offers online but you’ll have to ensure that you keep your wits about you and look out for deals that could be too good to be true. Keep a pen and paper with you when you’re browsing online so that you can make a note of the offer that you like the look of.

Ahh…. The Christmas Carp…Yummmm….

It’s almost Christmas and like most of you out there I can’t wait for that most cherished of holiday traditions-the carving of the Christmas carp.

Yes, nothing makes the mouth water and gets me into the holiday mood until I see my wife come walking through that door with our fresh-live “holiday” carp.

Whether hand picked from the Three Mile island settling ponds, or homegrown from the depths of the “pristine” waters of Lake Michigan, it is always great to bring the little droopy lipped fellar home, toss him in the bathtub, and thump him on the head on Christmas morning to the squealing delights of the neighborhood kids. Then we deep fry him and chase him down with some delicious squawfish soup.

I know, I know, I am making you salivate just at the thought of all these tempting delights-but don’t worry- soon enough you will be passing the carp platter around the table, praising Aunt Lou that this years carp -is the best ever- and asking her how she got that green glow to emit from it’s carcass.

Festivally brilliant!!…..

Here, in the U.S., we obviously take a different view of the much maligned carp–but in many cultures the above scenario will actually take place.

Well, except for the glowing part.

In Europe, Asia and other parts of the world the carp is still a viable and very marketable fish. The same fish I have seen drop kicked, eschewed, and tossed aside like an old shoe, actually makes it’s way to many a Christmas feast in other cultures. I just read a story today, about how the Czech Republic is worried that the carp market is being driven downward because of pressure from other fish, like salmon, as well as competition from poultry producers.

If you are an American,you are probably sitting there with your nose all crinkled up or have that horrified-I just saw Frankenstein- facial expression right now, and are more than ever convinced that Euros are one fish short of a full stringer. Or, you might be thinking about boxing up some nice freshly caught carpsuckers from your favorite trout stream, and sending them “Fed-Ex” to Ivan Howsaboutafish in Prague.

I am telling you-they would be welcome.

In Europe, they look at the carp and exclaim things like: “Look at that fish, it is magnificent.” or “The quality of the Czech carp cannot be compared to farm salmon.” or “Check out the lips on that baby.”—OK- I made the last one up– but as you can see they REALLY like carp.

So, in the Christmas spirit of giving, let’s all get out there today and catch ourselves a “mess” of carp and get them sent to Europe, so they can have a joyous and carp filled feast.

Maybe if we’re lucky, they will send us a bunch of Lutefisk in return!!

Now that’s foreign relations….

A.J. Klott writes on fishing and other humorous happenings in todays world.You can also find him peddling “fly tacks” on his website at:
http://www.twoguyswithflys.com