Best approach and bait?
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Re: Best approach and bait?
Even more food for thought, thanks for that Sean. :thumb:
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I once fished a swim on the canal at Longbridge, a known crucian swim with a lovely overhanging bush, they were always under it. I remember one afternoon I thought they’d gone, not a sniff on the usual grain of sweetcorn, but then I had a brainwave and cut a grain in half, I started to get twitches but nothing I could hit. Next I cut the grain into quarters, 1lb crucian next cast and that continued throughout the afternoon.
Now the fish were there, but it took me to use quarter of a grain o get a positive bite, does make you think doesn’t it…………
Now the fish were there, but it took me to use quarter of a grain o get a positive bite, does make you think doesn’t it…………
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Re: Best approach and bait?
On my trip with FB he mentioned that someone had told him that sometimes squeezing out the insides and just hooking the skin of sweetcorn can work when bites are very tentative.The Sweetcorn Kid wrote:I once fished a swim on the canal at Longbridge, a known crucian swim with a lovely overhanging bush, they were always under it. I remember one afternoon I thought they’d gone, not a sniff on the usual grain of sweetcorn, but then I had a brainwave and cut a grain in half, I started to get twitches but nothing I could hit. Next I cut the grain into quarters, 1lb crucian next cast and that continued throughout the afternoon.
Now the fish were there, but it took me to use quarter of a grain o get a positive bite, does make you think doesn’t it…………
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Re: Best approach and bait?
Yes, I believe that approach was developed by matchman Steve Ringer. I'm sure I've heard corn skins being called "dead goldfish" by watchmen, but a quick Google has turned up nothing, so it might just be my fevered imagination.
Re: Best approach and bait?
I had my biggest Crucian, 2lb 12oz on corn.
Alas the lake where I caught it is but a shadow of its old self.
If I have trouble in the summer i will think of the 18/20 half/quarter piece appoach.
Gaz
Alas the lake where I caught it is but a shadow of its old self.
If I have trouble in the summer i will think of the 18/20 half/quarter piece appoach.
Gaz