I started this blog to share my carp fishing experiences. I will discuss stories, tackle and tactics used to get many of my fish. I am a consultant for CC Moore, TOKS Big 4 and hopefully some other companies in the future. I have been carp fishing for a while and enjoy helping and teaching others.
It is that time again. I just uploaded another beginner video showing the bite alarm, bite indicator or buzzer whatever you want to call them. I have been making videos and some are very basic. What a more experienced angler takes for granted such as what a bite alarm is the average person especially in the United States has no clue what it is.
This is all about raising awareness of carp fishing and little by little more and more people get into the sport and quickly understand what each item is used for. We have a lake around 1 hour from my house and after the bait shop started selling bite alarms everyone was using them simply because they knew what they were used for and they were convenient to use especially when you are hanging out with your friends or even taking a nap. They quickly alert you to a fish running or even messing with your bait. I hope these videos are helpful and educational to you as I enjoy seeing new anglers on the banks who also enjoy my passion for carp fishing. Thanks for viewing!
Above are some gripper/method leads used for bolt rigs and also to aid in packing method, groundbait or packbait.
I am getting closer at finishing up some beginner how to videos. Todays video is all about carp fishing leads and what each type can do for you. This is a beginner video and I am hoping this will help any new carp anglers get into the sport faster while also learning the terminology behind each product, rig or bait I show in these videos.
The above are some different styles of distance leads. As the name states they are used for casting longer distance usually in excess of 100 yards.
The above lead as you can see has many little bumps on it. This lead is used for feature finding with a marker rod and marker float so you can determine the bottom contours and to see what type of bottom it is such as silt, sand, mud or rock.
Back Leads are used to pin down your line. The left set attaches on once you have already cast your lines and clips on near the rod tip and slides down the line. The second is a flying back lead and goes behind the lead and will fly back on the cast to help pin the line and not alert the fish and also aids in boats that cross over your lines.
My personal favorite is the inline cube. I use this for a bolt rig and because of the small size and heavy weight it will put more weight on the area creating a bolt rig that is hard to eject and has more penetrating power.
This lead has a swivel epoxied into the top and since it is natural if you have any other rocks like this in your lake it will blend in perfectly and will not alert the fish.
The Avid inline bag is used in pva bags. It has a small hole in the side for a pva nugget and you can bury your hook into that nugget so it allows the hook to not get tangled in the bag.
The method feeder is typically used for groundbait applications but you can use pack bait or method as well. The fish will crash against the weight freeing up the compress food and cause a feeding frenzy.
The pear is the most common type of lead used and also the cheapest to buy. The only disadvantage is they tend to roll some on the lake bottom.
The flat pear solves the rolling issue of the regular pear and turns this into a cost effective lead that holds bottom well.
The above lead is used when there is silt present. The design allows the lead to hover down and lay on top of the silt instead of being buried like most leads would do on the cast.
I hope you enjoyed this rundown of all the common styles of leads on the market and hopefully this will give you a better idea of which leads will fit your style of fishing..
Time for another video blog for beginner carp anglers. This time around we are talking about something overlooked when carp anglers first start. We learn about baiting needles but it seems like no one really talks about the various types and what they are used for. This video will summarize each type of needle out there and what it is used for.
My top 3 favorite types are the heavy gauge needled for harder baits, fine needle for sweet corn and other various fragile baits and last but not least the pva stringer needle for pva mesh and bags. Hope this helps any beginners out there just getting started. Brian
As I am finishing up the beginner videos I am hoping it will help the beginner carp catch fish quicker. A lot of anglers in the United States fish for other species and I think if they give carp fishing a try they will definitely become hooked that much faster. This video is a basic inline bolt rig setup with a standard hair rig. Very easy to do and the video shows a step by step on how to make it and how it works. Hope you enjoy it and hit subscribe and like on youtube.
As we get closer to spring I am nearing completion of quite a few beginner videos. I always look back to when I first started carp fishing and there are so many things to learn from techniques to terminology of each item it can become overwhelming fast. I started all of the very basic beginner videos to help the viewer get into carp fishing quicker and hopefully catch more fish.
The video above is the lead clip system. I used a korda set and showed how it works and also the importance of using one so if the line breaks the fish can safely drop the lead and free itself to live and hopefully be caught another day.
I have been working on videos most of the winter months now. A lot can be considered basic but a lot of times no matter how many years you have been fishing there are always little tips here and there that will make you a better angler no matter your skill level. A lot of the Pack Bait videos are becoming popular overseas because they are simple to make and most lakes and fisheries have never seen them before so the fish are not weary of them like the typical baits they see from day to day.
With that being said another reason I enjoy making videos is the fact I love helping anglers out there. We all started somewhere and the quicker you learn something the more enjoyable it becomes which equals more fish on the banks.
With so many baits and rigs on the market the hair rig aka the knotless knot is a base for most if not all carp rigs out there. They fundamentals are the same and I made a video showing how to correctly tie the hair rig from start to finish and also showing the important tips as well which will help you from breaking off while you have a fish on. Also at the end I show you how the rig is supposed to correctly work when a fish inhales the bait and hook. It will turn over in the mouth hooking the fish and if you tied the rig correctly it will do just that. I also added still shots to show step by step what each particular step of the tying of the rig looks like. So lets get started!
I just made a basic how to video showing both pva bags and mesh. I decided to use the grits packbait to show how packbaits are not just for around the leads but can be used effectively in pva. It makes for a great explosion as the pva melts and in this video as it dissolves you can see how it creates an up and down effect just like the solar up and down mix. It moves up and down through the water column and has a constant movement to attract the fish in to your hook bait. I used a CC Moore popup in this video to show how it stands out and is the first thing a carp sees in contrast to the grits. It also hovers slightly above the mix so it is not too far out of range.
Here are the ingredients used in the picture below and I will also insert the link to the grits how to video so you can see how to do that as well. Thanks for viewing!
