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STEVE BRIGGS<br />
UP YOURS MATE!<br />
I seem to manage to catch carp through most months of the year these days but if I’m honest much of that<br />
has to do with the choice of water more than anything else. I learned a along time ago that some waters just<br />
switch off in the winter while on others the carp will feed right through. The better ones always seem to be<br />
the shallower lakes with not much in the way of weed – that’s if we’re talking UK waters of course, as many<br />
of my winter trips now involve travelling away. That’s not to say that they are always easy though as I’ve had<br />
to graft hard many times to get a winter result.<br />
It’s always vital to pinpoint where the fish are. They might not move much but a bait in front of them will<br />
often work. The feeding times are likely to be quite short too. It will vary from lake to lake but on one lake I<br />
fished the best time was always the first couple of hours of darkness and knowing that in advance I could<br />
cut my fishing time right down and just concentrate on being there when it mattered. The key was to get<br />
the baits out mid to late afternoon and then let everything calm down and settle for the prime time. Other<br />
people were recasting just on dusk and perhaps spoiling their chances.<br />
One very good tip is to keep the bait trickling in to one area. If they keep finding the bait then they will keep<br />
eating it. It doesn’t need to be lots as long as it’s always there for them and as long as it’s a bait that’s easy<br />
to digest such as the Amber Strawberry which will be my first choice this winter.<br />
NASH E-<strong>ZINE</strong><br />
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