With winter looming many of us will be tucked up at home rather than on the bank but how many of us carpers will be out and fishing through the winter?
I have decided to do a winter baiting campaign on my local lake with the intention of putting in 1-2 kilos a week in a few 'spots' around the lake and while there whack out a few hi-viz pop up's for a few hours at showing fish (if they show themselves that is!)
Some may think that this is a waste of time and money and to fish over this pre-bait for a session (24hrs+) rather than leave it for a free feed, others will think it is unfair to other anglers that may come to the lake and fish a different spot whilst the fish are on my spots feeding on freebies. They would be doing that anyway if I was fishing (hopefully!) so to me that argument is moot. I believe that the fish will come in and feed, not get hooked and then leave, come back and repeat and build up a great deal of confidence and then when it does come to me being able to get on the bank for a long session then the chances are greatly increased on me hooking one of the residents.
Hopefully after winter I will be able to share some results with you and it will have been worth the effort and cost. But when you get a cracking deal buying in bulk then it really doesn't cost the earth to do a winter baiting campaign with a good quality boilie. The S7 from DNA is my choice of winter bait and from what I have heard and seen it makes a cracking all year bait and should really get those carp munching all the way through the cold snap.
So we will see if the pre-baiting works and if so I will have something else to write about!
Tight lines.
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