Yup, as the title states if the fish aren't biting they could be elsewhere. I cannot understate the importance of being mobile and flexible when it comes to most forms of fishing. I can't count the number of times I have been fishing for bream and got nothing but rubbish fish and when i move, suddenly they are there.
So today i went to my usual hole at the shallow end where i have been catching most of my fish. Arriving at about 9am (feeding time for carp) I set up my typical carp trap of a few peices of corn for burly and my corn bait in the middle. After about 15 minutes I heard an almighty SPLASH! up stream and a carp saw jumping out of the water, not a little carp either! I kept checking my bait expecting at least a small fish to have a look but after an hour (and a bait change or 2 to keep it fresh) nothing... where were all the fish? After a recon mission to the other end of the pool I found them there.
Once set up the carp weren't interested at first but after 20 mins I had them eating corn. I miss timed a strike and missed a fish but I managed a few minutes later to hook one. I struck lightly and the fish didn't realised it was hooked for quite a while then all hell broke loose and line peeled off, but after a while i landed it. 49cm and 1.67kg, not a monster but still a nice catch.
So today i went to my usual hole at the shallow end where i have been catching most of my fish. Arriving at about 9am (feeding time for carp) I set up my typical carp trap of a few peices of corn for burly and my corn bait in the middle. After about 15 minutes I heard an almighty SPLASH! up stream and a carp saw jumping out of the water, not a little carp either! I kept checking my bait expecting at least a small fish to have a look but after an hour (and a bait change or 2 to keep it fresh) nothing... where were all the fish? After a recon mission to the other end of the pool I found them there.
Once set up the carp weren't interested at first but after 20 mins I had them eating corn. I miss timed a strike and missed a fish but I managed a few minutes later to hook one. I struck lightly and the fish didn't realised it was hooked for quite a while then all hell broke loose and line peeled off, but after a while i landed it. 49cm and 1.67kg, not a monster but still a nice catch.
By the time this fish was landed the carp had finished their eating period and had settled into the deep water. I left my rod unattended to explore further upstream just to see what was up past my carp hole. I ran across another hole but it was too shallow for anything sizable... but i did come across this quietly decomposing in the rapids of the stream. It makes me wonder what else lives in there!
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