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Carp Fishing Equipment For Beginners

June 15th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Fishing Tackle

Carp Fishing Equipment you will need

If you’re new to carp fishing and are confused by what equipment you’ll need, look no further than our handy guide for some top tips and help. Firstly, while it may be tempting to buy cheap equipment when you’re starting out, sooner or later you’re going to want something better so it’s worth investing in some decent-quality stuff from the off. You don’t have to break the bank, but it’s a good idea to buy equipment you’ll be able to use even when you’re no longer a beginner at carp fishing.

carp leaping from water while carp fishing

The most obvious piece of equipment needed by any anglerwhen carp fishing is a good rod. You only need one, but you may wish to get two or more if you’re serious about carp fishing. If you’re going to catch light carp (under 15lb), then a rod with a test curve of 2lb is ideal. For casting off to longer distances, consider a test curve of 3lb instead. For a rod that’s flexible and powerful, go for a medium action rod, although the kind you’ll need will depend where you’re fishing.

To go with your rod, you’ll also need a Shimano Carp Fishing reel. This should ideally match your rod. Choosing a reel is a personal thing, so a good way to find the one that’s right for you is to test one on the rod you’re buying. Make sure it fits well so you have good balance. Also consider buying a reel with a baitrunner. This will stop any carp that bite your bait from pulling the whole rod into the lake as you’ll hear the line move when they take the bait.

You also need to buy some line to complete your carp fishing ensemble. The type of line you need will depend on which reel you buy, but as a general rule, to work out what line you need you should multiply the test curve of the rod by five. So, a 2lb test curve would need a 10lb line. Don’t go for too light a line or you’re more likely to lose more carp. Standard monofilament lines are recommended for beginners.

Good hooks are vital for carp fishing as these are what catch the fish. It’s worth spending a bit of money here to get good ones in a range of sizes – from 12 to 4 – as, if you get cheap ones, they often bend, break and aren’t very sharp, which prevents them from hooking onto the fish which is the last thing you want when carp fishing. Also buy yourself some 1-3oz weights to help sink the hooks and guide the trajectory when you throw the line. After this, all you need is a bag to carry it in.

Enjoy your Carp Fishing

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Carp Fishing Tips

May 20th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Fishing Techniques

Catch More with Carp Fishing Tips.

Carp Fishing Tips

Fishing can be great fun – relaxing and a good social occasion. However, it can also be something of a let down if you don’t catch any fish. Our guide offers some top carp fishing tips.

Firstly, you need to be in an area frequented by fish. Some popular fishing areas suffer from false advertising – loads of anglers go there, but because the fish associate it with danger, they’re off swimming elsewhere because they like to feel safe in their environment. Sometimes the unlikely areas are the best ones.

It’s always handy to be armed with some basic Carp Fishing Tips before you get going. For example, fishing on warmer days can boost your catch rate. This is because the water will be warmer and so more fish will be out feeding. Pick yourself a location (peg) surrounded by water rather than tucked away in a corner as you’ll have a better chance of success. Also take good equipment – a good bait and rigs in particular are vital for carp fishing.

If you’re about to start fishing a new lake, or if you’re trying to squeeze some new life out of an old one, a good Carp Fishing Tips to try is the baiting campaign. Begin freely feeding the carp with bait they’ve not seen before, so that they associate it with food and safety. Only start using it as bait while fishing when they’ve acclimatized to the new food. This is a good way of luring carp in, especially as many carp at popular lakes will be wary of most baits.

Another good Carp Fishing Tips is luring in wary carp with the ‘trick rig’. After a while, carp learn how to eat around your bait while avoiding the hook as they know it’s dangerous, so the trick is to hide the hook in an unexpected place. Make an obvious ‘danger bait’ that the carp will avoid, but hide the hook in one of the surrounding ‘safe-looking’ areas where they won’t be expecting it. This is a particularly good trick to try for when you want to catch bigger carp.

Every angler dreams of catching ‘the big one’. So, when trying to lure in the biggest carp you can, it’s worth deploying extra tactics. Carp are, surprisingly, into their cuisine. Add a tablespoon of salt to a 5 litre bucket of dry particles to get them flocking: they love salty food. Some of them also adore the heat of chili so try adding some flakes to your bait mixture. Maggots work well, too.

This, plus one of the best Carp Fishing Tips is a prime spot should maximize your chances of catching the biggest carp in the lake.

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Spanish Mackerel Fishing Kaos

May 15th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Fishing Techniques

Fishing for Spanish Mackerel

The Spanish mackerel, (Scomberomorus brasiliensis), is a species of fish in the family Scombridae. Specimens have been recorded at up to 125 cm in length, and weighing up to 6,710 g. It is found in the western Atlantic, along the Caribbean and Atlantic coasts of Central and South America from Belize to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Literature records for S. maculatus (Atlantic Spanish mackerel) from the area apply to S. brasiliensis (Serra Spanish mackerel), which has erroneously been considered a synonym of S. maculatus by many authors. It feeds on small fish, squids/cuttlefish, shrimps/prawns, and isopods.

Mako, a 41 foot Steber Charterboat was our home for the next four days on an extended fishing charter to the Great Barrier reef Fishing for Spanish Mackerel.

Guests onboard were Mark and Steve from Warrnambool, and Jason Kennedy from Southern Cross and the TV Show “Fishing Trip”, also from Victoria.

The weather had been ugly, but the strong winds were easing off nicely for our fishing trip thankfully.spanish mackerel fishingOur leading choice was to run some lures for Spanish Mackerel at a proven hotspot, and see if anybody home. The lures were quickly belted by screaming Spanish Mackerel and immense runs.

The noisy diesels act as a big fish attractor turning on a hot Spanish Mackerel session. A two-fold hookup quick followed with one Spanish leaping into the sky. I was thinking billfish, but this poor fish was just trying to escape from the sharks. This Spanish mackerel was a goner, and all Steve managed was one shortened spanish mackerel. As lures were run for the second time, they’d just been set, 30 seconds and on again, another hookup, reel busting stuff. Some rippa fishing action followed with multiple hookups and fish landed over the next 45 minutes.

A tally of three double hook ups also resulting in some astounded guests. An brilliant start to the fishing trip with 8 prime spanish mackerel and the Esky was looking good already. The (King) Spanish Mackerel were loving the lures and weighed around the 10 kilo mark.

Our favourite lures were the Halco lazer pro’s and Berkley frenzy lures, and were working overtime catching the fish. A fishing tip, run several lures if possible at various depths and distances, with the deepest diver in close under the propwash. This is a perfect way to work varying depths, colours and avoid tangling your lures. The strikes were coming that fast we were struggling to get our lures out and set, it’s tough I know.

Trolling is possibly the best method of targetting Spanish Mackerel and Reefari is the gun Charter operator who can put you onto the fish!!

Make sure you visit Mackay on the Great Barrier Reef for some of the best reef and sports fishing on the planet as well as the Spanish Mackerel.

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