Took a fat chance and it worked.

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Barbelman

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Just thought I'd share this.
We fish at a private river. We do not cast far as if you go over 100 meters you get stuck sometimes. We caught a lot of carp between 1kg-3.5kg on specimen rigs and normal papgooi rigs.
But yesterday I also did this: I bought a can of sweetcorn, and threw it in just 1 meter from the riete, we are fishing from a jetty. My brother laughed about this, but not when it worked ;)
Then I took my small 8 foot rod with a small DL4000 bait runner and casted it in on that same spot. It was about 3 meters from where the rod was on its stand. I never fish so close as we are not really trying hard to be quiet. I put on a XXL plain tigernut, and caught a beauty of 8.3kg.
It was well worth the risk I took_seal1_
 
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Dr halibut hoffman

Moderator
haha..This or similar has been my most successful methods of carping to date. Written it here a few times even in the specimen section, just to stir the pot :) A mate showed me this years back,after growing up in jo'ies and trying every dip and deegie and boilie as a kid, I was a real sceptic as to the power of a pile of canned corn. But hey the fish got the taste of the koo and it was fish after fish. All big ones but that water was full of them, think the leervis and bass clean out the smaller stuff in that place ;)

No sinker, just a van der merwe or circle hook and fill it with mieles (we never used/had a tigernut) and throw/flick it into your handful of corn you threw out and leave your drag completely loose.. a metre or two from the side or against it..

Helps to be in a river or canal or place that is not a shallow muddy dam. Food will spill out to the side anyway and fish follow the food. A big dam with shallow margins might not be as successful unless the water is deep enough to forage in against the side..And I guess it helps for the waters to have large fish as mielies will attract everything, not just your sizers..

Post a pic of your beaut..?
 
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rbacht

Sealiner
I still fish this way. The small setup is simply flicked a few meters off to the side, next to the reeds. Time and time again this is were the big boys picks you up and it's around this time you wonder why that setup hasn't been upgraded as you need to stop them in their tracks before it's too late.
 
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Barbelman

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Dr halibut hoffman wrote:
haha..This or similar has been my most successful methods of carping to date. Written it here a few times even in the specimen section, just to stir the pot :) A mate showed me this years back,after growing up in jo'ies and trying every dip and deegie and boilie as a kid, I was a real sceptic as to the power of a pile of canned corn. But hey the fish got the taste of the koo and it was fish after fish. All big ones but that water was full of them, think the leervis and bass clean out the smaller stuff in that place ;)

No sinker, just a van der merwe or circle hook and fill it with mieles (we never used/had a tigernut) and throw/flick it into your handful of corn you threw out and leave your drag completely loose.. a metre or two from the side or against it..

Helps to be in a river or canal or place that is not a shallow muddy dam. Food will spill out to the side anyway and fish follow the food. A big dam with shallow margins might not be as successful unless the water is deep enough to forage in against the side..And I guess it helps for the waters to have large fish as mielies will attract everything, not just your sizers..

Post a pic of your beaut..?
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I do not like putting photos of myself on the internet. It might just broke the internet lol.
My brother took the photo with my cell, but only after I released the fish I realized he did not include my face, so I will attach it.
 

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EugeneC

Sealiner
Nice fish, congrats. The margins are ignored by many anglers without giving it a second thought and you can often make fantastic catches right in close. It's a natural instinct to cast out to the middle when you arrive at a lake or river, which is where watercraft comes in and makes the difference between consistent success and luck.
 
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Pieter Immelman

Sealiner
Barbelman wrote:
Dr halibut hoffman wrote:
haha..This or similar has been my most successful methods of carping to date. Written it here a few times even in the specimen section, just to stir the pot :) A mate showed me this years back,after growing up in jo'ies and trying every dip and deegie and boilie as a kid, I was a real sceptic as to the power of a pile of canned corn. But hey the fish got the taste of the koo and it was fish after fish. All big ones but that water was full of them, think the leervis and bass clean out the smaller stuff in that place ;)

No sinker, just a van der merwe or circle hook and fill it with mieles (we never used/had a tigernut) and throw/flick it into your handful of corn you threw out and leave your drag completely loose.. a metre or two from the side or against it..

Helps to be in a river or canal or place that is not a shallow muddy dam. Food will spill out to the side anyway and fish follow the food. A big dam with shallow margins might not be as successful unless the water is deep enough to forage in against the side..And I guess it helps for the waters to have large fish as mielies will attract everything, not just your sizers..

Post a pic of your beaut..?
Click to expand...


I do not like putting photos of myself on the internet. It might just broke the internet lol.
My brother took the photo with my cell, but only after I released the fish I realized he did not include my face, so I will attach it.
Click to expand...


Wanted

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DocPhil

Senior Member
Good one.
A favorite venue of ours sees the fish usually come out between 50-120m. It's a very busy lake with lots of dog walkers/ strollers/ runners/ cyclists all day.
But at night, throw in a margin rod with a handful of feed and when it's gone very very quiet your alarm may roar.
Be sure to use strong gear as the biggest so far from that spot is 36Ib, and there are stumps just a few meters away.
Never neglect the margin, as they say.
 
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Superman

New member
I have caught my pb less than 3 meters from the bank. I always drop one line not more than 4 meters in, and 90% of the time I caught the biggest fish for the trip on that spot
 
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ZAH_258

New member
Okay that makes sense.

Still learning specimen and have only been fishing the river. Most spots that I go to are about a foot or so at the banks edge.

But I do know of some spots that are a bit deeper so will definitely give it a try
 
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