i guys, i have never been carp fishing and i'm off

squidgy

New member
i guys, i have never been carp fishing and i'm off to try some conventional carp angling at inanda dam on saturday and need some help.

i have a 10' rod with a 2,75 lb test curve and a bait runner reel with 8 pound line. i'll be using a .30 leader. i have a few made up ritvlei traces, groundfeed, spirits flavoured mielies and honey flavoured floaties.

will this set up be fine and what else should i get.

thanks
 

Skuimkop

Sealiner
What if they don't bite on the day on Spirit mielies or honey floaties? Maar hier is wat jy kan doen.

Vat vir jou bruin brood en sny die korsies af. Meng nou 'n eier in die bruin brood totdat jy 'n taaierige tekstuur kry. Jy kan nou die broodjie geur met dips wat jy vir jou later kan aanskaf. Jy kan dit kombineer met gewone KOO whole kernel mielies op een hoek en gaan koop vir jou ook plain floaties wat jy op die onderste hoek kan gebruik. Geel en wit sal vir eers reg wees. Jy kan die plain floaties en KOO mielies ook geur met die dips. Jy kan vir jou 'n SWD (soet wit deegie) maak soos volg: Gooi 10 tee lepels suiker in 500 ml water. Gooi bietjie koekmeel in 'n bakkie en gooi die suiker water bietjie bietjie by (nie alles op n slag nie). Meng die spulletjie totdat jy die deegie in jou hande kan meng sonder dat dit aan jou hande vas sit. Jy kan ook erdwurms gebruik. Die is die ase wat jy moet gebruik vir Karp.

Jy kan ook vir jou SA poeier meng en dit is hoe jy dit doen:

1.5 koppie vla
1 koppie versiersuiker
1 pakkie caramel pudding
2 lepels fluoro


Jy gebruik die SA deur jou bom in dit te doop en jy kan dit so elke 3de - 5de cast gebruik.

Gaan grou in jou vrou se kombuis en trek haar Moirs/Robertsen Caramel (baie goeie geur vir Karp) Vanilla, lemon, banana (ook baie goed) ens essence nader. Jy kan vir eers die gebruik as jou dips. As ek 'n paar ander dips kan aanbeveel wat jy vir jou kan gaan koop sal dit Supercast se Almond, Bunspice, Cinamon of Cina 4, garlic, Kiana of musk, Quatro of Tjop-Tjop, Gumtree, Honey of Honey glow, Looti, TAC of TCP as jy kan kry en Strawberry. Jy kan die bunspice en Cinamon (Cina 4) ook replace met Perdeby. Die is die basics waarmee jy 'n goeie begin sal kan he in Karp hengel. Natuurlik kan jy ander brands se geure ook koop maar ons wil jou net eers aan die gang kry met die basics. Jy kan nou besluit of jy die ase (broodjie, mielie, SWD, floatie) wil geur of net 'n geur op die bom drup. Probeer altyd 'n soet dippie met 'n skerper of sterker dip gebruik soos bv Almond en Garlick, Caramel en Gumtree ens ens. As jou vrou nie daai essence geure het nie moet jy tenminste vir jou ook SC se Banjo, en FX (is maar Caramel) by koop.

Jy moet ook vir jou 'n feeder bom spring (sien foto) gaan koop sodat jy lok/voer op dit kan plaas om die vis na jou aas toe te lok en daar te hou totdat hulle die aas optel. Jy maak daai lok aan met die dam water en as jy SC gaan gebruik laat dit vir so 20 minut staan. Die instruksies is agter op die pak. Die 'bom' moet dan lyk soos die derde pic (Daai storie tesun my hande op die foto)

As jy begin hengel gooi diep in die oggende en vlakker soos dit warmer word as die vis van die byt afgaan. Hier kan jy ook die SA poeier inspan maar gebruik dit net so elke 3 - 5 cast. Jy gear is 100%

Gebruik jou see stokke en katrolle om sommer baber ook te target. Gebruik 'n viskop en hak hom soos ons ook met die R&S doen, dit sal werk. Gooi jou baber stok sommer eenkant uit.

Ps: Ek weet nie hoeveel jy weet van Karp hengel nie so ek het maar in detail inligting gegee so ignore maar as jy die goed weet.
 

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squidgy

New member
thanks for the great info! i don't know much about carp fishing and i'm trying to learn by reading and asking questions and your advice is much appreciated. i'm trying to write down all that you have said so that i don't forget anything when i pass by the tackle shop tomorrow. thanks again and mana for you!
 

pjjdp

New member
Hi,

I have caught quite a few fish @ Inanda the last few months. It might be more difficult now that the dam is full.

However, as I said in most of my posts, I only use Tuiti Fruit mielies with SC bomb. I use FX floaties with the mielies mainly to lift the hook as there is grass in the dam.

Also, I personally don't like the springs for bom. It tends to keep the bom intact too long. I like the plastic ones as in Naruto's 1st post of his link.

I also might pop in Saturday morning for a quick 3 hour session. Just keep in mind that Inanda gets very busy over weekends with lots of boats on the water.
 

SHINO

Senior Member
squidgy wrote:
thanks for the great info! i don't know much about carp fishing and i'm trying to learn by reading and asking questions and your advice is much appreciated. i'm trying to write down all that you have said so that i don't forget anything when i pass by the tackle shop tomorrow. thanks again and mana for you!
hi squidgy...
why you writing? copy, paste into word and print...:fbash
 

squidgy

New member
@skuimkop, thanks for all your help. if your friend doesn't mind i would appreciate any advice he has.

@djjdp, i bought some tutti fruit dip and will definitely try it.

@naruto, that's a great article, thanks.

@shino, i'm writing coz i haven't connected my printer at home, not enough space in my new place.
 

squidgy

New member
i had two pick ups but couldn't get a proper hook set on either:(

i'm not sure if i'm striking too late or what. both times the baitrunner went crazy, i picked up the rod, struck, the fish ran a bit more and then nothing.

both pick ups were on passion fruit mielie / honey - tutti fruitti floaties combos.

next time i will strike harder...(lol)
 

MarvelousMark

Senior Member
Hi Squidgy..

Remember when putting your bait on to leave the point of the hook exposed..

just incase you arn't doing this already..!
 

Skuimkop

Sealiner
Squidgy if your hooks stand proud like MM said you can make your hooklinks longer as well. This solves poor hook-ups alot of time and another thing that I can just mention is that you must not 'kap' like with R&S becuase Carp's mouths is very soft inside and that can be the cause of the hook pulls. All you need to do is to make sure your line don't run off your reel when you make 'vas' and you just pick your rod up briskly to a vertical posision to set the hook and then it is game on and remember the soft mouths so don't 'surf' the fish out of the water. lol

I'll mail you Henk's e-mail adres later today. Did your session answer your question about the time your lines must stay in? Henk will give you good info in this regard as it differce from dam to dam.
 

squidgy

New member
@marvelousmark i may have put one too many floaties on the hook....

@skuimkop i'd appreciate any help i can get. i kinda figured out how long to leave my line in, but still learning. the good thing is i had two pulls so next time if i do something similar and improve on keeping my hook proud and striking properly then maybe i will get a better result.
 

Brakkanjan

Senior Member
Moet nie die wurms vergeet nie, karp tel hulle ook op ;) Ek hou van die volgende kombo's op my stroppe en kyk wat gee byte :

Strop 1: Deeg op een hoek en deeg en float op ander hoek.

Strop 2 : Float en bruinbroodjie op een hoek en slangwurm op ander hoek.

Sodoende kan ek ook sien wat die kap verkies en aanpassings maak. Ek sal meer van mielies gebruik maak as ek sou sosiaal, veraal in die aand.

Probeer gerus ook Almond en 'n strawberry geur.

Sterkte. Oh ja watse hoeke gebruik jy en hoe groot is hulle?

:raine
 

squidgy

New member
@brakkanjan i use owner number 6 hooks "mosquito hooks". thanks for the advice i will see tomorrow if i do any better...

@skuimkop thanks for henks email address and all your help.
 
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