| Everyone has their favourite fishing
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| | Baits of even low quality can dominate a
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| baits and this is especially so when it
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| | water for periods of time for particular
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| comes to carp baits and flavours. But in
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| | reasons. Think of the success of particle
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| the far more competitive carp fishing
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| | baits composed mainly of starch or low
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| scenarios, the big question is, "Are your
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| | protein nutritional value for proof of
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| 'favourite baits' actually costing you
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| | this phenomenon, even against the use of
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| more or bigger fish?!"
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| | modern popular 'commercial quality food
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| It costs most carp fishermen quite a
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| | baits.'
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| sacrifice in time and money to go carp
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| | Whatever you do, it is best to keep the
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| fishing these days. You really want to
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| | odds of success in your favour. You may
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| put the odds as high in your favour as
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| | even be one of the first anglers on your
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| possible. Unfortunately this does not
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| | water on a new bait. But this does not
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| always mean simply buying the successful
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| | insure you against failure if your target
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| anglers bait from the last session on a
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| | fish gets caught first by another angler
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| water. But why is this? Surely commercial
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| | on the same bait!
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| carp baits are the best option for your
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| | For example, I can think of one prime
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| success and confidence, having been
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| | example where famous big fish angler,
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| rigorously tested and proven and almost
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| | Dave Lane baited up for months in an area
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| inevitably having already caught the big
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| | of a large lake that was easily
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| fish from your water.
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| | accessible to all anglers fishing the
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| Did it ever occur to anglers that one
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| | lake. He was in pursuit of another fifty
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| guy's favourite bait may indeed be
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| | pound carp at the time.
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| exactly the same bait as another guy
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| | He did the work, did the watercraft, and
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| prefers to use also? But perhaps he's not
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| | prepared the swim, feeding in a
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| alone and there are very many other
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| | commercially made "Mainline" boilie bait,
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| anglers all fishing the same water with
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| | regularly, to get the big fish feeding
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| the same 'favourite bait.' Now are all
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| | confidently in the swim. Then just when
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| anglers equal? No. Therefore somewhere
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| | conditions were ideal to catch the fish
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| along the line one or a handful of more
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| | in the swim, another angler caught that
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| talented, experienced, driven and
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| | fish on the same bait Dave had been
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| motivated or time rich anglers will be
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| | worked so hard to establish.
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| befitting the most from the use of all
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| | That devastated Dave's hopes of catching
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| the other anglers using and baiting up
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| | that fish that season. But carp fishing
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| with the same bait.
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| | is like that when you are dead set on
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| Feeding a swim with ground bait or 'chum'
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| | using a bait which anyone has access to
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| (where allowable,) at the start of a
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| | and in a swim anyone has access to. The
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| fishing session, is the universally used
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| | next season, Dave resorted to fishing in
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| 'method' for the majority of carp anglers
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| | a very carefully prepared swim, carefully
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| these days. However, much of this bait
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| | cut out of the bushes so forming a
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| does not necessarily actually contribute
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| | 'hidden' swim. Again he baited up for
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| to the capture of fish by any particular
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| | months as before and did succeed in
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| angler who has baited up at that time. In
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| | catching that fifty pound carp.
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| fact, this baiting-up will almost
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| | But in your fishing, why should you bait
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| certainly benefit the angler who follows
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| | up for others to catch fish on the bait
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| him into that swim if he does not catch
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| | you are using? Surely this is going to
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| and has fished sensibly. Timing and
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| | affect your results. Catching fish on a
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| conditions play such a large part in
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| | bait that anyone can use is like a
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| fishing too. Carp cannot always be caught
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| | lottery because you could do all the work
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| 'to order' as it were!
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| | putting in loads of bait and time to
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| Some anglers catches will certainly
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| | catch the biggest fish. Then anyone else
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| suffer as a result of fish getting caught
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| | who happens along using your commercially
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| by other anglers and this is very obvious
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| | available bait can exploit the situation
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| where a commercially made 'going bait'
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| | perhaps inadvertently and totally
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| like those from bigger bait companies
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| | ignorant of your efforts and catch the
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| like "Nash," "Mainline" or "Nutrabaits"
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| | biggest fish.
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| are used.
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| | As you can see, this can happen all the
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| On most well stocked carp waters, almost
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| | time in carp fishing. You do not always
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| any bait that has effective feeding
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| | know if you are fishing over other
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| triggers, appetite stimulators or other
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| | anglers' boilies, pellets, particles or
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| means of exciting carp into feeding, will
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| | other baits and how that may have
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| work. Not only this, but it has been
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| | affected your catches, or fish activity
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| shown that even on many waters where the
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| | and behaviour, or even presence in your
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| latest high protein or modern
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| | chosen swim. But if your aim is to catch
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| 'nutritionally balanced' boilie baits
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| | the biggest fish in a water, it can
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| have been used for years, low quality
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| | really make sense to absolutely ensure
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| carbohydrate baits can still dominate
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| | that your bait is totally unique. Even to
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| catches, if enough quantities are
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| | the extent of using ingredients that the
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| applied.
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| | average fellow angler fishing your water
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| This may seem like a strange occurrence
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| | would never think of using.
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| given the theoretical 'superiority' of
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| | If you simply make homemade pastes or
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| balanced nutritional baits. However,
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| | dough baits and your normal fishing
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| there are variables of many kinds in
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| | session results in even just one fish
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| actual carp fishing reality, aquatic
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| | rather than a 'blank' session, surely the
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| situations and nutritional dynamics which
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| | attention to detail with bait is worth
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| most average anglers are not aware of.
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| | it.
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| For example, how much of a carp diet
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| | The greatest 'edge' of an angler's bait
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| actually benefits from the energy
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| | is the fact that ideally, it has not
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| provided by cheap carbohydrate baits used
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| | already caught or hooked the fish you are
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| in quantity, when compared to lesser
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| | aiming to catch. Sure big fish get hooked
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| amounts of nutritionally superior baits.
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| | on the same bait on repeated occasions,
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| How much does carp stock density and
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| | but this is not putting odds in your
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| availability and benefits of natural food
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| | favour and you do want the odds in your
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| affect fishing results. How much does
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| | favour right?!
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| anglers daily baiting-up with high
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| | The author has many more fishing and bait
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| carbohydrate baits and protein or other
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| | 'edges' up his sleeve. Every single one
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| balanced nutritional baits affect the
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| | can have a huge impact on catches.
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| feeding behaviour of carp in pressured
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| | (Warning: This article is protected by
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| watered where angling activity seriously
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| | copyright.)
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| impacts upon 'natural' carp behaviour?
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| | By Tim Richardson.
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