Carp Catchers Blog

The 50% off sale has now been extended to Korda, Mainline and Sticky Baits for the the last week. So come and grab yourself a bargain while stocks last.

The 2013 edition of the free carp fishing DVD from Korda is out now. Packed full of the latest products and tactics from the Korda lads it’s not to be missed. Here’s a quick sneak preview in this short trailer of what to expect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okcJRbSbaas

Pick yours up in store soon with your next purchase.

Dave

The daylight hours are slowly increasing and with that the temperatures are sure to start climbing soon too. Before long there will be an abundance of natural food swimming around in most lakes and the carp are sure to take full advantage of this and so should you. Spring has always been a good time of year to fish Zig rigs, although this method has only really been brought to light in recent years. For those of you who don’t understand the principle of Zig rigs, they are generally small bouyant hookbaits fished mid water to imitate a natural food source. The small hookbait could be anything from a small piece of foam or cork to a custom made imitation bug or fly and can be any colour or colour combination, although personally I favour yellow or a natural colour such as that of cork. There’s a wide range hookbaits made for Zig fishing, such as the Nash Zig Bugs, Avid Carp Zig Lites and Gardner Zig Rig Foam all of which provide you with a variety of hookbait options.

Zig rig hooklinks are usually light mono hooklinks tied up with something like Korda’s Kruiser Control Mono or Drennan Double Strength. The lighter the breaking strain or lower the diameter the better as a less obtrusive hooklink will get you more bites. The same rule applys to hooks as well, the smaller the hook the better. Although thick weed, snags and other obstacles need to be taken into consideration when choosing hooks and hooklinks as theres no point hooking fish if you are going to keep losing them. The Korda Mixa Hooks or the Drennan Super Specialist Barbel Hooks are both good examples of a good, strong zig hook.

The next thing to take a look at is your lead setup, I prefer a simple leadclip with no rig tubing or tail rubber to ensure the lead is dropped on the take. A large lead swinging around on a long hooklink is a recipe for disaster. Anti Tangle Sleeves such as those from Korda are also vital to help cut down on tangles. Some Pva Tape like Korda’s Woven PVA Tape will help secure the lead in place for the cast.

Once you have all the tackle required to tie up your zigs you need to get out on bank and give them a go. The depths you fish your zigs at is entirely upto you, although its worth varying the depths over your rods to cover as many depths as possible until you get a take and find the depth the fish are sitting at. The Gardner Rig Bin and Gardner Mini Rig Bin are ideal for preparing a range of zigs at home so they are ready to use when your on the bank, saving you having long lengths of mono all over your swim.

Here’s a nice Zig caught Mirror I had on a small piece of cork on a 10ft zig in 12ft of water.

Get out there and give them a try this spring.

Tight Lines

Dave

During a recent session I managed to land 6 fish including two 20s to 23lb 6oz. All the fish were landed with the aid of Korda Wide Gape Hooks, Atomic Jel-E-Wyre Hooklinks and CC Moore Odyssey XXX Freezer bait. The hookbaits were glugged in the Odyssey XXX bait dip and topped with CC Moore Hellraiser pop ups.

I hope your out there catching a few before the lakes freeze over.

Tight Lines

Dave

I had another result a few weeks ago on CC Moore Odyssey XXX freezer baits and snowman presentations with CC Moore Hellraiser pop ups. I used blowback rigs on helicopter setups incorporating Korda Wide Gape Hooks and Atomic Jel-E-Wyre Hooklinks. I banked 12 carp in 48 hours including this long, lean 24lb common.

Tight Lines

Dave

Kiana Carp Goo was developed by Kiana Carp and distributed and used by Korda in the UK. It was designed to enhance the attraction of hookbaits, bag, stick and method mixes. Goo comes in a choice of smoke intensities to suit the water you are fishing. The bait smoke is generally for use in clearer venues and the power smoke is more suited to well stocked venues. There are no hard and fast rules though so experiment to get the best results. This products is PVA friendly so can be added directly to PVA products with no fear of them dissolving.

We currently have the the Power Smoke range in stock which include Pineapple, Tutti Frutti and Perfect Peach flavours.

Demonstration Videos can be found Here and Here

Tight Lines

Dave

The New Korda Chod-It Tool is a unique tool purposely designed to make tying chod and stiff rigs easier. It has been machine made with aluminium and a hard anodised coating. The Chod-It has several key features designed the make the perfect ‘D’ on stiff rigs and form perfect loops in boom sections while the special mushroom cap is ideal for tensioning ring swivels.

Get yourself a Korda Chod-It and make stiff rig tying a piece of cake.

Tight Lines

Dave

Well done to Nick who recently broke his PB with this lovely 26lb Common Carp from Welham lake, near Market Harborough. The fish was caught with the aid of Korda Subline and Korda Dark Matter Tungsten Rig Tubing.

Tight Lines

Dave

Regular customer Sean Bowen sent in this catch report.

Hi all,
hope you all well, just got back from a 3 night session on Welham Lake, my first session in the UK since last September. Pre-baited a spot a few days prior and was lucky enough to get back on it, which resulted in 17 carp being banked with a mixture of commons and mirrors, two of which where 20′s.
All fish where taken on T1′s and rigs used where claw style made up of ESP Big T’s size 7, tied to 15lb Jelly Wire and Korda Supernatural Braid.
Back over to France next week to fish the river Gav with my mate so will see you soon.
Sean.

Nice fish, well done Sean.

Best Fishes,

John

I had another good session recently banking 4 fish, 3 of which were 20lb+ including this immaculate 28lb Common. The fish fell to my standard Blowback Rig set up consisting of a Korda Wide Gape Hook, Korda Weed Green Shrink Tube and Atomic Jel-E-Wyre hooklink with an Armaled Locjaw Safety Leadclip, 3oz Korda Pear Swivel Lead and 3 ft of ESP Leadcore. The hookbait was a 20mm snowman presentation topped with a 14mm Solar Fluoro Pineapple pop-up. The fish were all landed with the aid of the new Korda Subline.

Tight Lines

Dave