Carp Catchers Blog

When it comes to casting accuracy a lot of people struggle with hitting the right spot every time when carp fishing, hopefully this blog will help you towards hitting that spot time after time.

Once you have located your choosen spot with your marker whether it be a clear gravel patch, silty pocket or just a choosen area to spod bait to wind down your marker float until it hits the lead then clip it up, making sure you have picked a suitable far bank marker to aim at which you will be able to pin point even during the hours of darkness. Now lay your marker rod down behind your swim along with the rod/rods you wish to place on the area, loosen the clutches then walk the marker setup and leads down the bank until you hit the clip on your marker rod. Now lay them all down side by side and walk back to your rods to clip them up also, before retrieving the leads attach a line marker such as the Armaled Mark Up Elastic  (see August blog – How To Tie A Sliding Stop Knot) to the line on each rod making sure it will sit behind the alarms and won’t affect bite indication. Once this is done you will be able to cast at your far bank marker during daylight or darkness and be completely confident that you hitting that spot,  just make sure that you unclip the line from your reels after casting out so your rods won’t be dragged in should you get a take. If you wish to spod to the area, place your spod rod on that same spot and walk your spod rod down to the same point, a stick in the ground is enough to ensure you don’t lose the mark. I would advise that you clip your spod rod a few feet short of the mark to allow for the swing back that will occur on the clipped up rods as they fall to the lake bed.

If you have to reel in the rod/rods to rebait make sure to clip the line up again with the line marker in the same place as when you first attached it to the line, i.e. if you attached the line marker between the last two eyes make sure you re clip the rod with the marker between those eyes. Also if you have a fish from the spot cast the rod out into open water away from the area to avoid any disturbance and clip the rod with the line marker in its original position.

A few tips to consider when using this method.

1. Make sure you lay all your rods in the same place when walking the leads down the bank.

2. Make sure you stand in exactly the same spot when casting, as if you stand too far forwards, backwards, to the left or the right you may land off the spot.

3. Once you’ve cast your rod out hold the tip high in the air to avoid the lead/spod bouncing back off the clip and missing the spot, this will also avoid damaging the line if you hit the clip too hard.

4. If the cast has strayed slightly left of the mark on the cast hold the rod up and out to the right slightly before you hit the clip, this will help correct the cast and visa versa if the cast has strayed to the right.

And remember if you miss the spot then recast the rod as it could mean all the difference between a blank and a fish on the bank.

Tight Lines

Dave