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I may not sound unusual at first to use a float as part of your carp fishing tackle. This year a friend of mine has started me using what is to me at least a new method of carp fishing. He has been using this tackle for years now. But it was only when I saw him use it on a couple of very successful days fishing we had together that I was convinced.
What he does is create a floating island. We all know how much the big carp like this type of environment, where they can lurk in the shadows and watch the world go by tasting anything that looks interesting.
Ok! It works like this. He gets a wooden pallet, of the type used to deliver products on trucks, and he ties bottles to the inside of it. The bottles have their caps on to keep the water out. The bottles are there to act as a float. You can use something else if you like. Then he puts in flower pots with some water loving plants. Around this and all over the rest of the pallet he puts grass sods that he dug from somewhere nearby. Now I am not suggesting that you all go out and dig up the countryside. Get permission from the land owner first or bring the sods with you. In fact getting permission before you do any of this would be the right thing to do.
You then push the carp float out to the spot you need it to be or in other words, the place you think the carp will gather. If you are doing this in a river you may find that your artificial island will either float away with the current or get washed into the bank if you have it anchored to it. Find a slower part of the river to work on. The big carp prefer the slower parts of the river anyway, especially if there is an area of fast flowing water within easy reach.
If you are operating in a lake then all you need to do is tie a thread to the anchor and have it set up so that the anchor will easily fall off the float when you give it a little tug. If you placed it correctly you should have a very realistic looking island with a little ecosystem growing there before long. You then encourage the fish by catapulting bait out there at every opportunity, even on days when you are not fishing there.
When you are fishing there throw your bait out there every five to fifteen minutes and you will be well rewarded for your efforts. The floating island looks real and therefore blends in to the environment in such a way that it will add to the look of the place. To state the obvious, this will attract many varieties of fish. So if you vary your bait you can still catch something even if the carp are not biting on a particular day.
It is not your usual carp fishing tackle and it takes planning but it pays off in the end. |
