Hi,
I am a new member, returning to fishing after nearly 30 years.
I have access to a gravel pit and planning on fishing it exclusively this year, and improving my fishing.
It’s about 20 acres, and my initial plans are to float fish for the Tench,Roach , Bream and maybe the odd carp.
It’s a lightly fished water,not easy but I think it has enough fish to keep me amused.
I know carp have been caught on boilies and pellets have been used, but I plan on using old fashioned baits.
So I can prebait quite frequently. I plan on buying 20 kg bags of brown crumb, layers mash ,maize and wheat. Maybe liquid molasses too.
Baits will be maize,wheat ,worms to start.
Then if not much success introducing bread,hemp, casters,Prawns etc.
I will fish at dawn,close range for mainly tench, maybe switching to a Waggler further out later on.
So my questions:
1. Is it worth using maize and wheat as hookbait changes and for prebait and if just using one of those which would you use.
2.A week before fishing I can go every morning around 7am to prebait. Will mix layers mash and crumb. Say I plan on using maize initially, would you bail out 15-20 tennis size balls liberally laced with maize?
3. Before my first dawn session, should I prebait 7am the day before, or the night before.
These are my initial questions thanks,and this is my first proper post apart from in newbies.
I am a new member, returning to fishing after nearly 30 years.
I have access to a gravel pit and planning on fishing it exclusively this year, and improving my fishing.
It’s about 20 acres, and my initial plans are to float fish for the Tench,Roach , Bream and maybe the odd carp.
It’s a lightly fished water,not easy but I think it has enough fish to keep me amused.
I know carp have been caught on boilies and pellets have been used, but I plan on using old fashioned baits.
So I can prebait quite frequently. I plan on buying 20 kg bags of brown crumb, layers mash ,maize and wheat. Maybe liquid molasses too.
Baits will be maize,wheat ,worms to start.
Then if not much success introducing bread,hemp, casters,Prawns etc.
I will fish at dawn,close range for mainly tench, maybe switching to a Waggler further out later on.
So my questions:
1. Is it worth using maize and wheat as hookbait changes and for prebait and if just using one of those which would you use.
2.A week before fishing I can go every morning around 7am to prebait. Will mix layers mash and crumb. Say I plan on using maize initially, would you bail out 15-20 tennis size balls liberally laced with maize?
3. Before my first dawn session, should I prebait 7am the day before, or the night before.
These are my initial questions thanks,and this is my first proper post apart from in newbies.