09-01-2007, 05:30 PM
Hi Mike, I asked pretty much the same question of the tackle shop staff, and they told me one of the best ways to catch carp is to use canned corn as bait (kernels not creamed corn), and regularly scatter a few kernels about as berley. Use a small hook baited with as many kernels as it will hold (but leave the hook point exposed), and fish the corn either under a float, or very lightly weighted (or even unweighted if you can cast it). Apparently the carp are quite easy to spot in the shallows if they are about, if that's the case you can try to lob your bait right under their nose. Another tip was to use the cheaper brands of canned corn kernels, because they are tougher than the more expensive brands and hold on the hook better. The last thing the tackle shop fella said before I left the shop was 'don't use Edgell!'. I reckon bread or earthworms would work ok too <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />