new south wales thinking about trying for a huge carp.

[Bob9863]

After being out of action for a while with some bad stress fractures to the knee I spent a bit of downtime watching monster carp.

On top of that we're booked into finally heading back to Thailand for a month's holiday so it might be a good idea to practice the same bait fishing technique they use over there,that is also very similar to how those fellas fish for carp.

So it might be a bit easier on the legs and be good practice to see if I can bag myself a 30lb carp.

So it might be time to dig out some burley cages and try some different hook set ups, I figure if it works good here,then it should work really well in a fish park.

It might even be effective in miniature for fishing for stocked trout in some ponds that I know.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Good luck! 

[charlie.hans.fishing]

Good luck, Bob. 

[Bob9863]

I'm putting some floating and sinking pellets on order, a bunch more burley cages and some floating foam boilies.

I might get some hook springs too, make any dough bait stick on better,the same with bread.

One thing I noticed watching a few videos on fishing over there, is that the fish weren't feeding on the bait quite like I thought they did, so a little tweek and a bit of practice and I might be catching more in the future.

[ellicat]

Sounds like you're getting things sussed.

What are foam boilies ?

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Are you going to try the methods similar to what they do in the UK? Where they have a little sac full of bait off the bottom of the hook? 

[dmck]

You could do it "the Australian way..."

Mind you, there may be problems buying explosives over there.......

[Bob9863]

20 hours ago, ellicat said:

Sounds like you're getting things sussed.

What are foam boilies ?

Basically little floating foam balls the size of a boilie,you soak them in scent and float the hook under them so they are off the bottom,you can even use a real boilie under them.

 

[Bob9863]

20 hours ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Are you going to try the methods similar to what they do in the UK? Where they have a little sac full of bait off the bottom of the hook? 

Pretty much,but in thailand they fill a cage with burley and have one to four hooks on anywhere from 2" to 6" of braid. Sometimes they have a bit of bait on the hook, worms, bread, corn or a bit of dough bait.

When the burley gets attention they stir the ground up and then suck in the suspended particles in the water.

But you can use a dissolving bag of burley as well, but everyone uses a cage over there.

If I can pick up a new trick that might improve my strike rate then even better. I might even use meat pellets as boilies and crush some up as burley for predators.

It just depends what the park is feeding what fish species.

[Bob9863]

3 hours ago, dmck said:

You could do it "the Australian way..."

Mind you, there may be problems buying explosives over there.......

I could make some,but the fishing parks definitely wouldn't approve and once the thai police got involved then my stay would definitely be involuntarily increased to the maximum they would be allowed to house me for,and that definitely wouldn't be as fun as a fishing park.

[Doughnuts]

On 28/06/2023 at 5:53 PM, Bob9863 said:

After being out of action for a while with some bad stress fractures to the knee I spent a bit of downtime watching monster carp.

On top of that we're booked into finally heading back to Thailand for a month's holiday so it might be a good idea to practice the same bait fishing technique they use over there,that is also very similar to how those fellas fish for carp.

So it might be a bit easier on the legs and be good practice to see if I can bag myself a 30lb carp.

So it might be time to dig out some burley cages and try some different hook set ups, I figure if it works good here,then it should work really well in a fish park.

It might even be effective in miniature for fishing for stocked trout in some ponds that 

I'm keen to follow your story Bob, I tried for arapaima over there a while back, and unfortunately caught everything except the target fish. A monster carp is also definitely on the bucket list. Good luck.!!

[Bob9863]

The arapima are funny, I find it best to target along the bank for them, a lot of parks don't actually like you catching arapima as they are a little delicate and a big one is worth a year's salary over there.

So they only like them to be caught occasionally, that can make rhem seem a lot harder to catch then they are. Sight casting when they rise can be very productive but you have to cast fast and accurate and guess what direction they are travelling so you can put a lure in front of them.

But if your ever heading over to Bangkok then I know a park that specialises in them and I've never not caught one there, actually the least I've ever caught there was 3 of them and they actually prefer using live bait.

As to the carp, apart from the catfish I've never really targeted the vegetarian fish,so this should be a change. I just ordered a couple of Shimano baitrunner long cast surf reels just for the bait fishing over there. Ordered a heap of gear too specifically to fish for them.

Now the wait until it arrives and I can put some rigs together.

[Bob9863]

I set up some carp rigs today and popped out for a bit, the rigs worked good, better then me anyway.

I only landed one and lost too, but I was testing out my rod for thailand at the end of the year. A Pe 6 rod and 80lb braid is a bit heavy to fight a small fish, and with the drag still set at 10kg it had no give in it.

I think I will remove the sinker from the rig, and I will wind the drag out and then set it again before I go overseas.

The bait I uses was just corn attached under the hook, and the burley is a mix of polenta, creamed corn and breadcrumbs.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Big carp there, nice stuff.