Welcome to the world of winter cold fishing again.
In the previous two articles, we shared the first five basic knowledge of winter cold fishing, so let’s continue the topic from number sixth.
6. Consider the Weather when Winter Fishing
Although winter mostly consists of wind, rain and frost, it is still important to pay attention to the climate when deciding where to fish at a venue. If there’s a warm south-westerly wind the fish may get on the end of it, while if it’s a bright, crisp, sunny day the fish may head to very shallow water as this would be the first to warm up.
7. Scale Down on Fishing Tackle in the Winter
The water clarity is better in the winter along with most species feeding less, to ensure you keep bites coming try fine-tuning your tackle that you take with you, especially on a short session.
If you travel light and prepare to stay mobile you can keep up with the moving fish. Fish will move to warmer pockets throughout the day so be willing to move with them.
Do not just scale down the amount of fishing equipment you take but in the type of tackle too. Try to use thinner diameter lines, pay more attention to smaller baits, and generally fish with a more sensitive bite indication.
8. Choice of Bait for Winter Fishing
In the winter for all species love the natural baits such as maggots, worms and castors. The natural scent, amino acids (in the case of worms) and movement of these live baits help to trigger bites from the largest of carp to the smallest of roach.
Don’t neglect to use maggots in your feed as well as on the hook, they can get you a bite when even the best boilies or pellets can’t. Also, a solid PVA bag of maggots or a single maggot on a waggler or pole float can get you a bite on the bleakest of winter days.
TOP TIP: Use bread to target chub or simply trot maggots for all manner of different river species rather than having to give fishing a miss due to the lake having a lid on it.
When it comes to artificial bait choices, it is considered by many anglers that fishmeal based baits are too high in oil content and hard for the fish to digest in the cold so its worth swapping to bird food, nut-based bait or one that has a greater soluble content instead.
Having said that, in recent years with the evolution of carp baits, some fish meals baits now have a very low oil content making them just as efficient as their once considered more soluble counterparts.
Particles are perfect for winter pre-baiting as the mixture of various food elements will keep the carp rooting around for hours. If you’re successful in your approach and can be discreet you will be rewarded for your extra efforts, I can assure you of that. You can also try to fish with a mixed particle with high visibility properties such as corn or maize as carp loves these.
9. Baiting & Waiting
Whatever bait you end up taking with you on the bank, remember in winter the fish do not feed as much so do not be tempted to over bait your swim. Baiting little and often is the best approach for colder weather, as you can always put more in if the fish are clearing your spots but there’s no point in keep piling it in the margins time after time for it just to sit and rot on the bottom.
Where you have regular access to water and pre-baiting is allowed, baiting spots on a regular basis throughout the colder months can help you snare and draw in those extra bonus carp.
These are Tips 6 to Tips 9 this time we are going to share out for all our cold winter fishing fans. Still at coming content, allow me share more info about BOWINS Garment please.
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