Blog about multi species fishing and many more
Reading Time: 4 minutesMy opinion is that the most important piece of fishing equipment is the monofilament. You can have the best baits, boilie, rods, reels, rod pod, bait alarm,… but if we do not change the monofilament regularly there is a high probability that you will lose fish more often. Why? Monofilament is exposed to sunlight, other …
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhich mix to use to attract fish, bought or mixed at home? A question to which there is essentially no answer. Probably many people will think that the easiest way to buy a ready-made mix of proven companies and just mix it up when we go fishing. I partly agree, as companies test mixes on …
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe necessary equipment for carp fishing is definitely a landing net. Without landing net, I basically don’t go carp fishing at all. On the last fishing trip, the plastic on the landing net broke exactly where the net holder is, so it is necessary to buy a new one. I always have two landing nets …
Reading Time: 5 minutesMaple peas (also known as carlin peas, brown peas, pigeon peas) were very popular as a fishing bait in the 70s and 80s of the last century. Then their use decreased and most anglers started using other modern carp fishing baits. Maple peas are now widely used as food for racing pigeons. It is also …
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis time I went fishing on a commercial lake. Fishing matches are also common on this lake, so there are plenty of fish in this lake. Because there are many smaller carp in the lake, it is so much harder to catch carp over 4 pounds. The 4 pound carp really isn’t big, but on …
Reading Time: 3 minutesDon’t throw away the water in which you have boiled boilie In the water in which we boiled the boilies there are a few traces and flavours of the ingredients from which the boilies are made. Most anglers use different types of seeds (corn/maize, hemp, tiger nuts, wheat, barley, buckwheat, chickpeas, lentils, bird seed mix …
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe river is waiting for me 😎 Spring came, and so did all the fish from the deep pools of the river, where they survived the winter (at least most fish). The water level of the river was excellent and I could already start fly fishing. So let’s try to catch chub on a freshly …
Reading Time: 5 minutesMaking the boilie paste What we need to make boilies (click on the ingredient to buy – ebay): ✔ Boilie base mix ✔ 3 eggs or whole egg powder ✔ 2 tablespoons of powdered ginger ✔ 4 – 5 tablespoons of ground black pepper ✔ 3dcl Liquid CSL ✔ Oil (hemp oil, olive oil, ..) …
Reading Time: 3 minutesin this post I write how I prepare my base mix for boilies and recipe. I always mix boilie base mix at least one week (usually one month) before making boilies. I do this to give the mix a special scent from all the ingredients. But of course this is not absolutely necessary and you …
Reading Time: 4 minutesYou probably know that terrible feeling in your fingers (especially in winter) when trying to crush 15 or more boilies for pva bags or mesh, spod mix, groundbait mix and more. There are quite a variety of fishing tackle available for crushing boilies and other baits (nuts, cooked partickle, …). After comparing between different crushers, …
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs usual, when I get to the fishing swim, I first mix the groundbait (meanwhile, the groundbait is slowly moisturizing) and then throw in a fishing spot small amount of bait (corn, boilie, pellet,…) with a spod, fishing catapult or throwing stick. In the meantime, when I am assembling a fishing rod, rigs, bait, rig …
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhich carp rig to choose? A huge variety of carp fishing rigs are used today. They differ in complexity, the time of year, bait presentation, usability on different types of bottoms, and so on. I have tied a lot of different carp rigs already and I use some of them on almost every fishing trip …
Reading Time: 4 minutesWell, we’re going fishing, fishing gear and food packed………. This year’s winter temperatures are quite high but also very windy and rainy in my country. When I was planning to go fishing the weather got worse (as usual with a strong wind) and I had to postpone fishing several times. The forecast for Sunday was …
Reading Time: 5 minutesNowadays when fishing shop are more or less very stocked with a variety of carp fishing bait (pop up boilie, wafters, ready made boilies, hook pellet, frozen boilies, dumbell,…) today many people do not even think about doing the bait themselves. Are we always satisfied with the carp fishing bait purchased at the fishing shop? …
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s been for quite a few years (more than 12 years ) since I bought my first rig storage box. I think this box was the first on the market from the Korda company (please comment below if I’m wrong about this information). At that time, it was quite difficult to buy quality fishing equipment …
Reading Time: 4 minutesSoft plastic lures on a jig head Any beginner who started fishing for predators probably decided to buy soft plastic lures where jig head hooks had already been installed. Because lakes and rivers have different depth, visibility, flow … so here come in handy silicone baits where we choose the weight of the jig head …