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| It has been shown by scientists that chilids (the | | | | many different bait sizes, weights, shapes, |
| perch-like fish,) establish a life-long feeding, mating | | | | colours, flavours, densities, attractors and so on |
| and territorial pecking-order, by actually observing | | | | into a very concentrated area. |
| the fights and competitive feeding activities of | | | | I will even go so far as to pre-bait my swim while |
| their peers. This is mirrored’ in carp, | | | | fishing. I will get to know the estimated feeding |
| and it is especially interesting for us, in big carp; so | | | | times and durations and prepare for them while |
| why not truly exploit this natural behaviour and | | | | not spooking the fish with water disturbance. By |
| achieve some exceptional catches! | | | | casting out numerous PVA bags into the swim. |
| To specifically target those biggest carp, you can | | | | These soluble bags are all filled with identical bait |
| really leverage bait and baiting techniques. You can | | | | and attractor mixtures as the hook bait or paste. |
| induce a competitive escalation of bait excited fish | | | | Any one of these concentrated baited spots could |
| activity in your swim, right up through the ranks | | | | disguise where a hook lies waiting to trip a fish up! |
| of the more numerous smaller fish and in fact | | | | Considering that each time a fish samples a baited |
| affect the feeding behaviour of the very biggest | | | | spot, it multiplies its chances of getting hooked; it |
| wariest carp. | | | | pays you to really confuse them by baiting like |
| I call it the accelerated bait triangle effect. You | | | | this! |
| can get these biggest fish charged-up into a highly | | | | Maybe your are crafty like me and force the carp |
| stimulated state of behaviour. Where the big fish | | | | to eat multiple baits on the hook at once! I still do |
| want to feed, and are perhaps wary of the bait, | | | | not know many anglers taking advantage of |
| but where their natural top pecking-order status | | | | multiple hairs’ on their hooks. With |
| and greed often take over in a peak of | | | | these I use very small multiple baits of different |
| competitive feeding. This can be induced by | | | | buoyancies and densities. Certain rigs really do |
| gradually baiting-up your swim, and can be | | | | hook bigger carp more frequently, when used in |
| achieved both over the long and short-term and | | | | the right ways along with PVA bags and intensive |
| even in very short sessions. | | | | targeted free baiting. |
| Often the biggest fish in this stimulated state will | | | | These days there are various videos and |
| take great mouthfuls of bait and then charge out | | | | DVD’s showing footage of big carp |
| of the swim, and then return, barge their way | | | | underwater. Some carp appear to be feeding in |
| through lesser fish grabbing a mouthful of bait at | | | | an undisturbed environment and are feeding |
| a time and charge back out again. | | | | naturally and confidently. While other situations |
| It is no coincidence that some of my most | | | | more often show where carp in a fishing water |
| consistent hits of biggest fish in competitive | | | | are feeding on feed bait in a baited swim, with |
| hard-fished waters, come when using very big | | | | fish suddenly rushing in and out of the swim as |
| poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) bags filled with bait (or by | | | | they feed or attempt to feed. |
| similar delivery techniques,) often while using very | | | | These fish might at first seem to be spooking out |
| highly digestible and soluble ingredients. | | | | of the swim, scared. But I feel that this is in fact |
| These water soluble bags are attached to your | | | | the natural pecking-order’ in action, in |
| hook or rig and cast into the swim as you are | | | | an artificially created competitive feeding fishing |
| fishing. They are brilliant for delivering free feed of | | | | lake situation. |
| all kinds into your swim but critically actually | | | | Many times I have fed chopped and crushed |
| locating and pulling fish very powerfully to your | | | | boilies, into different swims and been able to |
| hook bait itself. | | | | observe very clearly the feeding responses of |
| I believe these bags are frequently, pretty much | | | | the fish. It is very noticeable that in safe areas |
| eaten whole by these bigger fish. I have even had | | | | where carp just do not get hooked because |
| a big bag taken on the drop by a mid-thirty pound | | | | maybe anglers just never fish there like under |
| fish and this certainly demonstrates competitive | | | | their own bite alarms... Carp will simply up-end and |
| feeding and greed! | | | | continue eating the bait until it is all gone, usually |
| I always aim to establish a competitive pecking | | | | very quickly too! |
| order situation using effective ground baits or | | | | But much more frequently in actual fished areas, |
| chum. The aim here is definitely not to feed up | | | | they will take one or two baits and then quickly |
| fish, but pull them into the swim in a feed | | | | leave the swim. But then they will return, |
| stimulated state and hold them there using the | | | | repeatedly. Each time they depart I would |
| steadily dissolving free bait, releasing feeding | | | | top-up’ the swim with a little more bait |
| triggers and attractors and all kinds of irresistible | | | | and keep watching. |
| food’ messages into the water column | | | | I have so often witnessed this happen; where the |
| and currents. | | | | fish just seem to get more and more confident |
| Fishing over whole baits like whole boilies, particle | | | | as they eat more bait, but do not get hooked! |
| baits etc is great for many situations, however on | | | | But far more importantly, their friends start to |
| those hard fished, pressured waters I find fishing | | | | accompany them, as they enter the swim, and |
| over what I would call dissolved bait sediment, (or | | | | these fish will very frequently start feeding |
| even purely dissolved bait,) seems to put the | | | | confidently straight away! |
| bigger fish more at ease and be able to really lose | | | | So now, imagine building-up this effect in your |
| their feeding caution. | | | | swim and where you have accelerated the baiting |
| A similar effect is achieved using mass free | | | | triangle effect. But you have achieved this so |
| baiting of tiny seeds where you are achieving a | | | | effectively that the pecking-order now only |
| kind of temporary pre-occupied artificial feeding | | | | leaves the very biggest fish in your area of |
| frenzy. I guess we all know about hemp, crushed | | | | water, competing between each other for bait... |
| tiger nuts, mixes of different sized pellets | | | | At such times amazing catches are possible. Once |
| breaking down at different rates, etc. | | | | you get used to creating this type of fishing |
| Many very successful big fish anglers swear by | | | | approach and creating this feeding behaviour, big |
| using big PVA bags. I feel it is a combination of | | | | fish catches can become far more regular and |
| reasons why they can be so effective. I think | | | | that’s kind of nice! |
| much of it has to do with confusing the reference | | | | (You will normally find that most big carp anglers |
| points of the big warier carp. Where usually they | | | | have mastered the art of free baiting...) This |
| could inspect every pellet or boilie individually | | | | fishing bait secrets books author has many more |
| before confidently chucking it to the back of | | | | fishing and bait secrets in his bait secrets ebooks. |