Carp Fishing: ALL You Need to Know in 10min 🎯
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- How I changed my carp fishing to catch more consistently
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We all have our own beliefs and habits on the bank borne out of our individual experiences. Here’s what matters to me the most on the bank and the habits that help me put more fish on the bank.
⏰ In this video:
00:00 My carp fishing obsessions
00:14 Baits and hookbaits
03:15 Carp rigs
04:25 Hooks
05:51 Mainline
07:55 Bite indication
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Carp fishing is a complicated sport because there are so many variables but it’s not rocket science either. What it does take is lots of time to figure out the jigsaw puzzle on a consistent basis. Here’s how my personal carp fishing has evolved and the habits that have had the biggest impact on putting more carp on the bank. Looking forward to the discussions 😊
So True Matt Thanks for Your Time
I’m alway thinking outside of the box with my carp fishing never a follower
Great video thanks , n gave a lot of insight I’ve never thought much of and been fishing for over 25 years myself. Pond lakes then the river. Now gone back to sea fishing now as tired of the bailiff 😂
I have recently got back into carp fishing after a 15yr hiatus, and have to say I am finding your videos an invaluable source of inspiration. I'm off canal carping tomorrow with some mono rigs I've tied based on your previous video, so hoping I can tempt one or two onto the bank! Thanks for these great informative videos Matthew. All the best!
Great to hear mate, best of luck for your next session 👍
Brilliant and true most tackle & bait available are to catch anglers , sharp hook , quality bait put in the right place will catch no carp has got a college degree keep it simple & you will catch also switched to braid mainline never go back to mono
Great to hear mate 👍
once again you talk so much sense to me. i work in a tackle shop and all i hear everyday is bs from carp fishermen that think i dont know how to fish because i dont fall for all the hype over rigs and baits.
Glad to hear it mate. We all experience fishing in different ways, there are a lot of variables to consider. All I try to do is share what I’ve learnt in my fishing and working with guests week in week out at my lake and hope it helps anglers in their fishing 👍
@@matthewcollinsangler do you have any books you have written? It would be an interesting read if you have.
@@Lenny101 No I don't mate, it's all on my website or here on YT 😊
@@matthewcollinsangler thats ashame, i've been looking for a good book to read on the bank.
Another great video 👏
Straight forward, no nonsense chat about helping to remove the confusion and getting trapped by the sales madness 👏 👏
Great to hear mate, thanks 👍
You've been done son! That's a killer innit. Lol
10 minutes 6 seconds.far too short,for great advice. Thanks again Matt.😊👍🏻
Thanks very much Mark. Believe it or not, it started as a 2hr video but I didn't think the world was ready 😂
Been watching all your video for ages and love the way you do things differently.
Thanks very much mate
great advice again Matt, good to see your fit and healthy
Thanks very much mate 👍
This video s bang on! Keep things simple, but pay attention to the details!
That's 100% bang on, couldn't have said it better! 😊
Absolutely bang on with these top tips Matt. I,like most have made the mistake of chopping and changing too much with bait and rigs. I believe my angling was much better when keeping everything simple and went back to that mindset a while ago. The simple approach means it’s less stressful wondering what should I be doing next and does build your own confidence,which is key in my opinion.
Thanks for sharing your wise words yet again.
Totally agree mate 👍
Well said u are spot on totally agree with what u have said especially on bait
Hi Matt great video pal ,l have incorporated some of your tips in my fishing.This video is literally how I now fish down to your bait ,hooks patterns everything 💪😃
Never been a fan of rigs that tell me when iv been done, has in the most part they become useless once it's happened & could be left in the water for a period of time not fishing for you. Much prefer something that will reset perfectly & give you another chance, because has you say we get done alot & no rig is exempt of that.
Good solid advice. Make it as easy or as hard as you want but the easier you make it the less variables you have to go wrong. Do what you are confident in and concentrate on making everything as effective and efficient as you can. Keep changing things can just send you around in circles and results can suffer. Great, no nonsense video Matt 👍
Spot on mate 👍
Another super informative video Matthew. You always get me thinking. Thanks again for taking the time to make these. When is your next drain down? That video was fascinating!
Thanks very much mate, glad you found it useful. We're doing another drawdown this winter actually and we're hoping to do something 😊
Brilliant vlog, what you say makes so much sense. Thanks for taking the time to pass on your experience, it certainly helps 👍👍👍
Fantastic to hear mate, thanks 👍
As always Matt, spot on. Helpful and logical. 👍👍
Thanks very much Mark 👍
Thanks once again matt for sharing really good information , all these things u tell us makes sense and easy to grasp , thank you
Great to hear mate, thank you 😊
Stuck at work in horrible weather nice one mate this will ease the day along
Glad you've enjoyed it mate.
Experience tends to lean towards what’s important rather than what is the latest trend. Tweaks an personal touches are the joy of carp fishing, some stay with you forever like the line aligner and a few others for me. It comes down to confidence an what consistently puts carp on the bank for you. Yet another informative an well presented vid Matthew 👌🎣
Thanks for the support mate 👍
Another great video matt I roll my own bait and have done for a gd few years.when I comes to winter I just use less of my fishmeal bait.but recently I've been thinking of goin with a simple low protein 50/50 basemix from British aqua feeds with a gd liquid food source
Hi mate I really enjoy all your videos Very informative keep them coming 👍
Thanks very much 😊
Great video Matthew, straight to the point and nice to see someone being a bottom bait advocate in the world of Ronnie's and Pop ups. The problem with Carp fishing nowadays is that there is so much information available, particularly on CZcams - no wonder people get confused and second guess themselves.
Fishing in a more old school manner and putting limitations on the variables has improved my personal fishing so much in the last year or so. Theres no doubt your videos and your take towards angling and its misconceptions has played its part in that for me 🙏👏 love your videos, keep em coming 😀
That’s fantastic to hear mate, thanks, glad the channel is helping you sort out all the information out there. You’re spot on, reducing the number of variables is the only way to work out what really matters.
Great content once again! Thank you Matthew
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video I especially appreciated the first portion as 90% of my fishing is also straight out of the bag when everyone else on the lake is using Ronnies & pop ups. I honestly think last season, which was my best, was due to me doing something different and the fact the carp feed confidently (Fizzing) on the freebies, so it seems common sense to match those 👍👍
Totally agree mate, carp eat boilies off the bottom all the time so why give them something different?
Thank you Matthew for a helpful video
Thanks for the feedback Liam, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Matthew I just want to become a good at fishing and looking after these beautiful carp
I have seen what a blunt hook can't do and I have used some very sharp hooks by korda but a few weeks ago used the korda karma hooks that are soooo sharp they caught every time!
And like you say "hook a chuck" it's exactly what you have to do as they are so sharp they go blunt very easy!
I use the same rig every time. Simple hair rig with a kicker and blow back. Get woken up in the night and don't have to rush to get dressed because I know that fish is not spitting that rig ;) cheers for another great video 👍
Cool mate, glad you enjoyed it, cheers for the feedback 👍
Should be named everything you need to know about carp fishing in 10 minutes ..as always Great Detail
Great title mate 👍
Hi Matthew. Thanks for Yours advice another Great video. Cheers.
Thanks Mariusz 👍
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That's the drill boys 😂
Brilliant, thanks for making us laugh mate!
Great stuff Matt. :)
Thanks very much mate 😉
I really love you videos. Learned alot.
Great to hear mate, thanks very much 👍
I think the common denominator with all of these habits is making the angler accountable. If you have a reliable rig, good bait and a sticky sharp hook, the only reason you don't catch is you and you'll become a better angler for it. I'm heading towards the end of my 2nd year and into my 3rd in carp fishing. I use more hooks than I used to, but it was definitely worth it to break my PB 5 times in the last 10 months.
I certainly experimented too much and it leads to a lot of doubt. I came back around to the ronnie rig (albeit with some personal tweaks), mostly for it's hook changing ability than anything else. I personally don't think the 360 element makes it any more efficient, but perhaps a little better at resetting. It certainly hasn't been costing me any fish, but I don't use it all that often so I suppose time will tell.
Thanks again for all you do Matt, and for teaching me to fish.
Thanks very much for sharing mate 👍 Fantastic to hear that the channel is helping you out in your journey.
Great information - thanks!!!
Great to hear thanks 😊
Hi Matt, thank you for helping once again to focus on the really important things: "Less is more" and "Keep it simple, stupid". To the point!
Unfortunately, the tackle industry and all the clever specialists regularly try to get you to try this and that little thing. Okay, they earn their money with it, that's fine in principle, but mostly I lack confidence in all these tricks, bits & pieces. Nor have I found that you can make much better catches with them. It's obviously confidence that matters.
I have already taken many of the things you presented to heart. I pay a lot more attention to detail now, I took a lighted loupe with me and damn, you're right! The last few fish have really bent the hook tips just like you show! I have to say the last few because I didn't look at it that closely before, even though I had the loupe at home. Although I mostly changed the hook as well after a catch but more "for safety" and not because I really saw any damage. Exchanging hooks after retrieve can also be really necessary, I can confirm that by 100%, after having a look through the loupe... The tip of the hook can be massacred, depending on the lake bed...
I am really thankful for your videos because you are not bragging with the biggest and shiniest carp but you show (less experienced anglers) in an unpretentious way how to avoid common mistakes and catch carp. Priceless!👍👍👍👍👍
Hi Alex, it’s absolutely wonderful to hear your feedback, especially about hook points as it’s a particular ‘obsession’ for me! Great to be helping you on your journey.
@@matthewcollinsangler Thank you, Matt. I would like to ask you to help me choosing the right tools for hook sharpening. Which "chuck" and whetstone would you recommend? I am sharpening all my kitchen knives with a water whetstone and I am already quite good at it, but hook sharpening is different from that. I saw some tools in very short video sequences but it is difficult to clearly say what this actually is.
Since this topic is probably not worth an own video, please help me with a product name and the manufacturer.
Thank you very much in advance!
Cheers
Alex
@@herrjanssen8531 Hi Alex, here’s a list of the products I currently use for my hook sharpening:
Vallorbe Swiss hand file:
www.axminstertools.com/vallorbe-swiss-hand-files-ax22596?glCountry=GB&glCurrency=GBP
Slipstone:
www.axminstertools.com/traditional-shaped-water-slip-stones-ax23399?glCountry=GB&glCurrency=GBP
Jag Products vice:
www.jagproducts.co.uk/product-page/sp-vice
Nash pinpoint LED eye glass:
amzn.to/3ASNMlv
Hope that helps.
@@matthewcollinsangler Hi Matt, thank you very much for the links! I very much appreciate your help. I have a set of hand files in my tool box, these are presumably for the coarse job, as I would call it. Next Saturday I may have a chance to buy some special Belgian whetstone. I'll be on an expo of local knife manufacturers and there is usually also a chance to buy some tools. This vice made by JAG is really nice, as many other JAG products.
Have a good day!
Cheers, Alex
This guy knows his stuff 👌
Thank you 😊
It makes me laugh because we're always being told to ask the locals on a water what there doing to catch ie pop up,rig, bottom bait, location, so as to copy and hopefully catch. But really we should be doing opposite?it really is confusing for someone coming into the sport.
Another good video Matt thanks for the tips👍
I totally understand how confusing this looks. Depends who you ask I think. At my lake, anglers ask me these questions every week, and my answer is always the same: find the fish, keep your rigs simple, use a running lead and fish for a bite at a time 😊
Finally - somebody talking sense , without the BS
Cheers mate 👍
Have just stumbled across your videos and must say i am so impressed - i have a head full of confusion with rigs and hookbaits - i have never used mono rigs or a bottom bait - have always fished german rigs and wafters - saw your pva in winter video - do you still fish a bottom bait with that ?
Yes absolutely mate. Glad you're enjoying the channel and I hope it helps you in your fishing 👍
He reminds me of the old Jim Gibbinson (spelling) .. whatever happened to Jim?
They from the old school of carp fishing .. great advice 👌🏻
Thanks very much mate 👍
Always enjoy your videos mate. You have a very similar mind set to me.
Just a heads up, the video quality was stuck on very low quality maybe 144p and I couldn't change it :)
Hi mate, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the note on the quality, not quite sure what happened, we've good full hd quality on the computer here.
Hi Matthew! Are you still using the bank tackle hooks? Thinking of getting some to try out, has the quality remained the same over the years? Thanks for all you do for this community!
Best regards and tight lines! 🎣
Thanks very much for the support mate ☺️
I haven’t used the Bank Tackle hooks for a while. These days I prefer the Nash pinpoint range because they are sharper out of the packet so I can use them straight. The BT hooks are OK and good for hand sharpening but the Nash hooks save me time!
Brilliant as aways . Will you be at essex carp show 23?
Thanks very much mate! Don’t think I can come over to the UK at that time unfortunately.
I love my carp fishing but, for health reasons, I can't do stalking and very limited finances mean I have to use cheaper baits like sweetcorn, pellets, luncheon meat, worms etc. I rarely blank but I also rarely catch big carp.
Hi Matt and thanks for the great content as usual. I've really enjoyed a simplified baiting approach this year (favouring quality carp pellet predominantly) and am keen to better understand oil / protein content for cold water baiting. I've just checked my low oil, "all season" pellet and it's 36% protein, much higher than you recommended. Is that bad for carp health or just less likely to induce feeding? I'd be grateful if you could point to any good literature on the subject. All the best, Mark.
Hi Mark, protein level is important but the other factor is quantity. Nothing wrong with using the pellet, just use a small amount, in a pva bag for example, see my video on pva traps if you don’t know it: czcams.com/video/Km35wH2V2TA/video.html. I don’t have links to the scientific papers that have been published on this topic, this is something I’ve learnt working with top fishery consultants. Cheers, Matt.
5 things that changed my carp fishing…
#1, my club didn’t look after the lakes when the levels were down 3+ foot with low oxygen and all the big carp died.
#2, I joined another club with bigger waters but now can only do days until i get a night ticket which is like gold dust.
#3, I get looked down at because im now a day angler on this new club and many of the night boys wont even talk to me.
#4, I’ve started fishing day ticket lakes so i can do nights again and 24/48 hrs, but again it’s all hush hush about what fish have died etc.
#5, I feel carp fishing isn’t what it used to be, people getting upset cos you catch the biguns, people blanking you then sit watching you all day with binoculars hoping you break a rule, not wanting to come help with pictures cos you’re just a day noddy, wankers pre baiting 10kg in the swim next to you as you fish. Pretty fed up with it all to be honest, I’ve fished since i was 7 years old with my dad, im 43 now and have caught loads of big carp in my time but all these younguns get so territorial of the lakes they fish its just not fun anymore to sit there and wonder who’s gonna come up next and make comments and sneer at me. It’s getting to the point im gonna start telling people to fu#k off as soon as they approach me.
Hi Matt love your videos. Any suggestions on high protein boilies as I went to my local tackle shop and the highest one was 20%. Thanks in advance
Hi Harry, the Nash scopex squid is 30% protein and that’s my go to bait for the main season. I’m sure there are others available but it’s the only one I know (we don’t get the same range of baits in France as you do in the UK).
Cheers, Matt
@@matthewcollinsangler great thanks for that Matt appreciate it.
One thing I ALWAYS ALWAYS do is a good few days before I go illl use rainwater to wet all my spools good,ill do this daily even because the line soaks it up meaning it comes off the spools better ( don't coil up etc) plus it sinks better, line left to dry on a spool till you get bankside will coil up not sink etc, simple but effective 💯👌
Hi Lee, good point, it can make a hell of a difference for sure and I’m not sure many anglers take the time to do that 👍
Hi Matthew just got back into carp fishing after 25 years of being a fly fisherman ! Loving your no nonsense rigs and the d rig with just mono is catching me loads !
My question ?
I am fishing a 10 acre pit in England that’s not pressured much and have done well but there is one thing driving me insane !!
99% of my fish are coming within 2 hrs of casting out a 5 bait stringer.. if I don’t have anything in that time and leaveit out for upto 15 plus hours I get nothing ??
Now I know it’s a mad question but love to see what your thoughts are ?
Thanks
Glen
Hi Glen, glad you’re enjoying the channel and the mono rigs! So a 10 acre lake is a big lake, if you cast out and get a quick pick up, it means you’re on fish and everything’s working. On another day, if you cast out and nothing happens, then the fish have moved on, or the fish have switched off, it happens. I’ve experienced the same thing on big lakes or the river.
Really good insight to carping, I can't seem to find (online) any real info on the contents of boilies as printed on your packaging in the video, any thoughts on where I can find this kind of info ? Thanks
Hi John, I think it’s only the big brands like Mainline or Nash that do it. You won’t find it on small bait companies. In France, it’s required by law so it’s easier for me to see what’s what. The only way to find the info is to ask the bait company.
@@matthewcollinsangler Many thanks
I've had a lot of single beeps in the night or it will beep then drop back. I've always put this down to line bites. Thinking that's when my line gets caught by the tail of a fish nowhere near my bate.
Question. I chanced upon a certain patch of river in my country, that happen to have wild river carp. What would be good hookbait and pre-bait to catch them? I usualy feeder fish for bream, barbel, and have caught a few smaller carp, under 10lb, on maggots and yellow 10mm rubber popups. Bigger ones occasionaly come on sweet corn, but there is absoultely zero pattern to what they are in a mood to take. River bottom is 50-50 between silt and gravel/rocky. Depth in the main flow is about 7-8ft, and in the shalows in the middle of the river, where the grass is, about 3-4ft.
What I really want to know is, what do I feed, when and where do I feed, and on what do I catch? Most, if not all videos on CZcams speak about catching carpo on lakes, commercial or wild. Very little on river fishing.
Can provide pictures from the place, and google maps location, if it helps.
Thank you.
Hello Aleks, I’ve done a very detailed video this year on river carping which will answer your questions: czcams.com/video/d7TJuAt5hkk/video.html. For the rig, here’s what I use, it’s a quick overview, we’ll do a full video on it in the future: czcams.com/users/shortsCh032Nsihcc?feature=share. Hopefully, these will give you some things to try. All the best, Matt
@@matthewcollinsangler Thanx Matt, appreciate it.
Yeah ! I have the like number 100 ! ;-)
Congratulations ☺️
Hi Matt, I am trying to feed my mono line through the rubber tubing to prevent tangles, I am using 12lb Sinking Mono, but the line only goes around 3/4 of the way before stopping. I have also tried using the wire feeder made for feeding through tubing, but that also stops part of the way. I have just seen a video you produced using a weight at one end to keep the tubing in a straight line, which I have not yet tried. Both the tubing and fishing line have been cut at an angle as per your video. I even tried wire but they seem to stop part the way through. Any other suggestions I can try? Your advice on these videos you produce are excellent and I look for new videos as you produce them but subscribing to your videos. Many Thanks, Norman
Hi Norman, if you're trying to thread tubing that's been used once before then forget it, it's not possible. If you're struggling to thread your mainline down fresh tubing out the packet, I don't know what to say... try another brand? What I've done in the past is if you know that you can get the line down a certain distance, just cut the tubing at that point - make partial cuts until you find the depth the mono has got to. As long as you've got 50cm of tubing, that's enough in most situations. Hope that helps 😊
After years I've gone back to sunset amnesia black and drennan continentals size 6 ,I use these on chods and bottom baits a like , use to use berkley big game mainline but its just not the same as it was so ridge monkey flouro coated is my choice now.
I like the Drennan continentals as well, very strong, not sharp enough out the packet for me but they sharpen up well. I like Amnesia too but I'm not a fan fluoro, I don't need it for my fishing, I prefer mono 😊
I get where your coming from with mono ,my biggest fish so far was one that only comes out twice a year apparently,I was the 3rd to catch it that year ,in a swim no one fishes on the most basic mono bottom rig you can think of ,I often think the angler makes it complicated when it should be simple ,a good rule of thumb is to find out what everyone else is doing ,then do the complete opposite.
Mat u ever used dna baits I've had some amazing results
Never tried them mate. TBH for me, good bait is good bait, I don’t spend much time thinking about bait 😊
So a barb weakens the hookpoint yet the hooks must be sharpened - meaning filing off (thinning) hook point material... Right.
I was wondering what your go-to rig for fast a current river with passing weeds?
Hi mate, I don’t fish rivers like that but if I did, I’d go with a multi rig with 25lb Skinlink and size 6 Nash chod twister. I wouldn’t strip any of the coating back. In that situation, you’ll have to recast frequently and with the multi rig, you can quickly change the hook if you damage one on the retrieve. I’d also use a bait screw for speed.
Here are the links to the products I use:
Skinlink: amzn.to/3QSUAFk
Chod twisters: amzn.to/3e6V38t
Bait screws: amzn.to/3FmxuUy
Here’s my multi rig video, but with a different hook, now I prefer a chod style: czcams.com/video/ekdkM52dSq8/video.html
Hope that helps. Cheers, Matt
I grew up in Indiana. Carp fishing is mostly just reaching down and picking one up, but why would you want to? They're inedible.
It's very different in parts of Europe, we fish for them 'catch and release' style. There's a whole industry dedicated to carp fishing.
When on a lake using lead clips and simple hair rig.what way is best to set up the rod rests?? I always have mine horizontal to the water ,but I see a lot of people having the rod tip up in the air?? Just wondering what is best or if it's just personal preference?? Plus I'm fishing tomo in this torrential rain and wondered if anyone had any good tips for carping in the heavy rain as the south of England looks like a wash out tomorrow
Rig choice has nothing to do with the angle of your rods in the water. The factors to consider for rod angle are: depth, wind and amount of weed. Having your rods horizontal is fine unless it’s a very weedy water in which case, I'd fish tips up. I’ve covered this topic in this video which may help you: czcams.com/video/j_NSmA2CtQQ/video.html
Cheers, Matt.
@@matthewcollinsangler thankyou Matt👍👍
Matt I can’t reply on the correct post but I can’t get your mono popup rig to go straight it always cocks itself to the left. Iv taken a picture of it can I send it to you please ? Thanks Kaz
Hi Kaz, I think there are 2 possibilities:
1.The hair is not exiting from the shaft at the correct angle and you just need to rotate the knot on the hook shank until it exits straight, then pin it in place with the bead.
2.If you’re using a different pattern of hook and a different diameter of mono, it’s possible that the hooklink won’t exit the eye as you want. Rather than change the hook or the hooklink, I’d have a to at pinning it to a rig board under tension to force it to be straight. You could also try and steam it while under tension.
Does that help?
What rods are those
They're the Nash dwarfs, 9ft 3lb, full shrink.
Man I really wanted to go for a session today and test my new chair but the goddam rain won't chill lmao
Lol I'm guessing your in the uk too its ridiculous mate today but I guess the rain is needed
@@thecarpfather5757 Portugal actually
@@thecarpfather5757 in the uk, it seems to rain every time when setting the bivvy up then stops once it’s set up 😂
@@Sick_To_The_Teeth and then starts once again during pack up lol
@@thecarpfather5757 yeah bivvy will be bone dry then packing up heavens open haha never stopped me an never will a soggy fishing session is better then no fishing session
So when I'm smashing carp out on maggots in the winter ! Which are 90% protein I'm getting it wrong ! Also how does a carp come up to a boilie in the winter and know its low protein? Your telling me the carp is not taking a bait because its hard to digest as its high protein! Carp now have ESP for boilie ingredients.. from now on every one should use sweetcorn in the winter as its low protein...
Thank you for your tips , I wish you could coach me mate
Thanks mate 👍
As a match/pleasure angler and occassional carp angler it always makes me laugh how robotic and sheep like 90% of carp anglers are . Always looking to cast to the moon , spod like mad or out with the bait boats , pop ups and snowman rigs . planning how they are gong to fish before they even get to the lake ?? There are many things I have taken from Carp anglers to improve my match angling and vice versa
I agree, there are a lot of skills that can be transferred between the different fishing styles.
I just buy a loaf of bread and go fishing!
If a man cannot outwit a fish, then he has real problem with his brain.
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