Hi
man if your doing that further on, loosing the fish soon theyr not gonna feed on nothing any more carp are not to stupid. They make conection the food with the stress after feeding the food,they getting scared of feeding the food. Carp will eat from nightcrawlers to manmade boilies up to potatos ,dough, bread, corn etc. You control the size of the fish by choosing the bait size ,big bait can swollow only big carp!! Logic or not?? Check out a HAIRRIG in ya teckle store. If corectly used it almost everything does the carp by himself.
Hiding the hook to deep in your bait can cause problems if you want to do the hook up. Always the tip of the hook must be outside the bait. Play the fish in deeper waters and get him totaly tired ,then pull him to shore also good idea to use a landing net if available minimise the rik of loosing the fish .
Success next time
On the bright side I went back, and caught me a 2 footer today. The way I see it there are way too many carp in the lake, and there isn't enough food. I did the same process, and it didnt let me down. ALthough I do understand what your saying about the carp. I had 2 mishooks today, but third time was a charm. Thanks.
