surface carp fishing advise

[mrcaniplaywithmadness 6]

my favourite method of carp fishing is by far surface fishing, but recently i have had about six big carp take my bait but the hook aint setting??/ what am i doing wrong?!?!

 

P.S. i know this topic has already been posted but it was on a mates account.

 

thankyou

[air gun ant 1,666]

How are you hooking your bait? What size hooks? And how are you fishing it? Eg freelining, controller float or anchored floater?

[mrcaniplaywithmadness 6]

ive tried super glueing, hair rigging and hooking. about 10 or 8? although i dont use a propper controller :S

[deadlyshot 25]

ive tried super glueing, hair rigging and hooking. about 10 or 8? although i dont use a propper controller :S

its probably the way you are tying your rig or your method

[LUMPHAMMER 324]

Size 6 hook with a big piece of ''Bloomers loaf'' from greg's always works for me in the summer just as the sun is going down,pull a big piece out maybe the size of average size cake & push the hook through it then pull it back onto the bread[Dont squash the bread completely or it will sink] ,make sure your line is floating & as the fish takes it wait for the line to go into the water before you strike

Edited August 18, 2011 by LUMPHAMMER

[tophunter22 10]

i got an old fella i know who is good at tying flies for fly fishing to make me some flies out of deer hair in the shape of dog mixers , there were great so i start to catch carp off the top with my fly rod . its the best way now for me , my biggest carp so far is 20.4lb

[JoshWalter 3]

bacers complete dog biscutes soaked in water 30 minutes befor attaching to hair rig.

atb josh.

[suffolkpoacher 219]

clear pellet band round dog biscuit and pull hook through it ,also a small lenght of sink tube over eye and a little line with a slight bend put on with steam.

[WILF 51,029]

Use cork..........cut and shape like a mixer.

A size 6 with a decent gape and streight point, short hair (knotless knot style) or tie to the eye with mono.

5-6 foot trace of double strength, greased with vas or muscilin (thin coat)

Make sure you keep mending your line to keep the trace streight to the bubble float or controller. (i prefer clear bubble float)

 

Using cork, if they strike at the bait it wont come off and they will come back for another go.....this set up is pretty much self hooking anyway, so you will know when they have got it.

Had hundreds of carp off the top to 30lbs using this set up.

All the best

Edited August 23, 2011 by WILF

[sweeper1gg 4]

Hi mate, It sounds like you need a controler float to set the hook, try the Korda inline controller, it acts like a bolt rig so it sets the hook. Also use a size 6 korda mixa hook tied using a knotless knot and use a d rig. 4-6ft hook lenght tied to floating line (Korda floating line is good). However, instead of tieing your bait onto the D, use a Rigmarole bore ring, you just scew your bait into it and away you go.

 

Hope this helps

[Plong 21]

Sounds like your striking either too soon or too late, controller floats are only used as casting weight if you fishing close in your better off not using one. The only other thing it could be is using too big a bait on too small a hook.