Here is something to keep in mind, especially for the newcomers getting into carp fishing. How many times have you had more success or less where you set up in a swim twenty or thirty yards from the next carper, and he was or wasn’t doing better than you?

Do you think it was his bait? Or was it the location?

If your bait is time-tested and you have complete confidence in it, then it is location most times you aren’t catching fish. I fish nothing but method feeders and a pack bait formula that has worked on a couple thousand carp, plus fake corn on my hair rig, if carp are active, I’m going to catch some.

Notice I used the word active, if they aren’t active, they won’t bite. I believe some fishermen think fish eat all day. This is so far from the truth. Nothing alive feeds all day. So many factor contribute to fish activity.

Autumn, what a wonderful time of the year to be an angler. The leaves begin to change their colors, temperatures start to drop giving you the crisp cool mornings. The carp start into their fall routines, feeding more vigorously to sustain that winter weight. It’s a great time of the year to be out chasing them gold scales, and that’s exactly what I did over a span of a few weeks in October. My journey had taken me to some wonderful places, fished with family and friends, had my share of highs and lows, and of course a carp or two.