What sort of rigs work, and are the carp hard to catch?
What ever I write for this answer some one is bound to disagree, but that’s carp anglers for you. This is how most of the carp were caught last year.Keep it simple, It’s a muddy lake with a clay bottom / Rigs not too short 8″ to 14″depending on your baiting strategy / leave a gap between hook bend and top of the bait on the hair, 7mm to 10mm seems to work best / try to keep the bait out of any deep mud patches it may land in by using a P V A bag , stocking or paste on each cast.Balanced baits that settle very slowly are really worth a try, (snowman etc.) and PVA your hooks with them.Don’t bait up too closely with the freebies, but don’t spray it all over the lake either.Keep a steady stream of bait going in all of the time if your getting runs / set a trap to catch them one or two at a time, and top up the freebies after every fish. Don’t try to catch hundreds of fish by putting in bucket loads of bait in when you first arrive.Bait little and often but don’t skimp, and bait up after ev
