World Classic Baits Order Arrived Today

My order arrived today via USPS. Some don't use dip, but I am a believer in it. Even if it only improves catch rates by 10%, I think it's worth it. If you catch 100 fish; 10 percent is an extra 10 fish. Using that analogy, my 140 fish last year would have been 126 fish without using the dips. That may or may not be true, but I'm not willing to take the risk!

World Classic Baits Order

I have been holding off on placing an order for carp bait supplies while checking out different options. I could not resist any longer and placed an order with World Classic Baits for supplies for upcoming sessions.

I have been using pineapple and 4 season flavors successfully for a couple of years. This year I am going to add peach to the mix and try the new 3D selects as well.

I'll report back on how it turns out after a few sessions.

Prepping for the Upcoming Year of Carp Fishing

A nice 17 pounder from the fall

I like this time of year. It's still much too cold to fish here locally with temperatures at 2 degrees this morning. But this is the perfect time of the year to begin preparing for what's to come. I love the anticipation and expectations for bigger and better fish when spring finally arrives.

I use this time to scout new spots via Google Maps/Earth and talk to friends about potential new fishing spots. I found a spot on the River Raisin today using that technique.

I also use this time to tie up a bunch of hair rigs. With 14 weeks until warm weather here, if I tie 5 or 6 hair rigs each weekend, I'll have more than 70 pre-tied rigs ready to go. That will keep me fishing for quite a while once the weather breaks. Preparing hair rigs bankside is a highly inefficient use of valuable and what's becoming scare fishing time for me. I prefer to keep 15 to 20 in my Korda rig box safe ready-to-go.

I plan to hit it hard in the spring because starting in mid-summer my time will need to be focused more on my day job responsibilities for several weeks (and possibly months). My time will be limited to weekends and holidays exclusively for a while, but hopefully things will free up toward fall when the bigger fish return.

For anyone trying to build up their supplies for the season, it's a great time to take advantage of a fantastic sale going on at ResistanceTackle.com. I ordered leads, hooks and baiting needles there myself last weekend. When the season gets a little closer I'll pick up some flavored maize, dips and a few dumbbell pop up boilies to round out my carp fishing supplies.

3rd Reason I Started Catching More Carp in 2014

I discovered imitation sweet corn on the internet carp fishing discussion boards and decided to buy some try based on the recommendation of a friend who fishes for carp. I store my "fake" maize in my flavored "real" maize container.

Available at BigCarpTackle.com
(Photo courtesy Big Carp Tackle)

2nd Best Reason I Started Catching More Carp

When I started researching carp fishing on the internet and the Carp Anglers Group discussion board, I read a lot about using boilies for catching carp. I had no idea what a boilie was, but I ordered some anyway. The first carp I ever caught was with a pineapple boilie in fact.

But when I switched to pineapple maize, I started catching more fish.



Graphic courtesy of WorldClassicBaits.com

I purchased a 40 pound sack of field corn from Gander Mountain earlier this year and have boiled about 20 pounds of it up to use in my ground bait mixes. I don't know about infusing the flavor into the corn yet, but I am pretty confident that I could use the boiled corn on my hair rig and catch fish. If I try it at some point I will do it in small batches and soak it in flavoring under refrigeration. I am sure it's not quite the same as the vacuum seal you get from "commercial canning", but I might try it sometime.

Big Carp Tackle and Carp Bait Order

Yesterday I put together an order of carp fishing supplies from BigCarpTackle.com. Hooks, a landing mat, some new alarms, and a Korda Rig Safe Storage Box are headed my way. Next on my list I need to put together a bait order.

Last year I fished pineapple flavors exclusively. I used pineapple maize, pineapple dip, pineapple in my ground bait, pineapple boilies and pineapple booster. This year I am thinking about changing it up a little bit.

I am thinking about trying to switch up my flavors based on the time of year. For example:

• Crayfish in spring
• 4 Season and Scopex in summer
• Pineapple in fall

I don't know how much flavor really matters, but I know that pineapple works fairly well through out the year. It will always be my fall back plan, because I have a lot of confidence in it. Now I need to gain some confidence in some other flavor strategies.

For my ground bait I am going to switch over to a butternut flavor, which I think will pair fairly well with the Scopex.

I have fished boilies on a limited basis up to now and I don't know if I'll change how often I fish with boilies. It's a confidence thing. I have confidence in flavored maize, but for me the boilies are still a work in progress.

World Classic Baits pineapple flavored maize