For me it has to change!
Many would say that my usual approach is pretty one dimensional for most of the year. Zone fishing rather than spot fishing. Boilies, lots of them, a throwing stick or catapult and active fishing. That is my go to tactic on pay lakes and publics. It's simple, but for me it's effective.
But as the temperature drops I can't expect that tactic to work. The fish are less active and getting them to graze over a small area is often asking too much. So my tactics become a little bit more traditional I guess.
First things first I change from the super heavy King Squid and Sea Monster to the more digestible Pro Liver GLM and Mulberry Milk Esta, and of course I'm not using the quantity I did in the summer.
I also spend far more time looking for that 5⭐ spot. Personally I think they are far more spooky in the warmer months than they are the winter. If they are in a specific area in the winter they are there because they really want to be. Warmth from weed, off the back of a couple wind, in the leigh of an island, around an Inflow, whatever it may be, I find they tend not to move to far, so I am happy to have a flick about with a bare lead a bit more than I am in the summer when they are far more likely to completely do the off!
Another thing that I change, especially in the late autumn through to spring is to make my area stand out a little bit more than I do in summer. I want the bait to visually grab their attention rather than just the attractiveness I relied on a few months earlier. By blending the Pro Liver GLM and Mulberry Milk Esta I get a lovely pale, attractive crumb that has loads of uses. From little bags to spod mix. A tactic that would be destroyed in seconds earlier in the year as the smaller species destroyed it.
I add a little corn and chick peas to the mix and I'm away. I don't need to add anything else. The boilie crumb screams attraction and stands out clear as day in the usually clearer water without super bright hookbaits.
One thing that I try and keep away from until the mega cold weather of late January/February is super bright hookbaits.
At this time of year it would be hard to imagine the amount of fluro hookbaits they have seen. I have always been happier with one bit from a special one than a handful from a lakes smaller less wary residents. So for me, a pale, boosted hookbait that still stands out to a degree, but doesn't scream danger is my preferred method.
The prep for this week's trip is done, hopefully next week's blog will be a video of a new PB 😉
Tell us how your approach changes as the temperature falls? #kingcarpfishingproducts
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