Carp Fishing With Bread - "Popped Up Bread" 

Cheers RoccoE4 glad you enjoyed the video :-) Nice to hear from you all the way over in Colorado too!!! :-) Hope your fishing is going well. Cheers Chris.

Hi ivor nappinion thanks for the kind comments and for taking the time to post them, glad you enjoyed the video! :-) They are quite time consuming but we do enjoy making them and will have lots more to come in 2015! Tight lines, cheers.

Thanks Mike, glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for taking the time to comment, as always it's much appreciated!

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for taking the time to comment, especially all the way from Germany! :-) The technique you mention sounds interesting! Good luck with your fishing and of course, tight lines!

Great stuff Gerry! That was the second method we were going to use at it looks so good! Glad to hear you caught on it! Glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for taking the time to leave us a comment :-) Good luck with your fishing and tight lines

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for taking the time to comment! :-) The rod we used was the Daiwa Tournament Feeder Rod. Hope that helps!

Cheers Jason! Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for taking the time to comment :-)

Sounds interesting! :-) We normally fish popped up bread/zig rigs on a standard lead clip set-up.

Thanks for the kind comments +brian thomas glad you are enjoying them! :-)

Good luck mate, hope you manage a few fish!

Hi Ben, we haven't made part 2 yet, however I think it's something we'll look at later this year, when the weather cools. Nice to hear from you all the way over in Austria too! Are you fishing for similar species over there? Carp, Tench, Bream etc Haha, thanks for the offer, we'll definetely bare that in mind :-D

Yeah I am fishing the lakes near Innsbruck and Salzburg for the same species as I did in England, Carp, Bream, Roach, Rudd and Perch. But, most of the lakes also have Trout in them, Grayling and Char. There are plenty of Pike and Zander and Sturgeon too although I haven't caught these myself yet. My last session I lost 6 fish, all carp on a waggler setup, fishing quite deep in the shade of a tree, despite the warm weather, I was hoping for some Tench. Anyway, the carp got bigger and bigger but the bites were always very finicky, not typical for big fish. The problem was they kept shaking the hook loose. I think my rod and reel were a bit underpowered as I was expecting single figure Tench not double figure Carp. Is a symptom of a rod that is too soft that you loose lots of fish? Or is it more likely that the hook was simply too small? Thanks again! Ben

Hi +Grant 19 glad you enjoyed the video and our channel! :-) Thanks for taking the time to comment too. Tight lines, cheers Chris.

Hi Les, no worries at all. The lead set-up that Steve is using utilises a lead clip, like you would if you were carp fishing. I he uses the Guru Lead Clips, as these are designed for match fishing - they're slightly neater and smaller. Hope that helps, tight lines, cheers Chris.

Ok great, thanks :)

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the video! :-) The punch we used is an old Seymo 'Lunch Punch' I'm not sure if they are still available, but if you do a google search I'm sure it'll bring something up! :-) Am sure any normal punch would do the job if not!

Hahaha! That was Steve's lucky cap, it's since been retired now though. :-D

Hi mate, you can use whatever size punch you want and them simply pick the hook to match. Perhaps a 6-8mm punch with a size 14-16 hook, that should do the job! :-)

We use both the backwind and the drag, it's a personal preference really.

I think so Tony, you can fish it either way.😊🎣

neil phillips Great stuff Neil, it'd probably work a treat then! Let us know how you get on with it, hopefully you'll bag up!!! :-)

Hi Ahmed Younis nice to hear from you all the way over in Michigan!! :-) I know, it won't necessarily work on all lakes, but it does on some here in the UK!

use bread balls size of a quarter or a lil smaller mold bread to hook make sure its cpmpressed good and cast out works great

Thanks mate! :-)

Thanks bernie12b I didn't even notice, I'll mention it to Steve! :-) Thanks for the message tho!

From The Waters Edge TV ha yeah i noticed this too it was driving me crazy ;) great video though do you think youll ever do any vids further up north

Hi +Clive Bindley I'm sure it would do, would definetely be worth trying :-)

Cheers mate!

Good luck +Zac Postans hope you catch a few fish using it! We haven't done the Bread method yet, however it's something we are still hoping to try! :-)

Thanks for the kind comments Simon, glad you enjoyed the video! :-) Haha... I know mate... He blamed me and I blamed him! :-)

Occasionally Roach and Rudd do, although they're alot more likely to do so in the summer/warmer months.

You'll be surprised Terry, in water it swells up into a lovely fluffy ball. It doesn't stay on the hook/hair after any form of bite, but it does stay afloat for a good while.

Cheers +Terry Lee glad you are enjoying the videos! No it's not, it's a Daiwa Feeder rod. If you have a look in the video description there's a tackle box link to all the tackle we are using, hope that helps. :-)

I think Steve made the hook lengths himself Anthony. If you click the Tackle Box link in the video description you should find the details. :-) As far as lengths go there's no magic answer... it's all trial and error... obviously all lakes vary in depth. Perhaps start 1ft off the bottom and then increase the length until you find the fish. Definitely a great idea in the colder months! Normally when it's cold there'll be a warmer layer of water where the fish are holding up, if you can find this you can often catch them. For some reason they find it hard to resist the bread, I think it's perhaps because its so easy to eat! Tight lines, cheers.

It can be quite a tricky bait to keep on the hook +Geoff Gelder I'd try and use the crusts - there's a bit more substance to a crust when you hook it on. If now try some chum mixers (Pedigree chum) these will float and are alot easier to deal with, can be used in conjunction with a bait band. Hope that helps a little.

Once you have the bread on the hook, slightly nip the bread near the eye, it will stay on longer and don't movethe bread once you've cast out.

Thanks Barry Simkins glad you enjoyed it and thanks for taking the time to comment! :-)

Hi Myers L there's no right or wrong answer, both work on different days, lakes, conditions etc!

Hi Michael, we used 8mm bread punch on that day, however we like to mix it up, so use anything from 6mm-12mm. If you look in the video description there is a link to a tackle list, that might help. :-)

From The Waters Edge TV Thank you for that information! Can't wait to try this.

The rod is designed for fishing like this, it has a soft tip so you can see bites. The only people that use baitcasters are pike fisherman

karl butler yeah I cannot see why not! However in summer I'd perhaps use a brightly coloured Boilie or piece of foam or something, more similar to how the big Carp boys fish with there Zig Rigs! Hope that helps.

Hi bluesteel2010 we are using a Guru Lead Clip set up, if you google it you should be able to find some details/diagrams about how to use it. Will probably be a lot easier than me trying to explain it! Hope that helps.

Around 6-8lb.

Hi Maladie Kesterson thanks for the kind comments, glad you enjoyed the video! Good luck and tight lines to you too. :-)

Hi didier .b no we didn't we just used the bread on it's own, it's more of a 'zig rig' style way of fishing, so you don't really use feed you just explore the water column to try and find where the fish are sitting. We did wonder about using bread in/on a method feeder to see if it would work or if it would bring better results. Perhaps we'll try that this winter! :-) Cheers

From The Waters Edge TV Hello,thank you for the quick reply.I'll try in wild water(fish pond ).A few carp are in this pond but it's very difficult to catch them!!Felicitations for your work and your videos.Best regards. If you have any advice... ;-)

Haha! :-D

It was a quivertip rod - can't remember the exact weight in oz of the tip though. Line was around 6-8lb.

Haha, Of course it is! ;-)

Really Shannon Higgins that's massive!!! A Carp of 50lb is definitely a fish of a lifetime, especially at the age of 5! a mega achievement! :-)

Cough cough sneeze bullshit

What the fuck you been taking 😳🙄😵😂😂

Yeah you can +danz01games although it's colder and often harder to catch! :-)

Because it's just sport Nikita, plus the fish belong to someone and costs lots of money. We don't really tend to eat Freshwater fish in the Uk either, we purely all fish for the love of the sport. :-)

Oh ok, thanks for responding

Haha, that was a lucky hat! It’s been well and truly retired now tho. 😂

Hi +Laid Back yeah a piece of artificial bread should be fine, I haven't used it personally but I'd definetely be willing to give it a go! Perhaps even soak, or spray it with some sort of flavouring too, really increase it's pulling power! ;-)

+From The Waters Edge TV im back to this vid so ill watch again how do you have the balls to just cast abit off plain bread out? it can come off on the drop and you wouldnt know i caught on the artifical bread and i got snapped off the bread floated as it fake and cadp kept going for it all day i didint snap what happed was a drennan hook snapped in half in a 15lb carp mouth the bread somehow come off as was glued to hook

+From The Waters Edge TV ps rhnks reply

+Laid Back You obviously didn't land the fish so how do you know it was 15lb. Anyone can say " I lost a 15lb fish when it snapped me"

jomannhn no worries, glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for the kind comments! :-)

Hi Jose, it's a Daiwa match reel. I'm not sure what Steve's using off the top of my head, but if you have a look in the video description there's a link in there to a tackle list, which shows off all the items we are using! :-)

Haha... we've not heard that one before! :-D That used to be Steve's lucky fishing hat, had it years, it's since been retired tho! :-)

Both +Yakin'SC :-) We use both on different lakes, at different times of the year etc

+From The Waters Edge TV thanks

Haha! :-D

Cheers +sorin macra :-)

Haha, it was indeed Zak, it used to be Steves lucky hat which has since been retired. (This video is old now, if you watch a few of our newer one's you'll notice it's gone.)

No worries Michael.

Cheers!

They were in good condition Ted, agreed!

Thanks for the feedback Captain Morgan