CHEAP Supermarket Bait Fishing Challenge! Catch more fish with LESS money! 

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You just can't beat these normal fishing videos, simple does the job. I remember being young with my old man having the time of my life with a float and a bag of corn.

Love your vids do a colab with catfish and carp

Great video as always guys - Had some of my best Tench on sweetcorn. Think I can go one better on the cheap baits though ;-) The last 2 weeks have been fishing a local lake in Iver, home to Carp, Bream and some cracking silvers, with my brother. The small Perch kept hitting me on maggot and worm whilst I was getting a lot of knocks and lifts but no proper bites on 6mm pellet. Overhanging the water was an elderberry bush - I thought it logical that these would fall in to the water and the fish would take them so picked some and stuck them on the hook. Cue a Roach frenzy - Over 50 the first weekend averaging 8oz with a biggest at 1lb 4oz, around 20 last week running up to 12oz. Also bounced something very heavy which I suspect was a Carp. Total cost of bait - £0

This season, I'd say 70% of the carp I've caught was on using bread. I usually fish with two rods, I cast one with a boilie or a pop wafters or meat and leave it on the buzzer. The other rod I'd either float fish or use a quiver tip rod. But when I float, it's either on the surface or on laying on the bottom. I always catch each time I go. Bread you cannot go wrong.

I would consider that a success, you caught on each bait! poor skimmer and dace haha didnt even count as a blank saver!

great topic for an episode. x Also, your book is fantastic. Since it's arrival my son has taken it to bed and we look through it every night. It has all the information we need and the illustrations are fantastic. it's clear you all put in so much work. Great result, nice job. x

Would love to see a video on bobbins and bite indication dos and don’ts. Me and my kids love your videos keep it up guys 👍

Top video as always! That was not a failure you caught at each venue, on each bait, and got 3 different species. I'd say you completed the challenge 😊

I've got rid of all my carbon and graphite reels. Bought a load of cane and cap and Mitchell cast metal reels.. Precision engenering change the allow cogs for brass and they spin with 1 spin of the hand for over a minute.. The Hardy and Alcock rods are great. Just get new tops made for 100 each. And it's green clean fishing... Just makes the experance feel better.. I'm sourcing cotten branded lines made of cotton and silk. Strong stuff.. Will try the spam dog food

I’m not a specimen angler I’m pretty old school when it comes to fishing I have the carp rods etc but for me nothing beats the waggler rod with a porcupine float and a lump of meat or if later on in the session when it gets darker il switch to a bubble float and float a bit of crust I love it 😍

Nice vid buddy changing it up good for ppl who r learning keep them coming

Another great video guys 👍🏼

Keep it up carl and alex your tutorials always help improve my angling

Absolutely love these videos. I’d be really interested on the rod, reel and line combo you use for this light/surface fishing. Whenever I try, I find I can’t cast very far with light baits and end up in line tangles. Thanks for all you do!

Another fantastic video Carl thanks

Fun to see you in that last stretch of river, remember your early days when you were there quite a lot

Brilliant video keep up the work

Great video lads 👍🏻

I caught a 20lb carp on corn 2 weeks into fishing, stalked the fish from the surface, having spent a fortune on boilies and pellets and such, corn is always going to be in my bag as an essential bait.

Like how you went back to that old fishing spot at the Little river defo seen that in the old videos 👌👍

Always been good baits and always will. It’s not about boilies all the time. Nice one Carl 👍 another good video as usual .

Excellent production and quality tutorial

Another excellent video again keep up the good work boy's 👍

For the last couple of years I've often used tins of Tulip Bacon Grill obtainable from larger Tesco's branches, as Spam has become so soft and soggy. The BG works just as well, but is a little firmer and stays on the hook better, especially when Punched and presented on a Drennan Pushstop.

I’ve also found tinned hotdogs to be one of the best Baits for me , I’ve caught countless double figure carp on a simple hair rig with some hotdogs whilst anglers all around me blank

I am STILL not done with all of your content guys! and I couldnt be more happy about it at that hahaha! Cheers once again mates!

Fun Fact, in Germany Spam meat is not available (of course we have other canned meat) so it's very expensive. About 10€ on Amazon 😂🙈

Great video as always.

Great vid well done

Great tips! 👍🏻

havent even watched can already tell this is going to be a good one where i fish carp only feed on luncheon meat and bread

You guys are soooooo good great vid

Bread crumbs and grated cheese molded into a boillie, Winner every time, for Chub and Barble

Big fan I love the videos you inspired me to fish and it’s Been so mush fun

Yes another video

well done again boy's nice video

Fab video as always👌💪

love ur vids!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can catch fish anywhere on the planet with corn even in salt water Great bait!

as usual great vids

Another great video. I find bacon grill is better than spam or luncheon meat. It is firmer. I sometimes give it a quick fry to get those oils flowing

Sweetcorn and meat are the baits I use the most. Both are great for many different species.

Great tutorial!!! Don’t forget cheese and peas though!!! Back when I was a kid our family was quiet poor. On a Sunday afternoon my brothers and I used the remains of the Sunday roast for bait. Potatoes carrots peas and we couldn’t afford traditional meat for our roast so the left over sausage was a great bait too!!! Each bait caught fish on it’s day….

Thank you

My 3 go to baits alongside boiles

Hi Carl today I cuaght a perch on curried Spam and cuaght a chub on spam as well

Thank u so much Carl that rlly helped me u are amazing fisher Man U inspired me 🎉

Carl talking bread colour difference - "White bread gets more attention" then continues to use the crust🤷🏻‍♂️😂

I'm in Melbourne Aus, corn kernals and bread have always been my go too when fish are not taking worm or power bait. Trout, Carp and Roach wiĺl take corn. Roach seem to prefer the compressed crust. Haven't caught anything on spam save for a freshwater Turtle.

Always love these videos! Great location, out of curiosity what rod are you using?

Bubble float is good if you need to get your bread out further. They take on water, which provides weight, are transparent so don't spook the fish too much and they float. Never tried with carp, used exclusively with floating bread for mullet. Also, hard, super smelly cheese for big river chub.

Im jealous at the price of corn you have in the store. Here (NL) shops dont even sell frozen corn, only cans, and they are expensive! If i want cheap corn, i can only order it online, dried.

In Russia, they catch a barbel on crustaceans from under the stones, I see for the first time what they catch on ham

For carp all I use is Banoffe sweet corn sends those chunks crazy.. If I'm allowed to ground bait I only use Munga mix

Great video!! Im wondering i was on a lake in france and the owner came from the uk. He told me he use marmite on boilies and bread for catching carp couse its salty. Dit you ever tryed that or it isnt that good for a carp🙈😂👍. Sorry if my english is bad... Gr. Dave

Tins for hookbait, frozen for throwing. Refreeze it after if you haven't used it all. The freezing and defrosting process breaks the fibres in the kernels down. More mushy and smelly. 😉 Just don't get the fishbag and the hoomanbag confused in the freezer....

I love bream. I quick knock on the head and they make a great pike bait.

Going fishing today wish me luck

Good video lads but the big bait companies must love u too..lol..👍corns the oldest and best .

Chick peas for match carp fishing, 2 wins, 2 seconds and a fourth in 5 weekends... Also haricot beans are great for F1's and Bream...

Make a video on what lures to use for pike fishing

Great baits

Hey guys just wondering if you have a video on different leads etc, looking at joining a new lake and being really new to carp/lake fishing there's alot of new rules I need to follow. At the moment I'm using an inline lead I believe where the weight has the line going through it and it can move freely up and down the line. I've been told I need a semi fixed/something else and I'm not exactly sure what I need.

I went fishing nearly every day when I was a kid. Only ever used bread never blanked.

More trik for fishi Thankyou my frend🤙

Warburtons is by far the best sliced white for fishing

Bread has literally never failed me

Bread doesn't "fall off the hook after one cast", if you use it right. Buy the right bread, not hovis, warburtons is good. Hovis is all air and bleach. Keep your bread fresh, balance the size of the bait to the hook, mould a soft part of the bread round the shank, and don't break the grain. If you want to use it at distance, you can always microwave and roll it, and/or hair rig it. It shouldn't "fall off"... and spam isn't cheap. Generic cheap meat is better, because it's full of fat and contains more gristle, which makes it hook better. Take it out of the tin, and put it in the fridge for 24 hours, which gives it a nice skin. For chub, hotdogs are just as good, and half the price. but meat will never out-fish bread.

Another good option is to buy feed corn, soak it for 24 hours, and then boil it for an hour :) That works wonders too, and it's even cheaper than buying sweetcorn from the supermarket.

Watching this now is absolutely mind blowing, the change in prices we've had in around a year is astonishing, lol. Don't get me wrong, it's still a fair bit cheaper than tackle shop bait, but wow.

Hey Carl and Alex could you please do a video fishing for true crucian carp.

worms! slugs! grasshoppers! they're free!

Should I use hair rig and stopper for my spam or I can put straight on the hook if I use method feeder?

best break is the morrisons extra thick but look for the ones that have been baked a bit longer with the darker crust, by for the best for surface fishing.

The river looks like the same one you used to fish like 8 years ago. Is it the same one?

great vid again always strong o cheese ever let me for chub

guys your vids are always top quality just want to ask alot of carp waters that i fish have banned bread due to it being bad for them do you agree ?????

Had the best carp session I've ever had using luncheon meat we cubed it up and covered it in chilli powder we honestly didn't get a chance to sit down all morning it was non stop

Float fished Spam would have been a good option at the lake as the Corn wasn't doing so well.

I know your a better fishmen then me 100% but the white bit off the bread is also good for surface

I use a apple corer for my meat and bread

cool video, what setup you using. TIA

99p for a pan of hovis white. Here in Ireland you would need bank loan to buy that.

What location was the 1st fish lovely colour

WHEN are these brands going to finally start sponsoring anglers? We all know the best baits come out of the supermarket! I mean, does anyone actually eat spam anymore? Change the name the instant impact carp spam and its good for 6.99 a can lol!

Having massive problems with cormorants at the moment on my local river bait fish have become basically non existent which seems to have moved the pike on? This time last year had already had several doubles biggest being 18lb 4, had a least 6 or 7 blank sessions now fishing same methods which were so successful last year? Will this temporary or does this mean my local stretch is now and will continue to be no good?

The best thing about fising with sweet corn that you can just eat it

Let’s go!!

A lot of pools don’t allow surface feeding ,,

I think SPAM is quite unique to the UK though 😅

Is spam any good for Perch fishing?

I'm 67, fishing since I was 7, I use meat,corn, loaf, worms, maggots,cheese,hemp ! What else do you need?? Refuse to fall into the angling retail trap of super duper pellets and poles

I have a rule... if i want to guaranty a catch of any kind... Bread or Sweetcorn.

White bread is only better when there is not a lot off other fisherman fishing with bread if there are Brown bread Will work better

worms are the best bait. cost nothing as will produce in all conditions. corn and meat next. bread is more specialized.

What line weight\strength do you use for catching carp like in this video?

I like warburtons,warburtons,warburtons.I like this bread

Have you ever tried soaking raw chicken in garlic salt? I seem to get alot of bites from catfish and drum

also can find a few worms right on the bank.