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To bait up a or not to bait up??

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Craig Curtis

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I fish a stretch of the middle trent with a nice steady flow, casting 5oz feeder around 20 yards into the edge of the flow... Traditionally the only feed that goes in the swim is either on my hook or in my feeder.

I'm wondering if it would be worth me baiting up with some loose fed pellets to try and attract and hold the fish for longer... Would this be advised or am I just wasting my bait since it is just washing down stream?

Whats the general thoughts on this??
 
I'd say it depends on whether others are fishing there regularly, or more importantly baiting already in the same manner you intend to Craig.
Also whether they will be baiting with the same, if they were ( if you could find out that is ) then i would be looking to use something totaly different.

If i were fishing such a river, it would be my approach - long term for sure,
( not pellets for me though, i don't use them ) but i'd be looking for a spot hardly if ever fished - if thats possible to reduce the risk of people fishing close to your baited spots or even some $&%*^%$% being able to watch you bait, and deliberatly target your spots, and as i say if there are others fishing, using something completly different.

Done regularly prebaiting the same spot will draw and hold fish.

Regards
Ian.
 
If the fish are drifting away step your feed up, you can do this with a dropper or by casting more often.

This is all basic stuff, most people generally don't feed enough on a river with allot of fish and a high flow like the Trent, if there are plenty of fish in front of you and you are only using the feeder you should be casting every five mins or so for the first hour until the fish find your bait. Don't worry about leaving a big pile of bait on the bottom as it won't happen, anything cast into the Trent will be on it's way to the North sea within seconds of hitting the deck.

I mostly stick to one rod these days but fish it properly, if you cast it and forget it you won't get the best out of the Trent. Take a tip from the match blokes and work your swim. During a session on a prolific stretch recently I went through four kg of broken boilies, I only stopped catching when I ran out of bait.

The best advice I can offer you is to buy a good legering/feeder fishing book from one of the 80's/90's river match blokes, this will stand you in good stead and won't break the bank.
 
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