The No1 Factor That Can Ruin Your Chances 🛑 (and How to Fix It)

Here’s how I decide when to let them have it and when not to bother.

A key decision when you’re out on a session is how much bait to put in because obviously you want the carp to come and eat your bait and pick up your rig. If the carp aren’t eating your bait then there’s no point in putting any more in. What I’m going to show you in this video is what I do to find out if the carp are eating and how I use the weather to work out how much I need to put in.

⏰ *In this video:*
0:00 Introduction
0:29 Baiting through the seasons
02:05 What to do if oxygen levels are low?
05:18 Are the carp eating my bait?

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[matthewcollinsangler]

I’ve done this video to share some of my knowledge as a fishery manager about how the weather and oxygen levels in water impact carp fishing and baiting. After all, no angler wants to waste money on bait when conditions aren't right. I’ve heard loads of myths over the years about oxygen levels. For example the notion that rain adds oxygen to the lake is not strictly correct. Rain is often preceded by a drop in air pressure and as the pressure falls this will have a far bigger impact on oxygen levels. Most anglers would associate a drop in air pressure as a good thing and that can often be true. However if the oxygen level is low to start with then a further drop is going to kill off any chance of a bite. Hopefully this video will shed some light on the subject.

[darrenfowler]

Very informative and interesting video again Matthew. Thanks again for all you are doing for the angling community. Precise and easy to understand information neglected by many others. 👌

[joshplays]

hey mat, you don't understand how much I appreciate your vids. I think your one of the best carp anglers who make sure to show the realistic side to fishing. Please do a vid on the best sturgeon baits and rigs? I'm not sure if you do sturgeon fishing.

[davidbrown]

Absolutely bang on 👍 100 bang on info love it.
I generally find them and fish for a bite and go from there, unfortunately modern day angling would lead you to believe you have to fill a lake in to catch.

[jerrardprins]

Hi mathew. Just want to thank you for sharing your knowledge. Ive mearnt tons and this has deffinately improved my fishing a ton.

[danw]

In other words stop throwing a load of bait in my lake😂

[jdrury]

I am relatively new to your videos but have previously watched lots of what would be considered more main stream carp videos over the years (where I was falling for the marketing ) where I am taking on perceived advice and adjusting rigs, setup, what I am purchasing etc accordingly because I think it will improve my results, as they are better anglers than I, which they are, but they are also largely trying to promote products etc. I would consider myself an amateur + carp angler on skill but up there with the best in terms of passion so I always take on board what is out there as always trying to improve obviously. However, I have been using basic hair rigs for a while recently and having a lot of success but I came across your new twist on the classic hair rig video and I now do just that as it just all makes so much sense (as per your video) and is so simple as you say. The one question I have, as I think I have seen all you videos over the last two years is would you now advocate the shock and run rig over the running lead set up with a tight clutch? Any response would be greatly appreciated as I think I am now in the situation of only ever using one rig (bottom or pop-up), one chod claw or chod twister hook, again keeping it simple and again thanks to your vids, but unsure which lead set up you would use with those? I only have one syndicate membership and the other venues I fish are all available on day ticket and at those venues weed is not a consideration. I know both will work well because they would not be on your vids otherwise but would really appreciate your opinion. Apologies I only commented on the most unrelated recent vid as I assumed my response was more likely to get seen on the most recent video as assumed it would be more closely monitored. I won't be offended if I don't get a reply and pls keep up the good work for the simple angler.

These are just great and why I ended up here :):

[PhilipBrown]

This was a great video with sine fantastic information. Sometimes we anglers forget the odd thing and films like this remind us to consider the weather and oxygen levels et cetera.saying that I use little bait anyway as I’m tight

[zaccbrennan]

Another class video matt full of useful info as per usual. One of the best channels on YouTube top man thanks

[joshuabellbower]

Very interesting Matthew, was great to learn all what I’ve been thinking or trying to learn great points and tips to take into account going forward with my carp angling great watching your videos a lot to learn from watching you I get a good understanding of stuff a lot of people wouldn’t even bother about they say knowledge is power . Keep up the great work Matthew .any knowledge I learn about carp or any fishing will be passed down to my son who loves fishing

[captainchillco]

Great insight. Now the penny has dropped why I don't catch in low pressure in certain conditions. Thanks Matt...

[jimmypyro]

Great info there Matt . Gonna share this to our syndicate group . We lost some special ones this year unfortunately at typical times on various lakes . Namely the smaller waters

[Retired-Tom]

I'm a recent subscriber, I love the fact that you're teaching common sense and watercraft. So lacking in so many these days. We used to look at the bottom through a clean jam jar, you can learn a lot that way including the water temp

[stephenboyd]

Ive learnt so much watching ur clips the last few month's , thanks for sharing ur info, keep up the good work matt 👍 😀

[thetippingpoint]

Learn so much from this channel and I've been fishing years

[scottpeters]

More little gems, cheers matt.
I didn't realise low air pressure in summer, sucks the oxygen out of the water, , is that the same in winter?.
Does high pressure push oxygen back into the water, ? It's all about balance as you know, ,
Would a good down pour in summer increase the 02 levels, ?
And would it follow suit that waves introduce 02, , and that would get pushed to windward end of a lake, concentrating fish there, or would the under current (back flow) disperse oxygen rich water back towards the Lee end?
, geez, sorry matt, , that turned into an essay 😂
Great to see you back on your channel

[markgoody]

Great info again Matt…I wish some ‘anglers’ would educate themselves on feeding because I still see over feeding time and time again which isn’t just unsuccessful for catching but also detrimental to causing further problems with already struggling water quality!

[tt.craftycarp.asseenfishin]

Well done Matty. A Man with a Brain ! TT.

[markrobbins]

Excellent Matt. Great to know and implement. Thank you.

[bradhorner]

Another Great Of Information Again At Times Its Very Important Thanks Again Fella