LAND EVERY FISH YOU HOOK! (Ben Townsend's TOP tips to catching BIG weights from snaggy swims!)

Join Ben Townsend as he demonstrates how to catch massive weights of carp from a snaggy swim. Using strong tackle and speed Ben manages to land lots of hard fighting fish from a swim that's full of Lillys and snaggy margins. We are all faced with this type of swim at some point so hopefully this will give you an edge next time you're out.

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[JeffOrtega]

Ben you make snag fishing look easy thanks Matrix team

[ivanfojan]

Really enjoyed this video.
As someone who has just started fishing again after a break of a few years, it contained plenty of really good info.

I like to carp fish with rods and boilies etc. but I also love to fish with a pole.
My pole wasn't expensive and is a carp animal tamer.
I can't even remember who makes it, lol.

I used to love fishing shallow, throwing pellets and corn in and using corn on the hook (I won't fish with anything that's alive, maggots, casters, worms etc, so particle baits and meat are what I tend to use).

Subscribed :)

[jamesatkinsfishing]

brilliant video matrix, and very very well put to us ben about what you were doing, i had a carp break my MTX 1 POWER in one of my video's, it got me round a corner before i chould get more sections on heigh ho, got a no 3 section on order, thank you matrix and ben 👍👍😎

[alanmeasures]

Great information Certainty knows what he is doing The pole look's great.

[craigmk]

Enjoyed the video!, personally I couldn’t do that. Way too scared of breaking the pole or hurting the fish. I’ll find a peg with no snags 😂 (not a match fisherman obvs)

[matthewbrown]

Would you try a Solid elastic or power gum....? Top fishing.

[andymiles]

Did you use a short or long power kit? Would it make much difference when fishing against lily in pegs like this?

[ROKRENZ]

Can I pull this hard on my MTX1 as he does on the Margin? Since the topkits are the same

[andrewknotts]

great video, how do you connect rig to elastic i dont see a stonfo or a dacron . could you show us how you do it?

[jonathondavies]

tried out my margin 8 mtre pole yesterday for the first time. knew there were carp so have 16-18 elastic, 8 lb main and 6lb hook link to a size 14 hook. wasn't really hunting for carp, more looking for tench. that elastic stretches a long way. lost a decent one into the weeds, (pulled out). wasn't using the full 8 mtre as only 6 mtre out. would i have had better control using full 8 mtre or was it the elastic simply wasn't robust enough?

[johnchapman]

Quite a few floating casters (3.53) helps get em shallow 🙈🙈

[ernestlageman]

I enjoy the video, but what happens if you hook a 15 or 20 pound carp?🤞

[Jimmy]

What I don't understand is the matrix poles are elastic rating of 18, but he's using way above that? Am I missing something?

[martinhassall]

I've got a matrix mtx 1 and was thinking of getting the 8.7 matrix mtx margin pole just wondered do you get two or three top kits and was planning on using it for both bigger and silver fishing in front of me.

[CallumKerfoot]

I’ve no doubt this man is a brilliant angler, but I’m not having that this isn’t damaging the fish😖 a 20 elastic and pulling them as hard has he does when he gets a bite can’t be good for the fish at all

[colin]

This type of fishing is not for me. Perhaps in a match when you are placed in the peg without choice I can just about understand the method. However you word this, it is brutal fishing with every possibility of damaging the fishes mouth. Just not for me.

[dominicburton]

Broom handle and rope !
Not a method I would want to endorse. IF I was lucky enough to own a fishery no way would I subject my stock to this method its not angling in my own opinion.

[Cjs.bullies]

Mate there was nothing steady about that lol 😂

[boxingspidermonkey]

The truth is that angling is pure cruelty and there is no defending it. Why don’t they go out with their rods and put cat food on the hook and go catching cats! Why? Because it’s cruel!