7 Years of Tackling Harder Waters: Here’s How I Succeeded 🎯

Rig & tactics for harder low stocked waters without using a boat, an echo sounder or a drone.

When I started carp fishing, a 3 acre lake seemed large and daunting. When I first fished in France, a 35 acre felt huge and intimidating. So you can imagine how I felt when I began the journey in tackling 500 acre lakes with no boat, no echo sounder and no drone. I mean how can you possibly be successful on a lake that big without modern tech? Well, six years ago I began that journey and it taught me an awful lot about what really matters in this game, and what doesn't. In this video I share everything that I learned along the way that you can apply on any lake.

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[nicod]

This helped me dramatically with Turtles (USA). We don’t have Crayfish but we definitely have Red Ear Sliders in CA. They operate the same way and when I was using smaller food items like Korda Fake corn or Small dumbbell Wafters I was getting annihilated. Thank you so much for making this video, much love from across the pond. ❤ 🎣

[liamdavies]

I just want to say your content is great and you've really helped me simplify my angling and focus more on the little things that make a huge difference. As a relatively new carp angler I was constantly getting runs but lifting into the rod there was nothing on the end which at the time I was using heavy leads with lead clips. Then I came across your video on Lead systems. I changed over to a running lead system with lighter leads and focused on having the sharpest hook possible and well its helped me massively and I'm no longer striking into nothing! Love your content you're a book of knowledge and you've helped me massively. Keep up the good work matt👍

[ElectricianWizard]

Mr. Collins, I'm stunned that this rig is a bit controversial in UK. In Romania I discovered this rig in 2012 on big lakes in carp fishing competition. This days everybody is using this rig, in competition or in normal fishing, this rig is a must.
We are using this rig on a helicopter type system. All romanian team in international competition are using this type of rig.
The big pro is the confidence that i have when you cast at distants . Second is the easy way to create the rig and very easy to change the hook, by using a kwik change swivel. Have a good day !

[Harissonlb]

I love the videos. Some info is new, and some I am aware of. After 45 years of fishing, I have seen a lot of new "Commercial Junk, " especially over the last 3-5 years. A lot of info and tackle out there is purely created for sale; the emphasis on fishing has been lost somewhat. However, these videos that Matt delivers are precisely what fishing is about sharing good information, keeping it simple and basic, and installing great standards. Hopefully, all newcomers to angling will see these videos, "the wood through the trees" and not get lost in the shelves of tackle you see these days. Excellent content, delivered very well.

Keep up the great work Matt.

Trout man Dan

[stevenpain]

Used this rig on yateley, perfect, caught 3 using it, will use this rig everytime .easy, and so basic thankyou saved my blank this year😅

[JTvlogs]

Hi Matthew, At the moment i'm fishing a HUGE Park lake 30-acre (12 ha) lake, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) I've lost two one on a ZIG and one on the bottom ! it's been tough going as i've blanked since spring.. BUT after watching this video i can see my mistakes and i'l change it up SO thanks and i will update soon as i land my first Carp out of that Huge Park lake.

[sgtg]

I always make it a point to go carp fishing on a large lake (or any other size) with a clean bottom. 👍

[bradbentley]

Never knew about the salt trick will definetly try this next time

[popescuandrei]

Hi! Yet another great video on a very basic carp catching rig!! Congrats!!! I've tested this mono rig and caught lots of fish with it, I generally use either wide gape or chod hooks for it to create the aggressive angle without using the ronnie stopper on the hook. To be honest I prefer the D-rig over this single mono rig. I've tested the mono rig by simply throwing it multiple times in a bucket filled with water. In some cases, I was surprised that the hook can actually landed upwards (with the back of the hook facing the bottom) even though the rig was executed correctly. This happened on the flat bottom of the bucket, where the boilie could have rolled the hook on either sides, but it didn't. I kept thinking that the lake bed is not perfectly flat, so the boilie might land between some debris and not roll properly. The D-rig on the other hand, no matter how many times you throw it and how you throw it, it always ensures that you are fishing :) Tight lines!

[JamesWatson-dg]

Great video as always Matt.

Please can you share a video on how you target weedy waters? In particular, PVA bags in silk weed etc. Would be interested to hear your take on it.

[b]

A great informative video. As a relative beginner, I have been using the mono rig you recommended in a previous video, and have caught plenty of fish with it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience!

[matthewcadle]

Little tip for badly infested cray waters. Forget wrapping baits and using plastic, I just flavour some good old wooden balls and drill a 1mm hole through and you will be fishing with bait exactly how you cast out. (just make sure you over weight the balls, because they get lighter in weight over night).

[frank-qq]

What a great video and i will be trying the salt idea on a heli rig and on a running rig thanks Matthew .

[doogled]

Nice video Matt, basically everything you need to learn to be a successful big carp angler! Thanks.

[paulbridgland]

Tried the salting boilies trick today as they fell off regularly but now lasting much longer casting a feeder out every 15 mins

[paulburgess]

Brilliant informative video. Thank You

[erikkollee]

Very interesting video again Mr. Collins. Thx for the pointers in this episode.

[daz]

Hi Matthew, after watching one of your prevoius videos about mono (the deadly d rig) I can honestly say my confidence has jumped 100% in mono. I used to use mono years ago and we all seem to get lost in the latest braid etc. We often overlook the simple things. Thanks.

[brummyfishing]

That’s good conversation about hooks I used to use the pin point range but stopped due to them burring over when catching a carrier bag in a park lake, I’ve switched to the esp cryogens, but as I’m campaign fishing I should get bag on the pin points, good thought that is, currently sitting behind my rods watching this cheers.

[Shadowmane]

Great videos I'm going to a reservoir I haven't fished before at the weekend and I'm going to give this a go. Because of your vids I'm now almost exclusively using running rigs and if I do use a bolt rig I now know how to use it correctly cheers.