Carp Fishing Simple Hacks to Save You Money!

Carp Fishing is a fantastic sport. It gets you in the great outdoors with your mates and is a great leveller as anybody can do it. However it can be very expensive and hard on the wallet, so I decided to make this video “Carp Fishing Life Hacks to Save You Money” to try and give you some ideas about how you can go carp fishing on budget and realise it can actually be really cheap! Check out some of my other videos below and don’t forget to subscribe for more content coming soon.

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[andyjones]

Helpful video m8 been saving my rig components and hooks for years it all adds up when u break it down over 12 months 👍

[jasonwarwick]

With the renewal of you line, I highly recommend you bed your reel with 8lb mono using a line distance counter ( get off ebay for a few quid) leaving the spool 180m (200 yards) short. Then line your reel with your chosen line.

[aceamatol]

Good tips Simon, another one I'd like to add is the cost of heat shrink tube which is subject to a heavy Carp Tax.


A packet of standard, any make tube is say £3 ish, that works out at approx. £6 per metre.


I've just bought 45 metres of assorted diameters/colours for about £12, off an electrical warehouse online.
You can't get carpy olive green but it's good to try other colours apart from black, I think red and yellow will work just fine as a kicker :)

[MrMichael]

I’m glad it’s not just me that Recycle my end tackle I normally save it up for the winter so I have something to do when I’m not fishing.

[stephenmachin]

Thanks again something for everyone, stay safe.

[trevcornwall]

Big thumbs up on this one! Changed my mindset on a lot of things and given me some ideas on things I hadn't thought about before?! Cheers..

[garyguest]

Army surplus stores are always the best for clothing mate. Camo or non camo they have a great choice, it’s harder wearing than the tackle company’s clothes and very cheap too. Tight lines 👌🏻

[vinniehawksworth]

Excellent video some great tips, especially liked the line hack

[paullawrence]

Another great blog and useful tips Si, cheers for sharing mate! 👌👍👍

[chodders]

Great video! And the hacks was spot on mate. Syndicate part definitely caught my attention. There are to many day ticket venues these days. I'm on a syndicate and it's just 50 for the year and that gives me night and day fishing! But you was spot on with the cost of the day tickets. And there not always that easy either especially when you walk away from a 48h session where you dont catch ! Atleast with the syndicate you can walk away and come back when ever you want. And even prebait a spot. Thanks simon!

[frankrizzo]

tip number 8... spot on simon 👍 & a great vid, thanks 👍

[carpfanatic]

Hi Simon just turned my line around yesterday afternoon been doing this for yrs has saved me £££££££££s and packing foam I've got a bin full my friend owns a packing materials company happy day's 😉👍

[jackrevell]

Like the line idea I’ll be doing this next time

[dalesfishingadventures]

Carping know you personally then. ;) Nice touch. Keep the good work up Simon. PS I recycle my end tackle items....why wouldn't you???

[chromemutt]

Been using supermarket baits for donks, sweetcorn.broad beans etc + 25kg tiger nuts is really good value online use very low amounts of branded baits also good old breadcrumb groundbait is awesome my buzzers are 25 years old bought them new, rods 25 years have caught loads of fish up to 45lb

[CarpCrewScreamers]

Great video Simon, some really handy hacks on how to save some pennies especially when it can cost a fortune over a period of time.. Stay safe, tight lines and wet nets from all of us at the Carp Crew Screamers.. 🎣👍

[FatTony]

Getting sponsored in America is not working for me. So if any of you are. And have extra. Let me know. I will cover the freight. As always. Great watch!

[Keepingupwiththecarper]

Great vid. I do most of these as fish quite regularly. I’d say buy the quality of tackle most appropriate for the amount of fishing you do. If you realistically don’t fish much of the year and are more of a casual angler you don’t need top end gear. If you are out two or three times a week all year round in all conditions then you need more robust tackle. If you are the latter and can’t afford the best quality then buy the best you can afford. I researched all my tackle a long time before making purchases and selected good quality secondhand rods and reels. You can put a search on eBay and it notifies you when items are listed. I find buying tackle just before or after Christmas are the best times when there are bargains to be had. If looking at reels and need robust then look at Japanese manufacture. If looking for good quality rods then British manufacture carbon is good. There’s lots of good end tackle companies (e.g. Bank Tackle) that sell quality without the cost and have good after sales support. I buy leads in bulk from (e.g. Mark Payne leads) as it’s much cheaper than branded. I buy pva mesh in bulk bank holiday deals as much cheaper. Also tend to use running inline lead setup as much as possible. It works well for most situations and avoids the need to drop leads. I would just watch the packing nuggets as although some are manufactured from pva some some are corn starch and do melt but have very poor solubility. Only thing I would say is that day ticket lakes often hold a lot of very nice fish and not all invest in a lesser quality of fish. Often they have the revenue to invest in fish vs clubs and you do find some of the best carp in the country live in day tickets where they are well managed. That said I prefer low stock syndicates where there are few anglers and the fish are less pressured.

[toxteth]

Great vid Simon, next time your in Liverpool bring some on them pva nuggets you’ve got in the loft lol

[christopherwood]

You can always cut your pva nuggets in half lenght wise to double the number you have