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Six feeder tips for fishing to islands

Andy May shares his advice for targeting islands on commercial fisheries

by Angling Times |

Published on7th May 2021 at 2.50pm

AS the water warms up the fishing gets better and better – and nothing beats casting a feeder on the money up to an island and seeing the tip wrenched round!

Here's some tips for fishing to islands...

Bright hookbait

In clear water a stand-out hookbait gets you more bites. A 5mm yellow Wowser will catch everything. For bigger carp, use a 7mm or 9mm size.

Bright hookbait

Mix up your pellets

I like to have a mix of pellets. A 40/60 split of 2mm Dynamite Sweet F1 and Original Amino pellets adds colour and flavour and binds well to the feeder.

Mix up your pellets

Speed things up

I use a bait spike with Wowsers. It speeds baiting up and catches me more fish. Compared to using a band, results are miles better!

Speed things up

Match feeder to slope

Where the gradient is shallow a 24g Method feeder is ample to stay put. A lighter feeder makes little noise and has less chance of spooking fish.

Match feeder to slope

Give pellets a squirt!

To the water used to soak the pellets I add Dynamite Baits’ Chocolate Orange liquid, eight capfuls per bag of pellets. Be careful not to overdo it.

Give pellets a squirt!

Be in and out quickly

As things warm up, the time between casts is shortened.

I aim for five to eight minutes, but less if I am getting plenty of bites and indications.

Be in and out quickly

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