Attila Forbauer has just had the carp session of a lifetime, landing 50 over 40lb and six over 60lb – all on feeder gear!
He hit the headlines last autumn with a carp of 72lb caught on similar tackle, and he’s just returned from Croatia’s Lake Tribalj, where he had his latest momentous haul. His love of using competition-style tactics to target specimen carp has been inspired by the catch rate of match anglers.
“I used 4.2m feeder rods with 75g Preston Innovations ICS feeders, loaded with 2mm pellets and groundbait, and 10mm wafter hookbaits. Casting 110m-130m out, bites came regularly over the 10-day trip," he said.
“Local anglers advised me to prebait and fish conventional carp tactics, but I decided to search for fish, regularly recasting and introducing small piles of feed through the feeder."
“The biggest fish weighed 68lb and gave me an indifferent fight, and I only realised what a giant it was when it surfaced,” he added
Attila’s approach may be unusual in the UK, but on the Continent he’s seeing more and more anglers fish in a similar way.
“Targeting these monsters with light tackle is very popular in Europe,” he explained.
“I see more anglers using only Method feeders every year.”
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