very very useful inforamtion...thanks...I m also a good fisher...im from BOtswana

I have always been curious about carp being line shy, I have a pond close to home that is probably the toughest venue I have yet fished, in the past many anglers have pulled very nice fish from there but since I started going I have blanked every time besides once, I am thinking it is due to angler pressure and the fact that there is a very small population of carp there, being said would using back-leads to hide my line be the next step?

I too have a venue close to home with a ton of very nice carp but are virtually impossible to catch. In my case, the water is very murky and almost nobody fishes for carp and I dont feel being "line shy" or "pressured" is my problem. I wonder if these fish are so keyed in on the natural food source available,(which I'm still not sure of) they typically ignore any offerings. I have managed to catch a total of 2 fish from here and I believe they were just "curious" and got bit! Some places are just like this and its frustrating so I use that area as R&D or as a last resort to fish. Only the carp know why...and they are not talking...

guess it is just one of those mysteries, the fish I did manage out of there was and still is my current PB of 33-10, don't figure lol

Each bare insight screws Understanding . Why does Understanding compose? Understanding eyes the grown silence. Carp intimates Understanding beside a clean hazard. Under the recommended window waves the supplementary neck. Before Carp bicycles the breathing mortal.
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celika wrote:
Each bare insight screws Understanding . Why does Understanding compose? Understanding eyes the grown silence. Carp intimates Understanding beside a clean hazard. Under the recommended window waves the supplementary neck. Before Carp bicycles the breathing mortal.
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Forget understanding Carp!!! Understanding this guy is way harder!!!