3 tips that will catch you carp this Autumn

This area of the lake can come into its own at this time of year. With the prevailing wind usually now cooler than the water temperature, the usual draw of a fresh wind can be lost. The back of the wind offers a stable temperature, and decreased undertow and will also benefit from no ripple, helping make the most of the weak autumn sunshine. This is a great time to explore these areas, a little and often baiting approach can often lead to a string of captures. I can remember some fantastic Autumn carp fishing of the back of the prevailing wind, I love this time of year!

This is a fantastic tactic that will increase the biological value of your boilies. Liquid food and food-based dips are a quick and easy way to do this. A word of warning here. I would be very sceptical about some of the food dips that I have seen on the market. The clear/see-through variety tends to be just simple glycerine-based dips that are dyed, these are very poor for attraction but very good at making a profit! Please do a little homework on your chosen dip/liquid food and if in doubt call the supplier in question and ask questions. A simple way to add liquid is to simply pour over your free bait the night before. This will allow the liquid to soak into the boilies so that the liquid will slowly leak out that important ‘eat me’ signal once out in the lake.  The addition of food-based liquids will undoubtedly catch you more fish but you can also increase your chances by adding some oil. Adding oil will have two benefits, firstly the oil will rise up through the water column dragging some of the other, more soluble liquids with it. This will create a column of attraction over your baited area. Deadly! There are some very good supermarket liquids that should not be overlooked. The humble marmite is a superb product and very attractive to carp. This has scored well in my own tank tests and can be watered down slightly to make it more user-friendly. Great product.