whats the strangest thing you've caught with?

[aiming430]

i was talking to one of my mates that fishes a cyndicate down south and we were talking bait... now every summer he gets the fruit pastels out
(yes, the sweets) and they never fail him.

because I'm a relative newcomer to carp fishing this could be old news and a trick that everyone's tried but i thought it was interesting that a carp would take a bait like that!

.... so what's the strangest thing you've caught a carp on?

[mancity]

When I was a kid at roman Lakes on the small back-canal on a hot day, I caught a perch with a crow . They were rising for maggots being flicked in, so I flicked a greenie in and a perch came and swallowed it.

Not a carp, but a true story!

[solus]

I've not tried any out of the ordinary baits as of yet but I've read somewhere that a 40lb'er was once caught off the top on a cig butt

The strangest thing ive caught a carp on is hi-vis pop ups.
Lets face it, they are pretty strange, a super bright bait popped up 2inches above the lake bed.

[richk]

Mine was a campbells meat ball that fell out of the tin I was having for me tea on the bank and I have seen a Guy in France land a 60lb Catfish off a Mars Bar - Serious! reckons they love sweet stuff - Go Figure!

Originally Posted by richk

I have seen a Guy in France land a 60lb Catfish off a Mars Bar

Wow i never would of thought you could catch a catfish on a mars bar... Quality

[richk]

Originally Posted by joe1985

Wow i never would of thought you could catch a catfish on a mars bar... Quality

I know! I was gobsmacked..what he does is trim the chocolate off the sides and leaves the rest on! uses about an inch and a bit cube..Thought he was takin the Pi** until he reeled his other 2 rods in to rebait and there they were Mars Bars!

[kermit]

Once, when gutting a trout cought from my local trout river, my dad and I found a fruit pastille and a a big peice of yogurt pot

My best carp capture is a 6Ib common. I was playing a lively smal carp on my waggler rod, so lifted my margin leger rod out of the water to get it out of the way. Mty bait fell off during the process, leaving my bare hook dangling 6 inches in the lake. Took me a while to work out why the reel on my rod was backwinding like fury when I was unhooking the first fish.........

Mike.

[boiliebaron]

I havnt used much in the way of strange baits.. apart from cubed garlic caught a few but not much of any size. but there is a video on you tube of a bloke catching a pike on a carrot..

[Ginge]

Originally Posted by solus

I've not tried any out of the ordinary baits as of yet but I've read somewhere that a 40lb'er was once caught off the top on a cig butt

thats just bad angling though i think

Originally Posted by Ginge

thats just bad angling though i think

Why is that bad angling

[mancity]

Even if the ciggy came off the hook/ hair I doubt a carp would swallow it anyway

[Ginge]

Originally Posted by joe1985

Why is that bad angling

why because it the end off a cig is ****in hangin ano that i would want to take that if i were a carp anyway
and with all the **** the develops on the end is nasty then thats bein cast into a lake to catch a carp which we all love to catch
people go off there boxes on here wen they see a finger not quite right out off place when holding a carp but it think this is worst to be honest

Originally Posted by Ginge

why because it the end off a cig is ****in hangin ano that i would want to take that if i were a carp anyway
and with all the **** the develops on the end is nasty then thats bein cast into a lake to catch a carp which we all love to catch
people go off there boxes on here wen they see a finger not quite right out off place when holding a carp but it think this is worst to be honest

Fair enough but i personally dont think it would do the carp any harm.
Some people might think different though.

[Sharper Carper]

Ive had loads of litttle F1 carp on the float rod on little tiny chunks of quality street on the hook once...The toffee ones were the best