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what you will need for basic marker float / feature finding setup

1 x carp marker float
2 x carp rubber shock beads
1 x 2oz+ lead

BASIC CARP FISHING MARKER FLOAT SETUP for finding under water features.

how to set it all up
right first up slide your lead onto your mainline the size is up to you but i suggest a 2 1/2 oz lead or more.
now thread on 1 or 2 rubber shock beads these are for trying to cut down the tangles and to make sure the swivel on the marker float dont snag on the knot or lead now tie your marker float on.

all done.


WEEDY MARKER FLOAT SETUP

heres what you need.

1 x marker float.
1 x a piece of line around 18 inches long.
1 x small swivel.
1 x cork ball.
1 x 2oz+ lead.

1. tie on a lead to your piece of loose line.


2. now thread on a cork ball with a baiting needle.


3. now tie a swivel onto the other end of line so the total length from lead to swivel is 12 inches.


4. now slide the cork ball over the swivel so just 1 eye is showing.


5. part 1 finished.



6. now thread the swivel (seperate piece of line with the lead attatched) onto your mainline.

7. now thread a bead onto your mainline.


8. now tie a marker float onto the end of your mainline.





FEATURE FINDING : THE ART OF FINDING UNDERWATER FEATURES some times on larger waters it isnt as easy as just casting to a island or just under a bush in the margins as banks dont allways contain vegetation for cover so you need to know what the lake bed is like out in front of your swim so you can stand a resonable chance of finding a carp patrol route.
marginal shelfs are a great place to pick up a few carp and finding them is easy heres a few tips on what to look out for.
you should start casting to the left or right of your swim and work your way across to the opposite side of your swim checking depths.
just cast out as far as you can and as the lead aproaches the area past where you want to fish lightly tap your index finger on the spool to slow the lead down so your lead enters the water on a tight line.
when the lead hits the lake bed you want to feel the vibration through the rod to indicate what the lake bed is made of.
if its a solid/tap when it lands its gravel or sand if you dont feel much its probably silt.
when doing this dont look at the lake look at the floor and try and picture the bottom.
as you pull the marker float back to you by raising your rod slowly over head youl feel the lead tight against the lake bed as it moves along you will feel a steady resistance or mabe tapping.
if you feel tapping its gravel you can roughly tell how big the stones are on the bottom as the lead slides over them.
some times theres big mussle beds they also feel like big stones spread out a bit but watch your line because theyl close if tapped and might grab the line or lead.
if its sand you will will feel it running along the bottom smoothly or if its soft silt or clay you will feel it sliding but with more resistace but this depends on how thick the silt/clay is.
when you feel different area`s like when silt patches hit gravel try raising your marker float, you should let a foot of line out at a time by pulling line from the spool with either your baitrunner set lightly or using your clutch untill you see your float this will tell you how deep that spot is.
you should repeat this all the way in


when you find gravel you will be able to tell how big the gravel patch is or if its a bar you will feel it as you come up the back of it. you will notice that it pulls back a bit untill you hit the top of the bar and the leads not pulling back but this depends on how steep the bars are when at the top raise your marker float and see how deep it is

as you go over the bar youl generaly feel the line go slacker as it rolls over and falls down the other side now raise your float again ,is it deeper than the other side?whas it a gravel bar or was it the marginal shelf? if theres weed itl feel snaggy and youl need to pull harder till the lead pulls through if its just clumps of weed itl be the same but less presure is needed to pull it out and then you might feel gravel or silt patches then mabe odd clumps of weed if the bottom is covered in silk weed you will find your marker float wont rise to the surface or you will find it tangled around your rig when you reel in sometimes the carp wise up to suspiciously placed baits like right in the center of a bar or gravel patch try the find the gravel then pull back slowly till you just feel silt then leave it there so the leads in the silt but the baits on gravel or 12 inches onto the silt which is where they generaly start to feed like eating from the side of the plate. youve just got to find the most likely feeding spots .


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