Creating a Feeding Spot
Marcel Dolderman | Tips & TricksI will share my experience on how to create a bait spot. There are a few important points to consider:
Important Considerations for your Bait Spot
- Where will you fish? A lake, canal, pond, river, or polder?
- Is it a new spot or is it already heavily fished?
- How large is the fish population in the water?
- In which months do you want to fish? Consider water temperature and seasonal influences.
The Food Supply of the Water
- What is the natural food supply in the water?
- Is there a chance someone else will also fish at the same spot?
It’s important to avoid double feeding and not become known as a ‘spot poacher’.
Budget and Time
- What can you spend on boilies, pigeon feed, tiger nuts, etc.?
- Do you have enough time to create and maintain a bait spot?
- Do not feed at fixed times and vary the bait. This usually results in catching more carp.
If you want to do it right, it takes both time and money. These are the main factors to consider.
The Feeding Process
Once you’ve chosen your spot and know enough about the water, you can start feeding. In the summer months, I feed a new spot with particles like pigeon feed, corn, boilies, and tiger nuts.
Adjusting Bait for the Carp
I often add some flavor to the particles. For example, with sweet boilies, I use a sweet flavor like ‘Sweet Tutti’. I also add some half boilies so the carp can get used to the bait. Particles should taste good, but not better than the boilies; otherwise, carp will only go for the particles.
Building up Boilies
Throw your boilies at random spots in the water. Five spots per location are usually enough to give the carp confidence in the boilies and your bait spot.
Three-day Feeding Strategy
As an example, I feed for three days before fishing and actually fish on the fourth day:
- Day 1: 1 kg particles + a handful of boilies per spot/rod
- Day 2: 750 g particles + slightly more than a handful of boilies
- Day 3: same as day 2
- Day 4: fishing
Supplementary Feeding while Fishing
On the fourth day, I feed slightly more boilies than particles. If the carp accept the bait spot, I maintain the spot by regularly feeding particles and extra boilies. You can always deviate from this and eventually switch to only boilies.
Good luck with your bait spot and enjoy fishing!
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- Boilies
- Carp food supply
- Creating a feeding spot
- Determining feeding strategy
- Feeding at which water temperature
- feeding boilies
- Feeding on a canal
- Feeding on a lake
- feeding on a pond
- feeding particles
- Holding a feeding session
- How much should I feed?
- How to feed
- Spot hoggers
I have been fishing all my life, but the carp bug started around when I was sixteen, in the western part of the country where I was born. I was less active in fishing for a few years, but the passion runs where it cannot be suppressed. Fishing truly brings me peace, being out in nature, and feeling the adrenaline rush when the bite alarm goes off. Besides carp fishing, I enjoy experimenting with everything related to carp fishing.