Creating a Feeding Spot

I’ll share my experience about how to create a feeding spot. There are a few points you need to consider.

Where will you fish? In a lake, canal, pit, river, or polder?
Is it a new fishing spot or is it already heavily fished?
What’s the fish population density in the water?
And in which months of the year do you want to fish, as water temperatures vary.

The Food Supply

What’s the natural food supply in that water?
Is there a chance someone else might fish in that spot?

It’s not ideal to have double feeding or to be labeled as a spot hogger.

Money is also Important.

How much can you spend on buying boilies, pigeon feed, tiger nuts, etc?
And do you have enough time to create and maintain a feeding spot?
Don’t feed at fixed times. Feed with variety! This usually results in catching more carp.

If you want to do it right, it will take quite a few hours and money. These are roughly the most important factors to consider.

Finding a good feeding spot and determining your feeding strategy is half the battle

Once you’ve made your spot choice and know enough about the water you’ll be fishing in, you can start feeding. If you’re creating a feeding spot in summer months at a new location, feed with particles (pigeon feed, corn, boilies, tiger nuts).

What I usually do is add some flavor to the particles. When fishing with sweet boilies, add a sweet flavor to your particles too, like ‘Sweet Tutti’. Also add some halved boilies to your particles. This helps the carp get used to the bait. The particles should taste good, but not better than the boilies, otherwise they’ll mostly go for the particles instead of the boilies.

It’s useful to throw some of the boilies you’ll be fishing with in random spots in the water. About five is enough. This helps the carp build trust in the boilie and your feeding spot.

Let’s assume we’re feeding for three days and fishing on the fourth day. What I do is feed one kilo of particles and a handful of boilies on the first day (per spot, per rod). The next day I feed 750 grams of particles and a bit more than a handful of boilies (per rod). Day three I do the same. Day four you go fishing.

Now use more boilies than particles. When you have success at your feeding spot, you can maintain it. I personally keep feeding with particles and more boilies, though opinions vary on this, but this tactic works for me. You can always deviate from this. Then switch to only boilies.

Good luck!

Marcel Dolderman

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.