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Nice result! This is pretty much always my tactic. Fish for a bite at a time. I use a PVA bag on the hook with a few crushed boilies, some stick mix and some pellets. I'll occasionally throw in a couple of handfuls of bolies over the top, but mostly I don't.
In fairness though filling a swim in with bait can work on occasions. Particularly if there aren't many features to cast at, the pile of bait effectively becoming the feature.
EB
ModernCarpAngler came out to play last Thursday. I didn't hear him arrive on a point swim 250 yards from me, but I sure as hell heard him set up.
Repeated thwack of NashLumphammer: banksticks in.
Ditto: 2 man marquee erected.
Fadosh of marker float for 30mins.
Kersplash of spod for 1hr 5mins.
17 casts (I counted) to get 3 rods out. Clearly either using 5oz leads, or grenades.
I noticed the water level rise with the amount of bait that went in. If the guy had bombarded Mariupol the siege would have been over in a day.
On Friday he came round to chat, admitting to blanking and probably leaving his lines out.
I wasn't about to tell him that I had 5 carp overnight, biggest 24.8. My approach? 150 baits pinged to 45 yards with a catapult, 3 casts, 30 bait top up for each fish caught.
I might fish his swim tomorrow, the ModernCarp should have recovered from concussion and returned by then.
No pictures, sorry, I don't retain fish caught at night for photos.