Sweetcorn

[MrMatthew]

When I first into fishing about 18 months ago, I caught a few really nice tench on a carp type set up using sweetcorn and rubber sweetcorn on a hair rig.

Since then I have put sweetcorn in groundbait to good effect but have not caught anything else on sweetcorn, either hair rigged or on the hook under the float......

So is sweetcorn a good bait? Am I doing something worng? what species should I be expecting??

Any hints??

[anglerpaul]

I have always found sweetcorn a good all round bait.
Have caught most species of fish on it, even small gudgeon, and roach. The sweetcorn almost as big as the fish. I have found it works better in the summer months. Many people have told me its not a winter bait.
I dont your doing anything wrong mate. One day you will have a good day using it, and you will be using it more.

[Andrew Burgess]

I tend to used the Jolly Green Gaint sweetcorn as in my veiw they are better, just the right sizes and very sweet as well, perfect for hookbait.

I also buy the cheaper sweetcorn for loose bait.

I don't think you are doing anything wrong Matthew as it can sometimes work and sometine it don't work.

[Carpy]

Yes i use sweetcorn a lot, on most fishing trips in the summer.
Good for catching most species of fish.
is that your new name Andrew the [glow=green,2,300]Jolly Green Gaint [/glow] ;D
But your right mate it works the best for me too.

[Andrew Burgess]

admin said:

is that your new name Andrew the [glow=green,2,300]Jolly Green Gaint [/glow] ;D

;D ;D

[Stu]

MrM,
One of the best tactics for catching match-sized carp in winter is to fish the bomb with a piece or two of sweetcorm on the hook/hair-rig and keep casting it around the swim looking to intercept the odd fish from here and there. The odd bit about this method is that you feed nothing, not a single grain.

Trust me, it works once it gets c-c-c-cold!

Stu

[MrMatthew]

I will try that soon then!

[dace]

I found sweetcorn a good all round bait.
Have fished many times with a tin of sweetcorn, as the only bait. Had some great results last week using some baits i haven't used for years. I fished on the Severn at Holt fleet, i had maggots and sweetcorn.
I want to the only shop for miles around, to get some and the lady serving, asked me if i was stopping in one of the caravans on the site. I said no just fishing, with that she went off.
And come back with a lump of cheese, this is what you need £1.59 of the best cheese i have ever purchased. I had a great day.
Chub after chub, not big but great sport.
Cheese is it me or is it a old bait.

[Stu]

In this era of pellets, pellets and pellets, everything else seems old. Fortunately fish, particularly chub, are not fashion conscious and will eat most things. I still get a few out of the Kennet on steak (cheap fatty stuff I should add!) fished over mince in a cage feeder.

[colinblack]

Some great information lads.
I don't use sweetcorn myself much, because around Coventry i fish Croombe Abbey and pool by Ryton near the Peugeot factory.
We catch Bream, Tench, Carp the main fish, and fish with what is catching them.
I will have to give the sweetcon ago, and keep it my secret bait in a match.

[Andrew Burgess]

Colinblack welcome the LPAA website. Yes give sweetcorn a go it really works well for the bream at Commbe Abbey especially with a redworm cocktail.

When using sweetcorn for the first time just wait patiently for a positive bite especially from tench and carp, and for the bream it can be hard to detect the bream bite as I would go for a target board to see the detect bites.

[BUDGIE]

Despite preffering worm over bread crumb groundbait I have had a couple of big catches of big bream on just sweetcorn. It can hold large shoals of big bream quite well as instead of just hoovering up the groundbait they have to root around a bit more if you spread it out a bit. For big bream on gravel pits I like to put in ten cans of corn (cheapest avaiable!) each evening and fish over it with a size 8 hook loaded with 3 grains of corn.For hook bait I prefer Green Giant as well.I find,the same as Andrew,that the size is better and also the grains are firmer than cheaper brands.

For Tench I have found it very good on most waters.Carp of all sizes love it.Been used for a long time now and must rate as one of the most sucsessfull particle baits of all time.

Used to be regarded as a "summer" bait but it works just as well in winter on the commercial type waters.

It is also easily dyed when you want to ring the changes.You can also buy it ready dyed and flavoured in tackle shops.

Interestingly it is often taken by predators like Perch and Eels! This is most likely because it is very high in an Amino Acid called Lysine which preds (and all fish for that matter!) find very attractive.

[colinblack]

Andrew i am very happy to be a member.
And Budgie's last post sounds like me. worm over bread crumb groundbait. That is normally the deal.
Got a compost heap in the garden and the wife sorts out the bait for me. But i will be trying out sweetcorn soon. Thanks