A Spring Carp Fishing Session With Mark Pitchers (including how to use the Washing Line Trick)

[@andrewwright6172]

Nice looking fish, what a perfect mornings sport nice one. 🎣

[@seabassmastermatt80]

That is a 😎 linear for sure 👏🏼

[@craigcameron3607]

Great video mark as always 👍

[@justluvfishinguk]

Awesome buddy

[@jakerowan7161]

Awsome video buddy. I shall be incorporating that into my fishing arsenal. 🎣

[@MartynsAnglingAdventures]

Nice one guys!

[@bredzu_8260]

prevent your line being through the whole lake

[@Ericcartman666]

When do long sessions are there any instances when you'd consider wearing white underpants as opposed to more stain friendly ones, ie brown or black..

[@MrFlixibu]

keeping your leader with hookbait on whilest smashing it into the opposite bank...what a pro xD

[@MarkPitchers]

I knew someone would make this comment... If you control the cast and feather the lead down rather than drilling it into the earth’s core, then the lead just gently comes to rest on the ground and the hook and hooklink are fine. But if you’re not a competent enough a caster to do this, or if the bank you’re landing on is rocky or gravelly and not the soft mud I was casting on then yes you should be taking the rig off to avoid damage. I still always check the hook point every time though just in case.

[@RKMFISHING]

excellent my friend 💝💝

[@rolandsmith2141]

Bloody hilarious theres gonna be some proper rucks using this method

[@dralla2639]

It’s hardly a new method

[@caturpriyantokuncir]

josss mantab master... salam dari indonesia🙏🙏

[@mcarpcarpfishing]

Great Great Video 🔥🔥🔥💪

[@kailpancing85]

big fish bro..👏👏

[@byronnicholson1913]

Terry hearn trick he even used to put mud of the lake bed around the weight to disquise it

[@theohastings2118]

Is there something I can use instead of a bobbin to hold the line?

[@adamk5585]

Clothes peg

[@trigger4616]

Elastic bands

[@hashtagger8694]

Are you not allowed to fish the swims on the other bank?

[@hashtagger8694]

@@GDJ_R1 asking a serious question about whether the other bank is now out of bounds makes me a Karen? Do the Internet a favour and google the definition of things before you post them.

[@diveactive]

How is your own lake doping Mark?

[@Jammysandwedge88]

Be anglers with leads in their heads all over the country 🤣🤣

[@SUNXV1]

Call me stupid if you like Mark, but why not just cast the lead over and then put the rig on? Makes sense to me to avoid damaging it.

[@chili19823]

Exactly what I have been doing for years !

[@grahamejames4835]

And feature find with the rig on too, way to blunt the hook!

[@chili19823]

@@grahamejames4835 and the other pain in the arse is you cast over onto the bank and the lead sinks deep in the mud and you can't get it out 🤣

[@chili19823]

@@GDJ_R1 who knows it could be camera 📷 trickery 🤣

[@SUNXV1]

@@GDJ_R1 He doesn't say otherwise!!

[@jakethompson1847]

The lake what I fish on the Canadian geese and swans would take that out

[@LiamJProduction]

Great video but why drop the lead every time?

[@j16mol]

Seems like a good method that, but why would you cast that over to the far bank with your rig on?

[@bredzu_8260]

ye would normally take the rig off, Mark probs not worried tho

[@bredzu_8260]

@@GDJ_R1 he didn't, I'm saying that's what most people would do. Maybe Mark isn't bothered because his casting is so good.

[@malcolmfunnell4501]

Very carpy The washing line , fish off the other bank to do margin fishing 👍

[@MarkPitchers]

I’d rather put distance between myself and the fish where possible, instead of setting up directly on top of them.

[@malcolmfunnell4501]

Night fishing 👍

[@mountstevens8688]

With boilies

[@dogfish180]

Stock ponds? OMG! what has happened to angling in the UK? Sad

[@010JRock010]

🤣😂

[@MARTINORMANCV]

Our club rules would never allow an angler with a baited hook in the water and not being next to your rod. Sod’s law you set up a rig like that and it roars off whilst you’re making your way back and the fish could get snagged. Margins by nature are where most snags are. Either cast to the margin or drop it next to your swim.

[@Divingbigpete]

Not a popular lake then?? Every lake within 20 miles of me booked up a month in advance

[@audis8v102]

Netherlands number bord in back and english on the front xD

[@blablabla5113]

I really hope your kidding, especially when your username is a car...

[@carptalkofficial]

Swans be like 👀👀

[@martyndavies4159]

Why would you cast your rig over lol absolutely crazy 🤣

[@MarkPitchers]

What’s so crazy about casting a lead just 20 yards over to a patch of soft mud where the lead will take the impact and the rig/hook point won’t be damaged? If you feather the cast down rather than drilling it into the earth’s core, then the lead just gently comes to rest on the ground and the hook and hooklink are fine. But if you’re not a proficient enough caster to do this, or you’re casting greater distances, or onto hard ground then yes you should be taking the rig off to avoid damage. PS; I still always check the hook point every time though

[@andrewrush5125]

Surely this is illegal, as soon as you put your hook bait in you're fishing, but no where near your rods. Aren't you supposed to be within a certain distance form your rods if they're in the water?

[@nate8551]

Correct Andrew this practice should not be encouraged

[@MarkPitchers]

@@nate8551 I like to thing anglers can practice common sense in this situation, and deem what is too far to be away from their rods. At my own fishery I recommend this tactic as a way of presenting a bait to very pressured line shy fish.

[@010JRock010]

So apart from the washing line and how not to cast to the far bank, what dose this video actually show?

[@Divingbigpete]

How to be the only angler on the lake maybee

[@MarkPitchers]

Well, it’s shown that a lot of people watching this are incapable of feathering a cast and gently dropping a rig on the far bank, and that they are way too paranoid about blunting their hooks..

[@MarkPitchers]

@@Divingbigpete you mean the only angler apart from the other angler who was there..

[@010JRock010]

@@MarkPitchers ohh salty 😉, look I don’t for one minute think I’m at your level. But surly it makes sense to take the rig off, takes a matter of seconds to remove and put back on. I’ve seen many top anglers remove the rig before casting to the far bank.

[@MarkPitchers]

@@010JRock010 if I’m casting further (it was only 20 yards in this instance) or landing on hard or stony/rocky ground then I would have removed the rig first, but there was no need in this instance 😊

[@davidross1502]

How many people are going to cast in the trees lol. Not for me I would like to see the scientific evidence of casting to that area, apose to the washing line trick. Each to there own. Good fishing though.

[@Divingbigpete]

Unfortunately for the rest of us we wouldn't have the lake closed off just for us so somebody would be fishing to where ur casting so this method is pretty much useless for the normal angler

[@Divingbigpete]

Just saying when was the last time you could cast to the far bank and fish this style??exactly so its not realy a method many average and not privileged to a closed off lake anglers can use

[@MarkPitchers]

The area I was fishing was my swims water.

[@Divingbigpete]

What if someone wanted to fish from the swim 10 ft to the left of where you placed your rig then surely that margin would be theres not yours??

[@MarkPitchers]

@@Divingbigpete I fish this tactic a lot over the course of a season, on day ticket waters and syndicate lakes, there’s frequently opportunities to do it. There was only one other angler on the lake and no more anglers booked on. I’m sure people can use their common sense on when this tactic can and cannot be applied.

[@Divingbigpete]

You would be gutted to find at 5am someone setting up 10ft from your spot ruining all that effort

[@davidhill9375]

Mouth like a fly

[@MarkPitchers]

Catchphrase like Jimmy Savil.