Where will the carp be at this time?

CAN I expect to catch carp shallow now it’s warmer?

Gary Mannings, Leicester

ON A warm spring day it’s likely that carp will feed up in the of water. The challenge is in finding exactly where they are.

So start by setting your rig a foot off bottom and then loosefeed two or three pellets or maggots each time.

Give this depth 15 or so minutes to see if you get any indications. Either you will get no bites, you’ll catch, or you’ll get knocks on the pole float or waggler that don’t result in hooked fish.

If you catch, then carry on at this depth but if the other two scenarios occur it’s time to come shallower. Slide the float up the line by 6ins, and fish and feed for another 10 or 15 minutes. Keep up this regime of shallowing up until you hook fish.

All things being equal, you should have found the depth that the fish are feeding at when you do hook one.