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I will continue to experiment and find new ways to swing the odds in my favor while bank fishing. I seem to catch a higher number of buffalo. My niche in carp fishing seems to be catching small-mouth buffalo. I've heard people say it's bad luck to watch the rods while bottom fishing for carp, but I'm someone who likes to watch my rods and I feel it's helped put more small-mouth buffalo in the net as a result. When I first started catching them it was quite accidental. Most of the time I find a smallmouth buffalo on the hook. I don't usually grab the rod and set the hook with every little bump, but if I have watched for a while and notice the line tightening and loosening 2 or 3 times in a short period I try to pick up the rod and reel in some line.
I feel the longer they hold it without a hook set, the more chances they will "leave" without being caught. It's quite possible that the fish is hooked, but still sitting there content to "hold" the bait. It may seem like a fish is "bumping" the pack bait, but in reality it may be a small-mouth buffalo "mouthing" the bait.
Buffalo sometimes "mouth" a bait for 10, 15 or even 30 minutes. Buffalo very seldom ever take a bait and run with it, so you usually have to "set the hook". Buffalo bite very, very lightly on the bait, so you have to detect bites when they occur. Let me repeat.watch your rods closely. Make some boilies from habernero, jalapeno or serrano peppers. Use baits with "hot" characteristics such as chili powder, hot pepper, hot sauce, etc. Target bodies of water with confirmed populations of fish.