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Find the right place!
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Let the carp show you where to fish!
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Trust in proven and tested tactics.
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Prepare for this before you go hunting.
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Keep it simple and straightforward.
Carp fishing is neither rocket science nor witchcraft.
Even though carp anglers always like to try out the craziest and most sophisticated strategies and tactics, it can quickly become confusing for many beginners, especially at the beginning!
To avoid this problem , we would like to give you the following 5 golden tips right at the beginning, so that you too can succeed with your first (big) carp!
1. Find the right place for your carp fishing session.
Choosing the right spot to fish successfully for carp is one of the most important points of all!
A place where there are no fish, or where the fish simply do not feed, will bring you little to no catches
So, it is best to choose your spot not based on whether you can sit there comfortably, but rather on whether carp are there and feeding there.
Distinctive and often promising spots are weed fields, water lilies, overhanging trees, edges on the bottom of the water, plateaus or back currents and current edges (in the river).
Anything that the carp can use to find protection and cover, but also food such as snails, worms, mussels, etc.
Once you have found such a spot, everything else is only half as difficult!
We would now recommend that you pre-feed the area with some food for 1 - 3 days.
Don't worry! We're not talking about kilos of boilies, particles, etc.!
No, 2 - 3 handfuls of a good and high-quality boilie are completely sufficient and can work wonders !
2. Let the carp show you where to fish!
One of the simplest but probably most promising tips ever!
Always be on the lookout for bottom-feeding, rolling or jumping carp.
If you see something like this, you should not hesitate and definitely put one of your rods there!
Wherever you can see carp on the surface of the water, you can be sure that they are feeding there! 
3. Trust in proven and tested tactics.
If you hear from other carp anglers that certain strategies or tactics work particularly well on your target water, then do not hesitate to adopt and use them.
This way you can save a lot of time and fish much more effectively!
Just chat with the other anglers on your waters.
Many carp anglers will be happy to give you their tips and tricks and help you catch your first (big) carp.
Above all, they often know exactly what works particularly well or not at all on that body of water!
4. Prepare yourself before you go hunting.
Good preparation is half the battle!
Always have your fishing equipment perfectly prepared at home so that you can start fishing straight away when the weather is good or you have time to fish.
Don't start thinking about your strategy and tactics until you're on the water (assuming you already know the place or know something about it!)
Always have a few different rigs tied up with you so that you can react and act in different situations as quickly as possible!
5. Keep it simple and straightforward.
Thanks to the Internet and social media, we anglers now have access to an almost infinite amount of information on how we can fish even more successfully.
However, this does not always have to be a good thing!
Many carp anglers, both beginners and professionals, often feel quite overwhelmed or overwhelmed by all the information and options available today for targeted carp fishing.
We therefore recommend that you keep it simple and straightforward!
Don't lug around loads of tackle and baits that will only hinder you or make you inflexible when fishing, allowing you to change locations quicker and easier.
Use rigs and baits that have proven themselves and have successfully persuaded countless fish to come ashore!
If you follow these 5 simple tips, nothing will stand in the way of you catching your first (big) carp!
My team and I wish you lots of fun and success!
See you soon,
Thomas from PCT-fishing
