Deadbait rigs

[rbar86]

Gents,

Whats everyones favourite deadbeat rigs when bank fishing?
Ive been using one rod on float ledgered bottom bait and one on a ledgered fox kebab pop up with little success so far.

Thanks

[owen k]

You're not doing anything wrong.Just keep moving,keep trying different baits.
Try suspended baits just roving around at different depths.
I always throw lures around as well. I'm sure lots of follows have led to fish picking up baits.

[Jason Skilton]

You're not doing anything wrong.Just keep moving,keep trying different baits.
Try suspended baits just roving around at different depths.
I always throw lures around as well. I'm sure lots of follows have led to fish picking up baits.

+1

Also if you have the wind on you back abit of drifter fishing if on a still water....or trot a bait on the river....

But most importantly enjoy it!

[Timmy1]

Yer enjoy it and just keep thinking, good luck mate.

[Fenlandesox]

as aboove nothing wrong. when im searching around i tend to have one ledger and one suspended that i twitch around, trot or lay on the bottom in the margins. then you cant really do anything more except use livebaits

[murkey]

As what most have said already, main thing is move around, sitting and waiting makes piking very slow, unlike carp you need to go to the them..

[Jason Skilton]

Try one on one bottom and a suspended bait.......

[Rob_Iasgair]

Best rigs in the world won't catch if the pike are not there.

If you are not catching, try other swims, different ranges etc. Very often you get a take within 15 minutes of casting. If I have not caught in that time I move my ledgered baits.

I always fish a roving float, letting the wind swing it around my swim.

[Marty McD]

As mentioned already in above posts, one on ledgered and one suspended float is my usual set-up.

By far the float set-up has been the most successful for me.

Marty

[Kevin O'Keeffe]

Interesting marty... in the river or still waters too.

Suspended deads are largely ignored unless being twitched back in my local waters. In the river however the movement is imparted by the flow and it work well.

[Marty McD]

Both Kevin,
On rivers I hook the baits head first and let the flow move bait move down the swim.
On still waters generally hook tail first unless it is windy when I will use same technique as river set-up.

Key is to constantly change depth and search out the water columns.