15mm Boilies are great for using with small particle baits and can be deadly when mixed with pellet in a PVA bag. They also provide a large spread of scattered feed compared to big baits and are especially useful in building up your swim with lots of food items. Fishing 15mm boilies tends to create fish feeding activity with lots of different species competing for food, this activity tends to bring the big carp quickly to the spot, but the unwanted nuisance species can eat your bait too so you may need to upgrade to 18mm boilie.
Hook Size 8 or 10 for 15mm boilies
18mm Boilies are the most popular boilie size to fish carp with and if you're in doubt what size boilie to use then we recommend starting with this one. A Snowman rig requires an 18mm bottom boilie and a 15mm Pop-up. Only large nuisance coarse fish can get 18mm boilies in their mouth. If your water has too many other non carp species taking your 18mm boilies then we suggest fishing 22mm boilie.
Hook Size 4 or 6 for 18mm boilies
22mm Boilies are the preferred size to eradicate nuisance fish taking your hook bait and allows the boilies to stay on the spot uneaten until the larger residence of the water arrive to feed. Another unique option when wanting to fish large baits is to use a 28mm boilie.
Hook Size 4 for single and multiple 22mm boilies
28mm Boilies are the largest in the Ocean Fresh range. They were created for anglers who target monster carp and wanted no nuisance fish problems of any sort. Hair rigging two or three 28mm boilies is commonly used on massive lakes and reservoirs where 30lb carp are considered as nuisance fish. Extreme carp anglers fishing lakes like Chantecoq Du Der, The Orient and Cassien have used this approach in order to catch monster carp in weights of 60lb plus and 180lb catfish.
Hook Size 2 for 28mm boilies
15mm 18mm 22mm and 28mm Boilies
In order to catch big, clever carp you must get them to make a mistake. One way to do this is to fish and feed multiple sizes so the carp can not single out the hook bait. You can hair-rig three baits together for a presentation the carp has never come across or by putting 15mm & 18mm into a PVA bag and choosing one of these as the hook bait will trick the carp. Another option would be to feed 18mm and fish 22mm. There is no right or wrong method, simply experiment you're feeding and hook bait sizes until you find what works best for you. This will enable you to understand carp feeding patterns and give you the confidence to catch with many different options of presenting the boilies.