# @brothercarp on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd3jLUtG6c3
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71464488-brothercarp-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-29T10:31:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jamie Bellhouse (@brothercarp) — https://gondola.cc/brothercarp

## Caption

What happens to a carp's appetite the week the lake drops from nine degrees to seven?
It falls off a step, not a slope. Under about seven or eight degrees a carp's metabolism slows right down, and by six they're taking a tiny fraction of what they ate in the warm. Still feeding, still very catchable, but on a fraction of the food.
Which changes what goes in. A July sized bed of bait sits there working against you now, and a handful with a hookbait they can actually find is the whole approach. I'd rather put in too little and top up than watch a bed of boilies go off on a spot for two days.
And carry a thermometer. It's the one bit of kit that tells you which week you're actually in, because nine is not seven and seven is not six.
#carpfishing #carpfishinguk #autumncarping #carpangler #brothercarp

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carpfishinguk, autumncarping, carpfishing, carpangler, brothercarp

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