Don’t put too much bait in at first when fishing your chosen swim, a small scattering of boilies plus a PVA bag with broken boilies attached to your rig will do.

Use backleads.

Don’t neglect the margins.

Make sure your mainline is at least 15lb breaking strain.

Make sure your landing net and unhooking mat are big enough (42"), these fish can be huge!

Make sure your clutch is set properly, powerful fish can take line straight away when you tighten up to a take, even at long distance.