Catch Reports
A Common Occurrence!
Posted in Catch Reports on 16th January 2009Gary King has been fishing for carp for over 26-years, but until recently has never had a thirty... Read more
85lb of carp in 5 mins!
Posted in Catch Reports on 01st December 2008Here’s an exclusive report that you will not find in the weeklies and has been kept quiet for... Read more
Big Winter Brace on new bait
Posted in Catch Reports on 25th November 2008It’s been no big secret that Essential Baits have been formulating one or two new baits over... Read more
B5 nails another UK fifty!
Posted in Catch Reports on 09th August 2008Long time carper and BCSG member Andy Trim from Glos has recently banked the fish of a life time in... Read more
B5 now nails lake record common!
Posted in Catch Reports on 28th July 2008Having been responsible for catching the lake record mirror from a difficult southern gravel pit... Read more
Big Fully Scaled
Posted in Catch Reports on 19th July 2008Mike Edgeworth fom Glos has been catching some cracking fish from a local gravel pit in recent... Read more
Birthday success in Belgium!
Posted in Catch Reports on 19th July 2008Essential bait boss Mike Willmott decided to spend his 47th birthday on his favourite stretch of... Read more
Yet more Forties for Finan!
Posted in Catch Reports on 19th July 2008We find it hard to keep track of just how many big fish Martin Finan catches, but let’s just... Read more
The Black Mirror
Posted in Catch Reports on 04th July 2008‘Brief statement by Mike Willmott’ "As many of my friends and customers have been... Read more
Target Fish Nailed!
Posted in Catch Reports on 22nd June 2008Lee Willmott has been concentrating his efforts on to a Southern river system in recent weeks where... Read more
Boilie Paste
Mark Stubbles with yet another fine cold water carp. Mark is an extremely succesful and consistent angler and instinctively knows the rewards little edges can bring.
Many anglers tend to overlook the advantages that paste’s can give. Throughout the colder months I nearly always wrap a thin layer of paste around my hook bait. This not only gives the bait a better ‘leak off’ in terms of attraction as the paste slowly dissipates, but also gives the hook bait a completely different texture.
Paste is also an essential requirement if you prefer to make your own cork ball pop-ups or balanced baits. A 10mm cork ball with approx 3mm of paste wrapped around it will give you a nice balanced 16mm hook bait. To make pop-ups however, you will need to wrap a thinner layer of paste around the cork. I find that a 12mm cork ball with approx 1.5mm of paste wrapped around the outside creates pop-ups buoyant enough for most presentations.
Top Tip
We make the paste soft enough for most applications, but if you find the paste starting to dry out a little, just dampen it down with a ‘Bait Glug’ or a ‘Liquid Food’ and re-mould together. (Rinse hands in warm water first)
If you need to leave the paste standing for any length of time, make sure you wrap it up in cling film otherwise it can quickly dry up. It will be fine to wrap up in cling film and leave in the fridge for 24 hours if needed.
