Catch Reports
Amazing Start for Jon
Posted in Catch Reports on 27th July 2007One of the country’s most successful big fish anglers Jon McAllister from Kent has recently had an amazing start to his campaign on an Essex syndicate water. On his very first night, Jon managed to bank a 35lb 14oz mirror, a fish that hadn’t been caught for 4-years - but it got even better! The following night Jon managed to bank a fish known as Stella at a staggering 45lb 8oz.
Jon has been using the Shellfish B5 with a new attractor combination that includes Black Pepper Oil and caught the brace of big fish on his first two nights using it, as well as his first ever session on the water! Amazing stuff Jon – keep ‘em coming!
Fluoro pop-ups
Whilst carp are not generally recognised as sight feeders, there are undoubtedly times when they are visually drawn to a food source and bright pop-ups are a classic example of this. It's not surprising therefore, that fluoro pop-ups have proved very effective, particularly if just using a single bait with no free offerings. The winter and spring months are a classic example of this and a single fluoro pop-up cast to a 'showing' fish has resulted in the downfall of many a carp.
But it would be a mistake to think fluoro pop-ups should be just restricted to single bait presentation. Quite often, a fluoro pop-up fished over a bed of bait can fool the wariest of carp and a little 10mm fluoro pop-up mounted above a standard bottom bait can act as a very good visual sight and lead to a bite or two when other methods fail to produce.
