Catch Reports
Lakes First 40+ Common
Posted in Catch Reports on 04th August 2007Long standing Essential Bait user Mikey Edgeworth from Stonehouse, Glos has banked plenty of big fish in his time, but we doubt that any have ranked any higher than this magnificent lake record 41lb 7oz common. Mikey caught the big fish from a large Glos gravel pit, along with another common of 30lb 6oz, and as you would expect, both fish fell to the awesome Shellfish B5.
Mikey held the previous lake record common of 37lb+ for a few years, until Dave Waker recently broke it with a common of 38.06. However, Mikey wasn’t going to be ‘out-gunned’ and within a week, he claimed it back again with this superb specimen.
Wafters as hookbaits
Ian May with one of many 40lb+ commons he's landed on Essential Baits by making sure his hookbait placement is spot on.
The name 'Wafters' can be a little misleading because we don't want these baits too critically balanced. In our experience a hookbait that's too 'buoyant' can 'waft' all over the place as a carp approaches the bait and render it very ineffective and easy to eject. What we have done with these special hookbaits is to make them slightly more buoyant than a standard bottom bait straight out of the bag. This in turn will negate the weight of the hook and the hooklink and by the time the rig is presented, it will behave the same as the free offerings surrounding it. This is exactly what you need to achieve if you think about it because the carp will be feeding on the freebies and you want your hookbait to behave in exactly the same way.
Note
Our Wafters are 'tougher' than boilies straight out of the bag and are a popular choice for anglers that prefer their hookbaits a little harder than their freebies.
