Catch Reports
Out With a Bang!
Posted in Catch Reports on 22nd September 2007Following on from Jon McAllister’s record UK brace and for possibly the last time using Essential Baits, the Kent based big fish specialist has gone and done it again. He moved on to a Beds syndicate water in search of his next victim, ‘The Mother’, which hadn’t been caught for 9-months.
However, on just his third trip to the venue, Jon managed to bank a 37lb 8oz mirror shortly followed by his target fish at a weight of 47lb 2oz!! Once again, the incredible Shellfish B5 produced the goods for Jon, who will be sadly missed by all at Essential. Good luck for the future m8.
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.
