Catch Reports
Cold-Water Common!
Posted in Catch Reports on 11th November 2007Long time Essential Bait user Dave Fuidge from Glos has recently started fishing a local gravel pit which holds some cracking commons. Despite little else being caught since the arrival of the first few frosts, Dave has been receiving a consistent amount of action on the Winterised B5. This includes a hectic short overnight session in sub zero temperatures, which produced a 4-fish catch topped by this superb 34lb common.
Dave has since been back and caught a number of good fish, even during high pressure clear frosty nights, testament that the coldwater version of the awesome B5 still continues to produce the goods when all other baits seem to die off. All of Dave’s fish have come from marginal spots with just a dozen or se freebies presented around each rig.
Cork ball advantages
Although we provide cork dust pop-ups, we also appreciate that some customers prefer cork ball pop-ups and I think that it's generally accepted that cork ball pop-ups are the best method for long term buoyancy. This can be particularly advantageous for many modern day rigs such as chod rigs and Hinged Stiff-rigs. These clever little packs allow anglers to create their own cork ball pop-ups with little effort. You can also regulate the amount of paste you use to make them more buoyant or turn them into slow sinkers.
Top tip
If you are having problems with diving birds or nuisance fish, you can combat this by 'meshing up'. The best method we have seen to do this is to cut a small section of tights (we recommend you get your missus's permission first!). Wrap the pop-up in the fine mesh, pull tight, tie off with floss, 'blob' the excess with a lighter and away you go.
