Catch Reports
Overnight Success for Lee!
Posted in Catch Reports on 15th November 2007Essential Baits production manager Lee Willmott still manages to find the odd night to go fishing, and a recent overnighter on his own fishery, Springwood Pool, produced this stunning long common of 30lb 8oz. This is just one of a number of fish pushing through the magical 30lb barrier on the prolific Somerset venue.
Once again, a cold clear night of high pressure did nothing to stop the carp’s appetite when confronted with the Winterised B5 and adds to the growing number of reports we’ve been getting back from the Cold-Water range since November. Lee presented his rig and 4-bait stringer to a silty depression close to a weed bed at 30-yards with 20-free offerings loosely scattered in the area.
The use of Food Oils
Richard Kelly is certainly no stranger to big carp, but that's because he understands the importance of a well balanced nutritional food bait. It's paid dividends for him on numerous occasions, as proved again here with another UK forty.
We firmly believe that a well balanced nutritional food bait will completely out fish baits with little or no real food value, and the inclusion of a food oil will help to provide the essential fatty acids required for the carp’s dietary requirements. Further to this, the inclusion of a lipid source will also have a sparing effect on the proteins used within the bait, thus allowing the carp to assimilate the available proteins far more efficiently. In short, food oils will increase nutritional values and provide an extra source of attraction to the finished bait. In short, the fish love them, they increase nutritional values and to cap it all off, they make the bait easier to roll!
Top tip
If making your own baits, reduce the oil content by 50% during the colder months and add a nutritional emulsifier.
