Catch Reports
Like Father Like Son!
Posted in Catch Reports on 18th November 2007Just a few days after his son, Lee, managed to bank a 30lb+ winter common during an overnight session on their own Springwood Fishery, Essential Bait boss Mike Willmott replicated the achievement by catching this deep bodied common of 31lb 10oz. As with Lee’s capture, the fish came during a short ‘overnighter’ and fell to the ever-consistent Winterised B5 frozen ready mades in conjunction with matching pellets.
Mike fished the margins of a small bay where he introduced 20 free offerings and a couple of handfuls of quick break-down pellets during wet blustery conditions. The bite came during the early hours of the morning just a couple of hours after landing one of his small ‘stockies’ from the same spot.
Powdered Additives and Extracts
Long time Essential Baits consultant Rick Golder with a stunning '48' from a mega difficult venue. Rick knows the importance of a good food bait combined with the correct ingredients to trigger a feeding response. His results prove this year after year.
The inclusion of powdered additives and extracts within a boilie recipe will undoubtedly make a massive difference in terms of attraction and palatability. Used at the correct inclusion levels, they will trigger a feeding response and lead to prolonged feeding. They can also be hugely beneficial at repelling nasty sediment odours from 'tainting' the bait. The FF6 found within the B5 is a classic example of this and will always make sure your baits smell 'sweet', even when fishing amongst horrible black silt.
Many of these products are used extensively within the aquaculture industry to promote feeding, so it goes to show that these ingredients will play a huge part within the inclusion of a successful bait recipe, both short and long term.
Top tip
Betaine is an excellent ingredient for triggering the carp's receptors. If you want an 'instant' feeding response for short session fishing, just pour 20ml Boilie Glug or Liquid Food over 1 kilo of boilies and sprinkle one level tsp of betaine over the top before shaking vigourously.
