Catch Reports
Target Fish Nailed!
Posted in Catch Reports on 22nd June 2008Lee Willmott has been concentrating his efforts on to a Southern river system in recent weeks where he’s been introducing the bait on a regular basis since July in search of a large scaley resident. The bait has been steadily introduced to several different stretches of the river over six miles apart in preparation for a September assault, however, Lee has been doing a few short sessions on each of these spots to see how the bait is working and was pleasantly surprised to nail his target fish at 37lb 8oz on one of these short trips!
A number of other good fish have also been banked during these short visits, which has made all the hard work, effort and expense even more rewarding. Lee has been using the B5-Squid version of the famous bait in 20mm and 24mm sizes in conjunction with Essential’s Rock Hard Balanced Wafter hookbaits to bank the big mirror.
Backlead use
Back leads can be very advantageous in certain circumstances, particularly on venues that receive lots of pressure from anglers and you need to pin your line down to the lake bed. On such venues, any fish that bump into your lines, can often mean the kiss of death. To avoid this, it's best to pin your lines down. Yes, this can be acheived by using slack lines, but the big disadvantage there is that you will also lose vital bite indication. By dropping on a back lead, you can pin your lines down, yet still keep them semi-tight to register bites. They also minimise the chances of you catching your other lines whilst playing fish back to the bank.
The problem with most back leads however is that in the event of hooking a fish, they don't slide down the line very well, but we can assure you there's no chance of that happening with these!
