Catch Reports
A Common Occurrence!
Posted in Catch Reports on 16th January 2009Gary King has been fishing for carp for over 26-years, but until recently has never had a thirty pound carp grace his net. We think it’s fair to point out however that Gary probably fishes less in a year than most carp anglers do in a month!
The elusive thirty pound barrier was soon put well and truly behind him this winter though when he caught the two biggest commons in the lake on consecutive trips! The first was a deep chunky common that settled bang on the 30lb mark, whilst the second was a long lean specimen that recorded a weight of 30lb 2oz.
Considering the long hard winter we’ve just had, with most lakes freezing up for long periods of time, two cracking winter thirty commons are a right result in anyone’s book, let alone when you’ve waited 26-years for them! Both of the big commons tripped up on the cold water version of the legendary Shellfish B5 – as you would expect!
Mike on Bag 'n' Stick Liquids
The main function of liquids is to boost food signals in and around your baited rig and increase the chances of fish being pulled into the area. Stick Mixes, Method Mixes and Ground bait can simply be mixed together with water, but by adding a liquid food as well, you will be increasing the food signals coming from the bait. On many occasions I’ve witnessed carp being pulled down from the upper layers on to the baited spot, and I have no doubt that this has been due to the liquids sending out attractive food messages through the water column.
Of course these liquids can be used for a number of other useful applications as well. For example, coating pellets with these liquids will disperse quicker/better messages of food than pellets used on their own, and a single Pop-Up launched out into the middle of nowhere will undoubtedly benefit from being soaked in a liquid for a few hours first.
I can honestly say that these Bag ‘n’ Stick Liquids have caught me a number of ‘bonus fish’ when I’ve been pretty much convinced that I would have struggled without using them. There will be a time and a place to use them, but ignore them at your peril!
