Catch Reports
Another forty
Posted in Catch Reports on 19th July 2009Consistent big carp catcher Rick Golder has been in the thick of the action once again and has recently notched up yet another big fish on his CV. His latest victim was this classic looking 40lb 8oz mirror (right) caught from an undisclosed surrey pit, which took him over 30-mins to land following an immense scrap.
This was Rick’s second forty since April, during which time he has banked three different 37’s and 5 other thirties from the lake. All of the fish have fallen to Shellfish B5 boilies and most of the carp have been caught during short overnight sessions before work!
Corker Pop-Ups
Cork dust pop-ups have a number of advantages over other pop-ups.
1) Made with identical ingredients/attractors to free offerings and send out the same food signals.
2) More durable and less prone to ‘theft’ from nuisance fish, crayfish and birdlife!
3) They can be pierced with a baiting needle without losing buoyancy.
4) Brilliant for ‘snowman’ presentations where you can trim down the corker pop up with scissor blades to achieve the perfect level of buoyancy required.
5) Ease of use.
Top tip for long term buoyancy
When fishing pop-up rigs in deep water for long periods of time or on waters where bird life can be a problem, drill out a cavity in the corker pop up with an 8mm drill bit then plug it with Gardner Tackle’s cylindrical high density rig foam (yellow). Then pierce the corker pop up on to your hook/rig, making sure the baiting needle goes up through the yellow foam first, then secure with boilie stop. I guarantee you that you can leave your pop up out there for 3-days if needed with no loss of buoyancy! Further to this, in the unlikely event that a diving coot or tufty unknowingly pinches your pop up, you are still fishing a nice visual yellow ‘fake’ bait.
