Catch Reports
Early morning reward
Posted in Catch Reports on 01st August 2010Consistent catcher of big carp Rick Golder decided to tackle a private Surrey lake and was rewarded with this immaculate 39lb 1oz mirror during the small hours of the morning. This was one of Rick’s target fish for the year so you can imagine how pleased he was when the torchlight revealed his prize.
Rick used his favourite B5 boilies to bank the big mirror and he also lost another big fish just before catching this one. Whilst compiling this catch report we’ve just received another message from Rick to say he’s been back out again, but this time to a different venue, to bank three more carp to 32lb 2oz. As you would expect, Shellfish B5 doing the business again!
Fluoro pop-ups
Whilst carp are not generally recognised as sight feeders, there are undoubtedly times when they are visually drawn to a food source and bright pop-ups are a classic example of this. It's not surprising therefore, that fluoro pop-ups have proved very effective, particularly if just using a single bait with no free offerings. The winter and spring months are a classic example of this and a single fluoro pop-up cast to a 'showing' fish has resulted in the downfall of many a carp.
But it would be a mistake to think fluoro pop-ups should be just restricted to single bait presentation. Quite often, a fluoro pop-up fished over a bed of bait can fool the wariest of carp and a little 10mm fluoro pop-up mounted above a standard bottom bait can act as a very good visual sight and lead to a bite or two when other methods fail to produce.
