Mike’s Diary
Meanwhile back at Essential HQ...
Posted in Mike’s Diary on 05th July 2010Meanwhile back at Essential HQ Lee was finally starting to get the urge to visit our Glos syndicate water. Poor old (young!) Lee doesn’t get that much time to fish after rolling hundreds of kilo’s of bait for us each week, but in all honesty, there’s very few anglers’ I’ve met better than Lee once the enthusiasm really kicks in, and it did two weeks ago.
Like many venues around the country the lake had been fishing very slow with only nine fish out all season but Lee managed to winkle out three carp over the 48-hour session. These being commons of 23lb 4oz and 29lb together with a 25lb 2oz mirror. Top B5 bombing!
Armed with his new found enthusiasm he returned to the lake the following week fishing over large beds of whole and chopped B5 boilies mixed together with a combination of B5 pellets and crushed maize to bank yet another hat-trick of stunners. This time a 27lb 8oz common followed by two gorgeous mirrors of 26lb 12oz and would you believe it a new personal best UK carp by just 4oz at 41lb 4oz. What a truly magnificent result!
Congratulations Lee, who incidentally has asked me to thank Dave Jones, Head, Ninja, Davey-G and Clarky for their assistance with the above.
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.
