Catch Reports
February Fifty first time on the bait!
Posted in Catch Reports on 02nd March 2011One of the first fifties of 2011 has just fallen victim to the rods of Norfolk based angler Ian Dowe after just 16 hours of using the B5 for the very first time! Ian and his mates received their first batch of B5 last Thursday. Keen to use their new bait for the very first time on a lake that had only produced a handful of fish since last November, one of the group member, Gary Betts, arrived at the tough venue, which had only produced a handful of fish all winter and within just 4-hours banked a stunning 27lb mirror!
Ian Dowe then arrived at the venue on the Sunday afternoon keen to capitalize on their instant success and positioned his baited rig to a small gravel patch surrounded by weed adjacent to a gulley and introduced 100 B5 free offerings, not knowing what was waiting around the corner!
At 8am the following morning Ian found himself doing battle with a very big fish and eventually slipped his waiting net under a massive mirror, which pulled the scales around to 51lb exactly! A February fifty – wow!!!!! Top B5 bombing that man and congratulations from everyone here at Essential.
Shelf life boilie advantages
Our Essential resident 'Globetrotter' Merv Pennell with one of his many big carp caught on our range of Shelf life boilies. Merv, amongst so many other anglers, openly admits that our shelf life range offer a massive edge over 'standard' shelf life boilies and would not use anything else.
Of course the big advantage about the use of shelf life boilies can be summed up in just one word – convenience! And this is the key word you need to bear in mind. Good quality freezer baits are fantastic for that long term baiting campaign, yet can be problematic for extended UK sessions and of course when fishing on the continent.
So would we recommend substituting freezer baits with shelf life boilies for long term bait application? In short, no we wouldn’t! Simply because this will not offer any advantages at all, however, we can honestly say that for those trips outside the UK or even those extended sessions within the UK where it would be difficult to keep freezer baits fresh, this highly successfull range of shelf life boilies tick all the boxes - and more!
So many anglers strongly believe these are the best quality shelf life boilie available ANYWHERE in the world! Confidence and convenience, such key words for success.
Top Tips
1) Avoid cheap and cheerful shelf life boilies like the plague. I can think of few things worse to ruin your chances of success than poor quality boilies that have been ‘over-flavoured’ to mask preservative odours!
2) If the manufacturer states there are no preservatives in them, ask him to tell the truth!
3) Beware of semi-soft shelf life boilies. These are likely to be overloaded with preservatives. We tend to rely on reduced moisture levels, which in turn creates a 'tougher' bait, but with far less preservative.
