Catch Reports
Man on fire!
Posted in Catch Reports on 08th September 2011We've been receiving some very impressive catch reports from Lee Carpenter recently who has been fishing at Wellingborough Lakes in Northants. During the past five weeks Lee has banked an impressive tally of 16 carp including five carp over the magical 30lb barrier, including two absolute stunners at 37.02 and 36.10.
Lee has been using a mixture of B5 and Black Snail to create mixed food signals and it has been working fantastically well for him. Coincidentally, this is the same lake that Mike Ryan recently caught the lake record mirror of 42.14 shortly followed by a 41.15 common by alternating between the B5 and Black Snail. The big carp certainly seem to love both baits, but the idea of using the two best food baits ever developed is a very interesting concept and it has worked very well for a number of anglers on difficult venues this year.
Well done Lee, a great bit of thinking angling and we're sure there will be plenty more to follow.
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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.
