Catch Reports
Unbelievable!!
Posted in Catch Reports on 11th October 2011This just has to be one of the best catch reports of the year and we've held it back for over a month out of respect... Matt Gosling had been fishing away on a notoriously difficult gin clear 90-acre Cambridshire pit for several months without so much as a single bite (not on Essential Baits incidentally). Then a close friend suggested he should try Essential's Black Snail frozen boilies following the baits phenomenal success on a number of different waters.
Due to the pit's abundance of natural food Matt decided to give the Black Snail a go and on his very first session using the Black Snail he caught one of the jewels in the crown in the shape of an absolutely stunning 42lb 12oz mirror!
As if that wasn't enough, Matt returned to the pit a few days later for his second session on the new bait and instantly carried on where he left off by catching another forty!! This one went 40lb 2oz as well as mirror's of 27lb 8oz and a 31lb during the same session! - on his next session Matt continued to take the place apart when he banked another stunning creature, this one went 32lb 8oz!
A truly awesome feat on such a difficult water and full respect to Matt for catching what most would consider to be a season's worth of fish in just a few weeks. Take a close look at the fish - they don't get much better than these stunners and it just goes to prove (once again) that changing from a mediocre bait to a high quality food source makes a MASSIVE difference.
Well done Matt from all at Essential, you are the worthy winner of our latest 'Top Catch' competition...
The use of Food Oils
Richard Kelly is certainly no stranger to big carp, but that's because he understands the importance of a well balanced nutritional food bait. It's paid dividends for him on numerous occasions, as proved again here with another UK forty.
We firmly believe that a well balanced nutritional food bait will completely out fish baits with little or no real food value, and the inclusion of a food oil will help to provide the essential fatty acids required for the carp’s dietary requirements. Further to this, the inclusion of a lipid source will also have a sparing effect on the proteins used within the bait, thus allowing the carp to assimilate the available proteins far more efficiently. In short, food oils will increase nutritional values and provide an extra source of attraction to the finished bait. In short, the fish love them, they increase nutritional values and to cap it all off, they make the bait easier to roll!
Top tip
If making your own baits, reduce the oil content by 50% during the colder months and add a nutritional emulsifier.
