Catch Reports
Consistent carping.
Posted in Catch Reports on 28th October 2013Essential Bait user Mike Smith has been catching a consistent amount of carp this autumn including... Read more
Jamie still Robbing 'em!
Posted in Catch Reports on 28th October 2013Jamie Robb has once again been getting amongst those elusive Stoneacre carp. He has recently caught... Read more
Pete Springate smashes Somerset record with a 60-pounder!
Posted in Catch Reports on 08th July 2013Well the above heading rocked the carp world for several hours recently when Mike Willmott posted... Read more
Nifty Fifty falls to the B5 yet again!!
Posted in Catch Reports on 08th July 2013You really can't keep a good man down! Andy Waller has yet again been using the B5 to spectacular... Read more
Catch 22 common!
Posted in Catch Reports on 08th July 2013Andrew Leah has recently sent us a report to say how well he's been doing since he started to use... Read more
14-fish B5 haul!
Posted in Catch Reports on 07th July 2013Richard Kelly has recently had a fantastic result on his syndicate water with a 14-fish haul topped... Read more
Stoneacre stunners!
Posted in Catch Reports on 06th July 2013Essential Baits die hard Jamie Robb has been making the long trips south worthwhile as usual and... Read more
Hip, hip, hooray for Hepper!!
Posted in Catch Reports on 06th June 2013Proper old school anglers are very few and far between these days, but here's a genuine... Read more
Linch Hill Stunner!
Posted in Catch Reports on 05th June 2013Long time carper and team Essential member Shaun Jarvis recently visited Linch Hill in Oxfordshire... Read more
Kingsmead B5 Blitz!
Posted in Catch Reports on 05th June 2013Long term Essential Bait user David Acreman always seems to catch a consistent amount of big carp... Read more
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.
