Catch Reports
Its a Family Affair!
Posted in Catch Reports on 17th October 2007Essential Bait boss Mike Willmott has recently returned from a 5-night session on a Belgium river with his Son and Daughter, where despite cold frosty conditions they managed to bank a total of 19 carp. The highlight of the trip was this immaculate brace of commons weighing in at 36lb and 38lb 14oz. Proper Belgian beauties.
All the fish fell to the Winterised version of the Shellfish B5 which always seems to ‘kick in’ once the first few frosts arrive. The latest appearance of the West Country bait baron finally puts pay to any rumours that he has completely lost his marbles and is still hiding out in the undergrowth of a large Colne Valley gravel pit!!
Mike on Bag 'n' Stick Liquids
The main function of liquids is to boost food signals in and around your baited rig and increase the chances of fish being pulled into the area. Stick Mixes, Method Mixes and Ground bait can simply be mixed together with water, but by adding a liquid food as well, you will be increasing the food signals coming from the bait. On many occasions I’ve witnessed carp being pulled down from the upper layers on to the baited spot, and I have no doubt that this has been due to the liquids sending out attractive food messages through the water column.
Of course these liquids can be used for a number of other useful applications as well. For example, coating pellets with these liquids will disperse quicker/better messages of food than pellets used on their own, and a single Pop-Up launched out into the middle of nowhere will undoubtedly benefit from being soaked in a liquid for a few hours first.
I can honestly say that these Bag ‘n’ Stick Liquids have caught me a number of ‘bonus fish’ when I’ve been pretty much convinced that I would have struggled without using them. There will be a time and a place to use them, but ignore them at your peril!
