Catch Reports
Like Father Like Son!
Posted in Catch Reports on 18th November 2007Just a few days after his son, Lee, managed to bank a 30lb+ winter common during an overnight session on their own Springwood Fishery, Essential Bait boss Mike Willmott replicated the achievement by catching this deep bodied common of 31lb 10oz. As with Lee’s capture, the fish came during a short ‘overnighter’ and fell to the ever-consistent Winterised B5 frozen ready mades in conjunction with matching pellets.
Mike fished the margins of a small bay where he introduced 20 free offerings and a couple of handfuls of quick break-down pellets during wet blustery conditions. The bite came during the early hours of the morning just a couple of hours after landing one of his small ‘stockies’ from the same spot.
Wafters as hookbaits
Ian May with one of many 40lb+ commons he's landed on Essential Baits by making sure his hookbait placement is spot on.
The name 'Wafters' can be a little misleading because we don't want these baits too critically balanced. In our experience a hookbait that's too 'buoyant' can 'waft' all over the place as a carp approaches the bait and render it very ineffective and easy to eject. What we have done with these special hookbaits is to make them slightly more buoyant than a standard bottom bait straight out of the bag. This in turn will negate the weight of the hook and the hooklink and by the time the rig is presented, it will behave the same as the free offerings surrounding it. This is exactly what you need to achieve if you think about it because the carp will be feeding on the freebies and you want your hookbait to behave in exactly the same way.
Note
Our Wafters are 'tougher' than boilies straight out of the bag and are a popular choice for anglers that prefer their hookbaits a little harder than their freebies.
