Catch Reports
Over the Rainbow!
Posted in Catch Reports on 19th May 2008Now we very rarely if ever include captures of foreign fish on this site because with so many big fish being caught from the UK on Essential Baits we don’t need to!! However, we’ve recently received pictures of some stunning Rainbow carp from Lee Woodfield that we are more than happy to accommodate.
Lee is no stranger to the big fish mecca having visited the place on a number of previous occasions and catching a few B5 whackers in the process. It was therefore no coincidence that Lee opted for the B5 on his latest 7-day mission. We’re not sure how many fish Lee ended up with, but we do know that towards the tail end of his trip, he ended up with mirrors of 56lb 8oz and 62lb, together with commons of 52lb and 69lb 8oz – the latter being just ounces short of the lake record! Well done Lee from all at essential.
This brings us nicely on to the fact that we can now confirm in advance that Essential Baits will be launching a shelf life version of the famous Shellfish B5 in 2009.
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.
